Question 1

Which one of the following statements regarding freedom to manage religious affairs as per the Constitution of India is notcorrect?

Accepted Answer

All are correct except A, as every religious denomination including minor communities shall have right to manage its own affairs.

Question 2

Which one of the following statements relating to protection against arrest and detention of individuals under Article 22 is not correct?

Accepted Answer

Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of twenty-four hours of such arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the magistrate and no such person shall be detained in custody beyond the said period without the authority of a magistrate.

Question 3

Which one of the following sectors is not affected by the changes made in the Foreign Direct Investment Policy in June 2016?

Accepted Answer

Changes made in FDI policy in June 2016 will not affect manufacturing of small arms and ammunition.

Question 4

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Preamble of the Indian Constitution? 1.The Preamble by itself is not enforceable in a Court of Law. 2.The preamble states the objectives which the Constitution seeks to establish and pro…

Accepted Answer

All are correct. Preamble is non-justiciable in nature i.e. its provisions are not enforceable in court of law. Preamble is neither a source of power to legislature nor a prohibition upon the powers of legislature.

Question 5

Which one of the following statements relating to cultural and educational rights in India is not correct?

Accepted Answer

The Indianconstitution guarantees Cultural and Educational Rights under articles 29 and 30.Under article 29, this article seeks to protect the interests of the minority communities. This article confers the freedom to all citizens, residing in different parts of the land, to conserve their distinct languages, scripts or cultures state shall not impose upon it any culture other than the community’s own culture. This article further assures that no citizen shall be denied admission into any state-run or state-aided educational institution on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them. And Under article 30, It provides that all minority communities—religion or linguistic, have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice. In granting aid to educational institutions, the state shall not discriminate on the grounds of religion or language.

Question 6

Which one of the following statements relating to the Directive Principles of State Policy is not correct?

Accepted Answer

The Directive Principles of State Policy are enumerated in Part IV of the Constitution from Articles 36 to 51. The Directive Principles are non-justiciable in nature, that is, they are not legally enforceable by the courts for their violation. So, the Governments cannot be compelled to implement them.Although the Constitution in Article 37 itself says that these principles are fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws. These principles reflect the ideology of socialism, Gandhian and liberalism.

Question 7

Which one of the following statements is not correct regarding the Office of the Vice President of India?

Accepted Answer

The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of both elected and nominated members of both Houses of Parliament, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting in such election is by secret ballot. The Vice-President is not a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of a Legislature of any state.

Question 8

Which one of the following constitutional authorities inquires and decides in case of doubts and disputes arising out of election of the President and Vice President Of India?

Accepted Answer

Supreme Court inquires and decides in case of doubts and disputes arising out of elections of President and Vice president.

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