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Insta Static Quiz Questions INSTA STATIC QUIZ QUESTIONS SEPTEMBER 2020 WWW.INSIGHTSONINDIA.COM INSIGHTSIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ Table of Contents 1. POLITY ............................................................................................................................................... 2 2. GEOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................................... 5 3. ECONOMY ......................................................................................................................................... 7 4. ART AND CULTURE ............................................................................................................................. 9 5. HISTORY........................................................................................................................................... 11 6. ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................ 13 www.insightsonindia.com 1 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ d) Canadian Constitution 1. Polity 6) The act created for the first time, a Government 1) In the Indian Parliamentary model of Government of India having authority over the entire territorial a) The Executive is responsible to none but area possessed by the British in India: Constitutional ideals a) Charter Act of 1833 b) The Judiciary controls the Executive b) Act of 1891 c) The Executive is responsible to the c) Act of 1909 Legislature d) Government of India Act 1935 d) The Legislature controls the Judiciary 7) The ‘basic structure’ doctrine was ruled by the 2) The Parliament exercises Budgetary control over Supreme Court in which of the following cases? the executive, that is, control ‘before’ the a) Shankari Prasad Case appropriation of grants through the enactment of b) Olga Tellis Case Vs. State of Maharashtra the budget by c) Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala a) Public Accounts Committee d) Bhikaji Vs. Union of India case b) Departmental Standing Committees c) Committee on Public Undertaking 8) Consider the following statements. d) Estimate Committee 1. There is no mention of District Courts in the Constitution. 3) Consider the following statements regarding the 2. The District Judges are appointed by the Contingency Fund of India. Governor in consultation with the High Court. 1. The fund is established directly by the 3. A person to be eligible for appointment as Constitution of India. a District Judge must be an officer in judicial service 2. The fund is placed at the disposal of the of the Union or the State. President. Which of the above statements is/are incorrect? 3. No such fund exists at the State level. a) 1, 3 Which of the above statements is/are correct? b) 2 only a) 1, 2 c) 1, 2, 3 b) 2 only d) 1, 2 c) 2, 3 d) 1, 3 9) Collective privileges of each house of Parliament include 4) Consider the following statements. 1. Prohibition of courts into inquiring into 1. The Chairperson of a Panchayat at the the proceedings of a House or its village level shall be elected in such manner committees as the Legislature of a State may, by law, 2. Power of the house to punish members as provide. well as outsiders for breach of its privileges 2. The Chairperson of a Panchayat and other or its contempt by even suspension and members of a Panchayat whether or not imprisonment chosen by direct election from territorial 3. Right to publish its reports, debates and constituencies in the Panchayat area shall proceedings and also the right to prohibit have the right to vote in the meetings of the others from publishing the same Panchayats. Select the correct answer code: Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 1, 2, 3 a) 1 only b) 1 only b) 2 only c) 1, 3 c) Both 1 and 2 d) 2 only d) Neither 1 nor 2 10) Consider the following statements about 5) The ideals of Liberty, equality and fraternity in Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Indian constitution have been borrowed from Resolutions a) American Constitution 1. The committee classifies bills and b) British Constitution allocates time for discussion on bills and resolutions c) France Constitution introduced by private members. www.insightsonindia.com 2 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ 2. This is a special committee of the Lok 15) Consider the following statements about Public sabha only. Account Committee. 3. In Lok sabha it is chaired by the Deputy 1. This committee was first setup in 1911 Speaker. under the provisions of the Government of India Act Which of the above statements is/are correct? of 1909. a) 1 only 2. The members are elected according to the b) 1, 2 principle of proportional representation by means of c) 1, 3 single transferable vote. d) 1, 2, 3 3. It is vested with the power of disallowance of expenditures by the departments. 11) The “Sovereignty” of India means Which of the above statements is/are correct? 1. No external power can dictate to the a) 1, 3 government of India. b) 2 only 2. Citizens cannot be discriminated against c) 1, 2, 3 on any grounds. d) 2, 3 3. There is freedom of speech and expression for Indian citizens. 16) Consider the following statements Select the correct answer code: 1. Beginning of Parliamentary System in a) 1, 2 India can be traced back to Indian Council b) 1 only Act, 1861 c) 1, 3 2. Charter Act of 1833 recommended for the d) 1, 2, 3 appointment of Macaulay Committee on Indian Civil Service. 12) Consider the following statements 3. Charter Act of 1833 deprived the governor 1. 44th constitutional amendment added of Bombay and Madras of their legislative three new words—socialist, secular and integrity powers and the Governor General of India to preamble was given exclusive legislative powers for 2. The Preamble to the Indian Constitution is the entire British India. based on the Objectives Resolution. Which of the above statements is/are correct? Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 1 only a) 1 only b) 2 only b) 2 only c) 3 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) None d) Neither 1 nor 2 17) The Parliament under Article 368 can amend any 13) Which of the following article(s) of the part of the Constitution without affecting ‘basic Constitution has a bearing on Tribal rights? structure’ of the Constitution, that includes: 1. Article 14 1. Harmony and balance between 2. Article 15 Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles 3. Article 16 2. Principle of equality 4. Article 30 3. Free and fair elections Select the correct answer code: 4. Independence of Judiciary a) 1, 3, 4 Select the correct answer code: b) 1, 2, 3 a) 1, 2 c) 1, 2, 4 b) 1, 3, 4 d) 1, 2, 3, 4 c) 2, 4 d) 1, 2, 3, 4 14) The Directive Principles resemble the ‘Instrument of Instructions’ enumerated in the 18) A Partial Protection against Double Jeopardy is a a) Government of India Act of 1935 a) Constitutional right b) Montague Chelmsford Act 1919 b) Fundamental right c) Objectives Resolution, 1946 c) Provision under CrPC d) Nehru Report, 1928 d) Judicial convention www.insightsonindia.com 3 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ 19) Apart from the Minerva Mills case, which of the Select the correct answer code: following cases deal with the primacy of a) 1 only fundamental rights vis-à-vis directive principles or b) 1, 2 vice versa? c) 2, 3 1. Champakam Dorairajan (1951) d) 1, 2, 3 2. Golak Nath case (1967) 3. Kesavananda Bharati Case (1973) 23) Article 1 of our Constitution says – “India that is 4. ADM Jabalpur case (1976) Bharat, shall be a Union of states”. This declaration Select the correct answer code: signifies a) 1, 2 1. That the Union of India has resulted out of b) 2, 4 an agreement between the states. c) 1, 2, 3 2. The component units/states have no right d) 1, 3, 4 to secede from the Union. Which of the above statements is/are incorrect? 20) Consider the following statements regarding a) 1 only Select Committees. b) 2 only 1. Select Committees are formed for c) Both 1 and 2 examining a particular Bill and its membership is d) Neither 1 nor 2 limited to MPs from one House. 2. Select Committees of Lok Sabha are 24) Consider the following statements regarding headed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha. National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). 3. According to the Rules of Business of the 1. The National Legal Services Authority houses of Parliament, Referring of Bills to (NALSA) has been constituted under the parliamentary committees is mandatory. Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to Which of the above statements is/are incorrect? provide free Legal Services to the weaker a) 1, 2 sections of the society. b) 1, 3 2. The President of India is the Patron-in- c) 2, 3 Chief of the Authority. d) 2 only Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 1 only 21) Consider the following statements regarding b) 2 only Preamble c) Both 1 and 2 1. The 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, d) Neither 1 nor 2 added three new words—socialist, secular and integrity-to the Preamble. 25) Which of the following statement is not correct? 2. The Preamble is neither a source of power a) Fundamental Rights are not sacrosanct to legislature nor a prohibition upon the b) Fundamental Rights promote the ideal of powers of legislature political democracy 3. In the Kesavananda Bharati case, the c) The six rights guaranteed by Article 19 can Supreme Court held that Preamble is a part be suspended when the emergency is of the Constitution. declared on the grounds of external Which of the above statements is/are correct? aggression and armed rebellion a) 2, 3 d) Laws made to enforce fundamental rights b) 1, 3 can be made only by the parliament and not c) 2 only by state legislatures d) 1, 2 Solution: a) 22) According to the Constitution, Territory of India includes which of the following categories 1. Territories of the states 2. Union territories 3. Territories that may be acquired by the Government of India at any time www.insightsonindia.com 4 InsightsIAS INSTA STATIC QUIZ c) 1, 4, 5 2.
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