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Consider the following events:
1. First nuclear explosion undertaken by India
2. First Bandung Conference
3. Statehood of Punjab
4. Lok Sabha saw its first no-confidence motion
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
The correct chronological sequence of the above events is 2-4-3-1
• The Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18–24 April 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia. It was the first large-scale Asian–African or Afro–Asian Conference.
• Lok Sabha saw its first no-confidence motion moved by Acharya J B Kripalani in 1963 against Prime Minister JawaharLal Nehru. The debate lasted for 21 hours over four days and 40 Member of Parliaments (MPs) participated.
• The statehood for Punjab came in 1966, when the territories of today’s Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated from the larger Punjab state.
• The first nuclear explosion undertaken by India in May 1974.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
The correct chronological sequence of the above events is 2-4-3-1
• The Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18–24 April 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia. It was the first large-scale Asian–African or Afro–Asian Conference.
• Lok Sabha saw its first no-confidence motion moved by Acharya J B Kripalani in 1963 against Prime Minister JawaharLal Nehru. The debate lasted for 21 hours over four days and 40 Member of Parliaments (MPs) participated.
• The statehood for Punjab came in 1966, when the territories of today’s Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated from the larger Punjab state.
• The first nuclear explosion undertaken by India in May 1974.
Consider the following statements:
1. The election of the President cannot be conducted if the assemblies of one or more states stand dissolved at the time of such an election.
2. The decision of the Supreme Court is final on disputes in connection with the election of the President.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect. Where an assembly is dissolved, the members cease to be qualified to vote in presidential election, even if fresh elections to the dissolved assembly are not held before the presidential election. There is no such provision of postponing the presidential election if a state assembly is dissolved due to some reason.
The Supreme Court held that election to the office of the President cannot be postponed or invalidated on the ground that the Electoral College was incomplete or not fully constituted because of some State Assembly having been dissolved.
Statement 2 is correct. All doubts and disputes in connection with the election of the President are inquired into and decided by the Supreme Court whose decision is final.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect. Where an assembly is dissolved, the members cease to be qualified to vote in presidential election, even if fresh elections to the dissolved assembly are not held before the presidential election. There is no such provision of postponing the presidential election if a state assembly is dissolved due to some reason.
The Supreme Court held that election to the office of the President cannot be postponed or invalidated on the ground that the Electoral College was incomplete or not fully constituted because of some State Assembly having been dissolved.
Statement 2 is correct. All doubts and disputes in connection with the election of the President are inquired into and decided by the Supreme Court whose decision is final.
With reference to Indian polity, consider the following statements:
1. Unlike the Union territories, states are the members of the federal system and share a distribution of powers with the Centre.
2. A bill contemplating to increase the area of any state can be introduced in the Parliament only with the prior recommendation of the President.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct. The states are the members of the federal system and share a distribution of powers with the Centre. The union territories and the acquired territories, on the other hand, are directly administered by the Central government.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct. The states are the members of the federal system and share a distribution of powers with the Centre. The union territories and the acquired territories, on the other hand, are directly administered by the Central government.
In which of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution, the ideal of 'Economic Equity' is insinuated?
1. Part IX and X of the Constitution
2. Directive Principles of State Policy
3. Fundamental Rights
4. Universal Adult Franchise
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
• Equity means fairness or evenness, and achieving it is considered to be an economic objective, and relates to how fairly income and opportunity are distributed.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
• Equity means fairness or evenness, and achieving it is considered to be an economic objective, and relates to how fairly income and opportunity are distributed.
Consider the following statements:
1. All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc. known as Statutory Town.
2. Census Towns are urban areas where the population is more than 10,000 and at least 75 per cent of the male main workers engaged in non-agricultural pursuit.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Correct Answer: A
Explanation: