III. VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Instructions: Answer the following questions. Answer to each question should be in about 20 words. Each question carries 2 Marks.

1. What is meant by "Gujral Doctrine’?

2. Distinguish between "Judicial Review” and "Judicial Activism’.

3. What is the significance of Article 355 of the Constitution of India?

4. What is the purpose of the Lok Adalats?

5. What is meant by "Dilatory Motion’?

6. What is meant by the "Doctrine of Pith and Substance’?

7. Why Rajya Sabha is known as a Permanent House?

8. What is meant by "Non-Alignment’?

9. Is the Constitution of India flexible or rigid?

10. What is the present position of the Right to Property?

11. Write the Directive Principles that were added by the Forty- Second Constitutional Amendment Act.

12. Who do not participate in the election of the President of India?

13. How is the Vice-President of India elected?

16. What are the changes made in the constitution by the 42nd and 44th Amendment Acts with respect to the powers of the President in relation to the Central Council of Ministers?

17. What is the meaning of "Guillotine’?

18. Distinguish between Public Bill and Private Bill.

19. What are the qualifications of the judges of State High Courts?

20. What is meant by "Residuary Powers’?

25. What are the functions of the AttorneyGeneral of India?

26. What is meant by "Point of Order’?

27. What are the functions of the Zonal Councils?

28. What is first-past-the-post system?

29. What is meant by "Money Bill’?

30. What is meant by the Doctrine of "Colourable Legislation’?