Sail E0 Webinar

General Knowledge > Polity

STATE GOVERNMENT [LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE] MCQs

Total Questions : 323 | Page 31 of 33 pages
Question 301. Consider the following statements about lower courts and identify the false statements from the codes given below :

  1. The Panchayat Courts have only civil jurisdiction.

  2. The Munsiff Courts are lower in the hierarchy than the court of Subordinate Judge.

  3. The Sessions cases are the more serious civil cases in the Court of the District Judges.


Codes :
  1.    (a), (b) and (c)
  2.    (a) and (c)
  3.    (a) Only
  4.    (a) and (b)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> (a) and (c)
Answer: (b)
At the level of district judiciary in India, the session cases are not civil, but criminal cases. Panchayat courts have criminal jurisdiction in minor offences.
Question 302. Who has the authority to appoint a judge of a High Court?
  1.    The Legislative Assembly
  2.    The governor of the concerned state
  3.    The Chief Justice of India
  4.    The president of India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> The president of India
Answer: (d)Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and, in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the chief Justice.
Question 303. The special status of Jammu and Kashmir implies the State has:
  1.    a separature Judiciary
  2.    a separate Defence Force
  3.    All of the above
  4.    a separate Constitution
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> a separate Constitution
Answer: (d)
Question 304. Which of the following statements is/are correct? Under the provisions of Article 200 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of a state may

  1. Withhold his assent to a Bill passed by the state legislature.

  2. Reserve the Bill passed by the state legislature for consideration of the President.

  3. Return the Bill, other than a money Bill, for reconsideration of the legislature.


Select the correct answer using the codes given below
  1.    Only 1
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    2 and 3
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d)
All of the above statements are correct.
Question 305. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
  1.    Mayawati
  2.    Annie Besant
  3.    Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  4.    Sucheta Kriplani
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sucheta Kriplani
Answer: (d)
Sucheta Kriplani was India’s first woman Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.
In October 1963, she became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the first woman to hold that position in any Indian state. The highlight of her tenure was the firm handling of state employees strike.
Question 306. Who among the following appointed by the Governor can be removed by only the President of India?
  1.    Vice - Chancellor of a State University
  2.    Advocate - General
  3.    Chief Minister of a state
  4.    A member of the State Public Service Commission
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> A member of the State Public Service Commission
Answer: (d)A member of the State Public Service Commission appointed by the Governor can be removed by only the President of India.
Question 307. If the Governor of a State is appointed administrator of an adjoining Union Territory, he exercises his functions:
  1.    according to Parliament’s directions
  2.    on advice of his Council of Ministers
  3.    according to the directions of the State legislature
  4.    independently of his Council of Ministers
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> independently of his Council of Ministers
Answer: (d)
Question 308. The Council of Ministers in a State is collectively responsible to
  1.    the Chief Minister
  2.    the Governor
  3.    the President of India
  4.    the Legislative Assembly
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> the Legislative Assembly
Answer: (d)In the states, the Governor, as the representative of the President, is the head of Executive, but real executive power rests with the Chief Minister who heads the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers of a state is collectively responsible to the elected legislative assembly of the state.
Question 309. The ordinances issued by the Governor are subject to approval by:
  1.    President
  2.    Parliament
  3.    No one
  4.    State legislature
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> State legislature
Answer: (d)
Question 310. Who is authorized to transfer the judges of one High Court to another High Court?
  1.    The Law Minister
  2.    A collegium of judges of the Supreme Court.
  3.    The President
  4.    The Chief Justice of India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> The President
Answer: (c)The President may, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, transfer a judge from one high court to any other high court. When a judge has been or is transferred, he shall, during the period he serves, after the commencement of the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, as a Judge of the other High Court.

Latest Videos

Latest Test Papers