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The correct answer is Concurrent list.

• Forest subject comes under the Concurrent list.
• There are three list between state and union regarding the division of power under Article 246.

Key PointsUnion List Subjects:

• It originally had 97 subjects but now it has 100 subjects.
  • ​Defence
  • Army
  • International Relations
  • Ports
  • Railways
  • Highways
  • Communication
  • Economy

State List Subjects:

• It originally had 66 subjects but now it has 61 subjects
  • Public order
  • Police
  • Public health and sanitation
  • Hospitals and dispensaries
  • Betting and gambling

Concurrent List Subjects:

• It has 52 subjects.
  • Education
  • Forest
  • Trade unions
  • Marriage
  • Adoption
  • Succession

The correct answer is State List.

• The state List currently has 61 items initially there were 66 items included in this list.

Important Points

• Article 249 of the Constitution provides Parliament with the power to make laws on the subjects which are included in the State List in order to protect and promote the national interests.
• The subjects mentioned in the State List are exclusively legislated by the State Legislatures under natural circumstances.

Additional Information

•  The 42nd Amendment Act 1976 shifted five subjects from State list to Concurrent List:

1. Protection of birds and wild animals
2. Forests
3. Education 
4. Matters related to Weights and measures and
5. Administration of constitution and organization of all courts across the country except the Supreme Court and the High Courts and matters pertaining to justice.

• Currently, the Centre list has 100 subjects, the State List has 61 subjects while there are 52 in the concurrent list

The correct answer is Police.

Key Points

• The State List is one of the three lists in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It enumerates the subjects on which only the state governments can legislate.
• Police is a subject that falls under the jurisdiction of the State List, meaning that each state has the authority to make laws and regulations regarding its police force.
• The police force is responsible for maintaining law and order, preventing crime, and ensuring the safety and security of the citizens within a state.
• The inclusion of the police in the State List allows for decentralized control and management, enabling states to address local law and order issues more effectively.
• Other subjects in the State List include public health, agriculture, prisons, and local government.

 Additional Information

• Inter-State quarantine
  • This subject falls under the Union List, which includes matters that are of national importance and require uniform laws across the country.
  • The central government has the authority to legislate on Inter-State quarantine to prevent the spread of diseases across state borders.
• Insurance
  • Insurance is included in the Union List as well, making it a subject on which only the central government can legislate.
  • This ensures a consistent regulatory framework for the insurance sector across the country.
• Census
  • The Census is also part of the Union List, reflecting its importance in national planning and policy-making.
  • The central government conducts the census every ten years to collect comprehensive data on the population and demographics of the country.

The correct answer is Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields

Key Points:

• The seventh schedule of the Indian constitution deals with the division of powers between the central government and the state governments through three lists: the Union List, the State List, and the Concurrent List.
• The Union List consists of subjects on which the central government has exclusive legislative authority.
• This means that only the Parliament of India can make laws regarding the items mentioned in the Union List.
• The Union List includes subjects of national importance or those that require uniform laws throughout the country.
• It encompasses areas such as defense, foreign affairs, atomic energy, railways, communication, and more.
• In this way, all the other options lie on the union list except intoxicating liquors.

Additional Information:Union List:

• The Union List consists of around 100 items over which the central government has exclusive legislative authority, including defence, foreign affairs, atomic energy, banking, and telecommunications.
• The central government has the power to make laws, regulate, and govern the subjects mentioned in the Union List uniformly across all states and union territories in India.
• Items in the Union List ensure the central government's authority in critical areas such as national security, inter-state trade and commerce, currency, copyright, air and water pollution, and more.
• Any amendment to the Union List requires the approval of the Parliament through a prescribed legislative process, ensuring that changes to these subjects are made at the national level.

State List:

• The State List consists of subjects over which state governments have exclusive legislative authority, including public order, police, public health, local government, agriculture, state taxation, and more.
• State governments exercise their legislative and executive powers to make laws, regulate, and govern the subjects mentioned in the State List within their respective states.
• Subjects in the State List allow state governments to address regional and local concerns, implement policies specific to their states, and ensure effective governance at the state level.
• Any amendment to the State List requires the approval of the state legislature concerned and does not require the consent of the Parliament, providing states with autonomy in making changes to these subjects.

Concurrent List:

• The Concurrent List consists of subjects on which both the central government and state governments have the power to legislate, such as criminal law, marriage and divorce, bankruptcy and insolvency, education, forests, and more.
• Both the central and state governments can make laws, regulate, and govern the subjects mentioned in the Concurrent List simultaneously, subject to certain limitations and guidelines.
• In case of a conflict between central and state laws on Concurrent List subjects, the law made by the central government prevails, provided it receives the President's assent.
• Any amendment to the Concurrent List requires the approval of the Parliament, and state legislatures can also make laws on these subjects unless they conflict with existing central laws.

The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.

• Banking and Communication mentioned under the union list of the Indian constitution.

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Key Points

• Distribution of Legislative Subjects:
• The Constitution provides for a three-fold distribution of legislative subjects between the Centre and the states, viz., List-I (the Union List), List-II (the State List) and List-III (the Concurrent List) in the Seventh Schedule:
• Union List:
  • The Parliament has exclusive powers to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the Union List.
  • This list has at present 100 subjects (originally 97 subjects) like defence, banking, foreign affairs, currency, atomic energy, insurance, communication, inter-state trade and commerce, census and audit.
• State list:
  • The state legislature has “in normal circumstances” exclusive powers to make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State List.
  • This has at present 61 subjects (originally 662 subjects) like public order, police, public health and sanitation, agriculture, prisons, local government, fisheries, markets, theatres and gambling.
• Concurrent List: 
  • Both, the Parliament and state legislature can make laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the Concurrent List.
  • This list has at present 52 subjects (originally 47 subjects) like criminal law and procedure, civil procedure, marriage and divorce, population control and family planning, electricity, labour welfare, economic and social planning, drugs, newspapers, books and printing press, and others.

Additional Information

• The 42^nd Amendment Act of 1976 transferred five subjects to Concurrent List from State List, that is:-
  • Administration of justice; constitution and organisation of all courts except the Supreme Court and the high courts.
  • Protection of wild animals and birds
  • Weights and measures
  • Forests
  • Education

The correct answer is State List.

• As per Seventh Schedule, 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Constitution, and as such the principal responsibility of prevention, detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of crimes lies with the State Governments.

Additional Information

• During national emergency Article 250 empowers the Parliament to legislate on the subjects which are part of the State List.
• The Parliament is also empowered to legislate on the subjects of state list if the following two conditions arise: 

          1.When a resolution is passed by Rajya Sabha.   

          2.When the State governments of two or more states pass a resolution seeking the Parliament to legislate on the Subjects of State List. 

• The laws made by Parliament on states' resolution is applicable only to such states that passed a resolution, other states can also adopt it only after passing the same resolution.

The correct answer is Public Order.

Key Points

• Public order is the subject of the State list.
• Some important subjects of the concurrent list are the following:-
  • Forest
  • Education
  • Marriage
  • Trade unions
  • Succession
  • Adoption
  • Criminal law and criminal procedure ​
• Army, International Relations, Defence, Ports, Railways Highways, Communication are the important subjects of the Union list.
• Police, Public health and sanitation, Public order, Betting and gambling, Hospitals, and dispensaries are the subjects of the State list.
• Electricity is a concurrent subject & the responsibility of distribution rests with States.

Additional Information

• The division of powers between the Union government and State governments is dealing with the 7th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
• The division of powers between State and Union is notified through 3 types of the list mentioned in the 7th schedule are the following:-
  • Union list 
  • State list
  • Concurrent list

The correct answer is Concurrent list.

Key Points

• The 7th Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the division of powers between the Union government and State governments.
• It is a part of 12 Schedules of the Indian Constitution.
• The division of powers between Union and State is notified through three kinds of the list mentioned in the seventh schedule:
  • Union List (100 subjects)
  • State List (61 subjects)
  • Concurrent List (52 subjects)

Additional Information

•  Some important subjects of all the three lists:

The correct answer is Concurrent list.

• Forest subject comes under the Concurrent list.
• There are three list between state and union regarding the division of power under Article 246.

Key PointsUnion List Subjects:

• It originally had 97 subjects but now it has 100 subjects.
  • ​Defence
  • Army
  • International Relations
  • Ports
  • Railways
  • Highways
  • Communication
  • Economy

State List Subjects:

• It originally had 66 subjects but now it has 61 subjects
  • Public order
  • Police
  • Public health and sanitation
  • Hospitals and dispensaries
  • Betting and gambling

Concurrent List Subjects:

• It has 52 subjects.
  • Education
  • Forest
  • Trade unions
  • Marriage
  • Adoption
  • Succession

 The correct answer is education: State list

Key Points

• The Parliament has the power to legislate on the Union list under Seventh Schedule.
• The state government has the power to legislate over the items mentioned under the state list in the seventh schedule.
• Both the Parliament and the State has the power legislate over concurrent list under Seventh Schedule.
• In case of any conflict of decision over the concurrent list, the union powers prevail over the State Power to legislate over the concurrent list. 
• The residuary power is vested upon the union government which is exercised by the Parliament. 

Important Points

1. Union List: Defence, banking, communication, etc.
2. State List: police, agriculture, land, trade, etc.
3. Concurrent List: education, forests, etc.

The correct answer is State List.

• The state List currently has 61 items initially there were 66 items included in this list.

Important Points

• Article 249 of the Constitution provides Parliament with the power to make laws on the subjects which are included in the State List in order to protect and promote the national interests.
• The subjects mentioned in the State List are exclusively legislated by the State Legislatures under natural circumstances.

Additional Information

•  The 42nd Amendment Act 1976 shifted five subjects from State list to Concurrent List:

1. Protection of birds and wild animals
2. Forests
3. Education 
4. Matters related to Weights and measures and
5. Administration of constitution and organization of all courts across the country except the Supreme Court and the High Courts and matters pertaining to justice.

• Currently, the Centre list has 100 subjects, the State List has 61 subjects while there are 52 in the concurrent list

The correct answer is Taxes on lands and buildings

Key PointsUnion List Subjects:

• It originally had 97 subjects but now it has 100 subjects.
  • ​Defence
  • Army
  • International Relations
  • Ports
  • Railways
  • Highways
  • Communication
  • Economy

State List Subjects:

• It originally had 66 subjects but now it has 61 subjects
  • Public order
  • Police
  • Public health and sanitation
  • Hospitals and dispensaries
  • Betting and gambling
  • Taxes on Buildings and Lands.

Concurrent List Subjects:

It has 52 subjects.

• Education
• Forest
• Trade unions
• Marriage
• Adoption
• Succession
• Industrial and labour disputes
• ​Economic and social planning

The correct answer is State List.

• State List:
  • The local government is a system of an area by the elected representative.
  • It is present in the State List.
  • It is added in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian constitution.
  • Earlier the list had 66 items.
  • State List has 61 items in it, such as Police, Public health and sanitation; hospitals and dispensaries, Pilgrimage, etc.
• Union List:
  • The union list has 100 items in it, originally had 97.
  • Union government alone has the power to modulate the items.
  • Defence, Naval power, Foreign affairs, Preventive Detention etc, are under Union list.
• Concurrent List:
  • ​There are 52 items in the concurrent list in it.
  • Both Union and the state government has the power to amend the list, but union power can override the state power.
  • Criminal law, Marriage, Divorce, Bankruptcy and Insolvency etc are examples of the Concurrent List.

The correct answer is Police.

• Among the options, only Police is a subject of the state list.

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• State List contains subjects of State and local importance.
• The state legislature has the exclusive power to make laws with respect to any of the subjects in the state list.
• Important subjects covered by the state list are:
  • Police.
  • Prison.
  • Trade and Commerce.
  • Agriculture and irrigation.
  • Fisheries.
  • Local government.
  • Livestock and Animal Husbandry.
  • Public Health.

• Important subjects covered by the union list are:
  • Defence of the country.
  • Foreign affairs.
  • Banking.
  • Communications.
  • Currency. 
  • Railways.
• Important subjects covered by the concurrent list are:
  • Forests.
  • Education.
  • Electricity.
  • Marriage and divorce.
  • Trade Unions.

The correct answer is Toll tax.

Some important subjects under all three lists are:

Key Points

• There are 100 subjects that come under the Union list.
• There are 61 subjects that come under the State list.
• There are 52 subjects that come under the Concurrent List.
• Division of Powers comes under Seventh Schedule.
• Residuary list: The subject which does not come under union, state, a concurrent list that will come under residuary list.

Important Points

• The power to control the residuary list comes in the hand of parliament.
• Earlier there were 97, 66, and 47 subjects in Union, State, Concurrent list respectively.