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Which of the following statements with regard to Panchyats in India are correct? 1.Seats ina Panchayat are filled by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area. 2.The Gram Sabha is the body of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village within the Panchayat area. 3.The Panchayats work on the principle of constitutional autonomy. 4.The State Legislature may be law endow the Panchayats with the power and authority to enable them to function. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 4
All are correct except 3, as Panchayats don’t have constitutional autonomy to work.

Which of the following statements with regard to the conduct of elections in India is/are notcorrect?1.The responsibility for the preparation of the electoral rolls is vested in the Election Commission of India.2.The model Code of Conduct comes into existence as soon as the date of the election is announced.3.The laws relating to delimitation of constituencies are made by the Election Commission of India.4.No election shall be called in question except by an election petition.Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements
1. The Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 has been enacted to replace the Punjab Gram Panchayat 1952.
2. The Act came into force on 21st April, 1994.
3. Under the Act, a Gram Panchayat is elected for the Gram Sabha area and not for each village.
4. Every male or female, who is entered as a voter on the electoral roll of the State Vidhan Sabha is a member of the Gram Sabha.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer
Assertion (A): The Constitution of India under Article 40 states that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self government.
Reason (R): This directive gives an assurance that every village where maximum people live, has to be made an autonomous republic, self-sufficient self-sustaining and capable of managing its own affairs.

A Gram Pradhan in Uttar Pradesh is elected -
1. by all the adults living in the territory of the Panchayat
2. by all the voters included in electoral rolls for the Panchayat's territory
3. by members of the Gram Panchayat.
4. from among the voters of the Panchayat's territory.
Select the correct answer:

There are certain mechanisms to secure direct democracy. Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched in this connection?
1. Referendum ⇔ A special procedure of referring a particular billon constitutional amendment for popular vote. If a majority votes in its favour, the bill becomes law
2. Recall ⇔ A devise to enable to a people's representative to call the popular assembly consisting of all the adult members of the electorate of his or her constituency in order to listen to their grievances and redress them
3. Initiative ⇔ A devise which enables a specified number of people to draft a bill and send it to the legislature for its consideration. It is a positive power in the hands of the people to initiate a law which they desire to be passed
4. Plebiscite ⇔ A mode of securing opinion of the people's representatives in an assembly. It is a negative power of the representatives to put a check on undesirable legislation by the government
Select the correct answer from below:

Village Q is to the North of the village P. The village R is in the East of Village Q. The village S is to the left of the village P. In which direction is the village S with respect to village R?

Consider the following statements
1. Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes.
2. Not less than one-third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election shall be reserved for women.
3. Such seats may be alloted by rotation to different constituencies in the Gram Panchayat Samiti area.
4. One seat shall be reserved for Backward Classes.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer:
Assertion (A): Austinian theory of law does not properly explain constitutional law, customary law and judicial precedents.
Reason (R): Constitutional law, customary law and judicial precedents do not share the same pedigree as statutory law.

Which of the following statements is/are correct with regard to 'absolute liability' principle laid down in M. C. Mehta v. Union of India. Answer by using the below:
(1) The principle was approved except as to quantum of damages in Charan Lal Sahu v. Union of India
(2) The principle in determining compensation was applied in Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India
(3) The compensation to be awarded must have some broad correlation not only with magnitude and capacity of the enterprise but also with the harm caused by it was held in Deepak Nitrite v. State of Gujarat
(4) The principle is not followed in India because Parliament could not yet pass Public Liability Insurance Bill, 1991

Which of the following reasons led to the setting aside of the practice of 'talaqe- biddat', triple talaq in Shayara Bano v. Union of India, (2017) 9 SCC 1?
(1) Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 was a pre-constitutional legislation within the meaning of Article 13(1) and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India on the ground of arbitrariness.
(2) Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 was a pre-constitutional legislation within the meaning of Article 13(1) and violative of Article 15 of the Constitution of India, being discriminatory.
(3) Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 is not a law regulating triple talaq but the practice of triple talaq was against the basic tenets of the Holy Quran and no practice against the tenets of Quran was permissible.
(4) 'Talaq-e-biddat' is integral to the religious denomination but the Supreme Court may injunct this practice as a means for severing matrimonial relationship.