Which one of the following in Indian polity is an essential feature that indicates that it is federal in character?

Which one of the following suggested that the Governor should be an eminent person from outside the State and should be a detached figure without intense political links or should not have taken part in politics in the recent past?

Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

With reference to the Finance Commission of India, which of the following statements is correct?

With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A: The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was launched in 1986 to improve the quality of life of rural people in India. R: Rural sanitation is a subject in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India.

Consider the following statements: 1. The highest deciding body for planning in India is the Planning Commission of India 2. The Secretary of the Planning Commission of India is also the Secretary of National Development Council 3. The Constitution includes economic and social planning in the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides that ‘It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance’?

Consider the following statements: In India, stamp duties on financial transactions are 1. levied and collected by the State Government. 2. appropriated by the Union Government. Which of these statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements: The function(s) of the Finance Commission is/are 1. to allow the withdrawal of money out of the Consolidated Fund of India. 2. to allocate between the States the shares of proceeds of taxes. 3. to consider application for grants-in-aid from States. 4. to supervise and report on whether the Union and State governments are levying taxes in accordance with the budgetary provisions. Which of these statements is/are correct?

Which one of the following authorities recommends the principles governing the grants-in-aid of the revenues to the states out of the Consolidated Fund of India?

The Parliament can make any law for the whole or any part of India for implementing International treaties

The primary function of the Finance Commission in India is to

Which of the following is/are extra-constitutional and extralegal device(s) for securing cooperation and coordination between the States in India? 1. The National Development Council 2. The Governor’s Conference 3. Zonal Councils 4. Inter-State Council Codes:

In which respect have the Centre State relations been specifically termed as “municipal relations”?

Which of the following taxes is/are levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States?

Which one of the following determines that the Indian Constitution is Federal?

Which one of the following is a feature common to both the Indian Federation and the American Federation?

The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme of Indian Federation from the Constitution of

India is a federal state because of

Sarkaria Commission was set up to

The most irritating factor in the Centre-State relationship is the

Centre-State financial relations are looked after by the

Sarkaria Commission has been set up to study