Previous year MCQs

Indian Polity UPPSC 2013 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following is not a tax/duty levied by the Government of India?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Toll Tax

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Toll Tax”.
It is the responsibility of the transport department to impose toll tax which is operated by the state government.

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Which one of the following air pollutants can affect blood stream leading to death?
  1. A) Asbestos dust
  2. B) Cadmium
  3. C) Lead
  4. D) Carbon monoxide
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
A Joint Public Service Commission for two or more States can be established by
  1. A) Union Public Service Commission
  2. B) Parliament, if requested by concerned States
  3. C) Rajya Sabha
  4. D) Lok Sabha
Which of the following is not a federal feature of the Indian Constitution?
  1. A) Distribution of power between Centre and States
  2. B) Entirely written Constitution
  3. C) Single Citizenship
  4. D) Independent Judiciary
Among the following who was conferred Padma Vibhushan in 2013?
  1. A) Adi B. Godrej
  2. B) Dr. Kanak Rele
  3. C) Dr. V. K. Saraswat
  4. D) Prof. R. Narasimha
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.
Which of the following are enshrined in the third schedule of the Indian Constitution?

(a) Form of oath of office for a Minister for the Union.
(b) Form of oath to be made by the Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
(c) Form of oath of office for the President of India.
(d) Form of oath to be made by a Member of Parliament.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1. A) a, b, c
  2. B) b, c, d
  3. C) a, b, d
  4. D) a, b, c, d
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  1. A) Prohibition against Self Incrimination
  2. B) Double Jeopardy Clause
  3. C) Prohibition Against Torture
  4. D) Ex-post Facto Law Torture
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
  1. A) Habeas corpus - 'To have the body of'
  2. B) Mandamus - 'We command'
  3. C) Prohibition - 'To be certified'
  4. D) Quo-warranto - 'By what authority'
Which part of our Constitution envisages a three tier system of Panchayatas?
  1. A) Part IX
  2. B) part X
  3. C) Part XI
  4. D) Part XII
Statement (A): Indian Constitution is quasi-federal
Reason (R): The Indian constitution is neither federal nor unitary.

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
  1. A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the explanation of A.
  3. C) A is true but R is false.
  4. D) A is false but R is true.
In which year P. C. Hota Committee on Civil Services Reforms was constituted ?
  1. A) 2003
  2. B) 2004
  3. C) 2005
  4. D) 2006