171. Which Constitutional Article empowers the State Legislature to adopt Hindi or any state language as the official language of that state—

1. Article 345
2. Article 350
3. Article 348
4. Article 349

Option “1” is correct.
Article 345-Official language or languages of a State Subject to the provisions of Article 346 and 347, the Legislature of a State may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State or Hindi as the language or languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of that State.
172. Whose satisfaction is required under Constitutional Article 347 regarding special provision for creating language spoken by a section of the population of a state—

1. Parliament
2. Judiciary
3. President
4. Prime Minister

Option “3” is correct.
When president is satisfied that a substantial proportion of the population of a State desire the use of any language spoken by them to be recognised throughout that State or any part thereof for such purpose as he may specify.
173. Through which Constitutional Amendment, reservation of seats for SC and ST in Lok Sabha and State Assembly extended—

1. 45th Amendment Act 1980
2. 50th Amendment Act 1984
3. 23rd Amendment Act 1969
4. 51st Amendment Act 1984

Option “3” is correct.
The amendment also extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years, i.e. up to 26 January 1980.
174. Through which Constitutional Amendment, reservation of seats for SC and ST in Lok Sabha and State Assembly extended—

1. 45th Amendment Act 1980
2. 50th Amendment Act 1984
3. 23rd Amendment Act 1969
4. 51st Amendment Act 1984

Option “2” is correct.
Article 335 of the Constitution deals with the claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration, consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State.
175. The central government can issue directions to the state with regard to subjects in-

1. The union list
2. The state list
3. The concurrent list
4. All these lists

Option “4” is correct.
The Parliament can make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the Union List,state list and concurrent list.parliament can make laws on state list in only extraordinary circumstances.
176. Who was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha?

1. G. V. Mavalankar
2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3. M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
4. Dr P V Cherian

Option “3” is correct.
Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.
177. In the presence of which of the following, does the Vice President takes Oath?

1. President
2. Lok Sabha Speaker
3. Chief Justice of India
4. Attorney General

Option “1” is correct.
The President administers the oath of office and secrecy to the Vice-President.
178. All India Trinamool Congress was founded in the year ______.

1. 1925
2. 1955
3. 1984
4. 1998

Option “4” is correct.
The All India Trinamool Congress is an Indian political party based in West Bengal . Founded on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress, the party is led by its founder and current Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee.
179. The first commission appointed by the Government in 1948 to examine the case for the reorganisation of states on linguistic basis was headed by-

1. Justice Wanchoo
2. Justice M C Mahajan
3. Justice S K Dhar
4. None of the above

Option “3” is correct.
In June 1948, the Government of India appointed the Linguistic Provinces Commission under the chairmanship of S K Dhar to examine the feasibility of this. The commission submitted its report in December 1948 and recommended the reorganisation of states on the basis of administrative convenience rather than linguistic factor.
180. The famous JVP Committee consisting of Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya, was appointed in December 1948 to-

1. Examine the case of establishment of secular polity in the country
2. Examine the issue of reorganisation of states on linguistic basis
3. Determine the compensation to be paid to the rulers of Indian states consequent to the merger of their states with India
4. None of the above

Option “2” is correct.
JVP is full name of committee members. They are Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallahbhai Patel, Pattabhi Sitaramayya. It was setup in 1949.This committee also rejected the linguistic factor of reorganization of the states. This committee recommended the reorganization of States on the basis of security, unity and economic prosperity of the nation.

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