Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Politics-GK

Where a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the President may by order declare that the right to move any court for the enforcement of such of 1[the rights conferred by Part III (except articles 20 and 21)] as may be mentioned in the order and all proceedings pending in any court for the enforcement of the rights so mentioned shall remain suspended for the period during which the Proclamation is in force or for such shorter period as may be specified in the order.

The correct answer is Option D: Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh.

This question asks us to arrange the states in the order they were formed, from the oldest to the newest. This is called "chronological order".

Let's look at the year each of these states became a full state of the Indian Union:
1. Nagaland was formed on 1st December 1963. It was the first of these four states to be formed.
2. Haryana was formed on 1st November 1966. It was separated from the state of Punjab.
3. Sikkim became a full state on 16th May 1975. Before this, it was a protectorate of India.
4. Arunachal Pradesh became a full state on 20th February 1987. It was previously a Union Territory.

So, if we put them in order from the earliest year to the latest year, the sequence is:
Nagaland (1963)
Haryana (1966)
Sikkim (1975)
Arunachal Pradesh (1987)

This exact order is given in Option D.
Remembering these dates helps you understand how India's map and states have evolved over time!

Yielding the floor. The speaker of the Lok sabha can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak.

Crossing the floor: Passing between the member addressing the House and the Chair which is considered breach of Parliamentary etiquette.

Point of Order: A Member of Parliament may raise a point of order if he feels that the proceedings of' the House do not follow the normal rules. The presiding officer decides whether the point of order raised by the member should be allowed.

Calling Attention Motion: With the prior permission of the Speaker, any member of the Parliament may call the attention of a Minister to a matter of urgent public importance. The Minister may make a brief statement about the matter or he may ask for time to make a statement later.

The correct answer is Option D: Thirty-first Constitutional Amendment Act, 1973.

Let's break it down:
The question asks which amendment increased the number of Lok Sabha (India's lower house of Parliament) seats from 525 to 545.

Option A: The Twentieth Amendment Act, 1966 - This amendment dealt with validating certain judgments regarding the appointment of district judges in Uttar Pradesh. It's not related to the number of Lok Sabha seats.

Option B: The Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976 - Also known as the "Mini Constitution," this amendment made many changes to the Constitution, but it didn't directly change the number of Lok Sabha seats.

Option C: The Forty-fourth Amendment Act, 1978 - This amendment reversed some of the changes made by the 42nd Amendment and focused on restoring fundamental rights and limiting the power of the executive. It also didn't affect the number of Lok Sabha seats.

Option D: Thirty-first Constitutional Amendment Act, 1973 - This amendment specifically increased the number of Lok Sabha seats from 525 to 545. This was done to reflect the growing population of India.

Kaka Kalelkar Commission:

The Backward Class Commission was appointed in 1953 with Kaka Kalelkar as the Chairman. The Commission was asked to determine the criteria to be adopted to provide concessions to “socially and educationally backward classes” besides the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; the Commission was also asked to prepare a list of such classes.

Tenth schedule of the Constitution : Added by 52nd amendment in 1985. Contains provisions of disqualification on grounds of defection.

Eleventh schedule of the Constitution: By 73rd amendment in 1992. Contains provisions of Panchayati Raj.

Seventh schedule of the Constitution: Gives allocation of powers and functions between Union & States. It contains 3 lists
• Union List (For central Govt) 97 Subjects.
• States List (Powers of State Govt) 66 subjects
• Concurrent List (Both Union & States) 47 subjects.

Twelfth schedule of the Constitution: By 74thamendment in 1992. Contains provisions of Municipal Corporation.

Australian Constitution: Principle of co-operative federalism, Freedom of inter-state trade, commerce and intercourse, Idea of concurrent list.

UK Constitution: Law making procedures, Parliamentary Government, Rule of Law, Single citizenship, Cabinet system.

US Constitution: Fundamental Rights, Independent judiciary, Judicial review, Procedure for the removal of the judges of the Supreme court and High courts, Role of Vice President

Irish Constitution: Directive Principles of State Policy, The method of the presidential election, Nominating members of Rajya Sabha.

Legislative Councils in States is covered in article 169.

Article 81 specifies the number of seats for the Lok Sabha.

Article 51A Specifies Fundamental Duties.

Article 80 Specifies the number of seats for the Rajya Sabha.

Part 16 (Article 330 to 342) deals with special provisions to certain Classes.

Part 6 (Article 152to 237) deals with the provision to The States.

Part 18 (Article 352 to 360) deals with the provision to Emergency.

Part 14A (Article 323A to 323B) deals with the provision to Tribunals.

The Inter State Council was established in 1990 in pursuance of the recommendation made by Sarkaria Commission (1983-87).