Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is 5 Years.

Key Points

• 5 years is the tenure of Lok Sabha members.
  • Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of adult suffrage.
  • The term of a member of parliament of Lok Sabha (dissolved) is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting.
  • During a state of emergency, the term however can be extended by the Parliament of India by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time.

Additional Information

• On 26 January 1950, the Indian constitution came into force and the first general elections (under the new constitution) were held in 1951-1952.
• The 1st Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 and had 489 constituencies, thereby the first set of elected members of parliament of Lok Sabha in India.
• The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550.
• The first instance of a member of parliament equivalent in India dates back to 9 December 1946, the day the Constituent Assembly of India was formed with the purpose of drafting a constitution for India.

Important Points

• As per Article 93 of the Indian Constitution, the Lok Sabha has a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker.

The Correct Answer is State Election Commission.

Key Points

• A state's chief minister is appointed by the governor. He or she frequently appoints the Advocate General, the Chairman of the State Public Service Commission, and the members of the State Public Service Commission. Aside from that, the Governor appoints the State Election Commissioner (though removed by thea President).
• The State Election Commission has been tasked with holding free, equal, and impartial elections for local government bodies in the state.
• Part-IX and Part-IXA of the Indian Constitution, which cover provisions concerning Panchayats and Municipalities, respectively, were introduced by amendments 73 and 74 to the Indian Constitution.
• The constitutions of Panchayats and Municipalities, as well as their elections by the State Election Commission, are included in these parts.

Additional Information

• The President of India, in accordance with Article 280 of the Indian Constitution, appoints Finance Commissions on a regular basis to determine the financial ties between the central government of India and the various state governments.
• The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's premier public-sector recruitment agency. It is in charge of all promotions and examinations for All India Services and Group A and Group B positions in the central government's civil service and defence services cadres.
• The Inter-State Council is a permanent legislative body formed by presidential order under Article 263 of the Indian Constitution.

Option  4 is the correct answer:  Article 19 of the Constitution of India gives us the right to freedom of speech and expression.

• Article 19, particularly article 19(1)(a) of our constitution grants the right to freedom of speech and expression to its citizens.
• Freedom to speech and expression is one of the six freedoms provided under article 19, Right to Freedom:
• Following are the other five freedoms provided under this right:
  • Right to assemble peacefully.
  • Right to form associations or unions or cooperative societies.
  • Right to move freely throughout the territory of India.
  • Right to reside and settle in any part of the Indian territory.
  • Right to practice any profession or carry out any expression.
• Freedom to speech and expression includes the following freedoms and freedoms:
  • Right to propagate ones views, telecast,  know about government activities, demonstrate.
  • Freedom of the press, commercial advertisements, silence.
  • Right against tapping of phone calls, bundhs called by political properties, pre-censorship against a newspaper.

The correct answer is All the above.

• Main functions of Rajasthan Finance Cooperation are:
  • To have guaranteed for loans given for Industries.
  • To contribute to share capital.
  • To provide financial assistance from the government to the industries.

Additional Information

• Rajasthan Financial Corporation (RFC) was constituted under a notification of the State Government on 17th January 1955 under the SFCs Act, 1951, for providing long term financial support to tiny, small and medium scale industries in the State of Rajasthan.

Untouchability refers to discrimination on the basis of caste.

• It is the practice of excluding a group of people regarded as 'untouchables', resulting in the segregation and persecutions from the people regarded as "higher" caste.
• The term is most commonly associated with the treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent. 
• Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability and forbids its practise in any form.
• In 1976 the Untouchability Act 1955 was amended and renamed the Protection of Civil Rights act 1955.
• The term untouchability has not been defined in the constitution or in any act.