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HSST - POLITICAL SCIENCE
Kerala Higher Secondary Education
PSC Exam held on : 14-12-2015
Kerala PSC Previous Year Fully Solved Question Paper  | Year - 2015
SET - 3 | Questions : 41-60
41] In India all revenue and capital grants are distributed by
[a] National Development Council
[b] Finance Commission
[c] Planning Commission
[d] Cabinet Committee of the Plan

42] The Constitution provides for a federation, in which each level of government has a parliamentary form of democracy based on the
[a] American Model
[b] Westminster Model
[c] German Model
[d] Canadian Model

43] Vigilance department works under which ministry?
[a] Human Resources and Development Ministry
[b] Defense Ministry
[c] Home Ministry
[d] Prime Minister's Secretariat

44] Which one of the following statements relating to the power of Judicial Review in India is correct?
[a] Supreme Court can be directly approached for judicial review of legislative decisions
[b] Supreme Court can take up matters for judicial review on its own
[c] Supreme Court can ask lower courts to submit a case for its judicial review
[d] Supreme Court can review its own judgments in the light of new developments

45] Decisions on the defections about disqualification of the members of the Lok Sabha are made by the
[a] Speaker
[b] Secretary to the Parliament
[c] President in accordance with the opinion of the Election Commission
[d] Prime Minister

46] "Right to Education" has been placed in the Indian Constitution under ________.
[a] 81st Amendment Act
[b] 86th Amendment Act
[c] 85th Amendment Act
[d] 65th Amendment Act

47] The main factor responsible for growth of Communalism in India is ________.
[a] presence of many religion
[b] past record of Communal Conflicts
[c] discriminatory nature of the Constitution
[d] group based Political Mobilization

48] Amendment in provisions relating to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes can be made by
[a] By two-thirds majority of the States
[b] Simple Majority of the Parliament
[c] The States alone
[d] Two-thirds majority of the Parliament

49] The Muslim League decided to boycott Constituent Assembly because
[a] They were maltreated by the non-Muslim members
[b] They were not given adequate representation
[c] They wanted a separate Constituent Assembly
[d] They wanted a Muslim to be elected as the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly

50] The framers of the Constitution borrowed the idea of Fundamental Rights from the Constitution of
[a] Britain
[b] USSR
[c] Canada
[d] USA

51] Which one of the following is an essential pre-requisite for constitutionalism?
[a] Limited Government
[b] Division of Powers
[c] Guarantee of Fundamental Rights
[d] A Written Constitution

52] The input-output approach was developed by
[a] Gabriel A. Almond
[b] Robert A. Dahl
[c] David Easton
[d] Talcott Parson

53] The scope of comparative politics include the study of
[a] Formal structures and their functions
[b] Political processes
[c] Extra-constitutional agencies
[d] All of the above

54] The National Parliamentary body of China is known as
[a] People's Assembly
[b] National People's Congress
[c] Supreme Soviet
[d] State Council

55] Structural-functionalism is primarily
[a] A tool of analysis
[b] An explanation for existence of state
[c] An ideology of development
[d] A measurement for comparison

56] The Canadian Federal system differs essentially from the American system as it provides
[a] Strong States
[b] Strong Centre
[c] Neither weak nor a very strong centre
[d] Neither weak nor a very strong state

57] 'The Supreme Court of America is the third house of the legislature' (Laski). Which is that power that makes the Supreme Court the third Chamber of the legislature?
[a] Original Jurisdiction
[b] Appellate Jurisdiction
[c] Advisory Jurisdiction
[d] Judicial Review

58] The most powerful legislature in the world is the
[a] Indian Parliament
[b] Swiss Legislature
[c] U.S. Congress
[d] British Parliament

59] Which school of thought believed that capital formation was the basic feature of development?
[a] Neo-Marxian Theory
[b] Neo-Liberal Theory
[c] Economic Maturity Theory
[d] Classical Theory

60] Most favored technique of Pressure groups in the USA is ________.
[a] Boycott and Picketing
[b] Lobbying
[c] Peaceful Agitations
[d] Total Strike