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  1. Which are functions of the Finance Commission? 1. Allowing withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund of India 2. Allocating shares of tax proceeds among the states 3. Considering states’ claims for grants-in-aid 4. Checking that taxes are levied as budgeted
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 3 and 4
    4. 1, 2 and 4
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    Answer: (B) 2 and 3

    Withdrawals need Parliament’s law; audit is the CAG’s job.

  2. Consider: 1. Zonal Councils rest on an Article of the Constitution. 2. The Constitution provides for Parliament to set up an Inter-State Council. 3. The Union Home Minister chairs all Zonal Councils.
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 3 only
    3. 2 only
    4. 2 and 3
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    Answer: (B) 3 only

    Zonal Councils are statutory (1956); the ISC is set up by the President under Art 263, not by Parliament.

  3. Who can establish additional courts for better administration of laws on Union List matters?
    1. Parliament by law
    2. Parliament with the states’ consent
    3. Union Government by resolution
    4. Supreme Court
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    Answer: (A) Parliament by law

    Art 247.

  4. Parliament makes a law barring the Supreme Court from hearing the Cauvery water dispute. The law is —
    1. Valid
    2. Invalid
    3. Invalid — Parliament lacks the power
    4. Invalid — only the President can order this
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    Answer: (A) Valid

    Art 262(2) expressly allows Parliament to exclude the jurisdiction of all courts.

  5. Under which Article is the Finance Commission set up?
    1. 275
    2. 280
    3. 282
    4. 263
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    Answer: (B) 280

    Art 275 is statutory grants; 282 discretionary grants.

  6. Which Article says a state’s executive power must not impede the Union’s executive power? (UPSC 2011)
    1. 257
    2. 258
    3. 355
    4. 358
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    Answer: (A) 257

    Art 257(1).

  7. Which subject is in the Union List?
    1. Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields
    2. Agriculture
    3. Fisheries
    4. Public health
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    Answer: (A) Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields

    Union List entry 55; the other three are State List subjects.

  8. Which pair is wrongly matched? (UPSC 2004)
    1. Forests — Concurrent List
    2. Stock exchanges — Concurrent List
    3. Post Office Savings Bank — Union List
    4. Public health — State List
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    Answer: (B) Stock exchanges — Concurrent List

    Stock exchanges and futures markets are in the Union List.

  9. In which case can Parliament NOT legislate on a State List subject?
    1. On a Rajya Sabha resolution
    2. To implement an international treaty
    3. During a national emergency
    4. During a financial emergency
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    Answer: (D) During a financial emergency

    A financial emergency (Art 360) gives control over state money bills, not law-making on State List subjects.

  10. On which matter can the Union NOT give administrative directions to states?
    1. Protecting railways
    2. Welfare of Scheduled Tribes
    3. Communications of military importance
    4. Ensuring fiscal stability (in normal times)
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    Answer: (D) Ensuring fiscal stability (in normal times)

    The other three are in Art 257 and 339.

  1. The President may set up an Inter-State Council —
    1. Only during an emergency
    2. During a national calamity
    3. When the Council of Ministers advises it
    4. When it appears it would serve the public interest
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    Answer: (D) When it appears it would serve the public interest

    Art 263 wording.

  2. Who can give two or more states a single High Court?
    1. The President
    2. The Supreme Court
    3. The Governors of those states
    4. Parliament by law
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    Answer: (D) Parliament by law

    Art 231.

  3. Under the Government of India Act, 1935, residuary powers were given to — (IAS 2018)
    1. Federal Legislature
    2. Governor-General
    3. Provincial Legislatures
    4. Provincial Governors
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    Answer: (B) Governor-General

    Today they lie with Parliament.

  4. States that get grants in lieu of jute export duty (Art 273) are —
    1. Assam, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal
    2. Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand
    3. West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha
    4. Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, West Bengal
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    Answer: (A) Assam, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal

    Charged on the Consolidated Fund of India while the duty lasts.

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