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Indian Government Organisations and Roles

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Indian government organisations and roles questions test knowledge of various ministries, agencies, and constitutional bodies. Topics include disaster management, census operations, and regulatory authorities. This material is highly relevant for civil services and state administrative examinations.

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Indian Government Organisations and Roles Questions

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

Public Distribution System (PDS) is operated under the responsibility of:
1. Central Government
2. State Government

  1. Only 1 is true

  2. Only 2 is true

  3. Both 1 and 2 are true

  4. Neither 1 nor 2 is true
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food security system. Established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, the scheme is managed jointly by State governments. It distributes subsidized food and non-food items to India's poor.

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

FCI procures and distributes food grains on behalf of the government. FCI stands for ___.

  1. Food Grain Corporation of India

  2. Food Corporation of India

  3. Food Co-operation of India

  4. Food Co-operative of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Food Corporation of India was set up on 14th January, 1965 to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy:

  1. Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers.
  2. Distribution of foodgrains throughout the country for Public Distribution System.
  3. Maintaining satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of foodgrains to ensure National Food Security.
  4. Regulate market price to provide foodgrains to consumers at a reliable price.
Multiple choice political science special statutory commissions for protection of citizens rights administrative reforms role of media in democracy the media in democracy

Which Ministry was introduced by the Government of India to oversee the interests of the Scheduled Castes in India?

  1. Ministry of Rural Development

  2. Ministry of Tribal Affairs

  3. Ministry of Home Affairs

  4. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is the nodal Ministry to oversee the interests of the Scheduled Castes. Though the primary responsibility for the promotion of interests of the Scheduled Castes rests with all the Central Ministries in the area of their operations and the State Governments, the Ministry complements their efforts by way of interventions in critical sectors through specifically tailored schemes. The Scheduled Castes Development (SCD) Bureau of the Ministry aims to promote the welfare of Scheduled Castes through their educational, economic and social empowerment. Efforts made by State Governments and Central Ministries for protecting and promoting the interests of Scheduled Castes are also monitored by the bureau.

Multiple choice political science special statutory commissions for protection of citizens rights administrative reforms role of media in democracy the media in democracy

Which Ministry was introduced by the Government of India to oversee the interests of the Scheduled Tribes in India?

  1. Ministry of Rural Development

  2. Ministry of Tribal Affairs

  3. Ministry of Home Affairs

  4. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs was set up in 1999 after the bifurcation of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the objective of providing more focused approach on the integrated socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the most underprivileged of the Indian Society, in a coordinated and planned manner. It is the nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programmes for development of STs.

Multiple choice political science special statutory commissions for protection of citizens rights administrative reforms role of media in democracy the media in democracy

Which factor is not suitable in the establishment of National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

  1. To supervise the matter regarding their protection.

  2. To enquire the complaints regarding their rights.

  3. To guide for planning schemes for social and economic development.

  4. To report to the PM.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
The functions of National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are as below:
  1. to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
  2. to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the SC and ST under this Constitution or under any other law.
  3. to present to the President, annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards.
  4. to make in such reports recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Multiple choice political science rights of a child and human rights administrative reforms role of media in democracy the media in democracy

An important function of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is _______.

  1. Inquiring into violation of human rights

  2. Regulation of the public sector

  3. Control of the private sectors.

  4. Collection of revenues
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

NHRC investigates grievances regarding the violation of human rights either suo moto or after receiving a petition. It has the power to interfere in any judicial proceedings involving any allegation of violation of human rights. Hence, option A is correct.

Multiple choice civics agriculture in india - i : introduction agricultural reforms indian agriculture problem and policies plantation of crops

Which of the following is responsible for export promotion and development of floriculture in India.

  1. BSI

  2. NCBI

  3. APEDA

  4. FCI
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

APEDA which stands for Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority is responsible for export promotion and development of floriculture in India. 

It also has following functions: development of industries relating to the scheduled products for export, registration of persons as exporters of the scheduled products, improving packaging and marketing etc.

Multiple choice economics rural development in india basics of rural development meaning and importance of rural development agriculture sector

Where a person of the Indian Administrative Services is appointed?

  1. Corporate bodies

  2. Municipal Corporation

  3. Panchayat Samiti

  4. Gram Panchayat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian Administrative Service is the All India administrative civil service. Indian Administrative Services is the permanent bureaucracy in India. It forms an inseparable part of the executive branch of the Government of India. A person of the Indian Administrative Services is appointed to various posts in the State and Central Governments, and in Municipal Corporation, and Public Sector Undertakings. They are responsible for the law and order situation of the city along with general administration and development work of the areas under their charge.

Multiple choice economics rural development in india basics of rural development meaning and importance of rural development agriculture sector

Which of the following organization have a relationship with the agriculture sector and rural areas?
(i)  NAFED
(ii) NABARD
(iii) FCI
(iv) CACP

  1. (i) and (ii) only

  2. (i) and (iii) only

  3. (i), (ii) and (iii) only

  4. (i), (ii),(iii) and (iv)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation), NABARD, FCI (Food Corporation of India), and CACP (Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices) are all key organizations involved in the agricultural sector and rural economy.

Multiple choice economics rural development in india basics of rural development meaning and importance of rural development agriculture sector

Financial position of the local governments in the State is taken care of by _____________.

  1. Central finance commission

  2. State finance commission

  3. Union Finance Ministry

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The finances required by the local governing bodies for the development of respective areas are provided by state finance commission.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods introduction to managerial economics theories of employment and income concept of international trade macro economic analysis

The Planning Commission of India is ____________.

  1. A statutory body

  2. An advisory body

  3. A constitutional body

  4. An independent and autonomous body
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  • The Planning Commission was established in March 1950 by an executive resolution of the Government of India, on the recommendation of the Advisory Planning Board constituted in 1946, under the chairman of KC Neogi. Thus the Planning Commission is neither constitutional nor a statutory body.
  • It is a non-constitutional (not created by the Constitution) and a non-statutory body (not created by an act of Parliament).
  • In India, it is the supreme organ of planning for social and economic development. It is not responsible for taking and implementing decisions. This responsibility rests with the Central and State governments.
  • The Planning Commission is only a staff agency- an advisory body and has no executive responsibility.
  • The critics have described it as a 'Super Cabinet', an 'Economic Cabinet' a 'Parallel Cabinet', the 'Fifth Wheel of the Coach' etc.

Multiple choice political science subordinate courts the judiciary-subordinate courts and lok adalats the high courts and subordinate courts of india judiciary in state

_______ looks after the assessment and collection of revenues of all districts in a particular division.

  1. Commissioner

  2. Collector

  3. Additional Collector

  4. Tehsildar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Divisional Commissioner is the administrative head of a division. He/she has direct responsibility for supervising revenue and development administration of a division. Among his/her many powers, he/she also has control over revenue administration of the state and holds revenue courts.