31000+ Important MCQs for CDS

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The Vidhan Parishad (or Legislative Council) is the upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral legislature. As of 2011, six (out of twenty-eight) states have a Legislative Council: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh. In 2010 the Parliament of India passed an Act to re-establish a Legislative Council for a seventh state, Tamil Nadu, but implementation of the Act has been put on hold pending legal action; the state government has also expressed its opposition to the council's revival.

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Article 40 states that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government. Article 43 Living wage etc for workers Article 44 - Uniform civil code for the citizen. Article 47 -Duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health.

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73rd Amendment Act, 1992 provides for 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all the states having population of over 20 Lakhs.

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The Election Commission is a statutory body sat up under Article 324 of the Constitution of India for superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls for, and the conduct of elections to the Parliament and to legislature of every state and the elections to the offices of the President and Vice President of India.

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The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to write the Constitution of India. Following India's independence from Great Britain, its members served as the nation's first Parliament. Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha was the first president (temporary chairman) of the Constituent Assembly when it met on December 9, 1946. Dr. Raj endra Prasad then became thePresident of the Constituent Assembly, and would later become the first President of India.

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The Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, upon the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee that was constituted by the government earlier that year. Originally ten in number, the Fundamental Duties were increased to eleven by the I 86th Amendment in 2002, which added a duty on every parent or guardian to ensure that their child or ward was provided opportunities for education between the ages of six and fourteen years.

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Article 3 of the Constitution allows the centre to form new states and is regarding formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States. Uniting two or more States or parts of States or uniting any territory to a part of any State, Article 4 deals with laws made under article 2 and 3 to provide amendment the first and fourth schedule. Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan is mentioned in Article 6.

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In 6th schedule provision for administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh is given.

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State' word is mentioned in Article 8. In article 1 'union and state' is mentioned. Article 12 deals with definition of fundamental rights.

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Under Article 226 of Indian Constitution a High Court can issue writs to protect the fundamental rights. Notwithstanding anything in Article 32 every High Court shall have powers, throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction. Article 35 deals with legislation to give effect to the provisions of this part.