Fedralism Part 1

As for English, only ………per cent Indians recorded it as their mother tongue?

• 0.2

• 0.05

• 0.005

• 0.02

Hindi is the mother tongue of only about …

• 0.6
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5

How many other lanugages are recognised as Scheduled Languages by the constitution, besides Hindi?

• 20
• 21
• 18
• 19

How many countries in the world have a federal political system?

• 42
• 33
• 25
• 18

Census of India held in 2011, recorded more than ……distinct Languages

• 200

• 500

• 1200

• 1300

According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in:

• 1948
• 1955
• 1965
• 1975

When was the constitution amended to make the third-tier of democracy more powerful and effective?

• 1990
• 1992
• 1989
• 1993

A major step towards decentralisation was taken in:

• 1991
• 1992
• 1993
• 1994

The distinguishing feature of a federal government is:

•  National government gives some powers to the provincial governments.
•  Power is distributed among the legislature, executive and judiciary.
• Elected officials exercise supreme power in the government.
• Governmental power is divided between different levels of government.

States such as Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram enjoy special powers under certain provisions of the Constitution of India (Article 371), under which context do they get these provisions?

• Because of trade and commerce
•  Protection of land rights of indigenous people
• Special provisions for agriculture
• For Defence purposes