UPSC General Studies Questions And Answers for competitive exams

to prevent an inferior court or tribunal from exceeding its jurisdiction or acting contrary to the rules of natural justice

to an inferior court or body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions to transfer the record of proceedings in a case for its review

whereby it can call upon a person to show under what authority he is holding the office

to an authority to produce an illegally detained person before the court for trial

Habeas Corpus

Certiorari

Quo Warranto

Prohibition

enshrined in the original Constitution

added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment

added to the Constitution by the 44th Amendment

added to the Constitution in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment in Keshavananda Bharati case, with the consent of all the political parties

lie scattered throughout the Constitution

are contained in Part IV-A of the Constitution

are contained in Schedule IX of the Constitution

are contained in the Presidential Order issued in1979

To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country

to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood among the people of India

to practice family planning and control population

to protect and preserve the natural environment

Both are false

Both are true

Only 1 is true

Only 2 is true.

prevent misuse of Fundamental Rights

curb subversive and unconstitutional activities

curb the growing power of the executive

make the Fundamental Rights more meaningful

Swaran Singh Committee

Ashok Mehta Committee

Balram Jakhar Committee

Sarkaria Commission

Part III of the Constitution

Part IV of the Constitution

Schedule VII of the Constitution

in all the above parts

ensuring individual liberty

ensuring strengthening of the country’s independence

providing a social and economic base for a genuine democracy in the country

achieving all the above objectives

positive instructions to the government to work for the attainment of set objectives

negative injunctions to the government to refrain from encroaching on the freedom of the people

directives to the state to enhance the international prestige of the country

directives to the government to pursue a policy of nonalignment

24th Amendment

39th Amendment

42nd Amendment

44th Amendment

Preamble

Fundamental Rights

Directive Principles of State Policy

all the above

justiciable

non-justiciable

only some Directive Principles are justiciable

None of the above

Jawaharlal Nehru

K T Shah

B R Ambedkar

K M Munshi