Indian Politics Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Statements (a) and (c) are correct, so the answer is (a) and (c).

(a) is accepted: under Articles 155 and 156 the Governor is appointed by the President and holds office for five years, although the term is subject to the President's pleasure. (c) reproduces Article 163(1): a council of ministers headed by the Chief Minister aids and advises the Governor, except where the Constitution requires him to act in his discretion.

(b) is wrong, because Article 157 requires the Governor to have completed 35 years of age, not 30. Every option containing (b) is therefore wrong.

Answer: B

They are notified under Section 3.

The Rajasthan Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services Act, 2011 gives citizens a right to notified services within a fixed time. Its Section 3 empowers the State Government to notify the services covered, the designated officers who must deliver them, the appellate officers and the stipulated time limits.

Section 2 is the definitions section. 'Sub Section 1' and 'Sub Section 2' do not identify any section of the Act on their own, so they cannot be the answer.

Answer: D

The Act is the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Section 15 of the RTI Act provides for every state to constitute a State Information Commission, headed by a State Chief Information Commissioner, to hear appeals and complaints under the Act. Section 12 provides for the Central Information Commission.

The 73rd and 74th Amendments of 1992 created the framework for panchayats and municipalities, and the human rights legislation provides for human rights commissions, not information commissions.

Answer: A

Elections must be held within 6 months.

Under Article 243E(3)(b) of the Constitution, an election to constitute a Panchayat must be completed before the expiry of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution. Article 243U lays down the same rule for municipalities.

A newly constituted Panchayat after a dissolution serves only the remainder of the original five-year term. The periods of 3 months, 5 months and 1 year do not appear in the Constitution's rule.

Answer: B

The 74th Amendment introduced Part IX A.

The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992 added Part IXA, 'The Municipalities' (Articles 243P to 243ZG), and the Twelfth Schedule, giving urban local bodies constitutional status.

Its companion, the 73rd Amendment, added Part IX on Panchayats. Part IXB, on co-operative societies, was added by the 97th Amendment in 2011. Part X deals with Scheduled and Tribal Areas and Part XII with finance, property and contracts.

Answer: B

The correct statement is that it was constituted on 18-01-1999 by notification issued by Govt. of Rajasthan.

The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission was set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 by a state government notification of 18 January 1999. It began functioning in March 2000, not October 2000, which rules out C.

The Act requires the chairperson of a state commission to be a retired Chief Justice or Judge of a High Court, not of the Supreme Court, which rules out A. And a state commission now consists of a chairperson and two members, not three, which rules out D.

Answer: A

The 74th Amendment added Part IX-A, 'The Municipalities'.

The Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 inserted Part IX-A, Articles 243P to 243ZG, giving urban local bodies constitutional status, and added the Twelfth Schedule listing their functions. It came into force on 1 June 1993.

Part IX, 'The Panchayats', was added by the 73rd Amendment, so it is the near miss. Part VIII deals with the Union Territories, and there is no Part VIII-A.

Answer: C

At the state level the Election Commission is assisted by the Chief Electoral Officer.

Under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, each state has a Chief Electoral Officer, an officer of the state government nominated by the Election Commission of India in consultation with that government. The CEO supervises the preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of elections in the state, working under the Commission's direction.

The Chief Election Commissioner heads the Commission itself at the national level. The State Information Commissioner works under the RTI Act, and the Chief Minister is the political executive, with no role in running elections.

Answer: D

The chairman was Girijapati Mukharji.

The Committee on Budgetary Reform in Municipal Administration of 1974 was chaired by Girijapati Mukharji (Mukherji), and its subject was the reform of the format and classification of municipal budgets.

John Matthai chaired the Taxation Enquiry Commission of 1953-54, and A.P. Jain chaired the Rural-Urban Relationship Committee of the 1960s. Neither headed the 1974 committee on municipal budgets.

Answer: C

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.

Under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, the chairperson and members of a State Human Rights Commission are appointed by the Governor, on the recommendation of a committee headed by the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister recommends; he does not appoint. So Statement 1 is false.

Although the Governor appoints them, they can be removed only by the President, on the grounds and by the procedure in the Act. So Statement 2 is false as well, which rules out every option that calls either statement true.