Practice Test

Tim James Murtagh, who announced retirement recently is associated with which sport ?

Consider the following statements-
1. the Parliament has the power to make grants as it may deem necessary to give financial assistance to states which is in need of such assistance
2. By means of the grants, the Union would be in a position to correct inter-state disparities in financial resources which are not conducive to an all-round development of the country and also to exercise control and coordination over the welfare schemes of the states on a national scale

Consider the following statements-
1. Parliament has the power to make laws with respect to any matter included in the State List, for a temporary period, if the Council of States declares by a resolution of 2/3 of its members present and voting, that it is necessary in the national interest that Parliament has power to legislate over such matters
2. Each such resolution gives a lease of two year to the law in question
3. A law made by Parliament, which Parliament would not but for the passing of such resolution have been competent to make, shall, to the extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of six months after the resolution has ceased to be in force, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the expiration of the said period
4. The resolution of the Council of States may be renewed for a period of one year at a time