UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2021 (General Studies) | UPSC Civil Service Year Wise Previous Years Questions

At the National level, which ministry is the nodal agency to ensure effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006?

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Ministry of Rural Development

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2021 (General Studies)

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A legislation which confers on the executive or administrative authority an unguided and uncontrolled discretionary power in the matter of application of law violates which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India?

Article 14

Article 28

Article 32

Article 44

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Which one of the following in Indian Polity is an essential feature that indicates that it is federal in character?

The independence of judiciary is safeguarded

The Union Legislature has elected representatives from constituent units

The Union Cabinet can have elected representatives from regional parties

The Fundamental Rights are enforceable by Courts of Law

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Which one of the following best defines the term ‘State’?

A community of persons permanently occupying a definite territory independent of external control and possessing an organized government

A politically organized people of a definite territory and possessing an authority to govern them, maintain law and order, protect their natural rights and safeguard their means of sustenance

A number of persons who have been living in a definite territory for a very long time with their own culture, tradition and government

A society permanently living in a definite territory with a central authority, an executive responsible to the central authority and an independent judiciary

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