Government & Administration (India & World) (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

1. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the commencement of the election process in India? [1995]

(a) The recommendation for election is made by the government and the notification for election is issued by the Election Commission
(b) The recommendation for election is made by the Election Commission and the notification for election is issued by the Home Ministry at the Centre and Home Departments in the States
(c) The recommendation for election is made by the Election Commission and the notification for election is issued by the President and Governors of the States concerned
(d) Both the exercises of making a recommendation for election and that of issuing a notification in respect of it are done by the Election Commission

Correct Answer: (c) The recommendation for election is made by the Election Commission and the notification for election is issued by the President and Governors of the States concerned

Solution:The Election commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and State Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country. The recommendation for election is made by the Election Commission and the notification for election is issued by the President and Governors of the States concerned.

India's election system is quite a comprehensive one as it has huge number of constituencies at its helm to look upon and to provide data from it's electing machinery for the future establishment of newer constituencies.

2. Which one of the following will fit in the place marked 'X'? [1995]

List-I (Council of states)

List-II (House of the People)

Not more than 250 members

Not more than 238

representatives of

States and Union

Territories

Not more than 552 members

Not more than 530

representative of states

plus not more than 2

nominated Anglo-Indians plus X

(a) Ministers who are not members of Parliament but who have to get themselves elected to either House of Parliament within six months after assuming office
(b) Not more than 20 nominated members
(c) Not more than 20 representative of Union Territories
(d) The Attorney General who has the right to speak and take part in the proceedings of either House of the Parliament

Correct Answer: (c) Not more than 20 representative of Union Territories

Solution:The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution of India is 552, which is made up by election of up to 530 members to represent the states; up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the President of India, if, in his/her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House.

3. Who among the following have the right to vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha? [1995]

(a) Elected members of the Lower House of the Parliament
(b) Elected members of the Upper House of the Parliament
(c) Elected members of the Upper House of the State Legislature
(d) Elected members of the Lower House of the State Legislature

Correct Answer: (d) Elected members of the Lower House of the State Legislature

Solution:As Indian follows Universal Adult Suffrage elected members of the Lower House of the State Legislature i. e., Las have the right to vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The State Legislature besides making laws also has one electoral power in electing the President of India. Elected members of the Legislative Assembly along with the elected members of Parliament are involved in this process.

4. Which one of the following States of India does not have a Legislative Council even though the Constitution? (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 provides for it? [1995]

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Bihar
(c) Karnataka
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: (d) Madhya Pradesh

Solution:6 out of 28 states have bicameral legislatures, namely Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh, with the remaining states having a unicameral one.

5. Which of the following is the State in which the Lok Ayukta Act includes the Chief Minister in its ambit? [1995]

(a) West Bengal and Kerala
(b) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
(d) Rajasthan and Karnataka

Correct Answer: (b) Gujarat and Maharashtra

Solution:In Gujarat and Maharashtra the Chief Ministers come under the ambit of Lok Ayukta Act.

Lokayukta act refers to those provisions which have been enshrined to put a check on the working of Ministers and their colleagues at the highest level with charge of corruption and other imbalances that are done at the decision making level.

6. Which of the followings political parties is/are national political parties? [1995]

1. Muslim League

2. Revolutionary Socialist Party

3. All India Forward Block

4. Peasants and Workers Party of India

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 3 only
(d) None

Correct Answer: (d) None

Solution:All the parties mentioned are state level parties.

7. The Dinesh Goswami Committee was concerned with [1995]

(a) de-nationalisation of banks
(b) electoral reforms
(c) steps to put down insurgency in the north-east
(d) the problem of the Chakmas

Correct Answer: (b) electoral reforms

Solution:Dinesh Goswami Committee (1990) was concerned with electoral reforms. It suggested providing state funding in kind to political parties. It also suggested that a candidate should not be allowed to contest election from more than two constituencies.

8. If in an election to a State legislative assembly, the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that: [1995]

(a) the polling was very poor
(b) the election was for a multi-member constituency
(c) the elected candidate's victory over his nearest rival was very marginal
(d) a very large number of candidates contested the election

Correct Answer: (d) a very large number of candidates contested the election

Solution:A defeated candidate who fails to secure more than one sixth of the valid votes polled in the constituency will lose his security deposit. When a very large number of candidates contest the election, due to distribution of votes, the winning candidate may get less than 1/6 th of valid voters.

9. If the number of seats allocated to a state in the Lok Sabha is 42, then the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in that state will be: [1995]

(a) 21
(b) 14
(c) 7
(d) 6

Correct Answer: (a) 21

Solution:Incomplete question. In this question no data is provided for percentage of SC population. That's why the number of reserved seats for SCs cannot be predicted.

Allocation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the Lok Sabha are made on the basis of proportion of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the State concerned to that of the total population, vide provision contained in Article 330 of the Constitution of India read with Section 3 of the R. P. Act, 1950. Article 332 Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assemblies of the States:

(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam, in the Legislative Assembly of every State.

(2) Seats shall be reserved also for the autonomous districts in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam.

(3) The number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of any State under clause (1) shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in the Assembly as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State or part of the State, as the case may be, in respect of which seats are so reserved, bears to the total population of the State.

10. Which one of the following is a part of the electoral college for the President but, not the forum for his impeachment? [1996]

(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Rajya Sabha
(c) State Legislative Councils
(d) State Legislative Assemblies

Correct Answer: (d) State Legislative Assemblies

Solution:According to article 54, electoral college of President includes elected members of LS, RS and State legislative assemblies. Under article 61, members of state legislative assemblies do not take part in the process of impeachment of the president.

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