Skip to content
  • +91 990363 5533 (Kolkata)
  • Kolkata@clatapult.com
Search
Close
clatapult logo
  • Home
    • CLATapult Bhubaneswar
    • CLATapult Nagpur
    • CLATapult Amravati
    • CLATapult Asansol
  • Law Schools
    • NLSIU, Bangalore
    • NALSAR, Hyderabad
    • NUJS, Kolkata
    • NLU, Delhi
    • NLU, Jodhpur
    • GNLU, Gujarat
    • NLIU, Bhopal
    • Symbiosis Law School, Pune
    • HNLU, Raipur
    • RMLNLU, Lucknow
    • RGNUL, Patiala
    • National Law University, Odisha
  • About Us
    • TEAM
    • FACULTY
    • CONTENT
    • MEDIA
    • Why CLATapult
      • CLATapult’s Testimonials
      • Topper’s Interview : West Bengal Rank 1 in CLAT 2017
      • Topper’s Interview: AIR 9 & WB Rank 1
  • Courses
    • 1 Year Course, Class-Action
    • 2 year Course, Counsel
    • NLSAT 2022
    • Marathon for CLAT LLM/PG
    • CLATapult’s Relay Program (LL.M)
    • CLATapult’s Marathon Program (LL.M)
    • CLATapult Bluebook Plus (2 Years) – For Class XIth Students
    • CLATapult Bluebook (Correspondence Course/Distance Learning)
    • CLATapult Probe (Test Series)
    • CLAT LLM
    • Postal/Correspondence Course
    • CLAT Online Classes
  • Archive
    • CLAT Tips
    • CLAT, CLATapult & Law Schools
    • Legal Reasoning
    • Logical Reasoning
    • Static General Knowledge
    • Current Affairs
    • English
    • Maths
    • The Furious Five
      • Legal ‘Mantis’ Reasoning
      • General ‘Viper’ Knowledge
      • Tigress : Kung Fu :: Aspirant : Logical Reasoning
      • Monkey-ish English
      • Mathematics, the Crane Way
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
    • North Kolkata Center
    • South Kolkata Center
    • CLAT Coaching in Bhubaneswar
Menu
  • Home
    • CLATapult Bhubaneswar
    • CLATapult Nagpur
    • CLATapult Amravati
    • CLATapult Asansol
  • Law Schools
    • NLSIU, Bangalore
    • NALSAR, Hyderabad
    • NUJS, Kolkata
    • NLU, Delhi
    • NLU, Jodhpur
    • GNLU, Gujarat
    • NLIU, Bhopal
    • Symbiosis Law School, Pune
    • HNLU, Raipur
    • RMLNLU, Lucknow
    • RGNUL, Patiala
    • National Law University, Odisha
  • About Us
    • TEAM
    • FACULTY
    • CONTENT
    • MEDIA
    • Why CLATapult
      • CLATapult’s Testimonials
      • Topper’s Interview : West Bengal Rank 1 in CLAT 2017
      • Topper’s Interview: AIR 9 & WB Rank 1
  • Courses
    • 1 Year Course, Class-Action
    • 2 year Course, Counsel
    • NLSAT 2022
    • Marathon for CLAT LLM/PG
    • CLATapult’s Relay Program (LL.M)
    • CLATapult’s Marathon Program (LL.M)
    • CLATapult Bluebook Plus (2 Years) – For Class XIth Students
    • CLATapult Bluebook (Correspondence Course/Distance Learning)
    • CLATapult Probe (Test Series)
    • CLAT LLM
    • Postal/Correspondence Course
    • CLAT Online Classes
  • Archive
    • CLAT Tips
    • CLAT, CLATapult & Law Schools
    • Legal Reasoning
    • Logical Reasoning
    • Static General Knowledge
    • Current Affairs
    • English
    • Maths
    • The Furious Five
      • Legal ‘Mantis’ Reasoning
      • General ‘Viper’ Knowledge
      • Tigress : Kung Fu :: Aspirant : Logical Reasoning
      • Monkey-ish English
      • Mathematics, the Crane Way
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
    • North Kolkata Center
    • South Kolkata Center
    • CLAT Coaching in Bhubaneswar
LOGIN

CLAT GK XXIII : Indian Polity (UPSC, Comptroller & Auditor General, Attorney General, Election Commission)

  • Home
  • Blog
  • CLAT GK XXIII : Indian Polity (UPSC, Comptroller & Auditor General, Attorney General, Election Commission)
  • By CLATapult
  • March 6, 2017
  • 1:12 am
books, literature, book-4530944.jpg

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC)

Status ·         Composition is determined by the President.

·         The members of the UPSC are appointed for a term of 6 yrs, or till they attain 65 yrs of age.

·         Can resign earlier to the President.

·         President can remove them by issuing orders. Only the Supreme Court makes such. a recommendation on the basis of an inquiry.

·         Members of the UPSC are not eligible for employment by the govt. after retirement.

Functions ·         To conduct exams for appointment to services under the Union.

·         Advise the President (not obligatory on him) in matters relating to appointment, promotions & transfers from one service to another of civil servants.

·         All disciplinary matters affecting a person in the service of Union.

·         Matters regarding award of pension & awards in respect to injuries sustained during service under the govt.

·         Maintains continuity of administration.

 

COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA (CAG)

Status ·         Appointed by the President.

·         A person with long administrative experience & knowledge of accounts is appointed.

·         Holds office for 6 yrs or till 65 of age.

·         The President can remove him only on the recommendation of the 2 houses of Parliament (as in case of judge of Supreme Court).

Powers ·         He is the guardian of the public purse. His duties are to audit the accounts of the Union and the States and to ensure that nothing is spent out of the Consolidated Fund of India or of the States without the sanction of the Parliament or the respective State Legislature.

·         He submits an audit report of the Union the President who shall lay it before the Parliament and the audit reports of the States to the respective Governors who shall lay it before the respective State Legislature.

·         In short the CAG acts as the custodian & trustee of public money.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIA

Status ·         Highest legal officer of the Union Govt.

·         Appointed by the President.

·         The person should be qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court.

·         He is entitled to audience in all court of the country & can take part in the proceedings of the Parliament & its committees. However, he is not given the right to vote.

·         He is also allowed to take up private practice provided the other party is not the State. Because of this, he is not paid salary but a retainer to be determined by the President.

·         In England the Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet, but in India he is not. It is a political appointment and therefore, whenever there is a change in the party in power the Attorney General resigns from his post to enable the new Government to appoint a nominee of his choice.

·         The Attorney General is assisted by two Solicitors-General and four Additional Solicitors-General.

·         The Attorney General gets a retainer equivalent to the salary of a judge of the Supreme Court.

·         Gives advice on all such legal matters which may be referred or assigned to him by the President.

·         Appears before the Supreme Court and various High Court in cases involving the govt. of India.

 

 

ELECTION COMMISSION (Article 324)

Election Commission of India
Election Commission of India
Status ·         The Constitution provides for an independent election commission to ensure free and fair election to the Parliament, the State Legislature and the offices of President and Vice-President.

·         Consists of Chief Election Commissioner + 2 Election commissioners. They all enjoy equal powers.

·         The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the President and the other Election Commissioners are appointed by the President after consultation with the Chief Election Commissioner. Article 324 also provides for the appointment of Regional Commissioners at the time of General Election after consultation with the Election Commission.

·         Election Commissioners are appointed for a term of yrs.

·         They are not eligible for re-appointment. Also they cannot hold any office of profit after their retirement.

·         The term of 6 yrs can by cut short by resignation or removal by President on recommendation of the Parliament ( Same as that of Judge of the Supreme Court).

Functions ·         Preparation of electoral rolls & keeping voters list updated.

·         Preparation of code of conduct for all political parties.

·         Recognition of various political parties & allotment of election symbols.

·         Appointment of election officers to look into disputes concerning election arrangements.

·         To examine the returns of election expenses filed by the candidate.

YOU CAN REGISTER FOR OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSES HERE.

You can read more about English HERE

You can read more about Logical Reasoning HERE

You can read more of Current Affairs HERE

You can read more of Legal Reasoning HERE.

You can read more of General Knowledge HERE

CLATapult was founded by 7 alumni of NUJS in 2012. It boasts of some fantastic teachers from NUJS (Remember! CLAT Coaching by those who have been there and done that)  and, currently, has 3 centers, 2 catering to the CLAT aspirants from Kolkata and 1 from Bhubaneswar.

CLATapult Courses

Crash Course for CLAT 2022 (March 21 to CLAT 2022)

₹24,999.00
Check Details

2 year Course, Counsel (for December 2022 CLAT)

₹69,500.00
Check Details

1-Year Course, Class Action (for CLAT 2022)

₹24,000.00
Check Details

Writing NLSAT 2022

₹31,999.00
Check Details
All Courses
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
WhatsApp
Telegram

admin

All Posts »
PrevPreviousCLAT Logical Reasoning: Practice Questions on Coding & Decoding
NextCLAT Tips: Quora Quotes – on Mugging Up, Mock Tests & Negative MarkingNext

Related Posts

Topper in LSAT 2021 – Nandini Tripathi [479 out of 480] 1-Year student in CLATapult

Nandini Tripathi, a 1-Year student in CLATapult for the 2020-21 sessions, got a score of 479 out of 480 and became a Topper in LSAT

Read More »
June 20, 2021

Achiever 101: Interview of Yashaswini Santuka (AIR 101, Odisha Rank 1, CLAT 2019)

Yashaswini Santuka was a 2 year (Counsel) student at CLATapult. She secured an All India Rank of 101 and Odisha Rank 1 in CLAT 2019.

Read More »
July 8, 2019

Achiever 101: Interview of Tushar Krishna (AIR 208, CLAT 2019; AIR 134, AILET 2019)

Tushar Krishna was a 1 year (Class-action) student at CLATapult. He secured an All India Rank of 208 in CLAT 2019 and All India Rank

Read More »
July 1, 2019

Achiever 101: Interview of Athira Johny (AIR 32, AILET 2019)

Athira Johny was a 1 year (Class-action) student at CLATapult. She secured an All India Rank of 32 in AILET 2019.   Congratulations on your

Read More »
June 28, 2019

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • CLATegize
  • 2 Year Course (Counsel)
  • 1 Year Course (Class-Action)
  • CLAT Tips
  • Legal Reasoning
  • Logical Resoning
  • Static General Knowledge
  • Current Affairs
  • English
  • Maths
  • Why CLATapult
  • Classroom Courses
  • Online Courses
  • About CLATapult
  • Team CLATapult
  • Faculty
  • Law Schools
  • CLATapult in Kolkata (Salt Lake Center)
  • CLATapult in Kolkata (Ultadanga Center)
  • CLATapult in Nagpur
  • CLATapult in Bhubaneswar
  • CLATapult in Amravati
  • CLATapult in Asansol

We Are Here To Help You

contact us today

  • Refund and Returns Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Refund and Returns Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

CLATapult Education LLP © 2022 All Rights Reserved

Site by WordPress Expert in India

  • CALL US NOW