Top 1000+ Solved Indian Polity and Constitution MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which subject was transferred from State List to Concurrent List by the 42ndamendment of the Constitution? [Teachers' Exam 1993]
a. Agriculture
b. Education
c. Irrigation
d. Local Self Government
Q. In India both direct and indirect taxes are levied by the Central and State Government. Which of the following is levied by the State Governments? [Railway Apprentices' Exam 1993]
a. Excise Duty on liquor
b. Capital gains Tax
c. Customs Duty
d. Corporation Tax
Q. The largest contribution to the total combined annual tax revenue of the Centre States and Union Territories in India is made by : [SBI PO 1990]
a. Sales tax
b. Income and Corporation Tax
c. Custom duties
d. Union Excise duties
Q. Corporation Tax: [IAS 1995]
a. is levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States
b. is levied by the Union and belongs to it exclusively
c. is levied and appropriated by the States
d. is levied by the Union and shared by the Union and the States
Q. Agricultural Income Tax is assigned to the State Governments by: [IAS 1995]
a. the Constitution of India
b. the National Development Council
c. the Finance Commission
d. the Inter-State Council
Q. The authority empowered to make laws in respect of matters not enumerated in any ofthree lists is/are:
a. State Legislatures
b. Union Parliament
c. Union Parliament and State Legislatures
d. The Advocate General of the States
Q. Both Union and State Legislature can legislate on :
a. criminal law and procedure
b. marriage, contracts and torts
c. economic and social planning
d. All of the above
Q. The Central Government's exclusive powers are enumerated in the:
a. Concurrent List
b. State List
c. Union List
d. Federal List
Q. Under the Constitution, the residuary powers vest with the: [Delhi Police 1994]
a. President
b. Supreme Court
c. Union Government
d. State Governments
Q. The executive power relating to concurrent subjects remain with:
a. the States
b. the Centre
c. the Constitution
d. the President
Q. Which Articles of Indian Constitution discuss the financial relations between the Centreand the States?
a. Articles 268 to 281
b. Articles 278 to 291
c. Articles 289 to 295
d. Articles 168 to 171