Federalism MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

6Consider the following statements: 1. Every proclamation under Article 356 must be laid before each House of Parliament. 2. Except for a revoking proclamation, an Article 356 proclamation normally ceases after two months unless approved by both Houses of Parliament. However, if the Lok Sabha is dissolved when the proclamation is issued or is dissolved during those two months, approval by the Rajya Sabha within that period keeps it in force until 30 days after the first sitting of the reconstituted Lok Sabha, unless the Lok Sabha approves it within those 30 days. 3. Under the general rule in Article 356, an approved proclamation can remain in force for more than three years if both Houses approve its continuance every six months. Which of the statements given above are correct?

7Consider the following statements regarding repugnancy under Article 254: 1. If a State law is repugnant to a competent parliamentary law on a Concurrent List matter, the parliamentary law prevails subject to clause (2). 2. A State law on a Concurrent List matter may prevail in that State if it is reserved for the President and receives his assent. 3. Once the President assents to such a State law, Parliament can never make a later law on the same matter. Which of the statements given above are correct?

8Consider the following statements regarding All-India Services under Article 312: 1. The Council of States must pass a resolution supported by not less than two-thirds of members present and voting for creation of one or more All-India Services in the national interest. 2. Parliament may by law provide for the creation of such services common to the Union and the States. 3. Article 312 says the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service were abolished at the commencement of the Constitution. Which of the statements given above are correct?

9Consider the following statements on the Finance Commission: 1. The President constitutes the Finance Commission at the expiration of every fifth year or earlier if considered necessary. 2. The Prime Minister appoints the Finance Commission, which consists of a Chairman and six other members. 3. The Finance Commission recommends distribution of net tax proceeds between the Union and the States. 4. The President causes Finance Commission recommendations and an explanatory memorandum on action taken to be laid before each House of Parliament. Which of the statements given above are correct?

10Consider the following statements regarding Article 256 of the Constitution: 1. The executive power of every State must be exercised to ensure compliance with laws made by Parliament. 2. The Union executive power extends to giving necessary directions to a State for that purpose. 3. Article 256 vests the power to issue such directions in the Inter-State Council. Which of the statements given above are correct?

11Consider the following statements regarding Article 245 of the Constitution: 1. Parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India. 2. A State Legislature may make laws for the whole or any part of that State. 3. A law made by Parliament is invalid merely because it has extra-territorial operation. Which of the statements given above are correct?

12Consider the following statements about police, public order and local government in the Seventh Schedule: 1. Public order is in the State List, but it excludes the use of Union armed forces or Union-controlled forces in aid of civil power. 2. Police, including railway and village police, is in the State List subject to Entry 2A of List I. 3. Local government is a Union List subject because Parliament alone creates municipal corporations. 4. Entry 80 of List I lets a State police force exercise powers in another State without that other State Government's consent. Which of the statements given above are correct?

13Consider the following statements on GST Council decision-making: 1. When voting occurs, the Central Government's vote has one-third weightage of total votes cast. 2. The votes of all State Governments taken together have two-thirds weightage of total votes cast. 3. A proposal is carried if the weighted votes in favour are equal to or greater than three-fourths of the total weighted votes of members present and voting. 4. The Chairperson of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs is a voting member of all GST Council proceedings. Which of the statements given above are correct?

14Consider the following statements regarding inter-State river water disputes: 1. Article 262 allows Parliament to provide by law for adjudication of disputes about the use, distribution or control of waters of inter-State rivers or river valleys. 2. Parliament may provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court will exercise jurisdiction over such disputes. 3. Article 262 itself creates a permanent tribunal for every inter-State river. Which of the statements given above are correct?

15Consider the following statements: 1. During a Proclamation of Emergency, the Union executive power may extend to giving directions to any State on how its executive power is to be exercised. 2. During such Emergency, Parliament's law-making power may include imposing duties on Union officers even for matters not enumerated in the Union List. 3. Article 354 allows the President, during Emergency, to modify provisions of Part XI on legislative relations between the Union and States. Which of the statements given above are correct?