Governance : Important Questions

1. India is a:
(a) Secular State
(b) Bilingual State
(c) Communist State
(d) Capitalist State

Answer: a

2. What is the literal meaning of secularism?

(a) Freedom to worship any God
(b) Death of religion
(c) Separation of religion from the state
(d) None of these

Answer: c

3. The Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India relates to:

(a) Panchayati Raj Institutions
(b) Anti-defection Act
(c) List of languages recognized by the Constitution
(d) Procedure for amendment to the Constitution

Answer: b

4. The real powers in the Central Government are enjoyed, according to the Constitution of India by the:
(a) President of India
(b) Vice-President of India
(c) Prime Minister of India
(d) Council of Ministers

Answer: c

5. The Council of Ministers is responsible to the:

(a) President
(b) Lok Sabha
(c) Vice-President
(d) Supreme Court

Answer: b

6. The Prime Minister is:

(a) nominated by the President
(b) elected by the Chief Ministers of States
(c) is the leader of the majority party of Lok Sabha
(d) is not elected; it is a hereditary post
Answer: c

7. The quorum of the Parliament is fixed at:

(a) one-tenth of the membership of the House
(b) one-third of the membership of the House
(c) one-half of the membership of the House
(d) four-fifths of the membership of the House

Answer: a

8. Why the Fundamental Rights are considered fundamental?

(a) Necessary for the successful working of democratic institution
(b) Basic to the welfare, dignity and happiness of the individual
(c) Constitution is based on these
(d) Only (a) and (b)

Answer: d

9. The judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the

(a) Prime Minister of India
(b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(c) President of India
(d) Ministry of Law & Justice

Answer: c

10. The President's Rule is imposed in a State or in a Union Territory when the:
(a) Governor of a State or the Chief Commissioner or a Lt Governor advises the President to do so because the
Government in that State or Territory cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution
(b) Chief Minister of a State requests to this effect
(c) Chief Justice of the State High Court recommends through the Governor
(d) President knows best Elections are being held there

Answer: a

11. The Directive Principles:

(a) aim at establishing welfare state of Gandhian conception
(b) aim at giving ideals to be incorporated at a later stage
(c) aim at giving support to the Fundamental Rights
(d) A and B only
Answer: d
12. Agriculture, including research and education, falls in:
(a) State List
(b) Union List
(c) Concurrent List
 (d) None of the above
Answer: a
13. Which of the following are the ideals set forth in the Preamble?
(a) Social, economic and political justice
(b) Equality of status and of opportunity
(c) Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship
(d) All of these
Answer: d
14. Fundamental Rights of the citizens are:
(a) non-justifiable
(b) justifiable
(c) justifiable if the highest court feels it should be
(d) Some rights are justifiable while others are not
Answer: b
15. In India the executive is responsible directly to the:
(a) Legislature
(b) President
(c) Judiciary
(d) People
Answer: a
16. Fundamental Rights of the Indian citizens are contained in the ‘Indian Constitution’
(a) Part I
(b) Part III
(c) Part II
(d) Part IV
Answer: c
17. Of which fundamental right is a foreigner in India deprived of?
(a) To seek justice in court
(b) To seek security of life
(c) To criticize policies of government
(d) To Vote at the time of Parliamentary election
Answer: d
18. Freedom of the Press as such:
(a) has been guaranteed by the Constitution
(b) bas not been expressly guaranteed by the Constitution
(c) has been given only to selected institutions
(d) None of the above
Answer: b
19. The Rajya Sabha is:
(a) dissolved once in two years
(b) dissolved after every four years
(c) adjourned every six months
(d) not subject to dissolution
 Answer: d
20. Administrative Law means:
(a) law passed by the Union
(b) law or rules made by the executive
(c) laws relating to administration of nongovernmental institutions
(d) all the above
Answer: b
21. The Legislative Council of a State is a:
(a) temporary body
(b) permanent body s
(c) semi-permanent body
(d) chamber of the nominated members
Answer: b
22. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha sit jointly when:
(a) they are alike on issues
(b) there is a disagreement between the two (Houses).
(c) the President summons both the Houses they must meet when two years have lapsed after the last meeting
(d) they must meet every 5 years
Answer: b
23. Ministers in the Union Cabinet are appointed by the:
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) President of India on the advice of the Prime Minister
(d) Prime Minister on the advice of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
Answer: c
24. Who administers the Union Territories?
(a) The President through the Administrators appointed by him
(b) The Prime Minister of India
(c) The Law Minister, Government of India
(d) The Attorney-General of India
Answer: a
25. Which of the following is not the federal feature of the Indian Constitution?
(a) There is distribution of Powers in accordance with 2 lists
(b) Written and rigid constitution
(c) Independent Judiciary
(d) All of these
Answer: d
26. Directive Principles of State Policy aim at:
(a) Ensuring individual liberty
(b) Ensuring and strengthening the country's independence
(c) protecting the depressed classes
(d) providing social and economic base for gamine democracy in the country
Answer: d
27. The Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister is responsible to:
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) Parliament
(d) Speaker
Answer: c
28. Usually a Gram Panchayat is not responsible for:
(a) construction of village roads and tanks
(b) sanitation, maternity and child welfare
(c) financing of apiculturists
(d) agricultural production
Answer: c
29. Which one of the following provides constitutional guarantee of personal freedom?
(a) Quo Warranto
(b) Mandamus
(c) Certiorari
(d) Habeas Corpus
Answer: d
30. What does the Panchayati Raj System signify?
(a) single tier structure of local Government
(b) Double-tier system of self Government
(c) Three-tier structure of local Govt. at the village, block and district level
(d) None of these
Answer: c
31. Out of the following, in which lesson, a general rule is explained first and then, knowledge is accumulated on the
basis of that rule?
(a) Deductive lesson
(b) Inductive lesson
(c) Developing lesson
(d) Knowledge lesson
Answer: a
32. For knowledge lessons
(a) Glover's scheme is used
(b) Herbart's five-stage system is used
(c) Garry's scheme is used
(d) none of these
Answer: b
33. The project education method of teaching is associated with
(a) Rousseau
(b) Frobel
(c) Dewey
(d) Armstrong
Answer: c
34. This methodology trains the child to search for facts, rules and principles by his own efforts, organize the set of
knowledge gained and delineate general rules. And the aforementioned statement is about the following
methodology of teaching
(a) Montessori
(b) Kindergarten
(c) Heuristic
(d) Play-way
Answer: c
35. In the project education technique, the work load on the teacher is
(a) very high
(b) comparatively low
(c) low
(d) nil
Answer: a
36. In Garry's Plan
(a) work is important
(b) play is important
(c) learning is important
(d) all these three have equal importance
Answer: d
37. Under the Winnetka
(a) Plan the diversity of interests of the students is recognized
(b) the diversities of abilities are accepted
(c) the diversities of needs are accepted
(d) all of these are recognized
Answer: d
38. The Dalton Scheme of education is useful for which ones of the following?
(a) For infants
(b) For little children
(c) For older children
(d) For all of these
Answer: c
39. Why do you not support the five-stage method of Herbart?
(a) In this, there is no scope for the individual diversity of students
(b) Under this, it is difficult to make coordination between various subjects
(c) Under this, generalization is not required to be done while teaching subjects like language, history,
geography etc.
(d) all of these
Answer: d
40. In the school, provisions must be made for free and natural expressions of a child. Who give this statement?
(a) T Remont
(b) Ryeburn
(c) Montessori
 (d) Lyndon
Answer: c
41. According to Dewey, education is a
(a) Social need
(b) Personal need
(c) Psychological need
(d) Theoretical needs
Answer: a
42. In the context of education, some views of Gandhi ji have been appended below. Which one of them is incorrect?
(a) In education, experimentation, work and research must be given due places
(b) Education must be self-dependent
(c) Literacy is education
(d) Education must be such as to develop all the powers and inherent qualities of children
Answer: c
43. Who is known as the father of educational psychology?
(a) Pestology
(b) Herbart
(c) Dewey
(d) Spencer
Answer: c
44. “There should be no difference between the words and deeds of a teacher.” who gave this statement?
(a) McKennan
(b) John Locke
(c) Rousseau
(d) Aristotle
Answer: a
45. Who gave the principle of “pupil activity?”
(a) Rousseau
(b) Henderson
(c) Comenius
(d) Binet
Answer: d
46. Personalized System of education
(a) does not inculcate a feeling of socialization in students
(b) does not inculcate a feeling of competition in students
(c) leads to wastage of time and energy
(d) all of these are true
Answer: d
47. The educational system of today promotes “educated unemployment” The reason is that
(a) education gives theoretical knowledge only
(b) professional education is not a part of education
(c) the objective of education is not vivid
(d) all of these
 Answer: b
48. The teacher ought to know about the problems prevalent in the field of education. The reason is that
(a) only a teacher can do something about solving them
(b) he can tell about the same to another teacher
(c) teachers can tell the government about it
(d) with this knowledge, the teacher can have information about education
Answer: a
49. In the wake of serious shortages of resources and rising population of our nation, you have the following views
about the programs for improving the standards of education (under the aegis of national policy of education)
(a) They are impractical
(b) They are courageous and laudable efforts
(c) They are new forms of traditional programs
(d) They increase the workload of teachers
Answer: b
50. In your view, arrangement for “education on environment” in the school
(a) is important for creating an awareness among students about the environment
(b) is likely to put more burden on students
(c) is a mode of entertainment for students
(d) is like giving work to teachers
Answer: a

KEY
1 a 11 d 21 b 31 a 41 a
2 c 12 a 22 b 32 b 42 c
3 b 13 d 23 c 33 c 43 c
4 c 14 b 24 a 34 c 44 a
5 b 15 a 25 d 35 a 45 d
6 c 16 c 26 d 36 d 46 d
7 a 17 d 27 c 37 d 47 b
8 d 18 b 28 c 38 c 48 a
9 c 19 d 29 d 39 d 49 b
10 a 20 b 30 c 40 c 50 a