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UPSC CDS Constitution of India — practice questions — page 21

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A judge of the Supreme Court can be removed only by an impeachment motion passed separately by:Read the answer and worked solution →The power of courts to declare a law invalid if it violates the Constitution is:Read the answer and worked solution →Anyone approaching the courts when public interest is hurt by government action is filing:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the executiveRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the judiciary wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mandal yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the institution wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Prime Minister or PresidentRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three organsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Working of institutions bingoRead the answer and worked solution →About how many people were secretly held by US forces at the Guantanamo Bay prison?Read the answer and worked solution →Guantanamo Bay is an area near which country, controlled by the American Navy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organisation reported torture of Guantanamo prisoners?Read the answer and worked solution →In Saudi Arabia, the testimony of one man is considered equal to that of:Read the answer and worked solution →Kosovo, before the split, was a province of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Serb nationalist leader whose government carried out the Kosovo massacre was:Read the answer and worked solution →Milosevic was tried for crimes against humanity by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rights are reasonable claims of persons recognised by society and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Constitution provides for how many Fundamental Rights?Read the answer and worked solution →Laws applying in the same manner to all regardless of status is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution says reservations for backward classes are:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1999, which journalist wrote a series in The Hindu on untouchability still practised against Dalits?Read the answer and worked solution →Police detain a man at night. Within how many hours must they bring him before the nearest magistrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Forced labour rendered free or at nominal pay is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution prohibits employing in factories or mines a child below the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →A secular state is one that:Read the answer and worked solution →Indian secularism practises an attitude of what towards all religions?Read the answer and worked solution →Every person has a right to profess, practice and:Read the answer and worked solution →Which right did Dr Ambedkar call the heart and soul of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A judge of the Supreme Court can be removed only by an impeachment motion passed separately by:

  1. The Chief Justice of India
  2. Two-thirds of both Houses
  3. Simple majority of one House
  4. The President acting alone
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Correct answer: B. Two-thirds of both Houses

1. Removal is as hard as removing the President. 2. Two-thirds of each House must pass it. 3. It has never happened in India. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 4, Working of Institutions._

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The power of courts to declare a law invalid if it violates the Constitution is:

  1. Ordinance power
  2. Referendum vote
  3. Judicial review
  4. Impeachment
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Correct answer: C. Judicial review

1. Courts interpret the Constitution. 2. This is judicial review. 3. Basic principles cannot be changed by Parliament. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 4, Working of Institutions._

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Anyone approaching the courts when public interest is hurt by government action is filing:

  1. A money bill in Lok Sabha
  2. An impeachment motion
  3. A no-confidence motion
  4. Public interest litigation
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Correct answer: D. Public interest litigation

1. Courts protect public interest and human rights. 2. This is public interest litigation. 3. It checks misuse of government power. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 4, Working of Institutions._

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