Insights Static Quiz -364, 2019–Polity

Solution: c)

The six rights guaranteed by Article 19 can be suspended only when emergency is declared on the grounds of war or external aggression (i.e., external emergency) and not on the ground of armed rebellion (i.e., internal emergency).

Solution: b)

Equal representation of states in Rajya Sabha is absent in Indian Polity. Representation is considered on population basis.

Solution: b)

The Constitution lays down only two qualifications for the appointment of a person as a governor. These are:

1. He should be a citizen of India.
2. He should have completed the age of 35 years.

Additionally, two conventions have also developed in this regard over the years.

First, he should be an outsider, that is, he should not belong to the state where he is appointed, so that he is free from the local politics.

Second, while appointing the governor, the president is required to consult the chief minister of the state concerned, So that the smooth functioning of the constitutional machinery in the state is ensured.

However, both the conventions have been violated in some of the cases.

Solution: c)

The Constitution of India is neither rigid nor flexible but a synthesis of both. Article 368 provides for two types of amendments:

(a) Some provisions can be amended by a special majority of the Parliament, i.e., a two-third majority of the members of each House present and voting, and a majority (that is, more than 50 per cent), of the total membership of each House.

(b) Some other provisions can be amended by a special majority of the Parliament and with the ratification by half of the total states.

At the same time, some provisions of the Constitution can be amended by a simple majority of the Parliament in the manner of ordinary legislative process. Notably, these amendments do not come under Article 368.

The Constitution of India establishes a federal system of government. It contains all the usual features of a federation, viz., two government, division of powers, written Constitution, supremacy of Constitution, rigidity of Constitution, independent judiciary and bicameralism.

Flexibility of Constitution is a unitary or non-federal feature.

Solution: a)

Equal pay for equal work for men and women is one of the element/features of DPSP.