Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Politics-GK

Democracy is rule by the people directly orindirectly. Whereas, local governance is an example of devolution of powers or decentralization. It provides power to govern to the people at local level. Therefore, local governance establishes foundation of democracy as both have citizens or people at its core.

Democratic socialism is a political ideology which aims at political democracy alongside social ownership of means of production i.e. socialism through democratic means.

Democratic system is a system in Which all the citizens have equality of opportunity and rights, to which they can protect to exercise power directly or elect their representatives through free and unbiased election.

The question talks about two key things: division of power and independence of the judiciary.

Division of power means that government responsibilities are shared, usually between a central authority and regional or state authorities.

Independence of the judiciary means that courts are free to make decisions without influence from other parts of the government (like the executive or legislature).

Now, let's look at the options:

Option A: Democratic character of government: While democracy values things like free and fair elections and citizen participation, it doesn't *necessarily* require a division of power or an independent judiciary in the same way that another option does. So this is less specific.

Option B: Federal character of government: A federal system is specifically designed to divide power between a central government and states/regions. Also, an independent judiciary is vital in a federal system to resolve disputes between the different levels of government and to ensure that no level oversteps its constitutional boundaries. This is a very strong fit.

Option C: Socialist character of government: Socialism primarily focuses on economic and social equality and often involves government control or ownership of resources. It doesn't inherently guarantee a division of power or judicial independence.

Option D: Unitary character of government: A unitary system is the opposite of federal. Power is centralized in one national government. This definitely doesn't fit.

Therefore, the best answer is Option B: Federal character of government because division of power and an independent judiciary are core features of a federal system.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as chairman/ president of constituent assembly of India on 11th Dec. 1946. Later on, he became the first President of Independent India. H.C.Mukherjee was elected as vice President assembly.

Drafting committee was set up under the chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on 29th August 1947 to prepare a draft of the new constitution. It took less than six months to prepare its draft which was prepared only in English and later on translated into Hindi.

Emergency provision in Indian constitution has been drawn from Govt. of India Act of 1935 and also borrowed from Weimar constitution of Germany. Article-352 deals with national emergency and it can be evoked on grounds of national security, threat and internal armed rebellion.

Federal form of government has the feature of dual citizenship. Federal countries like U.S.A and Switzerland have dual citizenship, namely federal/national citizenship and citizenship of state where a person is born or permanently resides.

Federal form of government is a structure in which a number of states are in agreement with the another to remain as a group but they each hold the right to secede i.e. withdraw from group. Example- U.S.A.

First Central Legislative Assembly was constituted in 1921 by GOI Act, 1919, implementing Montagu Chelmsford Reforms. Assembly had 145 members who were either nominated or indirectly elected from provinces.