Polity (Part-4) (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

31. Who acts as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee? [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) The seniormost Chief of Staff
Solution:

The senior-most Chief of Staff Acts as the chairman of the Staff Committee. The position of Chairman devolves on the longest serving Chief of Staff and rotates amongst the Chiefs of Services.

32. Which one of the following statements is correct? [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) The supreme command of the defence forces of the Union vests in the President, but its exercise has to be regulated by law
Solution:

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and its exercise has to be regulated by law.

Hence, option (b) is correct. Option (a) is wrong as Article-72 of the Constitution of India empower President to grant pardon to a person sentenced by a court martial. Hence, option (b) is correct.

33. Which of the following is not a laid down principle of the Panchsheel?

Correct Answer: (c) Mutual support for each other in world forum
Solution:

Panchsheel the Agreement on Trade and intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India was singed on 29th April, 1954 in Beijing.

The Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, known in India as the Panchsheel Treaty (from Sanskrit, panch : five, sheel : virtues), are a set of principles to govern relations between states. The following are the five principles of Panchsheel

(i) Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
(ii) Mutual non-aggression.
(iii) Mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.
(iv) Equality and co-operation for mutual benefit.
(v) Peaceful co-existence.
Hence, options (c) is not a Principle of Panchsheel.

34. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) Such a notification remains valid for 6th months
Solution:

The Central Government is empowered to issue a notification to specify any service in a state as a service of vital importance to the community, such a notification valid for 1 month in the first instance but may be extended from time-to-time by a hike notification.
Hence, option (b) is not correct.

35. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not true for the category of the Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) inserted by the amendment the Citizenship Act of India in 2003? [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

1. It gives dual citizenship to Persons on India Origin (PIO), who are citizens of another country.
2. It gives Persons of Indian origin (PIO), who are citizens of another country, are OCI card without citizenship.
3. It permits the OCI to vote in general elections in India.
4. It allows the OCI to travel to Indian without visa.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

Correct Answer: (b) 1 and 3
Solution:

A Person on Indian Origin (PIO) means a foreign citizen (except a national of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Iran, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Nepal), who at any time held an Indian passport or who or either of their parents/grand parents/great grand parents was born and permanently resident in India as defined in Government of India Act, 1935 Other territories that became part of India thereafter provided neither was at any time a citizen of any of the aforesaid countries (as referred above).

Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card A foreign national, who was eligible to become citizen of India on 26th January, 1950 or was a citizen of India on or at anytime after 26th January, 1950 or belonged to a territory that became part of India after 15th August, 1947 is eligible for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).

Minor children of such person are also eligible for OCI. However, if the applicant had ever been a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh, he/she will not be eligible for OCI. Hence, statements 1 and 3 are false.

36. Which of the following statement(s) with regard to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is/are correct? [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

1. The Act is applicable only to the States of Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland.
2. A person taken into custody under the above Act must be handed over to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station with least possible delay.
3. An area can be declared as a disturbed area under the above Act only when the State Government is of the opinion that the use of the armed forces in aid of civil power is necessary to contain a dangerous condition in the concerned area.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

Correct Answer: (c) Only 3
Solution:

AFSPA to enable certain special powers to be conferred upon members of the armed forces in disturbed areas in the States of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. It enacted by Parliament in the 9th year of the Republic of India.

Power to declare areas to be disturbed areas If, in relation to any State or Union Territory to which this Act extends, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union Territory of the Central Government in either case, is of the opinion that the whole or any part of such State or Union Territory, as the case may be, is in such a disturbed or dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary.

The Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union Territory or the Central Government, as the case may be, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare the whole or such part of such State or Union Territory to be a disturbed area.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

37. The power to decide the date of an election to a State Legislative Assembly rests with the [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) Election Commission of India
Solution:

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous, constitutionally established federal authority responsible for administering all the electoral processes in the Republic of India.

Under the supervision of the commission, free and fair elections have been held in India at regular intervals as per the principles enshrined in the Constitution.

The Election Commission has the power of superintendence, direction and control of all elections to the Parliament of India and the State Legislatures and of elections to the office of the President of India and the Vice-President of India. Elections are conducted according to the constitutional provisions, supplemented by laws made by Parliament.

38. A Parliamentary Democracy is one where [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

1. a balance of popular participation and elite rule takes place.
2. the government is responsible not to the public but to the elected representatives.
3. the parliamentarians are delegated the responsibility of thinking and acting on behalf of their constituents.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 3
Solution:

A parliamentary democracy is a system of governance, in which the head of state is usually a person from legislature and directly elected by the people. The government is responsible for elected representatives and also accountable to that of Parliament.

In parliamentary system, the parliamentarians are delegated the responsibility of thinking and acting as representatives of their constituency.

39. When martial law is imposed, Parliament cannot make law in respect of which one of the following matters? [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) Any act done under martial law can be validated by Parliament by law
Solution:

Article-34 provides for the restrictions on Fundamental Rights while martial law is in force in any area within the territory of India. It empowers the Parliament to indemnify any person in respect of any Act done by him in connection with the maintenance of order in the area where martial law was in force.

The Parliament can also validate any sentence passed when martial law was in force in the area. A law of Parliament can validate forfeiture ordered when martial law was in force in the area. Hence option (d) is correct.

40. Which among the following features of a federal system is not found in the Indian Political System? [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) Dual citizenship
Solution:

Article-1 States that India, that is Bharat shall be a Union of States. Indian Constitution does not mentioned anywhere that India is a Federation of States.

Still we get so many federal features in our Constitution. The following are the federal features of Indian Constitution.

● Dual government (Federal government at Central level and State Government
at State level).
● Distribution of powers between Federal and the State Governments.
● Supremacy of the Constitution.
● Independent Judiciary.
● Authority of the courts to interpret the Constitution. There is Prevalence of single citizenship in our country. Dual citizenship is a feature of American Federation.