Questions for: The Governance System

• Q: Constitution of India provides which type of governance system?
  
  A) Democratic

  B) Presidential

  C) Parliamentary

  D) Semi-democratic
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following is not a feature of good governance?
  
  A) Accountability

  B) Transparency

  C) Rule of Law

  D) Red Tapism
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one is the most prominent element of a state?
  
  A) Flag

  B) Capital

  C) Sovereignty

  D) Head of State
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: “The State is everywhere: it leaves hardly a gap” refers to
  
  A) Welfare State

  B) Communist State

  C) Democratic State

  D) Police State
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one is not a feature of Indian Constitution?
  
  A) Parliamentary Government

  B) Presidential Government

  C) Independence of Judiciary

  D) Federal Government
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Principle underlying Cabinet form of Government?
  
  A) Minimize criticism

  B) Speed up activities

  C) Collective responsibility

  D) Strengthen head of govt
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Report of 2nd ARC identifying barriers to good governance?
  
  A) Ethics in Governance

  B) Citizen-Centric Administration

  C) Promoting E-Governance

  D) Local Governance
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Parliamentary system exists in India because
  
  A) Lok Sabha elected by people

  B) Parliament can amend Constitution

  C) Rajya Sabha can’t be dissolved

  D) Ministers responsible to Lok Sabha
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Main advantage of parliamentary govt
  
  A) Exec & legislature work independently

  B) Continuity of policy

  C) Exec responsible to legislature

  D) PM can't be changed w/o election
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: In Parliamentary govt
  
  A) Judiciary controls Executive

  B) Executive controls Judiciary

  C) Executive controls Legislature

  D) Legislature controls Executive
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: In Presidential Government, executive powers vested in
  
  A) President

  B) Cabinet

  C) Legislature

  D) Upper House
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which is not a feature of Indian polity?
  
  A) Government follows Constitution

  B) Democratic Govt

  C) Rule of Law

  D) Authoritarian Govt
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Welfare State aims to
  
  A) Max welfare of max people

  B) Welfare of weaker sections

  C) Provide health

  D) None of the above
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Not a philosophy of Indian Constitution?
  
  A) Welfare State

  B) Socialist State

  C) Political Equality

  D) Communist State
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Correct statement
  
  A) India has Presidential Constitution

  B) India is a titular monarchy

  C) India is an aristocracy

  D) India is a Parliamentary Democracy
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Main source of political power in India?
  
  A) The People

  B) The Constitution

  C) The Parliament

  D) The President
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Basic feature of Presidential govt
  
  A) Rigid Constitution

  B) Single Executive

  C) Legislature supremacy

  D) Residual powers to States
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Main features of Presidential govt
  
  A) Head is President

  B) President appoints council

  C) President can't dissolve legislature

  D) All of the above
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: India’s democracy is based on
  
  A) Written Constitution

  B) Fundamental Rights

  C) Right to change govt

  D) Directive Principles
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Democracy’s superior virtue lies in
  
  A) Intelligence of common people

  B) Strengthen executive

  C) Superior individual

  D) Dedicated party workers
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: What makes Indian Constitution federal?
  
  A) Written Constitution

  B) Free Judiciary

  C) Residuary powers with Centre

  D) Power distribution
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Indian Constitution is
  
  A) Rigid

  B) Flexible

  C) Neither

  D) Partly rigid & partly flexible
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Difference between Indian & British parliamentary systems?
  
  A) Collective Responsibility

  B) Judicial Review

  C) Bi-cameral Legislature

  D) Real and Nominal Executive
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Not a federal feature of Indian Constitution?
  
  A) Power distribution

  B) Entirely written

  C) Single Citizenship

  D) Independent Judiciary
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Not a feature of Indian federalism?
  
  A) Independent Judiciary

  B) Clear power division

  C) Unequal representation in RS

  D) Result of agreement among units
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The reason for the Indian Constitution being the bulkiest is that
  
  A) It incorporates the experience of many Constitutions

  B) It contains detailed administrative provisions

  C) It deals with the Government of a large country

  D) It contains the Constitution of both Union and State Governments
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who called Indian Federalism as the Co-operative Federalism?
  
  A) G. Austin

  B) K.C. Wheare

  C) Sir Ivor Jennings

  D) D.D. Basu
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Who said, “India is a quasi-federal state”?
  
  A) Harold Laski

  B) Ivor Jennings

  C) Lord Bryee

  D) K.C. Wheare
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who rejected the ‘Principles of Administrative as myths and proverbs’?
  
  A) Herbert Simon

  B) Dwight Waldo

  C) Frank Marini

  D) F.W. Riggs
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Who said that “Indian Constitution establishes good balance between Rigidity and Flexibility”?
  
  A) B.R. Ambedkar

  B) M.P. Payli

  C) Alexandrovics

  D) K.C. Wheare
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who stated that “The Constitution has not been set in a tight mould of Federalism”?
  
  A) D.D. Basu

  B) K.M. Munshi

  C) B.R. Ambedkar

  D) K.S. Aiyer
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one is incorrect about the Indian Political System?
  
  A) Secular State

  B) Parliamentary System of Government

  C) Federal Policy

  D) Presidential System of Government
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one is not true in relation to democratic determination?
  
  A) A state in which people are supreme

  B) Supreme power is vested in elected head

  C) Supreme power is vested in a person like a king

  D) A government formed by representatives elected by people
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: In Parliamentary Government, which principles are implied?
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) Only 3

  C) 2 and 3

  D) All of these
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The cardinal features of political system in India are
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) 1, 2 and 3

  C) 2, 3 and 4

  D) All the four
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements about India. Which are true?
  
  A) Only 1 and 2

  B) Only 1, 2 and 3

  C) Only 2, 3 and 4

  D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which statements about the federal system in India are correct?
  
  A) Only 1

  B) Only 1 and 2

  C) Only 1, 2 and 3

  D) All the four
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: A Constitutional Government is one which
  
  A) Only 1

  B) Only 2

  C) Both 1 and 2

  D) Neither 1 nor 2
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion: Indian Constitution provides federal system. Reason: It has created a strong centre
  
  A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation

  B) Both A and R are true, R not explanation

  C) A is true, R is false

  D) A is false, R is true
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which is a unitary element in India’s Federal System?
  
  A) Decentralization of Powers

  B) Appointment of Governors

  C) Unequal representation in Rajya Sabha

  D) All India Services
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion (A): President of India is elected indirectly. Reason (R): Parliamentary system in India has been combined with Republicanism.
  
  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
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion (A): Political Parties are life-blood of democracy. Reason (R): Normally people blame political parties for bad governance.
  
  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
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion (A): Federalism is not practical in India. Reason (R): India is not a Federal State.
  
  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
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion (A): The primary objective of India’s federal design was to weave a nation out of its many diverse parts and protect national integration. Reason (R): Accommodation of diversities has built a stronger, not weaker, Indian nationhood.
  
  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
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion (A): Women, Dalits, Poor and Minority groups are the biggest stakeholders of Democracy in India. Reason (R): Democracy in India has emerged as the carrier for the desire of Self Respect.
  
  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
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Assertion (A): Indian Constitution is quasi-federal. Reason (R): Indian Constitution is neither federal nor unitary.
  
  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
  Answer: A
  Explanation: