This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Federal > Relations > Centre And The States Relations – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Centre And The States Relations Quiz 4 (19 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In India both direct and indirect taxes are levied by the Central and State Government. Which of the following is levied by the State Governments? [Railway Apprentices' Exam 1993] A) Excise Duty on liquor. B) Capital gains Tax. C) Customs Duty. D) Corporation Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excise Duty on liquor. 2. The Central Government's exclusive powers are enumerated in the: A) Concurrent List. B) State List. C) Union List. D) Federal List. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union List. 3. The vesting of 'residuary' powers in the central government by the Constitution of India indicates [Asstt Commdt 2010] A) That India is a federal polity. B) That India is neither federal nor unitary. C) That India is quasi federal. D) Unitary character of Indian polity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That India is quasi federal. 4. A special category State invariably [CDS 2011] A) Is a border State. B) Has harsh terrain. C) Has low literacy rate. D) Has poor infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has poor infrastructure. 5. Taxes can be ..... A) Local. B) Regional. C) National. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 6. A change in distribution of powers between the Centre and the States can be done by: A) The Central Government. B) The federating units by themselves. C) Amending the Constitution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amending the Constitution. 7. Who among the following is chairman of GST council? A) Prime Minister. B) Finance Minister. C) Revenue Secretary. D) Chairman, CBIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finance Minister. 8. The distribution of power between Centre and the States is based on the scheme provided in: A) Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909. B) Montague-Chelmsford Act, 1919. C) Government of India Act, 1935. D) Indian Independence Act, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1935. 9. What was the status of Sikkim at the commencement of the Constitution? A) A part B State. B) An independent State. C) An independent kingdom attached to India by a special treaty. D) A part C State. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An independent kingdom attached to India by a special treaty. 10. In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court of India gave verdicts which have a direct bearing on the Centre-State relations? [CDS 2011] A) Keshavananda Bharati case. B) Vishakha case. C) S. R. Bommai case. D) Indira Sawhney case. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S. R. Bommai case. 11. Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched? [NDA 2011] A) Union List: Banking. B) State List: Agriculture. C) Concurrent List: Marriage. D) Residuary List: Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Residuary List: Education. 12. GST was implemented in India from A) 1st January 2017. B) 1st April 2017. C) 1st March 2017. D) 1st July 2017. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st July 2017. 13. Which of the following Union Territories attained statehood in February, 1987? A) Goa. B) Arunachal Pradesh. C) Pondicherry. D) Daman and Diu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goa. 14. Which of the following items comes under the Concurrent List? A) Inter-State rivers. B) Trade Unions. C) Citizenship. D) Local Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade Unions. 15. Which of the following did India acquire from France? A) Yanam. B) Mahe. C) Karaikal. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. Indirect Taxes are those whose burden ..... to others. A) Shifted. B) Not shifted. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifted. 17. The highest GST rate applicable now is A) 100%. B) 28%. C) 18%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28%. 18. Which of the following taxes is exclusively and totally assigned to the Central Government by the Constitution [CDS 1992] A) Estate Duty. B) Sales Tax. C) Corporation Tax. D) Taxes on Railway fares and freight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taxes on Railway fares and freight. 19. Lotteries organised by the government of a State come under: [IFS 1993] A) Union List. B) State List. C) Concurrent List. D) No list mentioned in the Seventh Schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State List. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesFederal QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesCentre And The States Relations Quiz 1Centre And The States Relations Quiz 2Centre And The States Relations Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books