Indian polity miscellaneous
- Which of the following countries enjoys a federal form of government ?
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Based on a broad definition of a basic federal political system, there are two or more levels of government that exist within an established territory and govern through common institutions with overlapping or shared powers as prescribed by a constitution. An example of a federal state is the United States; under the United States Constitution, power is shared between the federal government of the United States and the U.S. states. Many federal states also have unitary lower levels of government; while the United States is federal, the states themselves are unitary under Dillon’s Rule – counties and municipalities have only the authority granted to them by the state governments by the state constitution or legislative act.
Correct Option: B
Based on a broad definition of a basic federal political system, there are two or more levels of government that exist within an established territory and govern through common institutions with overlapping or shared powers as prescribed by a constitution. An example of a federal state is the United States; under the United States Constitution, power is shared between the federal government of the United States and the U.S. states. Many federal states also have unitary lower levels of government; while the United States is federal, the states themselves are unitary under Dillon’s Rule – counties and municipalities have only the authority granted to them by the state governments by the state constitution or legislative act.
- Which of the following symbols is a symbol reserved by the Election Commission for more than one political party in the election to the Loks Sabha/ Vidhan Sabha?
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The Election Commission enjoys great powers when it comes to allotment of symbols. Elephant has been a favorite with it as it can be seen that the BSP, Asom Gana Parishad and Sikkim Sangram Parishad all had the elephant as their symbols sometime back.
Correct Option: D
The Election Commission enjoys great powers when it comes to allotment of symbols. Elephant has been a favorite with it as it can be seen that the BSP, Asom Gana Parishad and Sikkim Sangram Parishad all had the elephant as their symbols sometime back.
- Compared with Society, the scope of State activity is
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In the classical thought the state was identified with political society and civil society as a form of political community, while the modern thought distinguished the nation state as a political society from civil society as a form of economic society. Compared to society, the role of state is much wider and is increasing with parallel complexities of the modern world. The state today has to carry out several functions which were non-existent a century ago.
Correct Option: A
In the classical thought the state was identified with political society and civil society as a form of political community, while the modern thought distinguished the nation state as a political society from civil society as a form of economic society. Compared to society, the role of state is much wider and is increasing with parallel complexities of the modern world. The state today has to carry out several functions which were non-existent a century ago.
- What is the colour of the “Dharma Chakra” in the middle of our national flag?
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The Ashoka Chakra is a depiction of the Buddhist Dharmachakra, represented with 24 spokes. The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre of the National flag of the Republic of India (adopted on 22 July, 1947), where it is rendered in a Navy-blue colour on a White background, by replacing the symbol of Charkha (Spinning wheel) of the preindependence versions of the flag.
Correct Option: C
The Ashoka Chakra is a depiction of the Buddhist Dharmachakra, represented with 24 spokes. The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at the centre of the National flag of the Republic of India (adopted on 22 July, 1947), where it is rendered in a Navy-blue colour on a White background, by replacing the symbol of Charkha (Spinning wheel) of the preindependence versions of the flag.
- Who said that “Oh! Disrespectable democracy ! I love you!” ?
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These were the famous words of George Bernard Shaw who was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Shaw asserted that each social class strove to serve its own ends, and that the upper and middle classes won in the struggle while the working class lost. He condemned the democratic system of his time, saying that workers, ruthlessly exploited by greedy employers, lived in abject poverty and were too ignorant and apathetic to vote intelligently.
Correct Option: A
These were the famous words of George Bernard Shaw who was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Shaw asserted that each social class strove to serve its own ends, and that the upper and middle classes won in the struggle while the working class lost. He condemned the democratic system of his time, saying that workers, ruthlessly exploited by greedy employers, lived in abject poverty and were too ignorant and apathetic to vote intelligently.