3586: Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant

(a) extra payment made to the nobles

(b) revenue assigned in lieu of salary

(c) excess amount paid to the exchequer by the iqtadars

(d) illegal exactions extracted from the peasants
3587: The Indian parliamentary system is different from the British parliamentary system in that India has

(a) both a real and a nominal executive
(b) a system of collective responsibility
(c) bicameral legislature
(d) the system of judicial review
3588: In the case of election to the Lok Sabha, the amount of Security deposited for general category candidates and SC/ST category candidates respectively is

(a) Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500
(b) Rs 10,000 and Rs 2,500
(c) Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000
(d) Rs 15,000 and Rs 7,500
3589: Which one of the following was NOT proposed by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment in the area of Panchayati Raj?

(a) Thirty percent seats in all elected rural local bodies will be reserved for women candidates at all levels

(b) The States will constitute their Finance Commissions to allocate resources to Panchayati Raj Institutions

(c) The Panchayati Raj elected functionaries will be disqualified to hold their offices if they have more than two children

(d) The elections will be held in six months time if Panchayati Raj bodies are superceded or dissolved by the State government
3590: Panchayati Raj as introduced in 1959 operates at:

(a) Samiti and block levels

(b) Block and district levels

(c) Samiti and district levels

(d) Village, block and district levels