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UPSC Polity and Governance Previous Year Questions 2016

 1. The Parliament of India acquires the power to legislate on any item in the State List in the national interest if a resolution to that effect is passed by th

a) Lok Sabha by a simple majority of its total membership

b) Lok Sabha by a majority of not less than two-thirds of its total membership

c) Rajya Sabha by a simple majority of its total membership
d) Rajya Sabha by a majority of not less than two-thirds of its members present and voting


2. Consider the following statements:
1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years.
2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2


3.  Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. A Bill pending in the Lok Sabha lapses on its prorogation.
2. A Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha, which was not been passed by the Lok Sabha, shall not lapse on the dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2


4. ‘Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan is a national campaign to
a) rehabilitate the homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable sources of livelihood
b) release the sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative sources of livelihood
c) eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers
d) release the bonded laborers from their bondage and rehabilitate them


5. Consider the following statements:
1. The Chief Secretary in a State is appointed by the Governor of that State.
2. The Chief Secretary in a State has a fixed tenure. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2


6. With reference to the ‘Gram Nyayalaya Act’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. As per the Act, Gram Nyayalayas can hear only civil cases and not criminal cases.
2. The Act allows local social activists as mediators/reconciliation. 
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2


Answer: 
1-d; 2-b; 3-b; 4-c; 5-d; 6-b;

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