UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Constitution should be amended to make it more federal in nature: Stalin

Q1. With reference to the commissions and committees on Union-State relations in India, consider the following statements: 1. The Punchhi Commission, like the Sarkaria Commission, was chaired by a retired Chief Justice of India. 2. The Justice Kurian Joseph Committee is the second State-level panel on Union-State relations constituted by Tamil Nadu, the Rajamannar Committee being the first. 3. The Punchhi Commission made a greater number of recommendations than the Sarkaria Commission. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Punchhi Commission, like the Sarkaria Commission, was chaired by a retired Chief Justice of India.
The Justice Kurian Joseph Committee is the second State-level panel on Union-State relations constituted by Tamil Nadu, the Rajamannar Committee being the first.
The Punchhi Commission made a greater number of recommendations than the Sarkaria Commission.

A. A codified framework laying down limits on the Governor's discretion, particularly in government formation and granting assent to State Bills.
B. A binding directive issued by the Inter-State Council to harmonise legislation enacted under the Concurrent List.
C. A set of guidelines regulating the President's invocation of Article 356 for the imposition of President's Rule in States.
D. A constitutional convention governing the consultative role of the Chief Justice of India in the appointment of High Court judges.