CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge The State,Local Government And Union Territories Quiz 9 - MCQExams.com

Consider the following.
$$1$$. Disputes with mobile cellular companies.
$$2$$. Motor accident cases.
$$3$$. Pension cases.
For which of the given are Lok Adalats held?
  • $$1$$ only
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2$$ only
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
Which of the following are a source of income to the urban local bodies?
Octroi duty on goods brought into and taken out of the city.
Taxes on vehicles.
Income from water and electricity supply.
Financial grants from the State Governments.
  • I, II and III
  • II, III and IV
  • I, III and IV
  • I, II, III and IV
Match the following.
A. $$1971$$$$1$$. Fifth general elections
B. $$1978$$$$2$$. Introduction of Panchayat Raj System
C. $$1952$$$$3$$. Formation of National development Council
D. $$1959$$$$4$$. Right to property removed from Article $$19$$
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$2$$, C-$$3$$, D-$$4$$
  • A-$$4$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$2$$, D-$$1$$
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$4$$, C-$$3$$, D-$$2$$
  • A-$$3$$, B-$$4$$, C-$$1$$, D-$$2$$
National Capital Territory of Delhi has been constituted by:
  • $$71$$st Amendment
  • $$69$$th Amendment
  • Ordinance promulgated by the President
  • Ordinance promulgated by the Lieutenant Governor
An aggrieved public servant of the Union can challenge the decisions of the Administrative Tribunal:
  • Before the Supreme Court
  • Before the High Court
  • Before both (a) and (b)
  • Before no court of law
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  • States Reorganisation Act : Andhra Pradesh
  • Treaty of Yandabu : Assam
  • State of Bilaspur : Himachal Pradesh
  • Year $$1966$$ : Gujarat becomes a State
Panchayati Raj was introduced in the country in
  • 1957
  • 1952
  • 1951
  • 1959
The power to declare an Act passed by a State Legislature as unconstitutional, lies with the
  • President
  • State High Court
  • Supreme Court and State High Court
  • State Governor
Panchayati Raj was first introduced in
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Bihar
  • Rajasthan
  • Gujarat
Members of the Lok Sabha are elected for a term of five years, but the term can be extended by year(s) by Parliament in a National Emergency.
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
The summoning of Parliament for a session within six months from the date of last sitting of each House is
  • optional
  • mandatory
  • left to the discretion of the President
  • left to the discretion of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
The Head of the State of Jammu and Kashmir was redesignated Governor inEarlier, he was known as
  • Maharaja
  • Prime Minister
  • Sadar-i-Riyasat
  • Rajpramukh
The growing power of the bureaucracy does not pose any serious challenge to the democratic polity in India because the final authority still rests with the
  • Judiciary
  • Head of the State
  • Head of the Government
  • Union Parliament
If in an election to a State Legislative Assembly the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that
  • the polling was very poor
  • the election was for a multi-member constituency
  • the elected candidate's victory over his nearest rival was very marginal
  • a very large number of candidates contested the election
The Committee, on whose recommendations Panchayatl Raj was introduced in the country was headed by
  • Balwant Rai Mehta
  • Jivraj Mehta
  • Jagjivan Ram
  • Shriman Narayan
The mandatory provision of dissolution of the Lok Sabha (i.e. five years from the date of its first meeting) may be extended by ____ during an emergency.
  • Six months
  • One year
  • Eighteen months
  • Two years
At present (2009), only six States have Legislative Councils. Find the odd one out?
  • Bihar
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Kerala
  • Karnataka
Which Indian State remained an Associate State for a short period before it was recognised as a full-fledged State of the Union?
  • Goa
  • Sikkim
  • Nagaland
  • Kerala
The framers or the Constitution decided to live importance to Panchayati Raj and directed the State to take steps to organize village panchayats as units or self-government under Article
  • 39
  • 40
  • 38
  • 41
Ordinances issued by a State Governor are subject to the approval of the
  • President of India
  • Chief Minister of the State
  • Union Parliament
  • State Legislature concerned
If the Lok Sabha is not in session, expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State may be authorised by the
  • Prime Minister
  • Finance Minister
  • President
  • Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
The monthly salary of a State Governor is Rs.
  • 110000
  • 120000
  • 100000
  • 90000
State Governors are
  • instruments of control of the Centre over the States
  • nominees of the Chief Ministers
  • elected by the State Legislatures
  • elected by Union Parliament
The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha was
  • GS Dhillon
  • MA Ayyangar
  • GV Mavlankar
  • Hukum Singh
Administrators of Union Territories are responsible to the
  • Union Home Minister
  • Lok Sabha
  • President
  • Union Parliament
Which among the following States returns the maximum number or representatives to the Lok Sabha?
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Maharashtra
  • Bihar
  • Uttar Pradesh
For the Union Territories which have no legislatures of their own laws are enacted by the
  • President
  • Union Law Ministry
  • Union Parliament
  • Supreme Court of India
The number of representatives from Nagaland to the Rajya Sabha is
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
State Legislatures have _____ role in the election of the Vice- President of India.
  • a specific
  • no
  • an indirect
  • A conclusive
The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for
  • four years
  • six years
  • five years
  • three years
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