UPSC Prelims Marathon 5 February – Centre – State Relations – 2024

Consider the following statements:
1.The Indian Constitution divides the legislative powers between the Centre and the states with related to both the territory and the subjects of legislation.
2.The Constitution provides for the parliamentary legislation in the state field under five extraordinary situations.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following matter/s, Centre empowered to give directions to the states?
1.The measures to be taken for the protection of the railways within the state.
2.The provision of adequate facilities for instruction in the mother tongue at the primary stage of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups in the state.
3.The drawing up and execution of the specified schemes for the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes in the state.
How many of the statements given above are correct?

In which of the following year the Indian Forest Service (IFS) was created?