Previous year MCQs

Indian Polity UPPSC 1992 GS-I
Question

The Guardian of Fundamental rights is?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Supreme court

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Supreme court”.
In India, the Supreme Court is the guardian of fundamental rights.

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Upanishad was translated into Farsi during the period of which Mughal emperor?
  1. A) Shah Jahan
  2. B) Akbar
  3. C) Jahangir
  4. D) Aurangzeb
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  1. A) 101st Amendment Act
  2. B) 102nd Amendment Act
  3. C) 103rd Amendment Act
  4. D) 104th Amendment Act
Governor is liable to?
  1. A) Prime minister
  2. B) President
  3. C) Vidhan Sabha
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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List I List II

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(D) Addition of the word secular in the preamble - (d) 44th Amendment
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Consider the formation of following States and arrange these in chronological order :

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Reason [R]: India has a constitution of its own
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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.

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Codes:
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  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
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