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26. "Cooperative Federalism" in Centre – State relations is recommended for the first time byAsked in APPSC Group 1 Prelims 2016
27. M.M. Punchhhi Committee was appointed to study Centre-State relations. Regarding Punchhhi recommendations all the following statements are correct except (1) Localising the Emergency Provisions under Articles 355 and 356 either to district or part of district. (2) Deployment of Central forces without State's consent for a short period. (3) In appointing the Chief Minister, pre- poll alliance should be treated as one political party. (4) National Integration Commission shall meet once in two yearsAsked in APPSC Group 1 Prelims 2018
28. In which one of the following years was Sarkaria Commission, which was empowered to recommend changes in Centre-State relations, submitted its report?Asked in BPSC Prelims Exam 64th
29. The Inter-State Council was set up in 1990 on the recommendation ofAsked in UPSC CDS 1 2019
30. M.M. Punchhi Commission on Centre-State Relations has recommended the disposal of a bill reserved for the consideration of the Union Executive withinAsked in UPSC CDS 1 2021
31. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct? 1. Sarkaria Commission recommended the establishment of Inter-State Council. 2. Inter-State Council was notified and established by the Presidential order. 3. Inter-State Council was the recommendation of the States Committee of Constituent Assembly.Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2018
32. Which of the following recommendations of the Rajamannar committee on Centre-State relation has been accepted by the then Central Government?Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2019
33. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Centre and State relations?Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2021
34. Which Commission advocated the establishment of a permanent Inter-state Council, called 'Inter-governmental Council'?Asked in JPSC CS Prelims 2014
35. Which of the following statements is/are correct?Asked in KPSC KAS Prelims 2024
36. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Sarkaria Commission recommended that Article 356 should be sparingly used. Reason (R) : The political parties that came to form the Government at the Centre misused the Article 356.Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 2013
37. Which one of the following Commission did recommend the establishment of an Inter-Government Council in place of Inter-State Council ?Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 2023
38. Sarkaria commission on centre-state relations was appointed by the Government of India duringAsked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2017
39. It was headed by Justice R.S. Sarkaria, a retired judge of the Supreme Court. The commission was tasked with examining the relationship and balance of power between the central and state governments. 40. Which of the following statements are not true? (a) In 1969, the Government of Tamilnadu appointed a two-member committee called Rajamannar Committee to examine Centre-State relations. (b) It recommended that All-India services should be abolished (c) It recommended that Finance Commission should be made a permanent bodyAsked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2021
40. Arrange the following bodies in their chronological order of establishment.Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2024
41. Who were the other members of Justice R.S. Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State Relations ?Asked in TSPSC Group 1 Prelims 2022
42. The recommendations of Sarkaria Commission relate to which of the following?Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2018
43. On the recommendation of which Commission/Committee, the Inter-state Council was set up in India?Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2021
44. The Punchhi Commission report was related to :Asked in UPSC CAPF 2015
45. Government of which one of the following States has appointed the Rajamannar Committee to study the Centre-State relations ?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2017
46. The Sarkaria Commission, set up in 1983, is related to which one of the following?Asked in UPSC CBI DSP LDCE 2023
47. Which of the following Commissions was set up to recommend changes in the Centre-State relations ?Asked in UPSC CISF AC EXE 2020
48. Sarkaria Commission was appointed to look intoAsked in UPSC CISF AC EXE 2021
49. The Sarkaria Commission relates to which one of the following areas ?Asked in UPSC CISF AC EXE 2022
50. The distribution of powers between the Union and States in the Constitution of India is based on the recommendations of which one of the following Commissions ?Asked in UPSC Combined Section Officer 2021 22