Indian Politics Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The keyed answer is Section-10.

The present State of Rajasthan took shape on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which added the former Part C state of Ajmer, the Abu Road taluk of Bombay and the Sunel Tappa of Madhya Bharat to the existing state, and transferred Sironj to Madhya Pradesh. The provision forming the new Rajasthan is Section 10 of the Act.

Sections 4, 5 and 9 of the Act are not the provision that forms Rajasthan, so they are not the answer.

Answer: C

Urban local bodies were dealt with by the 74th Amendment.

The Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 added Part IXA (Articles 243P to 243ZG) on the municipalities, giving constitutional status to nagar panchayats, municipal councils and municipal corporations, and added the Twelfth Schedule listing their functions.

The 73rd Amendment did the same for rural local bodies, the panchayats. The 72nd Amendment concerned reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in Tripura, and the 75th set up rent control tribunals.

Answer: A

The 74th Amendment added the 12th Schedule.

The Twelfth Schedule lists 18 functions that may be entrusted to municipalities, such as urban planning, water supply, public health and sanitation, and slum improvement. It was added along with Part IXA by the 74th Amendment Act, 1992.

The 10th Schedule (anti-defection) was added by the 52nd Amendment, the 8th lists the official languages, and the 5th deals with the administration of Scheduled Areas. The 11th Schedule, for panchayats, came with the 73rd Amendment.

Answer: C

The Chief Minister is appointed under Article 164.

Article 164(1) provides that the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor, and the other ministers by the Governor on the Chief Minister's advice. The same article makes the council of ministers collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly.

Article 163 provides for the council of ministers to aid and advise the Governor, Article 165 deals with the Advocate-General of the State, and Article 166 with the conduct of the business of the state government.

Answer: B

The appointee was Shri Mohan Lal Lather.

Mohan Lal Lather, a retired IPS officer and former Director General of Police of Rajasthan, was appointed Chief Information Commissioner of Rajasthan in July 2024, filling the post under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

The other three names are not the 2024 appointee to this post.

Answer: D

It was constituted under Article 243K.

Article 243K, added by the 73rd Amendment, vests the superintendence, direction and control of panchayat elections in a State Election Commission appointed by the Governor. Article 243ZA applies the same commission to municipal elections. The Rajasthan SEC was set up under it in 1994.

The other articles concern union territories: Article 239A deals with local legislatures for certain union territories, Article 240 with the President's power to make regulations for some of them, and Article 241 with their high courts.

Answer: D

The one that is not a tier is Zila Samities.

Rajasthan, which launched Panchayati Raj at Nagaur on 2 October 1959, has three tiers: the Gram Panchayat at the village level, the Panchayat Samiti at the block level and the Zila Parishad at the district level.

'Zila Samiti' mixes the name of the block body with the district level; no institution of that name exists in the three-tier structure.

Answer: C

The Twelfth Schedule lists 18 functions.

The 74th Amendment (1992) added Part IXA and the Twelfth Schedule, which lists 18 matters that state laws may devolve on municipalities, such as urban planning, water supply, public health and sanitation, and slum improvement.

The figure 29 belongs to the Eleventh Schedule for panchayats, added by the 73rd Amendment. 25, 24 and 15 match neither schedule.

Answer: B

The Lokayukta is appointed by the Governor.

Under the Rajasthan Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas Act, 1973, the Governor appoints the Lokayukta after consulting the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court and the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.

The Chief Justice and the Leader of the Opposition are consulted but do not appoint. The Chief Minister's government advises the Governor, but the formal appointing authority is the Governor.

Answer: C

The 29 functional items for Panchayats are in the Eleventh Schedule.

The 73rd Amendment, 1992, added the Eleventh Schedule listing 29 subjects, such as agriculture, minor irrigation, drinking water and rural housing, that states may devolve to Panchayats (Article 243G). The paper's 'preview' means purview.

The Twelfth Schedule, added by the 74th Amendment, lists 18 functions of municipalities. The Eighth Schedule lists the official languages and the Tenth contains the anti-defection law.