Inter-State relations
1. Which of the following article provides for the constitution of inter-state water disputes?
a) Article 262
b) Article 263
c) Article 275
d) Article 280
Answer. a) Article 262
Article 262: Inter-State water dispute.
Article 263: Inter-state council establishment.
Article 275: Statutory Grants to states by center
Article 280: Finance commission.
2. Which of the following states is not involved in the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal (1969)?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer. d) Tamil Nadu
3. Which of the following states is not involved in the Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal (1969)?
a) Maharashtra
b) West Bengal
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Odisha
Answer. b) West Bengal.
The following states are involved in Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal:
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Odisha
4. Which of the following state is not involved in the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal(1969)?
a) Rajasthan
b) Punjab
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
Answer. b) Punjab.
The following states are involved in Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal(1969):
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Gujarat
5. Which of the following states is not involved in the Ravi and Beas Water Disputes Tribunal (1986)?
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Answer. c) Himachal Pradesh was not involved and the other three were involved.
6. Which of the following states was not involved in Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (1990)?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer. a) Maharashtra was not involved and the other three were involved along with Puducherry.
7. Which of the following state was not involved in the Vansadhara Water Disputes Tribunal(2010)?
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Odisha
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) None
Answer. a) Chhattisgarh
8. Which of the following state was not involved in the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (2010)?
a) Maharashtra
b) Telangana
c) Karnataka
d) Goa
Answer. b) Telangana
9. Which of the following article empower the establishment of the Inter-State Council?
a) Article 262
b) Article 263
c) Article 275
d) Article 280
Answer. b) Article 263
Article 262: Inter-State water dispute.
Article 263: Inter-state council establishment.
Article 275: Statutory Grants to states by center
Article 280: Finance commission.
10. Which of the following is headquarter of the Northern Zonal Council?
a) Chandigarh
b) New Delhi
c) Jaipur
d) Sri Nagar
Answer. b) New Delhi
The following states and Union territories are in Northern Zonal Council:
Jammu and Kashmir
Ladakh
Himachal Pradesh
Rajasthan
Punjab
Haryana
Chandigarh
Delhi
11. Which of the following is the headquarters of the Central Zonal Council?
a) Bhopal
b) Lucknow
c) Prayag Raj
d) Kanpur
Answer. c) Prayag Raj
The following are states in the central zonal council:
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
12. Which of the following is the headquarter of the Eastern Zonal Council?
a) Kolkata
b) Patna
c) Ranchi
d) Bhubaneshwar
Answer. a) Kolkata
The following are states in Eastern Zonal Council:
Bihar
Jharkhand
West Bengal
Odisha
13. Which of the following is the headquarter of the Western Zonal Council?
a) Gandhi Nagar
b) Mumbai
c) Goa
d) Ahmedabad
Answer. b) Mumbai
The following states and Union territories are in Western Zonal Council:
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Goa
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
14. Which of the following is the headquarter of the Southern Zonal Council?
a) Bengaluru
b) Chennai
c) Puducherry
d) Hyderabad
Answer. b) Chennai
The following states and union territories are in the Southern Zonal Council:
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Puducherry
15. Which one of the following is not a feature of a zonal council? (UPPSC 2017)
a) It is a constitutional body
b) Five Zonal Councils have been set up under the States Reorganization Act, of 1956
c) Chandigarh although not a state is included in Zonal Council
d) It is an Advisory body
Answer. a) It is a constitutional body
16. On the recommendation of which commission/Committee, was the Inter-state Council set up in India? ( UPPSC 2021)
a) Punchhi Commission
b) Rajmannar Committee
c) Kothari Committee
d) Sarkaria Commission
Answer. D;
17. Who among the following is empowered to establish the inter-state council? ( UPPSC 2017)
a) Parliament
b) President
c) Speaker of Loksabha
d) Prime Minister
Answer. b
18. Which one of the following is not a feature of a zonal council? ( UPPSC 2017)
a) It is a constitutional body
b) Five Zonal Councils have been set up under the States Reorganization Act, of 1956
c) Chandigarh although not a state is included in Zonal Council
d) It is an Advisory body
Answer. a
19.
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