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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
2 points1. Consider the following statements:
1. The emergency power of the President is not subject to judicial review.
2. The emergency power is a federal feature of the Constitution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Correct
Answer: D
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is incorrect: The emergency power of the President is subject to judicial review. The 38th Amendment Act of 1975 made the declaration of National Emergency immune to judicial review but was deleted by the 44th Amendment Act of 1978. In the Minerva Mills case (1980), the Supreme Court held that National Emergency can be challenged in the court on the ground of mala fide or that the declaration was based on wholly extraneous and irrelevant facts.
• Statement 2 is incorrect: The emergency power is a unitary feature of the Constitution.Incorrect
Answer: D
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is incorrect: The emergency power of the President is subject to judicial review. The 38th Amendment Act of 1975 made the declaration of National Emergency immune to judicial review but was deleted by the 44th Amendment Act of 1978. In the Minerva Mills case (1980), the Supreme Court held that National Emergency can be challenged in the court on the ground of mala fide or that the declaration was based on wholly extraneous and irrelevant facts.
• Statement 2 is incorrect: The emergency power is a unitary feature of the Constitution. -
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 points2. Which of the following is/are incorrect about the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha?
1. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha is the principal advisor to the Chairman of the Council of the States.
2. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha is appointed by a committee headed by a three-member Committee headed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha.
3. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha has a fixed tenure of 5 years or until the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:Correct
Answer: D
Explanation:
• All the statements are incorrect: The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha is the principal advisor to the Speaker of Lok Sabha. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha is appointed by the Speaker and there is no committee involved. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha does not have a fixed tenure.Incorrect
Answer: D
Explanation:
• All the statements are incorrect: The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha is the principal advisor to the Speaker of Lok Sabha. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha is appointed by the Speaker and there is no committee involved. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha does not have a fixed tenure. -
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 points3. Which among the statements given below is correct about the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022?
Correct
Answer: B
Explanation:
• The Bill replaces the three municipal corporations of North, South and East Delhi under the Act with one Corporation named the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The Bill provides that the central government may appoint a Special Officer to exercise powers of the Corporation until the first meeting of the Corporation is held after the commencement of the Bill. There are no provisions dealing with direct election of mayor or constitution of area sabha in the Bill.Incorrect
Answer: B
Explanation:
• The Bill replaces the three municipal corporations of North, South and East Delhi under the Act with one Corporation named the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The Bill provides that the central government may appoint a Special Officer to exercise powers of the Corporation until the first meeting of the Corporation is held after the commencement of the Bill. There are no provisions dealing with direct election of mayor or constitution of area sabha in the Bill. -
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 points4. There cannot be a Constitutional democracy without:
Correct
Answer: A
Explanation:
• Although limited government, institutional and procedural limitations on powers, independent media etc are necessary for Constitutional Democracy, free and fair elections are the starting point of constitutional democracy. In a constitutional democracy, the authority of the majority is limited by legal and institutional means so that the rights of individuals and minorities are respected. Constitutional democracy is the antithesis of arbitrary rule. It may be also called substantial democracy, liberal democracy etc.Incorrect
Answer: A
Explanation:
• Although limited government, institutional and procedural limitations on powers, independent media etc are necessary for Constitutional Democracy, free and fair elections are the starting point of constitutional democracy. In a constitutional democracy, the authority of the majority is limited by legal and institutional means so that the rights of individuals and minorities are respected. Constitutional democracy is the antithesis of arbitrary rule. It may be also called substantial democracy, liberal democracy etc. -
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 points5. Democracy Report 2022, is published by:
Correct
. Answer: B
Explanation:
• In V-Dem Institute’s latest Democracy Report 2022, India continues to be categorized as an electoral autocracy; a status to which it had been downgraded for the first time in last year’s Democracy Report. The V-Dem Institute, led by Professor Staffan I. Lindberg, is an independent research institute and the Headquarters of the V-Dem project. The institute is based at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.Incorrect
. Answer: B
Explanation:
• In V-Dem Institute’s latest Democracy Report 2022, India continues to be categorized as an electoral autocracy; a status to which it had been downgraded for the first time in last year’s Democracy Report. The V-Dem Institute, led by Professor Staffan I. Lindberg, is an independent research institute and the Headquarters of the V-Dem project. The institute is based at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
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