Independent and Centralised Judiciary, Single Citizenship and Emergency Powers

Q. Why is India a 'sovereign state'?

1. India is not a complete state.
2. States of India make their own decisions all the time.
3. India is capable of taking independent decisions.
4. India is not capable of taking independent decisions.

Q. How many languages are recognised as Scheduled Languages by the Indian Constitution?

1. 22

Q. Under Articles 352, 356, and 360, the President of India can declare a situation of Emergency, during which time the Centre is accorded much more power.

Which of the following options fall into the category of such an Emergency?

1. State/Constitutional Emergency
2. National/General Emergency
3. Environmental Emergency
4. Financial Emergency

Q. Explain the three circumstances when the President can exercise his emergency powers.

Q. What kind of citizenship does the Indian Constitution recognise?

1. Tripartite
2. Single
3. Dual
4. Multiple

Q. How many languages are recognised as Scheduled Languages by the Indian Constitution?

1. 22

Q. What kind of citizenship does the Indian Constitution recognise?

1. Single
2. Dual
3. Tripartite
4. Multiple

Q. State the types of emergencies as mentioned in the Constitution and explain them briefly.

Q. Defection means voluntarily giving up the membership of a political party or disobeying the party leadership on a vote in the legislature.

1. True
2. False

Q. Defection means voluntarily giving up the membership of a political party or disobeying the party leadership on a vote in the legislature.

1. True
2. False