Question 1 : Which Article of Indian Constitution prescribes Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union?

Question 2 : Which of the following statement/s is/are true about federal system ?<br>A. All federations have a similar scheme of distribution of powers.<br>B. The origins of different federations are dissimilar.<br>C. Federalism promotes unity at the cost of diversity.<br>D. Federalism promotes unity in diversity.

Question 4 : Funds belonging to the Government of India are kept in ______________.

Question 5 : India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for ___________________.

Question 7 : Subjects of national importance such as defence, railway, banking are listed under the _________.

Question 9 : The name of any Indian State can be altered by _______________.

Question 11 : The year in which use of English for official purpose was to end in India was ____________.

Question 12 : ______ is a system of government in which the power is divided between central authority and various constituents of the country.

Question 14 : Which one of the following states in India has its own constitution?

Question 15 : Match List I(political Systems) with List II(Nations) and select the answer using the codes given below<br><table class="wysiwyg-table"><tbody><tr><td>List I(political Systems)</td><td>List II(Nations)</td></tr><tr><td>(A) Federal Presidential Republic</td><td>(I) India</td></tr><tr><td>(B) Federal, Parliamentary Republic</td><td>(II) United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><td>(C) Unitary, Parliamentary Monarchy</td><td>(III) Germany</td></tr><tr><td>(D) Presidential cum Parliamentary Republic<br></td><td>(IV) United States of America<br></td></tr></tbody></table> (V) France

Question 21 : The real success of federalism in India can be attributed to the nature of _________ in our country.

Question 22 : India borrowed the idea of federal system with a strong centre from __________.<br/>

Question 24 : Which of the following is a feature common to both the Indian Federation and the American Federation ?

Question 28 : India is a Union of States and the powers are distributed between the Centre and the States by the _________.

Question 29 : In India, the relationship between the Centre and the States were deteriorated because of _______________ .

Question 30 : Which of the following federal principles are found in the Indian Federation?<br>(a) Equal representation of states in the Second House of Parliament <br>(b) Bicameral Legislature at federal level <br>(c) Double citizenship <br>(d) Independent and Impartial judiciary<br>

Question 32 : In 'holding together federation' which government tends to be more powerful?

Question 33 : The state governments were rescued in power sharing by the ______.

Question 34 : The list which includes subjects of national importancesuch as defence of the country, foreign affairs, banking, communications and currency.

Question 36 : The inspiration of 'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity' was derived from _____.

Question 37 : Which one of the following is not a feature of a Federal system of government?

Question 39 : A subject is said to be in the concurrent list when a law can be passed on it by ________________.

Question 46 : Which of the following statements is not correct regarding unitary government?

Question 48 : Which one of the following subjects is included in the state list?

Question 49 : Any changes in the power sharing arrangement can be done by _______________.

Question 50 : Mark the correct combination of countries with the federal form of government.

Question 51 : Under the unitary system, either there is only _____ of government or the sub-unit are subordinate to the central government.

Question 53 : India is a federal state because its Constitution provides for&#160; ________.<br/>

Question 56 : Identify the personality who said, "it is the formation of linguistic states that has allowed India to escape what might have been a worse fate still".

Question 57 : Who in India can legislate on subjects which are not listed under Union List, State List and Concurrent List?

Question 58 : The State created on the basis of culture, ethnicity or geography, out of the following is ____________.

Question 60 : Identify the factor responsible for maintaining the balance of power between the Centre and the State in India.

Question 61 : Tax which is not imposed by the Central Government is ___________.

Question 62 : Belgium was shifted from unitary form of government to federal form of government in 1993. What does it mean?

Question 63 : Which of the following lists contains the subject for legislative purposes ?

Question 64 : If it is desired in India to switch over to unitary system of government from the present federal structure such a change can be brought about by ______________________________.

Question 65 : Read the following statements and choose the&#160;correct code.<br/>a. In a federation, the power of the federal and&#160;provincial governments are clearly demarcated.<br/>b. India is a federation because the powers of the&#160;union and state governments are specified&#160;in the Constitution and they have exclusive&#160;jurisdiction on their respective subjects.<br/>c.Sri Lanka is a federation because the country&#160;is divided into provinces.<br/>d. India is no longer a federation because some&#160;powers of the states have been devolved to&#160;the local government bodies.<br/>

Question 66 : Which of the following country is an example for 'coming together' federation?

Question 67 : Which of the following statements is not the federal characteristic of the constitution?

Question 70 : Which of the following is the demerit of a federation ?