*The head of the state government Ans : The Chief Minister *The position of the Chief Minister at the state level is analogous to the position of Ans : The Prime Minister *The Chief Minister is appointed by the Governor under article Ans : 164 *The oath of office and secrecy to the ministers are administered by Ans : The Governor *A person who is not a member of the state - legislature can be appointed the Chief Minister only for Ans : Six months (within which he should become a member of state legislature) *Advocate General, Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission, State Election Commissioner etc. are appointed by the Governor on the advice of Ans : The Chief Minister *The Chairman of the State Planning Board Ans : The Chief Minister *The dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly can be recommended to the Governor at any time by Ans : The Chief Minister *The meetings of the Council of Ministers in a state is presided over by Ans : The Chief Minister *First woman Chief Minister of a State in India Ans : Sucheta Kripalani *First Malayalee woman to become the Chief Minister of a State in India Ans : Janaki Ramachandran *Longest serving Chief Minister of a state in India Ans : Jyoti Basu *Longest serving woman Chief Minister Ans : Sheila Dikshit *Shortest serving Chief Minister of a state in India Ans : Jagdambika Pal (3days - UP) *First Chief Minister who had IAS Ans : Ajit Jogi *First Muslim woman Chief Minister of a State in India Ans : Syeda Anwara Taimur *The only person who became the Chief Minister of two states in India Ans : N.D. Tiwari *The youngest Chief Minister of a state in India Ans : M.O.H.Farook *First film actor to become the Chief Minister Ans : M.G.Ramachandran *The poorest Chief Minister of India Ans : Manik Sarkar *First Chief Minister who lose in an election Ans : Shibu Soren
STATE LEGISLATURE
*The state legislature consists of Ans : The Governor and one or two houses *If the state has only one house, it is known as Ans : Legislative Assembly *If the state has two houses, the house other than Legislative Assembly is known as *The state having one house is called Ans : Unicameral *The state having two houses is called Ans : Bicameral *The upper house of a State Legislature Ans : Legislative council *The permanent house of a bicameral system Ans : Legislative council *The house which cannot be dissolved Ans : Legislative council *One third of the members of Legislative Council retires on the expiry of every Ans : Two years *Number of states having Unicameral system in India Ans : 22 ie: having only Legislative Assembly *Number of states having Bicameral system in India Ans : 7 ie: having both Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (VIDHAN SABHA)
*The State Legislative Assembly consists of representatives directly elected by Ans : The people *The total memebership of a Legislative Assembly shall be fixed according to the strength of Ans : Population *The maximum strength of a Legislative Assembly in a state Ans : 500 *The minimum strength of a Legislative Assembly in a state Ans : 60 *One member from the Anglo Indian Community to the Legislative Assembly is nominated by Ans : The Governor *The tenure of a member of the Legislative Assembly is Ans : 5 years *To become a member of the Legislative assembly, one must be a citizen of India and must have attained the age of 25 years. *The presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly is known as Ans : The Speaker *The functions of the speaker of the Assembly is analogous to that of the speaker of the Ans : Lok Sabha *Money bills of a state can be introduced only in the Ans : Legislative Assembly *In the absence of the Speaker, the duties of the Speaker are taken by Ans : The Deputy Speaker
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (VIDHAN PARISHAD)
*The upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral legislature Ans : Legislative Council *States having Bi-cameral Legislature Ans : Uttar Pradesh ,Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Bihar,Maharashtra,Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir *Permanent house of a State is Ans : Legislative Council *Minimum age limit to become a member of Legislative Council Ans : 30 *The term of members of Legislative Council Ans : 6 years *Minimum strength of a Legislative Council Ans : 40 (But Jammu & Kashmir has only 36 members)
ATTORNEY GENERAL (ARTICLE 76)
The highest law officer in India Ans : Attorney General Chief Legal Advisor to the Government of India Ans : Attorney General The Article which deals with the Attorney General Ans : Article 76 *Attorney General is appointed by the Ans : The President *Attorney General holds office during the pleasure of Ans : The President *Attorney General should have the qualification to be a Ans : Judge of the Supreme Court *The term of Office of the Attorney General is not fixed by the constitution *Attorney General is removed from his office by Ans : The President *Attorney General gives his resignation to Ans : The President *The Law officer who has the right to appear all courts in India Ans : Attorney General *A non member of the Cabinet who has the right to speak in the houses of Parliament or any Parliamentary Committee, though he has no right to vote (Article 88) Ans : Attorney General *The law officer who is assisted by two Solicitors General and four Assistant Solicitors General Ans : Attorney General *The second law officer of India Ans : Solicitor General *Solicitor General is appointed for a period of Ans : 3 years person who became Attorney General twice. Soll Sorabji *A non member of the state legislative assembly who has the right to speak though he has no right to vote Ans : Advocate General *First Attorney General of India Ans : M.C.Setalwad *Present Attorney General of India Ans : K.K.Venugopal *The longest serving Attorney General of India Ans : C.K. Daphtary *Present Solicitor General of India Ans : Ranjith kumar *The Person who become Attorney General twice Ans : Soli Sorabji
ADVOCATE GENERAL (ARTICLE - 165)
*Highest Law Officer in a State Ans : Advocate General *Advocate General is appointed by Ans : The Governor *The qualification of Advocate General is equivalent to the qualifications of a Ans : High Court Judge *The law officer who has the right to appear all courts in a State Ans : Advocate General *First Advocate General of Kerala Ans : K.V.Suryanarayana Iyer *Present Advocate General of Kerala Ans : C.P.Sudhakara Prasad
THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL (ARTICLE 148-151)
*The head of Indian Audit and Accounts Department Ans : Comptroller and Auditor General of India *Article which deals with CAG Ans : Article 148 *Article which deals with the power and duties of CAG Ans : Article 149 *The guardian of public purse Ans : CAG *CAG is appointed and removed by the Ans : The President *CAG holds the office until he attains the age of Ans : 65 years or at the expiry of the 6 years term, whichever is earlier *The CAG submits the report of audit to Ans : The President or the Governor *"Ears and Eyes of the Public Accounts Committee" Ans : CAG *CAG can be removed by President, in the same manner as in which the Judges of Supreme Court are removed *After retirement CAG is not eligible for further office in Centre or State *CAG has no control over the issue of money from the consolidated fund of India or of any state *CAG's salary is met from Ans : The Consolidated Fund of India *The salary of CAG is equal to that of a Ans : Judge of the Supreme Court *First CAG of India Ans : V.Narahari Rao *Present CAG of India Ans : Shashikant Sharma (12th) *Watchdog of public purse Ans : CAG *Watchdog of merit system Ans : UPSC *Watchdog of human rights Ans : NHRC *Initially the number of Judges in the Supreme Court Ans : The Chief Justice and 7 other judges *The power to increase or decrease the number of judges of the Supreme Court rests with Ans : The Parliament *The Chief Justice is appointed by the President in consultation with other judges of the Supreme Court and Ans : The High Court *The other Judges are appointed by the President after consultation with the Chief Justice and other judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts *The senior most judge of the Supreme Court is appointed by Ans : The Chief Justice of India *The Oath of affirmation to the judges of the Supreme Court is administered by The Ans : President *Supreme Court judges retire upon attaining the age of 65 years *A judge may voluntarily resign before expiry of his term by writing to the President *The salaries of the judges of the Supreme Court (Article 125) are drawn from the Ans : Consolidated fund *The Salary of the Chief Justice of Supreme Court Ans : One lakh *The Salary of the other judges in Supreme Court Ans : 90,000
QUALIFICATION OF JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT
*Should be a citizen of India *He should have been a judge of a High Court for five years continously; or *He should have been an advocate of aHigh court for ten years in continuation; or *He should be a distinguished jurist in the opinion of the President
REMOVAL OF JUDGES
*A judge of Supreme Court can be removed by the President under Article Ans : 124(4) *The grounds of removal are Ans : Proved misbehaviour or incapacity *A removal motion signed by 100 members (Lok Sabha) or 50 members (Rajya Sabha) is to be given to the Ans : Speaker / Chairman *The Speaker or Chairman may or may not admit the removal motion *If admitted, the Speaker / Chairman constitutes a 3 member enquiry committee The committee should consist of (a)the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court (b)a Chief Justice of a High Court and (c)a distinguished jurist *If the committee finds the judge to be guilty of misbehaviour or suffering from incapacity, the house can consider the motion. *A motion of removal of a judge of the Supreme Court must be passed by each House separately by a majority of Ans : two third of the members of the House *After the motion is passed by both the Houses by special majority it is sent to the President, finally the President gives his order of removal of the judge concerned *The first case of impeachment of a judge in India was against Justice V. Ramaswami of the Supreme Court in
May 1993 *Justice Soumitra Sen, a judge of Calcutta High Court was impeached in 2011 on charges of corruption by the Ans : Rajya Sabha
ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
*The President can appoint a judge of the Supreme Court as an acting Chief Justice of India when (a)the office of the Chief Justice of India is vacant or (b)the Chief Justice of India is temporarily absent or (c)the Chief Justice of India is unable to perform the duties of his office
JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF THE SUPREME COURT
*The Supreme Court exercises five types of jurisdiction namely: (a)Original jurisdiction (b)Appellate jurisdiction (c)Writ jurisdiction (d)Advisory jurisdiction (e)Revisory jurisdiction
(a) Original Jurisdiction
*In any dispute involving a question of law between the union government and one or two states, or between two or more states, the Supreme Court has Original Jurisdiction *Article which deals with original jurisdiction of Supreme Court Ans : Article 131
(b) Appellate Jurisdiction
*The highest appellate Court in India Supreme Court *Usually appellate jurisdiction applies to cases certified by the High Courts as fit for appeal. Even if High Court doesn't certify a case fit for appeal, the Supreme Court can allow special leave *The appeals can be filed in civil, criminal and constitutional cases
(c) Writ Jurisdiction
*Writ Jurisdiction is given to the Supreme Court under Article Ans : 32 *Under article 32, any individual can move the Supreme Court directly if there has been infringement of Ans : Fundamental Right *To enforce the fundamental rights, the Supreme Court can issue five types of writs: Ans : Habeas Corpus, Mandamas, Quo Warranto, Certiorari and Prohibition
(d) Advisory Jurisdiction
*The article provides the President to refer to the Supreme Court a question of law or a question of fact of public importance for its opinion Ans : Article 143 *The article provides for the enlargement of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by the Parliament Ans : Article 138
(e) Revisory Jurisdiction
*The Supreme Court can review any judgement made by it to correct the mistakes that have crept in the order under Article Ans : 137
JUDICIAL REVIEW
*The power of Supreme Court and High Court to review or examine a law passed by the legislatures and see whether that law is within the frame work of the constitution or not is called Ans : Judicial Review *The Supreme Court and High Court of India exercise judicial review as the Principle of procedure established by law *Judicial Review is'dealt with in Article 13 * India adopted the idea of Judicial Review from the Ans : USA
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
* A superior Court issues a direction to the government officials or executives to perform certain duties in time if they fails to do so *Such directions are issued by the court on the strength of public interest litigation to serve the general interest of the society *The idea of public, interest litigation in India was introduced by Ans : P.N.Bhagwati *Eventhough all the judgements and orders passed by the Supreme Court are binding on all the courts in India, they are not binding on Ans : The Supreme Court
HIGH COURTS
*The highest court of Appeal in the State Ans : The High Court *Article deals with the High Courts Ans : Part VI, Article 214 *The head of judiciary at the State or Union territory level Ans : The High Court *Indian High Court Act was passed in Ans : 1861 *Indian High Court Act was passed during the period of Ans : Lord Canning *First High Court was inaugurated in India during the period of Ans : John Lawrence *The oldest High Court in India Ans : The Calcutta High Court (August 14,1862) *Madras and Bombay are the other two Highcourts established in Ans : 1862 *Judges of the High courts are appointed by Ans : The President *Judges of the High courts are removed by the President on the same grounds and manner as the judges of the Supreme court are removed *Chief Justice of High court and other judges are appointed by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India . and the Governor of the state *The Oath of affirmation of the judges to the High Court is administered by Ans : The Governor *Judges of the High Court shall hold office until they attain the age of Ans : 62 years *A judge of the High Court can resign his office by writing to Ans : The President *Judges can be removed from office only by Ans : Impeachment (with a resolution passed by the parliament of two third majority) *The salary of the Chief Justice of a High Court Ans : Rs. 90000 *The salary of the other judges of High Court Ans : Rs. 80,000 *The salaries and allowances of judges of High courts are charged upon the Ans : Consolidated Fund of the state *Pension of High Court judges is charged upon the Ans : Consolidated fund of India *The High court has the power to issue writs under Article ' Ans : 226 *The only Union Territory having a High Court of its own Ans : Delhi *The number of High Courts at present in India Ans : 24 *The states namely Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura got their own High Courts in Ans : 2013 *The High Court having the most' number of states under its jurisdiction (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram) Ans : Guwahati High Court *The High Court having the most number of judges Ans : Allahabad High Court *The High Courts haying the least number of judges Ans : Sikkim, Meghalaya (3 Judges) *First Indian to Chief Justice of a High Court Ans : Phani Bhushan Chakravartti (Calcutta High Court) *First Indian to become the Jud Ans : Sambhunath Pandit *First woman Chief Justice of a High Court Ans : Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh) *First woman Advocate in India Ans : Cornelia Sorabji *First woman Magistrate in India. Ans : Omana Kunjamma *First Indian to become a Chief Justice of a High Court in free, India Ans : M.C.Chagla *The jurisdiction of Andaman and Nicobar islands comes under the Ans : Calcutta HighCourt *The High Court which started the Green Bench Ans : Calcutta Hlgh Court *India's first women Court Ans : Malda(West Bengal) *The special Bench of High Court to deal with the criminal cases related to offences against women and children was started in Ans : February 1,2013
*The creation of the Lokayukta in the States was recommended by Ans : The Administrative Reforms Commission (1966-1970) *This institution which is known as the watch dog of the administration and protector of the common man Ans : Lokayukta *The person appointed Lokayukta is usually a Ans : Former High Court Chief Justice or former Supreme Court Judge *The Lokayukta consists of Ans : Lokayukta and two Upa lokayuktas *The Lokayukta and Upa lokayuktas are appointed on the advice of the - Chief Minister, in consultation with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Leader of the Opposition *Lokayukta and Upa lokayukta can resign by submitting their resignation to the Ans : The Governor *The term of appointment of Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta is Ans : Five years *Salaries and allowances of Lokayukta and Upa lokayuktas are from the Ans : Consolidated fund of the state *Salary of Lokayukta is equal to that of the Ans : Chief Justice of High Court (Rs. 90,000) *Salary of Upa Lokayukta is equal to that of the Ans : Judge of High Court (Rs. 80,000) *The power to remove Lokayukta or Upa Lokayukta is vested with the Ans : State Legislative Assembly *Lokayukta has to present a consolidated report annually to Ans : The Governor *First state in India to pass the Lokayukta act Ans : Odisha (1970) *First state in India to appoint Lokayukta Ans : Maharashtra (1971) *The Lokayukta came into force in Odisha in Ans : 1983 *First Lokayukta of Kerala Ans : Justice P.C. Balakrishna Menon *Present Lokayukta of Kerala Ans : Justice Pius.C. Kuriakose
ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS
*Article deals with Administrative Tribunal Ans : Article 323 A *Article 323 A was introduced to the Constitution by Ans : 42nd Amendment (1976) *The Part which deals with the Central and the State Administrative Tribunals Ans : XIV-A *The disputes relating to the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public service of the Centre, States, local bodies, public corporations and other public authorities are dealt by Ans : Central and the State Administrative Tribunals *The Parliament enacted the Administrative Tribunal act in Ans : 1985
*The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Tribunal enjoy the status of a Ans : High Court Judge *The retirement age of the Chairman and Vice Chairman Ans : 65 years or for a term of 5 years *The chairman, vice-chairman and members of the CAT and SATs are appointed by the Ans : The President *Central Administrative Tribunal consists of Ans : One Chairman, 16 Vice Chairman, 46 Members
LOK ADALAT
*Lok adaiat is otherwise known as Ans : People Court *The redressel mechanism which settle dispute through conciliation and compromise Ans : Lok Adalat *Permanent Lok Adaiat was introduced for the first in south India Ans : Thiruvananthapuram * The First Lok Adaiat was held in Ans : Gujarat (1982) * Total members of Lok Adaiat including the Chairman Ans : 3 *The court fee of Lok Adaiat Ans : No Court fee
STATES IN THE B PART OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE (PART VII, ARTICLE -238)
*The article which deals with the definitions of States Ans : Article 152 *The Part which was repealed from the Indian Constitution Ans : Part VII *The article which is dealt with in Part VII Ans : Article 238 *The Constitutional amendment which repealed Part VII from the Indian Constitution Ans : 78th Amendment (1956) * The Committees which recommended that States need not be formed on the basis of Languages : Ans : S.K.Dhar Committee (1948) J.V.P Committee (1948 -appointed by INC) *The Committee which recommended that States should be formed on the basis of Languages : Ans : Fazal Ali Committee (Members : Fazal Ali, K.M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru) *The Malayalee member of Fazal Ali Committee Ans : Sardar K.M.Panikkar *Total number of States and Union Territories which came on November 1, 1956 on the basis of Languages Ans : 14 States and 6 Union Territories
JAN LOKPAL BILL
*'The protector of the People' is the meaning of Ans : Lokpal *Jan Lokpal Bill is also referred as Ans : Citizen's Ombudsman Bill *The term Lokpal was coined by Ans : L.M.Singhvi *The term Lokpal was coined in the year Ans : 1963 *Lokpal bill was introduced in the Parliament for the first time in Ans : 1968 *Lokpal bill was introduced in the Parliament for the first time by Ans : Shanti Bhushan *The person who observed fasting for passing the Lokpal bill Ans : Anna Hazare *The organisation concerned with the introduction of the Lokpal bill Ans : India Against Corruption *Anna Hazare left 'India Against Corruption' to form another organization called Ans : Janatantra Morcha *Arvind Kejriwal left 'India Against Corruption' to form the political party called Ans : Aam Aadmi Party *The political parties which were against the introduction of the bill Jan Lokpal Ans : Shiv Sena and Samajwadi Party *The Jan Lokpal bill was finally passed by the Rajya Sabha on Ans : December 17,2013 *The Jan Lokpal bill was finally passed by the Lok Sabha on Ans : December 18,2013 *The Jan Lokpal got the assent of the President on Ans : January 1, 2014 *Total number of members in Jan Lokpal including the Chairman Ans : 9 *Percentage of Judicial members in Jan Lokpal Ans : 50% *For an investigation against the Prime Minister, the Jan Lokpal Samiti should get the support of atleast Ans : Two third (2/3) of its members *The number of members in Jan Lokpal Section Samiti Ans : 5 (Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, Lok Sabha Speaker, Supreme Court Chief Justice or Supreme Court Judge, A jurist nominated by the President)
*The administrative head of the Union Territories Ans : Lieutenant Governor *The Lieutenant Governor is appointed by Ans : The President *The Union Territories having Legislative Assembly Ans : Delhi and Puducherry *The Union Territory which spreads to three states Ans : Puducherry *The Budget of the Union Territories which do not have Legislative Assembly are presented by Ans : Lok Sabha *The number of Union Territories in India Ans : 7
PANCHAYATI RAJ (PART IX, ARTICLE 243)
*The term 'Panchayati Raj' was first introduced by Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *'Panchayati Raj' was constitutionalized through the Ans : 73rd amendment (1992) *Article and Part of the Indian consititution that mandates for the establishment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India Ans : Article 40 under Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy) *Panchayati Raj Act came into force on Ans : April 24,1993 *National Panchayati Raj Day is observed since Ans : 2011 *Panchayats are formed under article Ans : 243 B *The Legislative body which has the power to make legislations of Panchayati Raj System Ans : State Legislature (Article 243 C) *The article which deals with the reservation wards in Panchayats Ans : 243 D *The article which deals with the duration of a Panchayat Samiti Ans : 243 E *The article which deals with the election of Panchayats Ans : 243 K *The Panchayati Raj was inaugurated in India on Ans : October 2,1959
BALWANT RAI MEHTA COMMITTEE (1957)
*The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was headed by Ans : M.P. Balwant Rai Mehta *The Government of India appointed the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee in Ans : 1957 *The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee submitted its recommendations to the government in Ans : 1957 *The father of Panchayathi Raj in India Ans : Balwant Rai Mehta *The Committee recommended for the establishment of a three tier Panchayati Raj system Ans : Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957 November)
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