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BPSC Federalism & Centre-State — practice questions

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Federalism & Centre-State questions and exercises with answers

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Lotteries organised by the government of a State come under:Read the answer and worked solution →Agricultural Income Tax is assigned to the State Governments by:Read the answer and worked solution →The authority empowered to make laws in respect of matters not enumerated in any of three lists is/are:Read the answer and worked solution →The Central Government's exclusive powers are enumerated in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Constitution, the residuary powers vest with the:Read the answer and worked solution →The executive power relating to concurrent subjects remain with:Read the answer and worked solution →The Union list contains:Read the answer and worked solution →The State List contains:Read the answer and worked solution →The Concurrent List contains:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Articles of Indian Constitution discuss the financial relations between the Centre and the States?Read the answer and worked solution →The distribution of power between Centre and the States is based on the scheme provided in:Read the answer and worked solution →Union Parliament has the power to legislate on the subjects of all three lists in respect of:Read the answer and worked solution →Jammu and Kashmir has a Constitution framed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The residuary powers of legislation in case of Jammu and Kashmir belong to :Read the answer and worked solution →With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?Read the answer and worked solution →Railways is a subject on the:Read the answer and worked solution →The first State to become bifurcated after independence was:Read the answer and worked solution →When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following is not administered by a Lieutenant Governor?Read the answer and worked solution →The old name of which State/Union Territory is wrongly given?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following was an associate State of India before becoming a full fledged State?Read the answer and worked solution →A special category State invariablyRead the answer and worked solution →In the Constitution of India, the word 'Federal' is used inRead the answer and worked solution →Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched?Read the answer and worked solution →The State of Bombay was bifurcated into Maharashtra and Gujarat on May 1, in the year:Read the answer and worked solution →When did the first linguistic State of Andhra come into existence?Read the answer and worked solution →The States Reorganisation Act created ______ States and ______ Union Territories.Read the answer and worked solution →The first general elections in India were held in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Congress lost its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections of:Read the answer and worked solution →Who is responsible for the registration of voters?Read the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

Lotteries organised by the government of a State come under:

  1. Union List
  2. Concurrent List
  3. no list mentioned in the Seventh Schedule
  4. State List
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Correct answer: D. State List

This Federalism & Centre-State item tests a core Indian Polity fact. Correct answer: State List. _Source: SSBCrack 1700+ Indian Polity Questions (PYQ bank) (orig. IFS 1993)_

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Agricultural Income Tax is assigned to the State Governments by:

  1. the Constitution of India
  2. the National Development Council
  3. the Finance Commission
  4. the Inter-State Council
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Correct answer: A. the Constitution of India

This Federalism & Centre-State item tests a core Indian Polity fact. Correct answer: the Constitution of India. _Source: SSBCrack 1700+ Indian Polity Questions (PYQ bank) (orig. IAS 1995)_

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The authority empowered to make laws in respect of matters not enumerated in any of three lists is/are:

  1. State Legislatures
  2. Union Parliament
  3. Union Parliament and State Legislatures
  4. The Advocate General of the States
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Correct answer: B. Union Parliament

This Federalism & Centre-State item tests a core Indian Polity fact. Correct answer: Union Parliament. _Source: SSBCrack 1700+ Indian Polity Questions (PYQ bank)_

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