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The Special officer for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is appointed by the 

A) Prime Minister B) President
C) Law Minister D) Vice-President
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) President

Explanation:

Act 338 enjoins this. Appointed in November 1950, this official has now been redesignated Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes. He submits annual reports to the president.

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Schedule Ninth of the Indian Constitution deals with 

A) Subjects contained in the Union List,State List and Concurrent List B) The recognition of Languages
C) Certain acts and regulations of state Legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of Zamindari D) The territories of State and Union territories
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Certain acts and regulations of state Legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of Zamindari

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What is the political party of the president now?

A) BJP B) INC
C) BSP D) NCP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) BJP

Explanation:

Ram Nath Kovind, the present President of India is from BJP, Bharatiya Janata Party.

The president of the Republic India is the head of state of India. He is also the commander-in-chief of Indian Armed Forces. He is indirectly elected by the people through members of both houses of the parliament of India, legislative assemblies of all the states of India, the legislative assembly of the Union

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Bureaucracy literally means a system of government by

A) Elected representative B) Officials
C) Group of landlords D) Nominated representative
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Officials

Explanation:

A bureaucracy is a way of administratively organizing large numbers of people who need to work together.

The term bureaucracy literally means "rule by desks or offices".

Organizations in the public and private sector, including universities and governments, rely on bureaucracies to function.

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During a Financial Emergency, all Money Bills passed by State Legislatures require the consent of the 

A) Prime Minister B) President
C) Lok Sabha D) Union Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) President

Explanation:

No Financial Emergency has been imposed on the country so far. Article 360 deals with Financial Emergency. (This article, however,shall not apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir)

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Who among the following was the 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

A) M.A. Ayyangar B) N. Sanjiva Reddy
C) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar D) Sardar Hukam Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

Explanation:

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from 15 May 1952 – 27 February 1956.

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Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India has provision for the President to proclaim emergency

A) Article 348 B) Article 352
C) Article 356 D) Article 360
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Article 352

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In which year was the State of Jharkhand formed

A) 1998 B) 1999
C) 2000 D) 2001
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2000

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