Previous year MCQs

Indian Polity UPPSC 2004 GS-I
Question

Which of the following states can nominate two women members to the Legislative Assembly?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Jammu and Kashmir

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Jammu and Kashmir”.
Jammu and Kashmir

Similar Questions:

A 'smart gel' is a:
  1. A) material mimicking life system
  2. B) gel obtained from fish
  3. C) gel obtained from the sea weed
  4. D) none of the above
All elections to the Panchayats are conducted by-
  1. A) State Legislature
  2. B) State Election Commission
  3. C) Election Commission of India
  4. D) Panchayati Raj Commission
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists.
List-I (Trade Unions) List – II (Party Affiliation)

A. Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh 1. Indian National Congress
B. Indian National Trade Union Congress 2. Communist Party of India
C. United Trade Union Congress 3. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
D. All India Trade Union Congress 4. Bhartiya Janta Party

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 4 3 1
  2. B) 3 2 1 4
  3. C) 1 3 2 4
  4. D) 4 1 3 2
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
  1. A) Equality before Law – Guaranteed to both citizens and non-citizens
  2. B) Equality of opportunity in public employment – Guaranteed only to Indian citizens
  3. C) Creating a new State – Power of Parliament
  4. D) Altering the name of a State – Power of a State Legislature
Sarkaria Commission was set up to review:
  1. A) the relations between the President and the Prime Minister
  2. B) the relations between the Legislature and the Executive
  3. C) the relations between the Executive and the Judiciary
  4. D) the relations between the Union and the States
Which one the following statement is not correct?
  1. A) The Constitutional Amendment Bill has to be passed by both Houses of Parliament separately with special majority.
  2. B) Constitutional cases in Supreme Court is heard by minimum five judges
  3. C) Freedom of press is included in the fundamental right-Freedom of Speech and expression.
  4. D) Zakir Hussain was the first Vice President of India.
Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
Lis t- I (Articles of the Constitution) - List-II (Subject matter)

A. Art. 40 - 1. Organisation of Village Panchayat
B. Art. 41 - 2. Right to work
C. Art. 44 - 3. Uniform Civil Code
D. Art. 48 - 4. Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 2 3 1 4
  3. C) 1 3 4 2
  4. D) 3 2 4 1
Consider the following Committees on Panchayati Raj and arrange these in chronological order:

I. Ashok Mehta Committee
II. L.M. Singhvi Committee
III. B.R. Mehta Committee
IV. G.K.V. Rao Committee

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes :
  1. A) I, II, III, IV
  2. B) III, I, IV, II
  3. C) II, I, III, IV
  4. D) III, II, IV, I
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The Supreme Court of India has exclusive jurisdiction regarding Constitutional validity of Central laws.
Reason (R): The Supreme Court is the Guardian of the Indian Constitution.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Consider the following Political Parties and arrange them in the chronological order of their establishment.

I. Bahujan Samaj Party
II. Samajwadi Party
III. Telugu Desham Party
IV. All India Trinamool Congress

Select the correct answer from the code given below.
Code :
  1. A) III, I, II, IV
  2. B) II, I, III, IV
  3. C) III, II, I, IV
  4. D) I, II, III, IV
Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?
  1. A) 2° 30' West
  2. B) 82° 30' East
  3. C) 92° 30' West
  4. D) 92° 30' East
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Article 39A- Equal justice and free legal aid
  2. B) Article 40- Organisation of village panchayats
  3. C) Article 44- Uniform Civil Code
  4. D) Article 48- Separation of judiciary from executive