Indian Constitution Quiz 4

In the U.S.A. the President is elected by the Universal Adult Franchise. The Electoral College is the formal body which elects the President and Vice President of the United States. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

A registered party is recognised as a National Party only if it fulfils any one of the following three conditions: 1. The party wins 2 percent of the seats in the Lok Sabha from at least 3 different States. 2. The party received 6% of the total votes polled in four or more States and, it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats from any state or states. 3. Party gets recognition as State Party in four or more States.

As per Article 110 of the Constitution of India, the Finance Bill is a Money Bill. It is a Bill that, as the name suggests, concerns the country's finances — it could be about taxes, government expenditures, government borrowings, revenues, etc. Since the Union Budget deals with these things, it is passed as a Finance Bill.

subjects which are not mentioned in any of the lists i.e. union, state and concurrent lists, called Residuary Subjects. According to the constitution of India, the Parliament has the power to legislate on the residuary subjects.

Article 61 of the Constitution of India defines the procedure of impeachment of the President of India which has been adopted from the constitution of the U.S.A.

Providing college education is not an administrative function of a Village Panchayat. The administrative functions of a Village Panchayat are Public work and welfare functions, such as maintenance, repair and construction of roads, drains, bridges, wells, etc.

Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. However, one-third of the members retire every second year, and are replaced by newly elected members.

According to Article 358, when a proclamation of National Emergency (Article 352) is made, the six fundamental rights under article 19 are automatically suspended. Article 19 is automatically revived after the expiry of the emergency.

The maximum strength of a State Legislative Assembly must not exceed 500 or its minimum strength fall below 60. However, the size of the Vidhan Sabha can be less than 60 members through an Act of Parliament, such is the case in the states of Goa (40), Sikkim (32) and Mizoram (40).

73rd constitutional amendment 1993 gives the constitutional status to Panchayati Raj. The 11th Schedule of the Indian Constitution was added by the 73rd Constitution Amendment Act. This schedule contains 29 subjects. This schedule covers important topics such as Panchayat's powers, rural development, poverty alleviation, market, roads and drinking water, etc.