Who has the power to create new states?
- Parliament of India
- Chief Justice of India
- Governor
- State legislatures
Article 3 assigns to Parliament the power to enact legislation for the formation of new States. Parliament may create new States in a number of ways, namely by (i) separating the territory from any State, (ii) uniting two or more States, (iii) uniting parts of States, and (iv) uniting any territory to a part of any State.
People who regularly move in and out of poverty (for example small farmers and seasonal workers). The occasionally poor are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck are called ______
- Chronic poor
- Churning poor
- Transient poor
- Non-poor
The churning poor are the people who go in and out of poverty (for example, small farmers and seasonal workers).
Name of the first Governor-General of Bengal.
- Warren Hastings
- Lord Dalhousie
- WIlliam Bentick
- Lord Cornwallis
The first Governor-General of Bengal was Warren Hastings, the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal.
Name the economist who gave the theory of “Comparative Advantage.”
- Adam Smith
- David Ricardo
- Thomas Robert Malthus
- Amartya Sen
David Ricardo was a classical economist best known for his theory on wages and profit, the labor theory of value, the theory of comparative advantage, and the theory of rents.
In case a State emergency is declared, it needs Parliamentary approval after every _____.
- 6 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 3 years
State emergency is imposed for an initial period of six months and can last for a maximum period of three years with repeated parliamentary approval every six months.
