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The Indian Independence Act of 1947 made changes in the position of the Constituent Assembly. Which of the following is not correct with respect to this Act ?

The Rule of 'Equality before Law' is not absolute and there are constitutional and other exceptions to it. Which of the following is/are the exceptions to the Article 14 ? 

(a) The President of India and the Governors of states enjoy some immunities.

(b) No Member of Parliament and State Legislature shall be liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said in Parliament on State Legislature.

(c) The foreign ambassadors and diplomates enjoy immunity from civil proceedings and not from criminal proceedings.

(d) Article 31-C is an exception to Article 14.

Answer options :

The Maharashtra government has increased the retirement age from 58 to 60 years of __________ .

Consider the following statements about the Judicial Review':

(a) Judicial Review means the power of the Supreme Court to examine the constitutionality of legislative law or executive order of both the central and state governments.

(b) The objective of the Judicial Review is to maintain federal equilibrium and uphold the principle of the supremacy of the constitution.   

(c) The principle of the 'due process of law' more than the procedure established by law' gives wider scope to the Supreme Court in protecting the rights of citizens. 

Which of the above statements is/are correct? 

Which of the following principles does not support that 'India is a federal state'?

Match the following: 

____________ relates in his autobiography how he and his brother recited revolutionary 'Shlokas' with appropriate gestures in the Ganeshotsav.

Match the following: 

Who from amongst the following was a mechanical engineer to provide a blue-print of ammunition and rifle factory to Krishnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar ?

Who from amongst the following persons took active part in the activities of Indian Independence Party in America under the name 'Pirkhan' ? 

In many parts of India the hunger for land of the __________ led to the destruction of forests, depriving the tribals of their traditional means of livelihood. 

"Ontogeny recaptulates Phylogeny" is the statement of which evolutionary theory?

The beginning of the indigo revolt was made by the ryots of Govindpur under the leadership of _________ .

Which of the following statements is wrong? 

(a) The Native Marriage Act was applicable to anyone who declared, "I am not a Hindu, not a Musalman, not a Christian".

(b) Monogamy was obligatory. Answer options : 

Who was the founder of “Samyukta Majoor Paksha' ?

Match the following: 

In the words of ____________,'factories, rather than schools and colleges more effectively give a new birth to the activities of the Nation'.

_________ strongly believed that the one who dies for one's own nation becomes immortal.

__________ used to conduct the weekly service of the Brahmo Samaj after the death of Ram Mohan Roy.

Match the following authors and the plays written by them :