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1
According to ____________________, Appointment and tenure of members of the State Public Service Commission.
Article 317
Article 318
Article 319
Article 320
2
Identify the constitutional body with the following functions :
UPSC
Election Commission of India
Finance Commission
CAG
3
State Public Service Commission Chairman and members will hold office from the date of joining the post till ___________________.
3 years
5 years
6 years
None of these.
4
Which of the following article of the Constitution provides for the formation of an independent and impartial Election Commission ?
Article 324
Article 327
Article 329
Article 333
5
The Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by the ____________________________.
President
Governor
Prime Minister
6
The main function of National Commission is to ___________________________ all matters related to the protection and development of Scheduled Castes mentioned in the Constitution.
Review
Supervise
Superintend and implement
All of these.
7
Finance Commission is constituted, every ___________________
Third year
Second year
Fifth year
Fourth year
8
The Constitution provides for the Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body under _________________________.
Article 274
Article 280
Article 289
Article 299
9
A National Scheduled Castes and Tribes Commission for Scheduled Castes and Tribes was established by the ______________________ Constitutional Amendment Act 1990.
60th
65th
68th
73rd
10
Which of the following are correct :
(a) The Chairman of a State Public Service Commission shall be eligible for appointment as a member or Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission.
(b) The Chairman of a State Public Service Commission shall not be eligible for appointment as the Chairman of any other State Public Service Commission.
Only (a) is correct.
Only (b) is correct.
Both (a) and (b) are correct.
11
The National Commission for Minorities was formed in the year __________________________.
1992
1993
1994
1995
12
In India, the Finance Commission is appointed after every five years -
To determine the financial position of states
To determine the financial position of the Central Government
To determine the financial resources of the Central Government
To determine the share of states in the Central Grants and the revenue of the Union.
13
Article 338 was amended by the 65th Constitutional Amendment Act 1990 to constitute a ______________________ National Commission for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.
5-member
7-member
9-member
14
(a) Article 321 mentions that the Commission expenditure is weighted on the Consolidated Fund of India or State.
(b) In Article 322, Parliament or State Legislatures are empowered to make provisions for assigning additional work to the Union Public Service Commission is mentioned.
15
(a) Under Article -320, the President appoints the Chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission.
(b) Under Article-317, the Chairman or a member of the Public Service Commission can be removed from office by order of the President.
(c) About half of the members of each Public Service Commission will be individuals who have at least 10 years of government service experience.
Only (b) and (c) are correct.
Only (a) and (c) are correct.
16
(a) Article 29 is related to the protection of religious and linguistic minorities.
(b) According to the provision of Article 350 (a), a special officer for linguistic minorities will be appointed by the President
(c) The National Commission for Minorities was formed in the year 1997.
Only (a) and (b) are correct.
17
(a) Finance Commission is constituted by the President every fifth year for the purpose of advising the Central Government on financial matters.
(b) The Finance Commission submits its report to the President, which is presented to both the Houses of Parliament.
(c) The recommendations of Finance Commission will be in force for a period of 6 years.
18
(a) The constitutional provisions in relation to the State Public Service Commission are from Articles -315 to 323.
(b) The term of the Speaker and the members is 5 years or 62 years of age whichever is earlier.
(c) On 1 June 2011, the number of members of the Public Service Commission was increased from 5 to 11.
Only (c) is correct.
19
(a) Function of Scheduled Caste Commission is to investigate and hear any matter which violates the interests of the Scheduled Castes.
(b) Function of Scheduled Caste Commission is to report annually to the Prime Minister about the working of safeguards.
(c) Function of Scheduled Caste Commission is to do other work assigned by the Prime Minister regarding the protection, welfare, development and upgradation of Scheduled Castes.
20
(a) Members of the Public Service Commission forward the resignation letter to the Governor.
(b) Article-320 is related to power to regulate the conditions of service of employees of State Public Service Commission.
(c) Article -317 is related to the appointment and tenure of members of the Commission.