(Administration, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, 5th & 6th Schedule Areas)
1. Which Article empowers Parliament to establish Union Territories?
A. Article 1
B. Article 2
C. Article 239
D. Article 246
Answer: C
2. Union Territories are administered by the:
A. Governor
B. President through an Administrator/Lieutenant Governor
C. Chief Minister only
D. Chief Justice of India
Answer: B
3. Which Article deals with the administration of Union Territories?
A. Article 239
B. Article 240
C. Article 241
D. Article 356
Answer: A
4. Who appoints the Lieutenant Governor or Administrator of a Union Territory?
A. Prime Minister
B. Parliament
C. President of India
D. Supreme Court
Answer: C
5. Which of the following Union Territories has a Legislative Assembly?
A. Chandigarh
B. Lakshadweep
C. Delhi (NCT)
D. Ladakh
Answer: C
6. Which Constitutional Amendment inserted Article 239AA relating to Delhi?
A. 61st Amendment
B. 69th Amendment
C. 73rd Amendment
D. 74th Amendment
Answer: B
7. Delhi was given the status of the National Capital Territory (NCT) by the:
A. 42nd Constitutional Amendment
B. 69th Constitutional Amendment
C. 86th Constitutional Amendment
D. 101st Constitutional Amendment
Answer: B
8. Which Article provides special provisions for the National Capital Territory of Delhi?
A. Article 239
B. Article 239AA
C. Article 240
D. Article 241
Answer: B
9. Which authority is the constitutional head of the National Capital Territory of Delhi?
A. Governor
B. Lieutenant Governor
C. President
D. Chief Minister
Answer: B
10. Which of the following subjects is outside the legislative powers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly?
A. Education
B. Health
C. Police
D. Agriculture
Answer: C
11. Which Union Territory was created after the reorganization of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019?
A. Chandigarh
B. Puducherry
C. Ladakh
D. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Answer: C
12. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act came into force on:
A. 5 August 2019
B. 31 October 2019
C. 26 January 2020
D. 15 August 2019
Answer: B
13. After the 2019 reorganisation, Jammu and Kashmir became a:
A. State without a Legislature
B. Union Territory with a Legislature
C. Union Territory without a Legislature
D. Special Category State
Answer: B
14. After the 2019 reorganisation, Ladakh became a:
A. State
B. Union Territory with a Legislature
C. Union Territory without a Legislature
D. Autonomous State
Answer: C
15. Which Article (now effectively inoperative) granted special status to the former State of Jammu and Kashmir?
A. Article 356
B. Article 370
C. Article 371
D. Article 372
Answer: B
16. The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution deals with:
A. Official Languages
B. Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
C. Municipalities
D. Anti-Defection Law
Answer: B
17. The Sixth Schedule provides for Autonomous District Councils in certain areas of:
A. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
B. Nagaland, Manipur and Sikkim
C. Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland only
D. All North-Eastern States
Answer: A
18. Which one of the following States is NOT covered by the Sixth Schedule?
A. Assam
B. Meghalaya
C. Tripura
D. Nagaland
Answer: D
19. Which Constitutional Schedule provides greater autonomy to tribal areas through Autonomous District Councils?
A. Fifth Schedule
B. Sixth Schedule
C. Seventh Schedule
D. Ninth Schedule
Answer: B
20. The President may declare Scheduled Areas under the:
A. Fourth Schedule
B. Fifth Schedule
C. Sixth Schedule
D. Tenth Schedule
Answer: B
21. Which of the following correctly distinguishes the Fifth and Sixth Schedules?
A. Fifth Schedule deals with languages; Sixth Schedule deals with Panchayats.
B. Fifth Schedule deals with Scheduled Areas, while the Sixth Schedule provides Autonomous District Councils in certain North-Eastern States.
C. Both deal with Municipalities.
D. Both deal with Union Territories.
Answer: B
22. Which of the following Union Territories does NOT have a Legislative Assembly?
A. Delhi
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Ladakh
D. Puducherry
Answer: C
23. The executive head of a Union Territory without a Legislature is generally the:
A. Governor
B. Chief Minister
C. Administrator or Lieutenant Governor appointed by the President
D. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Answer: C
24. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. Article 239AA – National Capital Territory of Delhi
B. Fifth Schedule – Anti-Defection Law
C. Sixth Schedule – Official Languages
D. Article 370 – Finance Commission
Answer: A
25. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. All Union Territories have Legislative Assemblies.
B. The Fifth Schedule deals with Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes, while the Sixth Schedule provides for Autonomous District Councils in certain North-Eastern States.
C. Delhi has the same legislative powers as a State over Police and Public Order.
D. Ladakh is a Union Territory with a Legislative Assembly.
Answer: B