General Knowledge Pointers - 31

● Democratic Socialism aims at –

Answer :- Bringing about socialism through democratic means,

● The most powerful Peshwa was –

Answer :- Baji Rao,

● Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry. Who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?

Answer :- Joseph Francois Dupleix,

● The number of Subject incorporated in the Union list is –

Answer :- 97,

● Leaves of many grasses are capable of folding and unfolding because –

Answer :- They have specialized bulliform cells,

● Pleura is the covering of –

Answer :- Lung,

● Which is an egg-laying mammal?

Answer :- Duck - billed playpus,

● The moderator used in a unclear reactor is –

Answer :- Ordinary water,

● Solar eclipse occurs when –

Answer :- The Moon comes between the sun and the Earth,

● The device used to convert solar energy into electricity is –

Answer :- Photovoltaic cell,

● Which river serves the largest cultivable area?

Answer :- Ganga,

● Process through which plants reproduce –

Answer :- Pollination,

● The Hutti Gold mines are located in the State of –

Answer :- Karnataka,

● The apparatus used to test acidity of aqueous solution is –

Answer :- pH meter,

● Medicine of Quinine is provided by –

Answer :- Chinchona plant,

● The chemical name of Plaster of Paris commonly used for setting broken bones is –

Answer :- Calcium sulphate,

● Light year is a unit of –

Answer :- Distance,

● A spinning neutron star is known as –

Answer :- Pulsar,

● The type of kidneys present in frog are –

Answer :- Mesonephros,

● Which State has the largest percentage of reserved parliamentary seats?

Answer :- Uttar Pradesh,

● Which is the largest committee of Parliament of India?

Answer :- Estimates Committee,

● Which writ is a bulwark of personal freedom?

Answer :- Habeas Corpus,

● To whom is a minister in a State individually responsible?

Answer :- Governor,

● Who acts as the Chancellor of State Universities?

Answer :- Governor,

● Lotteries organised by the government of a State come under which list?

Answer :- State List,

● By whom is the composition of the UPSC determined?

Answer :- By the President,

● Who is the Father of local self government in India?

Answer :- Lord Ripon,

● When was the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India added?

Answer :- By the first Amendment,

● Why was the design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constitutent Assembly of India?

Answer :- July, 1947,

● Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?

Answer :- Jawaharlal Nehru,

● From which of the country, Constitution of India has adopted fundamental duties?

Answer :- Erstwhile USSR,

● Right to Constitutional Remedies comes under which rights?

Answer :- Fundamental Rights,

● How the Constitution describes India?

Answer :- As a Union of States,

● For howmany month can the proclamation of emergency at the first instance be restricted?

Answer :- 6 months,

● Who can initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of India?

Answer :- Either House of Parliament,

● Who has the authority to remove the Vice-President from his office before the expiry of his term?

Answer :- Parliament,

● To which Bill the President must accord his sanction without sending it back for fresh consideration?

Answer :- Finance Bills,

● How many members of the Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President of India?

Answer :- 12,

● Which is the highest and final judicial tribunal in respect of the Constitution of India?

Answer :- Supreme Court,

● Which High Court has jurisdiction over the State of Arunachal Pradesh?

Answer :- Mumbai,

● Who is a legal advisor of the State Government as provided by the Constitution?

Answer :- Advocate General,

● Whose prior consent can the Money Bills be introduced in the State Legislature?

Answer :- Governor,

● Trade Union comes under which List?

Answer :- Concurrent list,

● Which Articles of Indian Constitution discuss the financial relations between the Centre and the States?

Answer :- Articles 268 to 281,

● By whom are the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission appointed?

Answer :- President,

● How is the National Development Council?

Answer :- Non-political body,

● Which is at the apex of the-three tier system of Panchayati Raj?

Answer :- Zila Parishad,

● Who is the head of the National Defence Committee?

Answer :- Home Minister,

● Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?

Answer :- B. R. Ambedkar,

● Who was the Chairman’ of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

Answer :- Jawaharlal Nehru,

● From which country did the Constitution of India borrow the scheme of Indian Federation from the Constitution?

Answer :- Canada,

● To whom are the Ministers individually responsible?

Answer :- The President,

● Which House is better placed with regard to control over the executive?

Answer :- Lok Sabha,

● Who has the final power to maintain order within the House of People?

Answer :- Speaker,

● How many times can the President of India return a Non-money Bill, passed by Parliament?

Answer :- Once,

● How many times was the term of the Lok Sabha extended upto 6 years?

Answer :- Once,

● For the enforcement of Fundamental Rights, what can the Supreme Court do?

Answer :- It may issue a writ,

● A Judge of a High Court wanting to resign addresses his letter of resignation to whom?

Answer :- The President,

● In India, with which does the power to increase the number of Judges in the-Supreme Court lies?

Answer :- The Parliament of India,

● Which One feature is distinguishing the Rajya Sabha from the vidhan Parishad?

Answer :- Indirect election,

● To which do the residuary powers of legislation in case of Jammu and Kashmir belong?

Answer :- The State Legislature,

● When was the Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu?

Answer :- 1969,

● Where is In the Constitution of India,the word Federal used?

Answer :- Nowhere,

● Which is an extra Constitutional and non-statutory body?

Answer :- Planning Commission,

● During whose pleasure does teh Attorney General of India hold office?

Answer :- President,

● After how much time are the elections to Panchayats are to be held?

Answer :- Every five years,

● For which period does Mayor of a Municipal Corporation hold the office?

Answer :- 1 year,

● Which post does the Constitution of India not mention?

Answer :- The Deputy Prime Minister,

● Which language is Next to Hindi spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent?

Answer :- Bengali,

● Which States has granted Sanskrit language the status of the second official language of the State?

Answer :- Uttarakhand,

● In whom did the Government of India Act, 1935 veste the residuary power?

Answer :- Governor-General,

● The Indian Constitution has borrowed the ideas of Preamble from the constitution of which country?

Answer :- Constitution of USA,