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Glossary · Part 2

Chapter 17: Back Matter · POLITICAL SCIENCE

the Sarkaria Commission to provide recommendations on Centre-State relations.   NCRWC: The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution, otherwise known as the Venkatachaliah Commission was established by the Union Government in to study the Centre-State relations.   Unitary Constitution: The Constitution that recognizes only one set of government (National government). There is no Constitutional recognition to the State or regional governments in this system.

  Judicial Review: The power of the Supreme Court to review the Constitutional validity of the laws of the Parliament and other legislature and acts of the Executive. It emerged in the Constitution of the United States and our Constitution provides limited Judicial Review powers to the Judiciary.   Tribunals: The Constitution provides for the establishment of tribunals for the resolution of inter-State water disputes. Tribunal means a body established to settle certain kinds of disputes.

I. Choose the correct answer: . The first federal Constitution in the world belonged to A) United States B) United Kingdom C) India D) Australia . Federalism was demanded in India for the first time by A) Mountbatten Plan B) Nehru Report C) Cabinet Delegation D) Rajaji Plan .

Bicameralism refers to the Parliament having A) Three Houses B) One House C) Four Houses D) Two Houses . The most important feature of a federal Constitution is A) Regional Governments B) National Governments C) Decentralization of Powers D) Political Parties . The disputes between Central Government and State Governments are adjudicated by A) Parliament B) Supreme Court C) High Court D) President . Who described Indian Constitution as Cooperative Federalism?

A) Granville Austin B) Dr.Ambedkar C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Wheare . Article of the Constitution deals with A) Inter State River Water Disputes B) Inter State Disputes C) Centre-State Disputes D) International Disputes . Find out the correctly matched pair A) Union List ------ List II B) State List ------ List I C) Residuary List ------ List I D) Concurrent List ------ List III

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