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1. 
Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding Anti -Defection Act? [1998]

2. 
The Indian parliamentary system is different from the British parliamentary system in that India has [1998]

3. 
Panchayati Raj was first introduced in India in October, 1959 in[1998]

4. 
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Reservation of thirty-three percent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislature does not require any Constitutional amendment.

Reason (R) : Political parties contesting elections can allocate thirty-three percent of seats they contest to women candidates without any Constitutional amendment. 

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct? [1997]

5. 
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The word minority is not defined in the Constitution of India.

Reason (R) : The Minorities Commission is not a constitutional body.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct? [1996]

6. 
Which one of the following statements is correct?[1994]

7. 
In which respect have the Centre-State relations been specifically termed as ‘municipal relations’?[1994]

8. 
Which one of the following statements regarding ‘Exit Poll’ is correct?[1994]

9. 
Who among the following became the Prime Minister of India without being earlier the Chief Minister of a State?[1994]

  1. Morarji Desai
  2. Charan Singh
  3. V.P. Singh
  4. Chandrashekhar
  5. P.V. Narasimha Rao

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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10. 
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):[1994]

Assertion (A): In India, the political parties which formed the governments represented the majority of seats secured in the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and the Legislative Assemblies

in the States but not the majority of votes.

Reason (R): The elections based on the majority-vote-system decide the result on the basis of relative majority of votes secured.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

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