All practice questions

Arrange the following key historical milestones associated with economic planning and institutional evolution in India in correct chronological sequence from earliest to latest:

Regarding Financial Emergency under Article 360 of the Constitution of India, which of the following statements are correct?

Arrange the following mountain ranges of northern India in the correct sequence from North to South:

Match the parliamentary terms related to the functioning of the Indian Parliament in Column-I with their correct procedural descriptions in Column-II.

With reference to the Indian national income accounting framework and price deflators under the revised CSO/NSO methodology, consider the following statements:

1. Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices is obtained by adding product taxes and deducting product subsidies from GVA at factor cost.
2. The GDP Deflator accounts for price changes in all domestically produced final goods and services, whereas the Consumer Price Index (CPI) also reflects price variations of imported consumer goods.
3. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices is derived by adding net product taxes (product taxes minus product subsidies) to GVA at basic prices.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Arrange the following administrative institutional developments and milestone events of Medieval India in correct chronological order, from the earliest to the latest:

Match List-I (Soil Types and Natural Vegetation in India) with List-II (Key Pedological and Ecological Characteristics) to establish the correct relationships.

Under normal circumstances, what is the maximum time limit mandated by Section 7(1) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, for a Public Information Officer (PIO) to provide requested information to an applicant?

Which of the following statements regarding the constitutional position, immunities, and structural limits of the Union Executive in India are correct?

During the 1945 Indian National Army (INA) trials held at the Red Fort in Delhi, three officers—Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Sahgal, and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon—were court-martialed by the British colonial government. Which of the following statements correctly describes the legal defense organized for these officers?

With reference to the structural reforms and committee recommendations introduced during the 1991 Economic Reforms (LPG) in India, consider the following statements:

1. The Narasimham Committee (1991) on the Financial System recommended a phased reduction of both the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) to augment liquidity for commercial bank credit.
2. The Raja Chelliah Committee was constituted to lay down the roadmap for comprehensive reforms in direct and indirect taxation.
3. The Rangarajan Committee (1993) on Disinvestment of Shares in Public Sector Enterprises recommended that equity disinvestment in non-reserved/non-core sectors should be strictly capped at $20\%$ to retain dominant state equity control.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the constitutional provisions governing Money Bills and the legislative powers of the Governor in a State Legislature:

1. A Money Bill can be introduced in either House of a bicameral State Legislature with the prior recommendation of the Governor.
2. If any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not, the decision of the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly thereon shall be final.
3. The Governor cannot return a Money Bill passed by the State Legislature for its reconsideration.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the constitutional jurisdiction and scope of writs under Articles 32 and 226 of the Constitution of India:

1. The Supreme Court cannot refuse to entertain an application under Article 32 on the ground that an alternative legal remedy is available, because the right to move the Supreme Court under Article 32 is itself a guaranteed Fundamental Right.
2. The High Court's writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is wider in subject-matter scope than that of the Supreme Court under Article 32.
3. The judicial review power of High Courts to issue writs under Article 226 forms an integral part of the basic structure of the Constitution and cannot be excluded even by a constitutional amendment.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Match the 19th-century anti-colonial movements and uprisings in List I with their prominent leaders or organizers in List II.

Regarding the constitutional safeguards ensuring the independence of key constitutional authorities in India, which of the following provisions correctly applies to BOTH the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) and the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

With reference to the Union Legislature in India, which Article of the Constitution of India explicitly provides the legal definition of a 'Money Bill'?

With reference to the institutional machinery of NITI Aayog and the post-1991 structural reform architecture in India, consider the following statements:

I. The Governing Council of NITI Aayog comprises the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers of all States and Union Territories with Assemblies, and Lieutenant Governors of other Union Territories.
II. NITI Aayog possesses direct constitutional authority to allocate plan revenue and capital expenditure grants to state governments for Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS).
III. The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) functions as an attached office under NITI Aayog to conduct independent evaluations of central government initiatives.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002, which created a tripartite constitutional framework for education across Part III, Part IV, and Part IVA:

1. It inserted Article 21A in Part III, declaring free and compulsory education for children between the ages of 6 and 14 years as a Fundamental Right.
2. It modified the scope of Article 45 in Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy) to focus on early childhood care and education for children below the age of six years.
3. It added clause (k) to Article 51A under Part IVA, making it a Fundamental Duty of a parent or guardian to provide educational opportunities to their child aged 6 to 14 years.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the methodology recommended by the Suresh Tendulkar Committee for poverty estimation in India:

1. The committee recommended moving away from poverty lines anchored purely to calorie consumption.
2. The committee introduced a uniform Poverty Line Basket (PLB) based on urban consumption specifications across both rural and urban areas.
3. The committee advocated returning exclusively to the 30-day Uniform Reference Period (URP) for data collection.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following statements regarding the constitutional bodies created for local self-government under the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts are correct?