Miscellaneous (Indian Polity) (Part-2)

Total Questions: 50

41. The Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is: [S.S.C. Online C.G.L. (T-I) 4.09.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) National Security Advisor
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Chief of DRDO
(d) Home Minister of India

Correct Answer: (b) Prime Minister of India

Solution:The National Disaster Management Authority was constituted under the Disaster Management Act 2005, with the Prime Minister of India as its Chairman.

The NDMA was formally constituted on 27th September 2006 with a Vice-Chairman enjoying the status of Cabinet Minister, and eight members with the status of Minister of State.

42. Who among the following is NOT a part of the committee, which is constructed to provide suggestions to the Prime Minister regarding the appointment of a chief commissioner of Central Information Commission? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 6.08.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) A Union Cabinet Minister appointed by Prime Minister
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(d) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

Correct Answer: (c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Solution:The Chief Commissioner of the Central Information Commission is appointed by the President on the recommendation of a committee consisting of

→the Prime Minister as Chairperson,

→the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and

→a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister.

→Hence, the Speaker of Lok of Sabha is NOT a part of the committee.

43. The 'Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal' was constituted to resolve the water sharing between- [S.S.C. Online C.G.L. (T-I) 1.09.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Gujarat and Daman and Diu

Correct Answer: (c) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

Solution:Under the Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956, the Central Government constituted Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) on 6 October 1969 to adjudicate upon the sharing of Narmada waters and for Narmada River valley development among the four States of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

44. In which year was the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights established? [S.S.C. Online CPO SI (T-I) 09.11.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) 2014
(b) 2007
(c) 2005
(d) 2010

Correct Answer: (b) 2007

Solution:The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was established in March 2007 under an Act of Parliament (December 2005) under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005

45. When power is shared among different organs of government, then it known as________. [S.S.C. Online C.P.O.S.L. (T-I) 2.07.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Community Government
(b) Separation of powers
(c) Coalition Government
(d) Amalgamation of powers

Correct Answer: (b) Separation of powers

Solution:Sharing of power between different organs of the state is known as the separation of powers.

As per the Indian constitution, power is distributed between the executive, the judiciary and the legislative.

46. Which of the following is CORRECT about coalition form of government? [S.S.C. Online C.P.O.S.I. (T-I) 2.07.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Sharing of power at different levels
(b) Sharing of power by different social groups
(c) Sharing of power by two or more political parties
(d) None of these

Correct Answer: (c) Sharing of power by two or more political parties

Solution:A coalition government is a type of government where two or more political parties join together in parliament/assembly to run the government and agree on a policy program by sharing powers.

47. Which type of democracy do we follow in India? [S.S.C. Online C.G.L. (T-I) 9.09.2016 (Shift-II)]

(a) Direct
(b) Presidential
(c) Representative
(d) Dictatorship

Correct Answer: (c) Representative

Solution:We follow representative democracy in India.

It is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

48. In the context of democracies, which of the following ideas is correct: democracies have successfully eliminated_____________. [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 2.03.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) conflicts among people
(b) economic inequalities among people
(c) differences of opinion about how marginalized sections are to be treated
(d) the idea ofpolitical in equality

Correct Answer: (b) economic inequalities among people

Solution:Democracy is a kind of government where people rule the country through elected representatives.

Primary goal of democracy is to create a society without inequalities.

If inequalities are wide in a country then democracy remains only in name but not in reality.

In the context of democracies differences of opinion about how marginalized sections are to be treated have been successfully addressed.

49. The parliamentary system of government was adopted by India on the basis of the constitution of which nation? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 2.03.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) United States of America
(b) Ireland
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Russia

Correct Answer: (c) United Kingdom

Solution:The parliamentary system of government was adopted by India based on the model of United Kingdom.

It was adopted on November 26, 1949, while it came into force on January 26, 1950, when all the members of the Constituent Assembly signed the document.
The Indian Constitution was not typeset or printed but was handwritten and calligraphed in both English and Hindi by Prem Behari Narain Raizada.
India had also borrowed the following from U.K. Constitution: Rule of Law, Legislative procedure, Single citizenship, Cabinet system, Prerogative writs, Parliamentary privileges, and Bicameralism.

50. Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show that [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 3.03.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) inequalities do not exist under dictatorship
(b) democracy and development go together
(c) dictatorship is better than democracy
(d) inequalities exist in democracies

Correct Answer: (d) inequalities exist in democracies

Solution:Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show that inequalities exist in democracies.

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