Which article of the Indian Constitution describes it as rigid and flexible?
- Article 332
- Article 368
- Article 300
- Article 312
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Article 368 of the Indian Constitution provides for two types of amendments.
1. By a special majority of Parliament.
2. By a special majority of the Parliament with the ratification by half of the total states.
Name the economist who gave the theory of “Comparative Advantage.”
- Adam Smith
- David Ricardo
- Thomas Robert Malthus
- Amartya Sen
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David Ricardo was a classical economist best known for his theory on wages and profit, the labor theory of value, the theory of comparative advantage, and the theory of rents.
Why does a star produce its own light and heat?
- Nuclear fission
- Nuclear fusion
- Chemical reaction
- None
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Stars are huge celestial bodies made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Heat and light energy produced by the stars are due to the fusion reaction of hydrogen atoms.
Which article if the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?
- Article 30
- Article 17
- Article 19
- Article 21
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Abolition of Untouchability. To make an untouchability law further strong, parliament passed an Untouchability Offenses Act in 1955. However, this act was further amended and also renamed in the year of 1976 as Protection of the Civil Rights Act, 1955.
Who introduced the term state for the first time?
- Karl Marx
- Machiavelli
- Rousseau
- Jean Bodin
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The term ‘State’ in its modern sense was first used by Machiavelli. The State consists of four elements. These are (a) the people; (b) the territory; (c) the government and (d) sovereignty.