Indian Polity Questions For UPSC, SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, FCI, Quiz-6

Correct Answer – B. Strong State

Explanation:A unitary system of government, or unitary state, is a sovereign state governed as a single entity. The central government is supreme and any administrative divisions (sub-national units) exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate. Lower-level governments, if they exist at all, do nothing but implement the policies of the national government.

Correct Answer – C. Army

Explanation:-The state has four essen- tial elements. These are: (i) population, (ii) territory (land), (iii) government, (iv) sovereignty (or independence). The first two elements constitute the physical or material basis of the state while the last two form its political and spiritual basis. In modern times relations among nations have grown and many International organizations and institutions have come into being. Therefore some scholars have argued that international recognition be an essential element of state.

Correct Answer – D. A Federal Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution

Explanation:- According to the Constitution of India, the role of the Supreme Court is that of a federal court and guardian of the Constitution. The Federal Court of India was a judicial body, established in India in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, with original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction. It functioned until 1950, when the Supreme Court of India was established.

Correct Answer – A. A Union of States

Explanation:-Article 1 of the Constitution declares that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

Correct Answer – A. Dr Rajendra Prasad

Explanation:-Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected the President of Constituent Assembly on 11 December, 1946.On January 26, 1950, the Constitution of independent India was ratified and Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected the nation’s first President. He served as the President of constituent assembly.

Correct Answer –D. B.R. Ambedkar

Explanation:-On 29 August, 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed, with Dr B.R. Ambedkar as the Chairman along with six other members assisted by a constitutional advisor. These members were Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (K.M. Munshi, Ex-Home Minister, Bombay), Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer (Ex-Advocate General, Madras State), N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar (Ex-Prime Minister, J&K and later member of Nehru Cabinet), B.L. Mitter (Ex-Advocate General, India), Md. Saadullah, (Ex-Chief Minister of Assam, Muslim League member) and D.P. Khaitan (Scion of Khaitan Business family and a renowned lawyer). The constitutional advisor was Sir Benegal Narsing Rau (who became First Indian Judge in International Court of Justice, 1950–54).

Correct Answer –C. the head of the state is elected for a definite period

Explanation:-India is a republic be- cause India elects its supreme head. It is called a republic because of the appli- cable definition of a republic: a form of government in which representatives are entitled to act on behalf of the peo- ple whom they represent.

Correct Answer –C. Sir B.N. Rao

Explanation:-Benegal Narsing Rau was an Indian bureaucrat jurist diplo- mat and statesman known for his key role in drafting the Constitution of In- dia. He was also India’s representative to the United Nations Security Coun- cil from 1950 to 1952. B.N. Rau was appointed as the Constitutional Advis- er to the Constituent. Assembly in for- mulating the Indian Constitution. He was responsible for the general struc- ture of its democratic framework of the Constitution and prepared its original draft. The President of the Constit- uent Assembly Dr Rajendra Prasad, before signing the Constitution on 26 November, 1949, thanked Rau for having worked honorarily all the time that he was here, assisting the assem- bly not only with his knowledge and erudition but also enabled the other members to perform their duties with thoroughness and intelligence by sup- plying them with the material on which they could work.

Correct Answer –D. Switzerland

Explanation:-Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives. Many countries that are representative democracies allow for three forms of political action that provide limited direct democracy: referendum (plebiscite), initiative, and recall. Referendums can include the ability to hold a binding vote on whether a given law should be rejected.This effectively grants the populace which holds suffrage a veto on a law adopted by the elected legislature (one nation to use this system is Switzerland).

Correct Answer –A. Dr S. Radhakrishnan

Explanation:-The slogan ‘Sarva Dharma Samabhava’ was coined by Mahatma Gandhi in pursuit of his dream of Hindu-Muslim unity.Dr S. Radhakrishnan was the President of the Republic of India who consistently described—Indian Secularism as ‘Sarva Dharma Samabhav’.