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 Governance Test-1
Part - 1
1. With respect to the Administrative Tribunal
consider the following statements:
1. Administrative Tribunals were
introduced by 44th Amendment in 1976.
2. It adjudicates disputes and complaints
between the union and the states related
to Services.
3. The members of the tribunal are drawn
from administrative streams only.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) All
(d) None
2. Consider the following statements about
Press Council of India:
1. The Council's actions cannot be
questioned in any court of law.
2. The Chairman of council should be the
Chief justice of High Court.
3. A complaint against a newspaper for any
information which is objectionable and
affecting anyone personally can be
directly moved to the Press Council of
India.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) All
(d) None
3. The Transplantation of Human Organs Act
(THOA) recognizes which of the following
types of living donors?
1. Near relatives like parents, siblings,
grandparents, grandchildren or spouses.
2. Others who can donate for "affection and
attachment" or for a special reason but
not for financial considerations.
3. From prison mates (who get decrease in
jail terms) if the recipient is comfortable.
4. Swap donors where near relative donors
are swapped between patients whose
own family members are incompatible.
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 2
4. The Central Water Commission is the apex
technical organisation in the country for
development of water resources. Which of
following statements related to it are correct?
1. It maintains water resources information
system for each river basin.
2. It carries out techno - economic appraisal
of state projects only.
3. It acts as attached organization to the
inter-state river dispute tribunal to
provide assistance.
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) Only 1
(d) All
5. Which of the following statements in context
of different national institutions is/are
correct?
 1. Zonal Council: It has been set up to solve have legal restrictions or political
inter-State problems and fostering barriers.
balanced socio - economic development 3. Autocracy: A king has absolute powers to
of the respective zones. rule the country.
2. NITI Aayog: It will develop mechanism
Codes:
to formulate credible plans for the village
level. (a) Only 1
3. Medical Council of India: It is a quasi- (b) 2 and 3
judicial body which grants recognition of (c) 1 and 3
medical qualifications, gives (d) None
accreditation to medical schools.
8. Which of the following statements defines the
Select the correct answer using code below: basic features of a democracy?
(a) Only 1 1. People vote for their representatives
(b) 1 and 3 during elections but elections can be held
(c) 1 and 2 randomly.
(d) All 2. People rule themselves by participating
in the making of the rules.
6. With respect to the National Biodiversity
3. People have economic and political
Authority (NBA) consider the following
freedom.
statements:
1. It is established in 2003 to implement the Codes:
provisions under the Biological Diversity (a) Only 1
Act. (b) 1 and 3
2. It acts as an advisory body to the (c) 2 and 3
Government of India for fair and
(d) Only 2
equitable sharing of benefits arising out
of the use of biological resources. 9. Which of the following factors is/are
3. It advice the State Governments in the responsible for the evolution of 'diversity in
selection of areas of biodiversity India'?
importance to be notified as heritage 1. Geography of a region
sites. 2. History of that region
Which of the above statements are correct? 3. Migration
(a) 1 and 2 4. Type of government
(b) 2 and 3 Codes:
(c) 1 and 3 (a) Only 1
(d) All (b) 1 and 2
7. Which of the following statements is/are (c) 2 and 3
correct with respect to different forms of (d) All
government?
10. Which of the following statement defines the
1. Democracy: The government has to
role played by media in democracy?
explain its actions and defend its
decisions to the people. 1. Media acts as a crucial watchdog to the
democratic elections.
2. Monarchy: Whole power and authority of
a nation rests in one person's hand not 2. The media provide an outlet for political
hereditary in nature and ruler does not parties and candidates to communicate
 their messages to the public, this 1. It highlights drawbacks in various
improves participation. policies and programmes of the
3. Media inform people about the events government.
taking place in the country and the world 2. It act as watchdog in different
to improve their decision making power. parliamentary Committees.
Codes: 3. It plays an important role in appointment
of head of CBI and NHRC.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3 Codes:
(c) 1 and 3 (a) 1 and 2
(d) All (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
11. Which of the following characteristics
differentiate between the Democratic and (d) All
Non-Democratic form of elections? 14. What are the different ways through which
1. Universal Adult Franchise. people participate in the democratic process?
2. Parties and candidates should be free to 1. Contributing money to a party or
contest elections. candidate.
3. The choice should be offered at regular 2. Attending political meetings to gain
intervals. information, discuss issues, or lend
support.
Codes:
3. Demonstrating through marches,
(a) Only 1
boycotts, sit-ins, or other forms of protest.
(b) 1 and 2
Codes:
(c) 1 and 3
(a) Only 3
(d) All
(b) 1 and 3
12. Which of the following statements are correct
(c) 2 and 3
with respect to the different branches of Legal
system? (d) All
1. Criminal Law deals with conduct or acts 15. Which of the following statements is/are true
that the law defines as offences. about “Patwari”?
2. Civil Law deals with any harm or injury 1. His main work is to issue caste certificate,
to rights of individuals. birth certificate, etc and also to preside
3. Under Criminal Law at first instance a over the cases of land dispute.
petition has to be filed before the relevant 2. He is responsible for organising the
court by the affected party only. collection of land revenue from the
4. Dowry, Divorce cases and theft come farmers and providing information to the
under criminal law. government about the crops grown.
3. S.H.O of the nearest police station and
Codes:
Revenue Officer supervise over the
(a) 1 and 2 works of a Patwari.
(b) 2, 3 and 4
Codes:
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(a) Only 1
(d) All
(b) Only 2
13. Which of the following statements correctly (c) 2 and 3
defines the role played by the opposition
(d) All
party for maintaining healthy democracy?
16. Which of the following statement regarding 3. Using NGOs to place public opinion
Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005 is before government.
correct? 4. Using the muscle and power of
(a) It gives equal rights to ancestral property politicians.
to daughters.
Codes:
(b) The law will give property rights to a
(a) Only 1
daughter even if the father died before
the amendment came into force (2005). (b) 1 and 3
(c) The daughter concerned should be born (c) 1, 2 and 3
after 2005. (d) 3 and 4
(d) All the above statements are correct. 20. Which of the following activities poses a
17. Consider the following statements related to challenge to the idea of equality in a
the Public Interest Litigation: democracy?
1. Public Interest Litigation is an explicit 1. Privatization of healthcare services.
provision of the constitution which the 2. Control on media by business houses.
Supreme Court adheres to. 3. Wages as per the gender of the worker.
2. A letter written to the Supreme Court can 4. Growth of large number of
be admitted as a petition. intermediaries in every supply chain.
3. It allows any individual or organisation
Codes:
to file a PIL in the High Court or the
Supreme Court on behalf of those whose (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
rights are being violated. (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) All
Which of the above statements is/are correct? 21. Which of the following statement/s defines
(a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 3 the term 'Rule of Law'?
(c) 1 and 3 (d) All 1. It signifies that in a diverse society
different communities should obey same
18. Democracy is a system of government that laws equally.
allows people to choose their rulers. Which of
2. It was introduced by British colonists in
the following statement about democracy is
India.
incorrect?
3. It states that a set of fixed procedures
(a) Democracy has not spread evenly in all
need to be followed when a law is
parts of the world.
violated.
(b) Democracy is based on a free and fair
election where those currently in power Codes:
have a fair chance of losing. (a) 1 and 2
(c) Unelected military rulers having popular (b) Only 2
support can be called democratic rulers. (c) 2 and 3
(d) Democracy is based on the concept of one (d) All
vote one value.
22. Which of the following are the features of Fair
19. Which of the following is/are the democratic Trial?
method of placing public opinion?
1. The trial to be held in open court in
1. Filing a case in the Lower court for public view.
violation of rights.
2. The judge should assume the accused to
2. Protesting for the wrong done to be innocent.
vulnerable section.
 3. The defense lawyer gets rights to cross- 1. Cognizable: an offence for which the
examines all the witnesses. police can arrest a person only with the
4. The Prosecution has to prove beyond a permission of the court.
reasonable doubt that the accused is 2. Detention: the act of detaining someone
guilty. in official custody.
Codes: 3. Public Prosecutor: produce evidence in
support of victim.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3 Codes:
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (a) Only 1
(d) All (b) Only 2
(c) 2 and 3
23. Which of the following is/are the
disadvantages of democratic system? (d) All
1. The election process of representative 25. Which of the following provisions is/are
government focuses solely on the included in the Model Code of Conduct?
majority. 1. No party or candidate can use any place
2. It is based on electoral competition thus of worship for election propaganda.
breeds corruption. 2. No candidate can expend more than Rs.
3. It leads to instability and delay in 70 lakh for each Lok Sabha constituency
decision making. in bigger states and Rs 54 lakh in smaller
states for Lok Sabha elections.
Codes:
3. The election rallies and road shows must
(a) 1 and 2
not hinder the road traffic.
(b) 2 and 3
Codes:
(c) Only 3
(a) 1 and 2
(d) All
(b) 1 and 3
24. Which of the following pair(s) is/are correctly (c) Only 1
matched?
(d) All
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 Governance Test-1 Answers
Part - 1

Ans. 1. (d) Exp: The Press Council of India is a statutory body

Exp: The Administrative Tribunals were set up in
the year 1985 under the Administrative
Tribunals Act, 1985. Owing its origin to
Article 323-A of the Constitution,
Administrative Tribunals adjudicate disputes
and complaints with respect to recruitment
and conditions of service of persons
appointed to the public service and posts in
connection with the affairs of the union and
the states.
The Administrative Tribunals exercise
jurisdiction only in relation to the service
matters of the litigants covered by the Act.
The aggrieved persons can also appear before
it personally. The Government can present its
case through its departmental officers or legal
practitioners. Thus, the Tribunal provides for
speedy and inexpensive justice to the
litigants.
The Act provides for establishment of the
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and
the State Administrative Tribunals (SAT). The
CAT was set-up on 1 November, 1985. These
benches also hold circuit sittings at the other
seats of High Courts.
Earlier the tribunal consisted of a Chairman,
Vice-Chairman and members. With the
amendment in Administrative Tribunal Act,
1985 in 2006 the Members have been given
the status of Judges of High Courts. The
members are drawn both from judicial as well
as administrative streams so as to give the
tribunal the benefit of expertise both in legal
and administrative spheres.
Ans. 2. (d)
in India that governs the conduct of the print
media. It is one of the most important bodies
that sustain democracy, as it has supreme
power in regard to the media to ensure that
freedom of speech is maintained. It may
either warn or censure the errant journalists
on finding them guilty. The Council's actions
may not be questioned unless it is proved to
be in violation of the constitution, which
makes it an exceedingly powerful body.
A complaint against a newspaper for any
publication the complainant finds
objectionable and affecting him personally, or
for non-publication of any material, should
first be taken up with the editor or other
representative of the publication concerned.
If the complaint is not resolved satisfactorily,
it may be referred the Press Council of India.
The Press Council is a statutory, quasi-judicial
body which acts as a watchdog of the press. It
adjudicates the complaints against and by the
press for violation of ethics and for violation
of the freedom of the press respectively.
The Press Council is headed by a Chairman:
usually, a retired judge of the Supreme Court
of India (except for the first chairman, Justice
J. R. Mudholkar, who was a sitting judge of
Supreme Court of India in 1968).It consists of
a Chairman and 28 other members.
• 13 represent the working journalists.
• 6 persons who own the business of
management of newspapers.
• 1 from manager of news agencies.
• Three are to be persons having special
knowledge or practical experience in respect
of education and science, law and literature
and culture.
• 5 Members of Parliament: three from Lok
Sabha, and two from Rajya Sabha.
The members serve on the Council for a term
of three years. The Council was last
reconstituted on 22 May 2001.
The Council is funded by revenue collected
by it as fees levied on the registered
newspapers in the country on the basis of
their circulation. No fee is levied on
newspapers with a circulation of less than
5000 copies. The deficit is made good by
grants by the Central Government, through
the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Ans. 3. (b)
Exp: Living donation takes place when a living
person donates an organ (or part of an organ)
for transplantation to another person. The
living donor can be a family member, such as
a parent, child, brother or sister, grandparent
or grandchild (living related donation). It can
also come from someone who is emotionally
related to the recipient, such as a good friend,
a relative, a neighbor or an in-law (living
unrelated donation).
The law recognizes three types of living
donors:
• Near relatives like parents, siblings,
grandparents, grandchildren or spouses.
• Others who can donate for "affection and
attachment" or for a special reason but not for
financial considerations.
• Swap donors where near relative donors are
swapped between patients whose own family
members are incompatible.
Ans. 4. (c)
Exp: Central Water Commission has presence in
almost all the aspects of water resources
development and management. The main
functions of Central Water Commission being
discharged through its India-wide field basin
oriented setup are -
• Hydrological observations and studies,
• Maintaining water resources information
system for each river basin,
• Providing assistance in regulation and
development of inter-state rivers,
• Issuing flood/inflow forecasts,
• Carrying out techno-economic appraisal of
projects,
• Taking up survey and investigation of
projects on request,
• Providing design consultancy, and
• Advising and assisting the Government of
India on related matters.
Ans. 5. (c)
Exp: Zonal Councils are advisory councils and are
made up of the states of India have been
grouped into six zones to foster cooperation
among them. Five Zonal Councils were set up
vide Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act,
1956. The North Eastern States' special
problems are addressed by another statutory
body - The North Eastern Council, created by
the North Eastern Council Act, 1971. The
chairman of the Zonal council is Union Home
Minister and Chief Ministers of the States
included in each zone act as Vice-Chairman of
the Zonal Council for that zone by rotation,
each holding office for a period of one year at
a time.
The NITI Aayog will comprise the following:
Prime Minister of India as the Chairperson
Governing Council comprising the Chief
Ministers of all the States and Lt. Governors
of Union Territories Regional Councils will be
formed to address specific issues and
contingencies impacting more than one state
or a region. These will be formed for a
specified tenure.
NITI Aayog will emerge as a think-tank that
will provide Governments at the central and
state levels. The NITI Aayog will develop
 mechanisms to formulate credible plans to the
village level and aggregate these
progressively at higher levels of government.
It will ensure special attention to the sections
of society that may be at risk of not
benefitting adequately from economic
progress.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) is a
statutory body for establishing uniform and
high standards of medical education in India.
The Council grants recognition of medical
qualifications, gives accreditation to medical
schools, grants registration to medical
practitioners, and monitors medical practice
in India.
Ans. 6. (b)
Exp: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA)
was established in 2003 to implement India's
Biological Diversity Act (2002). The NBA is a
Statutory, Autonomous Body and it performs
facilitative, regulatory and advisory function
for the Government of India on issues of
conservation, sustainable use of biological
resources and fair and equitable sharing of
benefits arising out of the use of biological
resources.
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is
a statutory autonomous body under the
Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India established in 2003 to
implement the provisions under the National
Biological Diversity Act, 2002, after India
signed Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) in 1992.
It acts as a facilitating, regulating and
advisory body to the Government of India
"on issues of conservation, sustainable use of
biological resources and fair and equitable
sharing of benefits arising out of the use of
biological resources." Additionally, it advises
State Governments in identifying the areas of
biodiversity importance (biodiversity
hotspots) as heritage sites.
Ans. 7. (a)
Exp: In monarchy (king or queen) has the power to
make decisions and run the government. The
monarch may have a small group of people to
discuss matters with, but the final decision-
making power remains with the monarch.
Unlike in a democracy, kings and queens do
not have to explain their actions or defend the
decisions they take.
Autocracy is the type of ruling system where
the whole power and authority of a nation
rests in one person's hand. This is also called
as an absolute monarchy. In an autocracy, the
ruler does not have legal restrictions or
political barriers. H/she can have the power
to make any decision on his/her own.
Ans. 8. (c)
Exp: Though people vote for their leaders during
election, but these elections are to be held at
fixed intervals. Then only it qualifies to be
called as democracy.
In a democracy, government derives
authority only from people. People give the
mandate. People are the ultimate rulers. So
government has to be answerable to people in
a democracy.
There is Universal Adult Franchise i.e. voting
rights for every adult irrespective of his
religion, caste, gender, etc gives a wide
meaning to the democracy, without which a
country is not fully democratic nowadays.
This includes well educated & informed
citizens also.
Ans. 9. (d)
Exp: Both Geography and History of a region leads
to different kind of professions, habitats,
clothing, etc which leads into differences with
respect to other regions and ultimately
resulting into diversity.
Migration leads to intermingling of people
from different cultures which leads to cultural
exchange, resulting into a hybrid culture i.e.
mix of both old & new ones.
Government has a vital role in either
promoting diversity (like that of India) or
suppressing diversity (like that of Pakistan &
N Korea). It depends on the attitude of
 government towards minorities, migrants,
etc.
Ans. 10. (d)
Exp: Role of media played in democracy:
• It is the backbone or the fourth pillar of a
democracy which makes us aware of social,
political and economical activities.
• Provides news and discussing events taking
place in the country and the world.
• It gives people information about how
government works.
• It also give information about the election
related news and results.
• It raises the issues or problems related to the
common people in front of politicians.
• It also acts as a reminder for the politicians or
ministers about their promises.
Ans. 11. (d)
Exp: Minimum conditions of a democratic election:
• First, everyone should be able to choose. This
means that everyone should have one vote
and every vote should have equal value.
• Second, there should be something to choose
from. Parties and candidates should be free to
contest elections and should offer some real
choice to the voters.
• Third, the choice should be offered at regular
intervals. Elections must be held regularly
after every few years.
• Fourth, the candidate preferred by the people
should get elected.
• Fifth, elections should be conducted in a free
and fair manner where people can choose as
they really wish.
Ans. 12. (a)
Exp: Divorce cases and property disputes come
under civil law.
Dowry harassment, murder, rape come under
criminal law.
Under criminal law at first instance FIR has to
be lodged with the police who investigate the
crime after which a case is filed in the court.
Ans. 13. (d)
Ans. 14. (d)
Exp: People participate by taking an interest in the
working of the government and by criticising
it when required. Organize dharnas, rallies,
strikes, signature campaigns etc. Contributing
money to a party or candidate is a form of
participation in electoral process.
Ans. 15. (b)
Exp: Tehsildar has the responsibility to issue caste
certificate, birth certificate, etc and also to
preside over the cases of land dispute, not
Patwari. Patwari has the task of measuring
land and keeping land records. The Patwari
is also responsible for organising the
collection of land revenue from the farmers
and providing information to the government
about the crops grown in this area.
S.H.O is there to maintain law & order and
investigate into the crimes. The role of
supervising Patwari is of Tehsildar.
Ans. 16. (a)
Exp: This Act applies to a daughter of coparcener,
who is born before September 9, 2005 (and
alive on 9 September 2005) on which date the
amendment came into force. It does not
matter whether the daughter concerned was
born before 1956 or after 1956 (when the
actual Act came into force) since date of birth
was not a criterion for application of the
Principal Act. And there is also no dispute
about the entitlement of daughters born on or
after September 9, 2005. According to
Supreme Court daughter’s right to ancestral
property does not arise if father died before
2005.
Ans. 17. (b)
Exp: There is no mention of PIL in the constitution,
though it can be traced to the Article 32(right
to constitutional remedies).
 Concept of PIL signifies procedure is not
important justice is important.
Ans. 18. (c)
Exp: Democracy has not spread evenly in all parts
of the world. Some continents and regions
have larger share of undemocratic
government. Democracy is based on principle
of free and fair election and universal adult
franchise.
Ans. 19. (c)
Exp: Using the muscle and power of politicians is
not a democratic method.
Ans. 20. (d)
Exp: Privatisation of healthcare services deprives
poor from accessing good quality services.
Business houses manipulate media and its
content for their own benefit, which is many
times against the public interest.
Ans. 21. (d)
Exp: Rule of law means every person has to obey
the same law and no one is above the law.
Though it was introduced by British colonists,
Indians nationalist played a crucial role in its
evolution. Indian nationalists began
protesting and criticizing this arbitrary use of
authority by the British. Indian legal
profession also began emerging and
demanded respect in colonial courts. They
began to use law to defend the legal rights of
Indians.
Ans. 22. (d)
Exp: For fair trial accused has the right to be
present before court during the trial. The trial
held in an open court, in public view. The
trial starts with assumption that accused is
innocent. The judge should decide the matter
only on the basis of the evidence before the
vvvvvvv
court. Defence lawyer gets opportunity to
cross-examine all the prosecution witnesses.
Ans. 23. (d)
Exp: The Drawbacls are:
• The election process of representative
government focuses solely on the majority.
The minority groups, are rarely represented
simply because they do not have the majority
of the votes to get an official into office. This
causes a feeling of separation with these
groups as well as feeling like their issues are
not as important.
• Further leaders are chosen by the parties
based on caste, creed and other such factors
that appeal to the poor population. The
government thus formed may more often
than not work for its own welfare and not
nation building, therefore giving a freehand
to corrupt practices in politics and
bureaucracy.
• The prospect of personal interest becoming
the predominant factor in decisions, and
negative financial implications.
• In Democracy due to principle of
participation, decision making get delayed.
Autocracies or Monarchies are better at
making decisions and are likely to be better at
creating economic growth
Ans. 24. (c)
Exp: Cognizable offence is an offence for which the
police may arrest a person without the
permission of the court.
Ans. 25. (b)
Exp: No candidate can expend Rs 70 lakh for each
Lok Sabha constituency in bigger states and
Rs 54 lakh in smaller states for Lok Sabha
elections is not specified under Model Code
of Conduct.
 Governance Test-1
Part - 2

1. In democratic politics, pressure groups are a 1. Keeping membership registers updated.

general phenomenon. These pressure groups 2. Conducting internal elections regularly.
can be defined as: 3. Decentralizing powers to local leaders.
(a) Groups with common interest that aims
Codes:
at achieving political power.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) Groups based only on primordial identity
like caste or religion. (b) 2 and 3
(c) Industrial groups and groups with only (c) 1 and 3
vested interests that influence (d) All
government stealthily.
5. Which of the following statements related to
(d) Organisations that attempt to influence the concept of Citizenship is correct?
government policies but do not directly
1. It places certain obligations on the state to
aim at political power.
provide a collective political identity to
2. In a democracy, the final decision making their members as well as certain rights.
power should remain with: 2. It places certain obligations of citizens to
(a) Those elected by the people each other and to the society.
(b) The permanent executive 3. It considers citizen to be the inheritors
(c) The judiciary and trustees of the culture and natural
resources of the country.
(d) Government institutions
Codes:
3. The character and functions of a political
party include: (a) Only 1
1. Contest elections and hold power in the (b) 1 and 2
government. (c) 1 and 3
2. Put forward policies and programme for (d) All
voters to choose from them.
6. Which of the following statements is/are
3. Reflect fundamental political divisions in correct with respect to the concept of positive
a society. liberty?
Which of the above statements is/are correct? 1. Positive liberty enables citizens to expand
(a) Only 1 their ability and talent.
(b) 2 and 3 2. Positive liberty checks excess of freedom
of an individual, which could be an
(c) 1, 2 and 3
obstruction for social stability.
(d) 1 and 3
Codes:
4. Which of the following steps can maintain the
(a) Only 1
internal democracy within the political party?
(b) Only 2
 (c) Both (a) 1 and 2
(d) None (b) Only 2
7. Which of the following is/are true about (c) 1 and 3
Proportional Representation System? (d) None
1. Under this candidate is declared winner 10. Citizen Charter is a tool for facilitating
who secures the largest number of postal delivery of services to the citizens. Which of
ballots. the following is/are correct with respect to
2. In India only President Election and the Citizen Charter?
Rajya Sabha election has the Proportional 1. It is not legally enforceable thus non-
Representation System. justiciable.
3. Bi-elections are not possible in 2. Department of Consumer Affairs provide
Proportional Representation System. guidelines for formulation and
Codes: implementation of the Charters as well as
their evaluation.
(a) 1 and 2
3. ‘Obligations of the users’ has been added
(b) Only 2
in Indian model as it is absent in UK
(c) Only 3 model.
(d) All
Select the correct answer using the codes
8. Which of the following are the examples of given below
Affirmative action’s by the government? (a) 1 and 3
1. Banks offer higher rate of interest to (b) 2 and 3
senior citizen.
(c) Only 1
2. No entrance fee for women in
(d) All
government exams.
3. Reservation in recruitment process. 11. Under Digital India programme GoI has been
promoting the use of open source
Codes: technologies in the e-Governance domain.
(a) Only 3 Which of the following are the benefits of
(b) 1 and 3 using Open Source Software?
(c) 2 and 3 1. It provides freedom to use & reuse the
software from any location.
(d) All
2. It helps in better local capacity building.
9. Which of the following is/are true about two
3. It helps in preservation of foreign
systems of government?
exchange.
1. In Parliamentary form of government
4. It provides enhanced security due to the
Council of Ministers are collectively
openness of source code.
responsible to the legislature.
2. In Presidential form of government Codes:
President is the de facto head and is (a) 1, 2 and 3
answerable to the voters rather than the (b) 2, 3 and 4
legislature.
(c) 1 and 3
3. In Presidential form of government
(d) All
President is not the part of parliament
thus free from the evils of party influence 12. Which of the following surveys are conducted
in his daily administration. by the NSSO?
Codes:
 1. Surveys on small and medium irrigation Codes:
projects. (a) Only 2
2. Surveys on land holding, livestock and (b) 2 and 3
agriculture.
(c) 1 and 2
3. Survey on living condition of tribals.
(d) All
Codes:
16. Which of the following parameters are used
(a) Only 2 to define any post as the "Office of Profit"?
(b) 1 and 2 1. Office of profit is that in which control
(c) 2 and 3 over appointment, removal and
(d) All performance of the functions of the office
is done by the government.
13. The National Institutional Ranking
2. Office of profit is that in which the office
Framework outlines a methodology to rank
has government powers as that of
institutions across the country. Which of the
releasing money, allotment of land,
following statements is/are correct with
granting licences, etc.
respect to it?
1. The ranking is done by an independent Codes:
and autonomous body annually. (a) Only 1
2. The Ranking framework lays special (b) Only 2
emphasis on representation of women (c) Both
and excellence in teaching and learning
(d) None
3. The ranking framework provides third
party validation of the data. 17. Which of the following cases can be placed
under the violation of the Separation of
Codes: Power?
(a) Only 1 1. Re-promulgation of Enemy Property
(b) 1 and 2 Ordinance.
(c) 1 and 3 2. Imposing cess on diesel cars by the
(d) All Supreme Court.
3. Mandatory playing of national anthem in
14. The Speaker for determining the question of
cinema halls.
disqualification and the procedure which
shall be followed under Anti-Defection law, Codes:
refer the issue to which of the following (a) Only 1
parliamentary committee?
(b) Only 2
(a) Business Advisory Committee
(c) Only 3
(b) Committee of Privileges
(d) All
(c) Committee on Petitions
18. State funding to political parties in India
(d) Committee on Government Assurances
covers which of the following exemptions?
15. Under which of the following situations, 1. Providing tax exemption on the income
Judicial Review is applicable? of political parties.
1. Decisions made by speakers under the 2. Providing free air time on government
anti-defection law. owned media.
2. President's decision to suspend the state 3. Providing office space in Delhi and state
assembly under President's rule. capitals for recognised political parties.
3. Privilege given to legislatures.
 4. Political parties are allowed to use
officers for political campaign.
Codes:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) All
19. Consider the following statements related to
the Charter Mark Scheme:
1. It is a quality management framework
applicable to public service delivery
organizations and is justiciable.
2. It integrates Citizen Charter with proper
Public Grievance Mechanism.
3. It promotes a spirit of competitiveness
amongst various organizations.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) Only 2
(d) All
20. Consider the following statements related to
the Ethics Committees in the Indian
Parliament:
1. Rajya Sabha has formed an ethics
committee, with a full standing
committee status whereas Lok Sabha
formed it with ad-hoc status.
2. It formulates a Code of Conduct for
members and suggests amendments to it
from time to time.
3. Rajya Sabha MPs are required to declare
their financial interests in a register
maintained by their committee of ethics.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Only 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) All
21. Consider the following statements with
respect to the Social Audit:
1. It creates awareness among beneficiaries
and providers of local, social and
productive services.
2. It increases efficacy and effectiveness of
local development programmes.
3. Social Audits as a means of continuous
public vigilance is mandatory in case of
MGNREGA and Swatchch Bharat
Abhiyan.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) All
22. Gram Sabha, has been given 'watchdog'
powers and responsibilities. Which of the
following comes under it?
1. Inspect all public documents related to
budget allocations, list of beneficiaries.
2. Discuss the report on the local
administration of the preceding year.
3. Coordinate with CAG for accounting and
auditing of PRIs.
Codes:
(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) All
23. Which of the following electoral reforms were
made after 1990s?
1. Lowering of the voting age of the voters.
2. Usage of Electronic Voting Machines in
elections.
3. Listing the names of contesting
candidates of recognized political parties
on the top.
4. Starting of provision of proxy voting.
Select the correct answer using below given
options:
(a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
24. Recently, the Parliament has passed "The
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016,
referring that consider the following
statements:
1. The Bill has included Acid Attack victims
within disabilities definition.
2. Every child with benchmark disability
between the age group of 6 and 14 years
shall have the right to free education.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both
(d) None
25. Consider the following statements regarding
the current position /status of NRI Voters in
India during elections:
vvvvvvv
1. An overseas elector (NRI) who is a citizen
of India is eligible to be a registered voter
but he should not have acquired
citizenship of any other country.
2. An NRI settled in foreign land can
become an elector in electoral roll in
India.
3. NRI's can vote during elections in India
provided they are physically present at
the time of voting.
4. In the 2014 elections, the NRIs voted for
the first time through 'Proxy Voting'
mechanism.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
 Governance Test-1 Answers
Part - 2
Ans. 1. (d)
Exp: Pressure groups are organizations that
attempt to influence government policies. But
unlike political parties, pressure groups do
not aim to directly control or share political
power. These organizations are formed when
people with common occupation, interest,
aspirations or opinions come together in
order to achieve a common objective. Many
popular democratic movements are led by
pressure groups.
Ans. 2. (a)
Exp: In a democracy the final decision making
power must rest with those elected by the
people.
Ans. 3. (c)
Exp: A political party is a group of people who
come together to contest elections and hold
power in government. They agree on some
policies and programmes for the society with
a view to promote the collective good. They
seek to implement these policies by winning
popular support through elections. Thus
parties reflect fundamental political divisions
in the society.
Ans. 4. (d)
Exp: A political party is a group of people who
come together to contest in elections and gain
power in government. There is no internal
democracy within political parties as all the
parties in the world tend to gain more power
which in turn is rested in the hands of few
political leaders. They do not have
membership registers, do not conduct
meetings and do not conduct internal
elections regularly. Ordinary and sincere
members of the party do not get information
of the happenings of the party in general.
Hence, the big leaders assume greater power
in taking important decisions of the party and
they do not even consult the members.
Ans. 5. (d)
Ans. 6. (c)
Exp: Negative Liberty
• It is only concerned with the inviolable area
in which no external authority can interfere.
• It is not concerned with the conditions of the
society.
• It is concerned with explaining the idea of
‘freedom from’.
Positive Liberty
• It recognizes that one can be free only in
society (not outside it) and hence tries to
make that society such that it enables the
development of the individual.
• It is concerned with the enabling conditions
of the society.
• It is concerned with explaining the idea of
‘freedom to’.
Ans. 7. (c)
Exp: It is difficult to understand PR system than
the FPTP system. That is why FPTP was
adopted for Lok Sabha Elections. In India
only President election, State Legislative
Council and Rajya Sabha election has the PR
system. Bi-elections are not possible for PR
system, possible only for FPTP.
Ans. 8. (d)
Ans. 9. (c)
Exp: In Parliamentary form of government council
of ministers are collectively responsible to
legislature.
In parliamentary form of government
President is the de facto head. De facto means
nominal head. PM is the real head, president
is nominal head.
Parliament consists of President and both the
houses.
Ans. 10. (a)
Exp: The Citizen's Charter is not legally
enforceable and, therefore, is non-justiciable.
However, it is a tool for facilitating the
delivery of services to citizens with specified
standards, quality and time frame etc. with
commitments from the Organisation and its
clients.
Department of Administrative Reforms and
Public Grievances in Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, Government
of India provides guidelines for formulation
and implementation of the Charters as well as
their evaluation.
Primarily an adaptation of the UK model, the
Indian Citizen's Charter has an additional
component of 'expectations from the clients'
or in other words 'obligations of the users'.
Involvement of consumer organisations,
citizen groups, and other stakeholders in the
formulation of the Citizen's Charter is
emphasised to ensure that the Citizen's
Charter meets the needs of the users.
Ans. 11. (a)
Exp: Benefits of using Open Source Software
include freedom to use & reuse, cost
effectiveness, innovation, enhanced security,
better local capacity building, preservation of
foreign exchange, minimized piracy, better
interoperability, community support,
collaborative & distributed approach,
enhanced competition, growing & mature
developer ecosystems and rapid & effective
vulnerability remediation.
Ans. 12. (d)
Exp: The wide variety of subjects brought under
the coverage of surveys conducted so far by
the NSS can broadly be classified under four
categories : (1) Household surveys on socio-
economic subjects, (2) Surveys on land
holding, livestock and agriculture, (3)
Establishment surveys, and enterprise
surveys (4) Village surveys. Under the first
category come the surveys on population,
birth, death, migration, fertility, family
planning, morbidity, disability, employment
& unemployment, agriculture and rural
labour, household consumer expenditure,
debt, and investment, savings, construction,
capital formation, housing condition and
utilization of public services in health,
education and other sector etc. Under the
second are covered the covered the surveys
on land holding, land utilisation, livestock
number, product and livestock enterprises.
Surveys on medium and small industrial
establishments and own-account enterprises
not covered by the Annual Survey of
Industries (ASI), surveys on other non-
agricultural enterprises in the unorganized
sector and collection of rural retail prices from
markets and shops in rural areas belong to the
third category. Finally the collection from
sample villages of various types of
information on the availability of
infrastructure facility in Indian villages
constitute the fourth.
Besides these, the NSS has also conducted ad-
hoc surveys and pilot enquires for
methodological studies, such as, surveys on
small and medium irrigation projects, rural
electrification, railway travel, pilot enquiries
on employment-unemployment, construction
activities, living condition of tribals,
estimation of catch of fish from inland water,
etc.
Ans. 13. (d)
Exp: This framework outlines a methodology to
rank institutions across the country. The
methodology draws from the overall
recommendations broad understanding
arrived at by a Core Committee set up by
MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for
 ranking various universities and institutions.
The parameters broadly cover “Teaching,
Learning and Resources,” “Research and
Professional Practices,” “Graduation
Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and
“Perception”.
Ans. 14. (b)
Exp: The procedure which shall be followed by the
Speaker for determining the question of
disqualification and the procedure which
shall be followed by the Committee of
Privileges for making preliminary inquiry*
shall, so far as may be, the same as the
procedure for making inquiry and
determination by the Committee of any
question of breach of privilege of the House.
The Committee of Privileges (14th L.S.) while
considering some petitions filed under the
Tenth Schedule to the Constitution and the
rules made there under referred to the
Committee by the Speaker gave a very careful
thought to the true import of the term
"preliminary inquiry". The Committee came
to a conclusion that in such matters, the
Committee are required only to give their
findings on the facts of the case and it isn't the
Committee's remit to decide questions of law
and arrive at conclusions on the merits of the
case and make recommendations.
If the Speaker makes a reference to the
Committee of Privileges, he shall proceed to
determine the question as soon as may be
after receipt of the report from the
Committee.
Ans. 15. (d)
Exp: The Constitution says the decision of the
speaker shall be final. However, there are
several instances in which Parliament's
decisions have been subjected to judicial
review. These include decisions made by
speakers under the anti-defection law. Also,
in a recent judgment, a Constitution bench of
the Supreme Court decided that the privilege
of legislatures was subject to judicial review,
and repealed a resolution of the Punjab
legislative assembly to expel Amarinder
Singh for the rest of its term. It remains to be
seen whether the court will consider the writ
petition. President's decision to suspend the
state assembly under President's rule is
subject to judicial review.
Ans. 16. (c)
Exp: Four broad principles have evolved for
determining whether an office attracts the
constitutional disqualification. First, whether
the government exercises control over
appointment, removal and performance of
the functions of the office. Second, whether
the office has any remuneration attached to it.
Third, whether the body in which the office is
held has government powers (releasing
money, allotment of land, granting licences
etc.). Fourth, whether the office enables the
holder to influence by way of patronage.
Ans. 17. (d)
Exp: Violation of the separation of power:
• Ordinance - Executive vs Legislative.
• Cess on diesel cars - Executive vs judiciary.
• Playing of national anthem - Executive vs
Judiciary.
Ans. 18. (c)
Exp: State funding to political parties in India is
limited to indirect tax reliefs and subsidies
such as providing tax exemption on the
income of political parties, certain amount of
free air time on government owned media,
office space in Delhi and state capitals for
recognised political parties, among others.
Ans. 19. (b)
Exp: The 'Charter Mark' is proposed to be awarded
after assessment by an outside agency. An
organization which meets Indian Standard
15700:2005 will be entitled for "Sevottam"
certification, "Sevottam". This would not only
give a sense of achievement to the
organisation awarded the Charter Mark but
also promote a spirit of competitiveness
amongst various organisations that have
issued Citizen's Charter and generating
awareness among citizens. A prototype has
been developed by the professional agency
 which is in the process of validation in
identified Departments/Organisations.
Ans. 20. (b)
Exp: Rajya Sabha was the first among the two
Houses to form an ethics committee, with a
full standing committee status, on 30th May,
1997. Lok Sabha, in contrast, formed an ad
hoc ethics panel in 2000 and has been
operating as one until August 2015 when it
was given a permanent standing committee
status.
Ethics committees function to uphold the
standards of the Parliament and thus its
functions are twofold:
• Formulate a Code of Conduct for members
and suggest amendments to it from time to
time.
• To oversee the moral and ethical conduct of
the Members
• To examine the cases referred to it with
reference to ethical and other misconduct of
the Members.
Rajya Sabha MPs are required to declare their
financial interests in a register maintained by
their committee of ethics.
Ans. 21. (c)
Exp: A social audit is a process by which the
people, final beneficiaries of schemes &
program are empowered to audit scheme
such as MGNREGA to encourage local
democracy and social transparency of an
organization. Social audits are conducted
jointly by the government and people,
especially by those people who are affected
by, or are
• The intended beneficiaries of the activity,
being audited.
Any resident of a panchayat can do social
audit that is part of gram Sabah.
Some of the fundamental objectives of social
audit may be summarized as below:
– Assessing the physical and financial gaps
between needs and resources available for
local development.
– Creating awareness among beneficiaries and
providers of local social and productive
services.
– Increasing efficacy and effectiveness of local
development programmes.
– Scrutiny of various policy decisions, keeping
in view stakeholder interests and priorities,
particularly of rural poor.
– Estimation of the opportunity cost for
stakeholders of not getting timely access to
public services.
Ans. 22. (b)
Exp: CAG does not work in coordination of PRIs
for auditing and accounting.
Ans. 23. (c)
Exp: Lowering of voting age was done in 1988.
Electronic Voting Machine provision was
made in 1989.
Listing of Names of Candidates was done
after 1990s. The candidates contesting
elections are to be classified into three
categories for the purpose of listing of their
names.
• Candidates of recognised political parties
• Candidates of registered-unrecognised
political parties
• Other (independent) candidates
The registered voters employed in any trade,
business, industry or any other
establishments are entitled to a paid holiday
on the polling day. This rule applies even to
the daily wagers.
Provision of proxy voting is provided to
service voters.
Ans. 24. (a)
Exp: The Bill will replace the existing PwD Act,
1995, which was enacted 21 years back. The
types of disabilities have been increased from
existing 7 to 21 and the Central Government
will have the power to add more types of
disabilities.
The types of disabilities have been increased
from existing 7 to 21. It includes Speech and
Language Disability, Specific Learning
Disability, Acid Attack Victims, Dwarfism,
muscular dystrophy. It also included three
blood disorders: Thalassemia, Hemophilia
and Sickle Cell disease have been added for
the first time.
The bill claimed that every child with
benchmark disability between the age group
of 6 and 18 years shall have the right to free
education. The government will fund
educational institutions as well as the
vvvvvvv
government recognized institutions to
provide inclusive education to the children
with reasonable accommodation to disables.
Ans. 25. (b)
Exp: According to the provisions of the
Representation of the People (Amendment)
Act, 2010, a person who is a citizen of India
and who has not acquired the citizenship of
any other country and is otherwise eligible to
be registered as a voter and who is absenting
from his place of ordinary residence in India
owing to his employment, education or
otherwise is eligible to be registered as a voter
in the constituency in which his place of
residence in India as mentioned in his
passport is located.