Choose the correct answer:

1. The first federal constitution in the world belonged to
   A) United States B) United Kingdom
   C) India D) Australia
2. Federalism was demanded in India for the first time by
   A) Mountbatten Plan B) Nehru Report
   C) Cabinet Delegation D) Rajaji Plan
3. When was federalism officially accepted by the Colonial government?
   A) Minto Morley Reforms 1909 B) Mont Ford Reforms 1919
   C) 1935 Government of India Act D) Cabinet Delegation
4. Bicameralism refers to the Parliament having
   A) Three Houses B) One House
   C) Four Houses D) Two Houses
5. The most important feature of a federal constitution is
   A) Regional Governments B) National Governments
   C) Decentralization of Powers D) Political Parties
6. The disputes between the central government and state governments are adjudicated by
   A) Parliament B) Supreme Court
   C) High Court D) President
7. Who described Indian Constitution as Cooperative Federalism?
   A) Granville Austin B) Dr.Ambedkar
   C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Wheare
8. Article 262 of the constitution deals with
   A) Inter-State River Water Disputes B) Inter-State Disputes
   C) Centre-state Disputes D) International Disputes
9. Find out the correctly matched pair
   A) Union List —— List II B) State List —— List I
   C) Residuary List —— List I D) Concurrent List —— List III
10. Match the following
    1) Sarkaria Commission a. Tamilnadu Govt.
    2) Rajamannar Commission b. Akali Dal
    3) Anandpur Sahib Resolution c. Supreme Court
    4) BommaiJudgement d. Union Government
    A) 1-a 2-b 3-c 4-d B) 1-d 2-a 3-b 4-c
    C) 1-a 2-d 3-c 4-b D) 1-c 2-b 3-d 4-a
11. What is false about the process of creation of the new states in India?
    A) President must recommend the bill for creating new states
    B) President will refer the bill to the concerned state
    C) Parliament will pass a Constitutional Amendment Act for creating the new State
12. The commission that recommended the abolition of All India Services like Indian Administrative
    Service (IAS) is
    A) Punchchi Commission B) Sarkaria Commission
    C) Venkatachaliah Commission D) Rajamannar Commission
13. The following question consists of two statements, one labeled the Assertion (A) and the other labeled
    as the Reason (R). You are asked to examine the two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion
    (A) and the Reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of
    the Assertion. Select your answer to the question using the codes given below and
    mark your answer sheet accordingly;
    Assertion (A): The constitution excludes the Inter-State River Water Disputes from the jurisdiction of
    the Supreme Court and entrust them to article 262.
    Reason (R): River Water disputes affect the livelihood of millions of people and
    therefore they should be settled through negotiations among the concerned states. Codes;
    A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    C) A is true, but R is false
    D) A is false, but R is true

Match the following

First Administrative Reforms Commission – a. VerrappaMoily

Second Administrative Commission – b. Morarji Desai

Article 312 – c. Transfer of Subject to Concurrent List

Article 249 – d. All India Services

A) 1-a 2-b 3-c 4-d B) 1-d 2-a 3-b 4-c
C) 1-a 2-d 3-c 4-b D) 1-b 2-a 3-d 4-c