UPSC PRELIM PYQ DECODED :12.CENTRE-STATE/INTER STATE RELATION(2011-2020 )

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12. CENTRE – STATE / INTER STATE RELATION(2011-2020 )

2012

The distribution of powers between the Centre and the States in the Indian Constitution is based on the scheme provided in the

(a) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909

(b) Montagu-Chelmsford Act, 1919

(c) Government of India Act, 1935

(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947

ANS: c

2013:

The Parliament can make any law for whole or any part of India for implementing International treaties

(a) with the consent of all the States

(b) with the consent of the majority of States

(c) with the consent of the States concerned

(d) without the consent of any State

ANS: d

2016:

  1. The Parliament of India acquires the power to legislate on any item in the State List in the national interest if a resolution to that effect is passed by the

(a) Lok Sabha by a simple majority of its total membership

(b) Lok Sabha by a majority of not less than two-thirds of its total membership

(c) Rajya Sabha by a simple majority of its total membership

(d) Rajya Sabha by a majority of not less than two-thirds of its members present and voting

Solution: D

Justification: If Rajya Sabha approves a resolution with special majority and declares that a subject is of national interest, the Parliament can make a law on the particular subject in the state list (7th Schedule).

Source: Indian Polity: M Laxmikanth

 

2017:

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

(a)Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments.

(b)Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.

(c)Impose censorship on national press.

(d)Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.

ANS:D

The Report of the Butler Committee on the relations between the Indian States and British India . The Committee advise that the Viceroy (instead of the Governor-General in Council) should represent the Crown in all dealings with the States. This proposed change is comparable with the new Imperial arrangement by which the Governor-General of a Dominion is High Commissioner for the Dominion’s Protectorates. The Committee sympathize with the fear of the Native Princes that their States might pass without their consent under a new Government in British India responsible to an Indian Legislature, and they plainly express the opinion that no such transference should be made without the consent of the Princes.

 

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