Revision Questions - SC VIII
Questions for practice work:
1. What is the Contingency fund?
2. What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
3. Write any three qualifications that a member of the Lok Sabha
should pass.
4. What would denote the failure of the United Nations or may be
the cause of its dissolution in the future?
5. What was the Charter Act of 1813 about?
6. Any one change brought about by the Woodś Despatch.
7. Name one regional kingdom that came up after the decline of the
Mughals.
8. The ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha
9. Temporary laws passed by the President when the Parliament is
not in session
10. The person who acts on behalf of the President in case
he/she resigns
11. Prevention of cruelty to animals falls under which list?
12. The High Court and other courts are bound to give a similar
decision in a similar case. This power of the court is there
because it is also a -
13. Cases between two or more states come under the original
jurisdiction of which court?
14. The Trusteeship Council is defunct now because -
15. Which organ of the UN can impose sanctions and put trade
embargoes on member nations?
16. How does the UN conduct rescue operations in case there are
crisis situations in the member states as it does not have its own
dedicated forces?
17. The reason for the rivalry between the French and British
forces were -
18. Write the names of the independent kingdoms that rose after
the decline of the Mughal empire.
19. What were the reasons for the failure of the subsidiary
alliance?
20. Awadh was a buffer state between the British possessions in
Bengal and the Marathas - What was this the result of?
21. What was the state of Mir Jafar after he was installed as the
puppet ruler of Bengal?
22. Any two reasons for the Great Bengal Famine of 1770 to take
place.
23. Who ended the Dual Government system?
24. What were the terms of the treaty of Allahabad?
25. Which Anglo-Mysore war was a decisive defeat for Tipu
Sultan?
26. Who came up with the strategies of:
a. subsidiary alliance b. Doctrine of lapse
27. The permanent settlement system is also known as the -
28. Two impacts of the permanent settlement system
29. Which document brought an end to the Anglicist - Orientalist
debate?
30. One negative effect of Western education
31. Any one political cause of the Revolt of 1857
32. What was the purpose of the British Raj behind introducing
western education amongst the Indians?
33. What is the process in which the President is elected in our
system of governance?
34. In case of a money bill, how many days is the Rajya Sabha
allowed to consider the bill?
35. What are writs? Cite the different kinds of writs.
36. Explain the kinds of writs that the Supreme and High Courts
issue.
37. Identify the differences between the original and appellate
jurisdiction between the Supreme Court and High Court.
38. What are some of the important agencies of the UN.
39. What was the aftermath of the Battle of Buxar?
40. What is absentee landlordism?
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