Polity (The Centre-State Relation) MCQ

19. Which Article among the following says that Indian Constitution provisions about inter-state relation?
(A) Article 262
(B) Article 263
(C) Article 264
(D) Article 265

21. Which of the following is not matched properly?
(A) Union Parliament’s power of adjudication in Inter-State water dispute – Article 262 of the Constitution
(B) Inter-State Water dispute Act– 1956
(C) River Boards Act – 1970
(D) National Water Policy – 1987

22. Which one of the following is not a feature of a zonal council?
(A) It is a constitutional body
(B) Five Zonal Councils have set up under the State Reorganisation Act, 1956
(C) Chandigarh although not a state, is included in Zonal Council
(D) It is an Advisory body

23. Who among the following is empowered to establish the interstate council?
(A) Parliament
(B) President
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) Prime Minister

24. The regional councils are constituted by
(A) Constitution
(B) Parliamentary Laws
(C) Resolution of Government
(D) National Development Council

25. The recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission are related to
(A) Distribution of revenue
(B) Powers and functions of President
(C) Membership of the Parliament
(D) Centre-State relations

26. Which of the Constitutional Provision lays down that taxes can neither be levied nor collected without the authority of law?
(A) Article 265
(B) Article 266
(C) Article 300
(D) Article 368

27. Which Commission advocated the establishment of a Permanent Inter-State Council, called ‘Intergovernmental Council’?
(A) Punchhi Commission
(B) Sarkaria Commission
(C) Radhakrishnan Commission
(D) Moily Commission

28. Who among the following as a member of Sarkaria Commission?
(A) V. Shankar
(B) K. Hanumanthaiah
(C) Dr. S.R. Sen
(D) O.V. Algesan

29. Is a State of the Indian Union empowered under the Constitution to take foreign loans directly?
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) Yes, but from international organizations only
(D) Yes, but only with the permission of the Reserve Bank of India

30. Which one of the following is not related to Union-State relations in India?
(A) Sarkaria Commission
(B) Rajmannar Committee
(C) Indrajit Gupta Committee
(D) Punchhi Commission

31. Which one of the following taxes is imposed and charged by the Union, but is divided into Union and the States?
(A) Corporation Tax
(B) Taxes on items except for agriculture income
(C) Taxes on railway fares and freights
(D) Custom

32. Agriculture Income Tax is assigned to the State Government by
(A) The Finance Commission
(B) The National Development Council
(C) The Inter-State Council
(D) The Constitution of India

33. Centre-State relations in India are dependent upon
1. Constitutional provisions
2. Conventions and practices
3. Judicial interpretations
4. Mechanisms for dialogue
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) All the four

34. The Centre-State relations in India are influenced by
1. Provisions of the Constitution
2. The Planning process
3. Conflict of Political interests
4. The dominance of desire to dictate
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 2, 4 and 5
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

35. Consider the following statements. In India, stamp duty on financial goods deals are
1. Imposed and collected by State Government.
2. Regulated by the Union Government.
Which of the following is/are correct?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) None of the above

36. A Federal policy involves
1. Relations between Union and State
2. Relations among States
3. Mechanism for co-operation
4. Mechanism for solving disputes
Select your correct answer from the code given below.
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) Only 1, 2 and 3
(C) Only 1, 2 and 4
(D) Only 2, 3 and 4

37. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : There has been a growing demand for a review of Centre-State relationship.
Reason (R) : The States have no adequate resources to take up developmental projects.
In the light of above two statements, which one of the following is correct? 
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

 

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