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Q1. Preventive detention differs from punitive detention in that preventive detention:
A. Punishes an offence already committed
B. Seeks to prevent an anticipated threat without requiring trial or conviction
C. Is imposed only after conviction
D. Is not subject to any constitutional safeguard
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Correct Answer: B. Seeks to prevent an anticipated threat without requiring trial or conviction
Q2. Which Article of the Constitution contains special safeguards relating to preventive detention?
A. Article 19
B. Article 21
C. Article 22
D. Article 32
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Correct Answer: C. Article 22
Q3. Under Article 22(5), the detaining authority must:
A. Produce the detainee before the Supreme Court
B. Communicate the grounds of detention and provide the earliest opportunity to make a representation
C. Release the detainee within 24 hours
D. Obtain prior approval from Parliament
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Correct Answer: B. Communicate the grounds of detention and provide the earliest opportunity to make a representation
Q4. Which Article 22 clause allows authorities to withhold facts whose disclosure they consider contrary to public interest?
A. Article 22(2)
B. Article 22(4)
C. Article 22(5)
D. Article 22(6)
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Correct Answer: D. Article 22(6)
Q5. Which post-independence preventive detention law expired in 1969?
A. MISA, 1971
B. Preventive Detention Act, 1950
C. COFEPOSA, 1974
D. National Security Act, 1980
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Correct Answer: B. Preventive Detention Act, 1950
Q6. In which case did the Supreme Court hold that preventive detention should not be used as a substitute for ordinary criminal law where circumstances do not justify it?
A. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
B. Shaik Nazneen v. State of Telangana (2022)
C. Babulal Parate v. State of Maharashtra
D. Himat Lal K. Shah v. Commissioner of Police
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Correct Answer: B. Shaik Nazneen v. State of Telangana (2022)
Q7. Which constitutional provision guarantees the right to assemble peacefully and without arms?
A. Article 19(1)(a)
B. Article 19(1)(b)
C. Article 19(1)(c)
D. Article 19(1)(d)
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Correct Answer: B. Article 19(1)(b)
Q8. Which of the following is a ground for restricting peaceful assembly under Article 19(3)?
A. Law and order
B. Public order
C. Morality
D. Contempt of court
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Correct Answer: B. Public order
Q9. An order under Section 163 of the BNSS, 2023 ordinarily lasts up to:
A. One week
B. One month
C. Two months
D. Six months
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Correct Answer: C. Two months
Q10. Under Article 239AA(3)(a), the Delhi Legislative Assembly does NOT have legislative power over:
A. Education and health
B. Public order and police
C. Transport
D. Agriculture
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Correct Answer: B. Public order and police
Q11. Which case held that public roads cannot be occupied indefinitely for protests at the cost of ordinary public movement?
A. Amit Sahni v. Commissioner of Police (2020)
B. Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India (2020)
C. Himat Lal K. Shah (1973)
D. Ramlila Maidan Incident (2012)
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Correct Answer: A. Amit Sahni v. Commissioner of Police (2020)
Q12. Which Delhi Police-designated venue was reportedly identified as an alternative after Jantar Mantar was de-notified?
A. India Gate Lawns
B. Ramlila Maidan
C. Rajpath
D. Connaught Place
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Correct Answer: B. Ramlila Maidan
Q13. Under which Article is the Governor part of the State Legislature?
A. Article 153
B. Article 156
C. Article 168
D. Article 174
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Correct Answer: C. Article 168
Q14. What is the minimum age required to be appointed Governor under Article 157?
A. 25 years
B. 30 years
C. 35 years
D. 40 years
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Correct Answer: C. 35 years
Q15. The Governor holds office:
A. For a fixed non-removable term of five years
B. During the pleasure of the President
C. Until age 65
D. During the pleasure of the Chief Minister
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Correct Answer: B. During the pleasure of the President
Q16. Under which Article may the Governor reserve a Bill for the President’s consideration or withhold assent?
A. Article 200
B. Article 201
C. Article 213
D. Article 361
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Correct Answer: A. Article 200
Q17. The Governor’s ordinance-making power is provided under:
A. Article 123
B. Article 161
C. Article 213
D. Article 356
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Correct Answer: C. Article 213
Q18. A Money Bill can be introduced in the State Legislative Assembly only on the recommendation of:
A. Speaker
B. Chief Minister
C. Governor
D. Advocate General
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Correct Answer: C. Governor
Q19. The Governor appoints the Advocate General of the State under which Article?
A. Article 148
B. Article 165
C. Article 177
D. Article 199
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Correct Answer: B. Article 165
Q20. The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is observed annually on:
A. 13 October
B. 15 October
C. 5 June
D. 22 March
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Correct Answer: A. 13 October
Q21. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction covers which period?
A. 2005–2015
B. 2010–2020
C. 2015–2030
D. 2020–2050
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Correct Answer: C. 2015–2030
Q22. Which framework preceded the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?
A. Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015)
B. Kyoto Protocol
C. Paris Agreement
D. Rio Declaration
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Correct Answer: A. Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015)
Q23. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in India is chaired by:
A. Union Home Minister
B. Prime Minister
C. President
D. Cabinet Secretary
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Correct Answer: B. Prime Minister
Q24. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Robert E. Hall and:
A. Michael Woodford
B. Paul Krugman
C. Daron Acemoglu
D. Claudia Goldin
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Correct Answer: A. Michael Woodford
Q25. The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was instituted in 1968 by which institution?
A. Nobel Foundation
B. Sveriges Riksbank
C. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
D. Swedish Parliament
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Correct Answer: B. Sveriges Riksbank
Q26. Who were the first laureates of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1969)?
A. Amartya Sen and Milton Friedman
B. Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen
C. Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow
D. Friedrich Hayek and Gunnar Myrdal
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Correct Answer: B. Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen
Q27. PM GatiShakti National Master Plan is coordinated by which nodal department?
A. NITI Aayog
B. DPIIT
C. Ministry of Railways
D. Department of Economic Affairs
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Correct Answer: B. DPIIT
Q28. The Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) under PM GatiShakti is chaired by:
A. Prime Minister
B. Cabinet Secretary
C. Finance Secretary
D. Principal Secretary to PM
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Correct Answer: B. Cabinet Secretary
Q29. Exercise KONKAN-26, in which INS Trishul participated at Plymouth, is a bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the navy of:
A. France
B. United Kingdom (Royal Navy)
C. United States
D. Australia
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Correct Answer: B. United Kingdom (Royal Navy)
Q30. IBSAMAR is a maritime exercise involving India, South Africa and which other country?
A. Brazil
B. Bangladesh
C. Britain
D. Bahrain
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Correct Answer: A. Brazil
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