Indian Polity Question Bank 2Nd Edition by G B, Vinay, McGraw Hill

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McGraw Hill Indian Polity Question Bank 2Nd Edition by G B, Vinay

The Question Bank is carefully designed to offer extensive practice in the core UPSC subjects. Each question is designed keeping the inter-disciplinary nature of the paper in mind. Questions are drawn from static concepts and collated with current happenings of the country. This has been done so as to be able to form a complex question that test the application of core concepts. To help students develop the current thought process, all answers have detailed explanations with them. This is done to help students arrive at the correct response and also help them link explanations backward with static concepts. All the chapters contain an OMR sheet to provide exam-like interface to students and help them practice the set topic wise. SALIENT FEATURES 1. More than 1500 high quality questions framed as per the examination pattern 2. Addition of 2019 UPSC Preliminary examination questions with explanation 3. Micro division of each chapter 4. Chapter wise Questions, Answer keys and justifications 5. Detailed explanation with each solution with backward linkage to basic concepts 6. Every chapter as well as the previous years’ papers contains an OMR sheet at the end for practice Section A—Features of Constitution 1. Historical Background 2. Making of the Constitution 3. Salient Features of the Constitution 4. Preamble 5. Union and Territory – Part 1 6. Citizenship – Part II – Articles 5–11 7. Fundamental Rights –Part III – Articles 12–35 8. Directive Principles of State Policy –Part IV – Articles 36–51 9. Fundamental Duties —Part IVA – Article 51A 10. Amendment of Constitution — Part XX – Article 368 Section B—System of Government 11. Parliamentary System 12. FEDERAL Government 13. Centre-State Relation – Part XI & Part XII 14. Interstate Relations 15. Emergency Provisions Part XVIII – Article 352 to 360 Section C—Central Government (Part V) (Article 51–151) 16. President – Article 52–78 17. Vice-President of India –Article 63–71 18. Prime Minister 19. Council of Ministers 20. Cabinet Committees 21. Cabinet Secretariat 22. Parliament Section D—State Government – Part VI – Article 152 – 237 23. Governor – Part VI 24. Chief Minister 25. State Council of Ministers 26. State Legislature 27. Chief Secretary of the State Section E—Special Status for States – Part XXI – Article 370 and 371 28. Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir – Part XXI – Article 370 29. Special Provision for Some States Section F—Union Territories and Special Areas 30. Union Territories—Part VIII – Article 239–242 31. Schedule & Tribal Areas Section G—Judiciary 32. Judiciary in India 33. Criminal Justice System in India 34. Supreme Court 35. High Court 36. Subordinate Court – Part VI –Articles 233 To 237 37. Other Dispute Resolution Mechanisms 38. Judicial Review and Activism 39. Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Section H—Local Government 40. Panchayati Raj – Part Ix – Article 243 to 243-O 41. Municipalities – Part IXA – Article 243-P to 243ZG 42. Rural & District Administration in India 43. Cooperatives – Part IX-B –Articles 243ZH to 243ZT Section I—Constitutional Bodies 44. Election Commission –Part XV—Article 324 45. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) 46. State Public Service Commissions 47. Tribunals – Part XIVA – Articles 323A and 323B 48. Finance Commission –Part XII—Article 280 49. State Finance Commissions (SFCs) –Part IX & IXA —Articles 243I & 243Y 50. National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SCs) – Part XVI—Article 338 51. National Commission for STs –Part XVI—Article 338A 52. Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities – Part XVII – Article 350B 53. CAG – Part V – Article 148 to 151 54. Attorney General (AG) – Part V – Article 76 55. Advocate General in the State – Part VI – Article 165 Section J— Non-Constitutional Bodies 56. Niti Aayog 57. NHRC – National Human Rights Commission 58. SHRC – State Human Rights Commission 59. CIC – Central Information Commission 60. SIC – State Information Commission 61. CVC – Central Vigilance Commission 62. CBI – Central Bureau of Investigation 63. Lokpal & Lokayukta Section K— Other Constitutional Dimensions 64. Official Language – Part XVII – Articles 343 To 351 65. Public Services – Part XIV – Articles 308 To 323 66. Rights and Liabilities of the Government 67. Authoritative Text of the Constitution in Hindi –Part XXII 68. Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes – Part XVI – Article 330 to 342 Section L— Political Dynamics 69. Right to Vote 70. Political Parties 71. Electoral System 72. Delimitation of Constituencies 73. Model Code of Conduct 74. Elections 75. Electoral Reforms 76. Anti-Defection Law 77. Pressure Groups Section M— Other Aspects 78. List 79. Table of Precedence 80. National Symbols 81. Ministries and Departments 82. Some Important Acts 83. Some of the Government Bodies 84. Committees & Commissions 85. National Policies 86. Miscellaneous 87. Indian Society 88. International Issues 89. Previous Year Question Papers 90. Appendix