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The Union and a State disagree over who controls a subject. Which body settles the legal dispute?Read the answer and worked solution →A student searches the Constitution for the word federation. What does she find?Read the answer and worked solution →How does Article 1 describe India?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did the framers want a strong centre at independence?Read the answer and worked solution →Parliament creates a new State by splitting an existing one. Which power is this?Read the answer and worked solution →During a national emergency, what happens to Parliament's law making power?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do States depend on grants from the centre?Read the answer and worked solution →A Governor holds back a State bill and sends it to the President instead of signing. What power is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Parliament wants to legislate on a State List subject in the national interest. Which House must ratify the move?Read the answer and worked solution →A State wants to sack an IAS collector for misconduct. Can it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act rests on Articles 33 and 34, which protect persons acting under martial law?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1977 which State government issued a document demanding a restructuring of centre-State relations?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sarkaria Commission was set up in 1983 to study centre-State relations. When did it report?Read the answer and worked solution →Which article provides for President's rule in a State?Read the answer and worked solution →President's rule in a State can be extended up to how long?Read the answer and worked solution →In which State was an elected government dismissed in 1959 despite having a majority?Read the answer and worked solution →Gujarat and Maharashtra were created in 1960. When were Punjab and Haryana separated?Read the answer and worked solution →Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were created in 2000. Which State was formed in 2014?Read the answer and worked solution →Maharashtra and Karnataka have a long running dispute over which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the unitary biasRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the new StatesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the articlesRead the answer and worked solution →Border or riverRead the answer and worked solution →Who fights whomRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Federalism bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Union and a State disagree over who controls a subject. Which body settles the legal dispute?

  1. The Planning body
  2. Independent judiciary
  3. The State Governor
  4. The Lok Sabha Speaker
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Correct answer: B. Independent judiciary

1. Federations need an umpire. 2. An independent judiciary settles centre-State disputes. 3. It reads the constitutional division of powers. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7, Federalism._

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A student searches the Constitution for the word federation. What does she find?

  1. It is in Article 370
  2. The word is not mentioned
  3. It is in the Preamble
  4. It is in Article 1
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Correct answer: B. The word is not mentioned

1. The Constitution never uses the word federation. 2. Article 1 calls India a Union of States. 3. Yet two sets of government exist. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7, Federalism._

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How does Article 1 describe India?

  1. A confederation of autonomous regions
  2. A sovereign socialist secular republic
  3. India, that is Bharat, a Union of States
  4. A federation of self-governing provinces
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Correct answer: C. India, that is Bharat, a Union of States

1. Article 1(1) reads: India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. 2. The States are listed in the First Schedule. 3. The word federation is avoided. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7, Federalism._

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