Indian Polity and Governance | The Governance System

Indian Polity and Governance | The Governance System

Dec 11, 2024 - 10:53 Updated: Dec 11, 2024 - 11:15
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1. Constitution of India provides which type of governance system?

Democratic
Presidential
Parliamentary
Semi-democratic

2. Which of the following is not a feature of good governance?

Accountability
Transparency
Rule of Law
Red Tapism

3. Which one is the most prominent element of a state?

Flag
Capital
Sovereignty
Head of State

4. "The State is everywhere it leaves hardly a gap". This statement explains the concept of

Welfare State
Communist State
Democratic State
Police State

5. Which one of the following is not the feature of Indian Constitution?

Parliamentary Government
Presidential Government
Independence of Judiciary
Federal Government

6. Out of the following statements, choose the one that brings out the principle underlying the Cabinet form of Government.

An arrangement for minimizing the criticism against the Government whose responsibilities are complex and hard to carry out to the satisfaction of all
A mechanism for speeding up the activities of the Government whose responsibilities are increasing day by day
A mechanism of parliamentary democracy for ensuring collective responsibility of the Government to the people
A device for strengthening the hands of the head of the Government whose hold over the people is in a state of decline

7. In which report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission barriers of Good Governance in India have been identified?

'Ethics in Governance'
'Citizen-Centric Administration: The Heart of Governance'
'Prompting E-Governance'
'Local Governance'

8. There is parliamentary system of Government in India because the

Lok Sabha is elected directly by the people
Parliament can amend the Constitution
Rajya Sabha cannot be dissolved
Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha

9. The main advantage of the parliamentary form of government is that

the executive and legislature work independently
it provides continuity of policy and is more efficient
the executive remains responsible to the legislature
the head of the government cannot be changed without election

10. In a Parliamentary system of Government.

Judiciary controls Executive
Executive controls Judiciary
Executive controls Legislature
Legislature controls Executive

11. In a Presidential Government, all the executive powers are vested in

President
Cabinet
Legislature
Upper House

12. Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian polity?

A Government following the Constitution
Democratic Government
Rule of Law
Authoritarian Government

13. 'Welfare State' aims to

Secure maximum welfare of maximum numbers
Management of welfare of weaker sections
Provide health facilities
None of the above

14. Which one of the following is not the Philosophy of the Constitution of India?

Welfare State
Socialist State
Political Equality
Communist State

15. What is the main source of Political Power in India?

The People
The Constitution
The Parliament
The President

16. Which one of the following is a basic feature of the Presidential Government?

Rigid Constitution
Single Executive
Supremacy of the Legislature
Residual Powers of the States

17. The Democracy of India is based on the fact that

The Constitution is written
Fundamental rights have been provided
Public enjoys the rights to choose and change the Government
Directive principles of state policy have been provided here

18. Democracy's superior virtue lies in the fact that it calls into activity

The intelligence and character of ordinary men and women
The methods for strengthening executive leadership
A superior individual with dynamism and vision
A band of dedicated party workers

19. Indian Constitution is

Rigid
Flexible
Neither rigid nor flexible
Partly rigid and partly flexible

20. Which one of the following points differentiates the Indian Parliamentary System and British Parliamentary System?

Collective Responsibility
Judicial Review
Bi-cameral Legislature
Real and Nominal Executive

21. Which of the following is not a federal feature of the Indian Constitution?

Distribution of power between Centre and States
Entirely written Constitution
Single Citizenship
Independent Judiciary

22. Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

There is an independent judiciary in India
Powers have been clearly divided between the Centre and the States
The federating units have been given unequal representation in the Rajya Sabha
It is the result of an agreement among the federating units

23. The reason for the Indian Constitution being the bulkiest is that

it incorporates the experience of many Constitutions
it contains detailed administra-tive provisions
it deals with the Government of a large country
it contains the Constitution of both Union and State Governments

24. Who called Indian Federalism as the Co-operative Federalism?

G. Austin
K.C. Wheare
Sir Ivor Jennings
D.D. Basu

25. Who said, "India is a quasi-federal state"?

Harold Laski
Ivor Jennings
Lord Bryee
K.C. Wheare

26. Who rejected the 'Principles of Administrative as myths and proverbs'?

Herbert Simon
Dwight Waldo
Frank Marini
F.W. Riggs

27. In relation to Indian Constitution who said that "Indian Constitution establishes good balance between Rigidity and Flexibility"?

B.R. Ambedkar
M.P. Payli
Alexandrovics
K.C. Wheare

28. Who of the following has stated that "The Constitution has not been set in a tight mould of Federalism"?

D.D. Basu
K.M. Munshi
B.R. Ambedkar
K.S. Aiyer

29. Which one of the following is incorrect about the Indian Political System?

Secular State
Parliamentary System of the Government
Federal Policy
Presidential System of Government