1. The Santhanam Committee on the prevention of corruption was appointed in the year:
(A) dowry system
(B) communal riots
(C) aids
(D) corruption
2. The Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Service in India is popularly known as
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(A) Lee Commission
(B) Islington Commission
(C) British Commission
(D) Civil Service Commission
3. Which among the following Committees/Commissions recommended that the appointment of Governors should be non-partisan?
(A) Sarkaria Commission
(B) Vohra Committee
(C) 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission
(D) Gadgil Committee
4. What is the correct sequence of the following?
i. The Hartog Committee
ii. The Hunter Education Commission
iii. The Sadler University Commission
iv. Kothari Education Commission
(A) i, ii, iii, iv
(B) iii, iv, ii, i
(C) ii, iii, iv, i
(D) ii, iii, i, iv
5. Which of the following committee voiced concern about ‘Criminalization of Politics and Politicization of Criminals’?
(A) Tarakunde Committee
(B) Sachar Committee
(C) Vohra Committee
(D) Indrajeet Gupta Committee
6. Which one of the following was the first committee to demand constitutional recognition for Panchayats?
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee
(C) Santhanam Committee
(D) G. V. K. Rao Committee
7. Tendulkar Committee was appointed on:
(A) Poverty Estimation
(B) Industry Sector Reforms
(C) Bank Frauds
(D) PublicWelfare
8. Which Commission under the British rule prepared the ‘Famine Code’?
(A) Welby Commission
(B) Strachey Commission
(C) Hunter Commission
(D) None of the above
9. Which of the following is not the recommendation of Dinesh Goswami Committee on electoral reforms?
(A) Time limit for bye-elections
(B) Increase in deposits from independents
(C): Voters’ Council should be formed to help free and fair elections
(D) Amendment of the Antidefection Law to restrict disqualifications