Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is The Prime Minister.

Key Points

•  The Inter-State Council is a constitutional body set up on the basis of provisions in Article 263 of the Constitution of India.

Important Points

• Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Inter-state Council.
• Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories having Legislative Assemblies, Administrators of Union Territories not having Legislative Assemblies, Governors of States under President’s rule and six Ministers of Cabinet rank in the Union Council of Ministers, nominated by the Chairman of the Council, are members of the Council.
• Five Ministers of Cabinet rank nominated by the Chairman of the Council are permanent invitees to the Council.
• The Inter-State Council is assisted by the Secretariat, which is headed by a Secretary to the Government of India.

Additional Information

• Inter-State Council is a recommendatory body and it investigates and discusses such subjects, in which some or all of the States of the Union and one or more of the States have a common interest, for better coordination of policy and action with respect to that subject.
• It also deliberates upon such other matters of general interests to the States as may be referred by the Chairman to the Council.

The correct answer is Vincent de Gournay.

 Key Points

• The term bureaucracy, coined (as bureaucratie) in the mid-18th century by the French philosopher Vincent de Gournay.
• It is derived from the French bureau, meaning “writing desk,” and -cratie, meaning “government.”

  Important Points

• Max Weber was a German sociologist and political economist best known for his thesis of the “Protestant ethic,” relating Protestantism to capitalism, and for his ideas on bureaucracy.
• Alexander Pope is seen as one of the greatest English poets and the foremost poet of the early 18th century.
• He is best known for satirical and discursive poetry, including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translation of Homer.
• Michel Crozier was a French sociologist and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques from 1999 until his death.
• He also was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as a laureate of the Prix Alexis de Tocqueville.

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. Right against Exploitation.

• Article 23-24 deals with the Right against Exploitation.
• Article 23 prohibits traffic in human beings and forced labour.
• The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act was passed in 1956.
• The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act was passed in 1976.
• The Supreme Court held that the Right to Property is a human right.
• Right to Property ceased to be a fundamental right with the 44th Constitution Amendment in 1978.
• It was made a constitutional right under Article 300A.

Option  4 is the correct answer:  Article 19 of the Constitution of India gives us the right to freedom of speech and expression.

• Article 19, particularly article 19(1)(a) of our constitution grants the right to freedom of speech and expression to its citizens.
• Freedom to speech and expression is one of the six freedoms provided under article 19, Right to Freedom:
• Following are the other five freedoms provided under this right:
  • Right to assemble peacefully.
  • Right to form associations or unions or cooperative societies.
  • Right to move freely throughout the territory of India.
  • Right to reside and settle in any part of the Indian territory.
  • Right to practice any profession or carry out any expression.
• Freedom to speech and expression includes the following freedoms and freedoms:
  • Right to propagate ones views, telecast,  know about government activities, demonstrate.
  • Freedom of the press, commercial advertisements, silence.
  • Right against tapping of phone calls, bundhs called by political properties, pre-censorship against a newspaper.

The correct answer is Article 318.

Key Points

• The Commission consists of a Chairman and such number of Members as are determined by the Governor from time to time under Article 318 of the Constitution.
• Their conditions of service have also been determined by the Governor under the said Article by notifying the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (Conditions of Service) Regulations, 1974.
• Under Article 318 (b), the Governor makes provision with respect to the number of members of the staff of the Commission from time to time.
• Their conditions of service have also been provided in the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (Ministerial and Subordinate Services) Rules and Regulations, 1979, and RPSC (Gazetted Staff) Service Rules and Regulations, 1991. 

Additional Information

• Article 343(1) of the Constitution provides that Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the Official Language of the Union.
• Article 320 states the functions of Public Service Commission.
• Article 323 deals with publishing of annual reports by Public Service Commission.