221. Japan’s Parliament is known as –

1. Diet
2. Dail
3. Yuan
4. Shora

Option “1” is correct.
The National Diet is the official name of Japan’s legislature. It is a bicameral legislature–one with two houses. “The National Diet of Japan is Japan’s bicameral legislature.
222. Who among the following is directly responsible to Parliament for all matters concerning the Defence Services of India?

1. Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
2. President
3. Home Minister
4. Defence Minister

Option “4” is correct.
The principal task of the Defence Ministry is to obtain policy directions of the Government on all defence and security related matters and communicate them for implementation by all defence forces. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is defence minister of India.
223. Which of the following is not correct?

1. The Supreme Command of the Defence Forces is vested in the President.
2. The three Chiefs of Staff (Army, Navy & Air Force) are under the direct control of the governor.
3. The responsibility of National Defence rests with the Union Cabinet
4. All important questions having a bearing on defence are decided by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister.

Option “2” is correct.
The Supreme Command of the Armed Forces vests in the President. The responsibility for national defence rests with the Cabinet.
224. For the Union Territories that do not have legislative assemblies, laws are passed by-

1. The Union Ministry
2. The President of India
3. The Parliament
4. The Administrator of the respective Union Territories

Option “3” is correct.
The Parliament can make laws on any subject of the three lists (including the State List) for the union
territories. This power of Parliament also extends to Puducherry and Delhi, which have their own
local legislatures.
225. How many times has the President of India declared financial emergency so far?

1. Only once
2. Only twice
3. Only thrice
4. Never

Option “4” is correct.
No financial emergency has been imposed yet.
226. The States Reorganisation Act, 1956, divided the entire country into-

1. 22 states and 9 union territories
2. 14 states and 6 union territories
3. 17 states and 7 union territories
4. Four categories of states

Option “2” is correct.
The States Reorganization Act was passed by parliament in November 1956. It provided for fourteen states and six centrally administered territories.
227. The correct chronological order in which the following states of India were created is-

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Punjab
4. Nagaland

1. 1, 2, 4, 3
2. 1, 2, 3, 4
3. 2, 1, 4, 3
4. 4, 3, 2, 1

Option “1” is correct.
Andhra Pradesh was created with the merger of Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking districts of Hyderabad State in 1956. Bombay State was split into the linguistic states of Gujarat and Maharashtra on 1 May 1960 by the Bombay Reorganisation Act. Nagaland was formed on 1 December 1963. The Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966 resulted in the creation of Haryana and Punjab.
228. Which among the following factors are responsible for increasing control of the Centre over the states in India?

1. Lack of strong leadership in the states
2. Enforcement of party discipline
3. Economic dependence of the states on the Centre
4. Emergence of regional parties

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 2, 3 and 4
3. 1, 2 and 4
4. All the above

Option “1” is correct.
229. Which of the following machineries is most likely to be effective in solving inter-state disputes?

1. Central Council of Health and Local Self-Government
2. Finance Commission and Planning Commission
3. Zonal Councils and meetings between ministers and chief ministers of states
4. Inter-State Council, as recommended by the Administrative Reforms Commission

Option “4” is correct.
Inter State council is a constitutional body set up on the basis of provisions in Article 263 of the Constitution of India by a Presidential Order dated 28th May, 1990 on recommendation of Sarkaria Commission. Article 263 of the Constitution envisages establishment of an institutional mechanism to facilitate coordination of policies and their implementation between the Union and the State Governments.
230. The Central Government gives grants-in-aid to the states out of the Consolidated Fund of India on the basis of the recommendations of-

1. The Planning Commission
2. The Union Finance Minister
3. The Finance Commission
4. None of the above

Option “3” is correct.
Article 280 provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body. It is constituted by the President every fifth year or even earlier. The distribution of the net proceeds of taxes to be shared between the Centre and the states and the allocation between the states, the respective shares of such proceeds are based on recommendation of Finance Commission.
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    There are mistakes in your answers question no. 80 of Political Science you have mentioned Madhya Pradesh whereas correct answer is Rajasthan
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    Rajasthan is the first state to implement panchayat raj but 73 amendment 1992 implementation is Madhya Pradesh

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