More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. The first Backward Class commission was appointed in 1953 under the chairmanship of :
A)S.K.Kharventhan
B)Deepak Katole
C)Kaka Kalelkar
D)Shakeel-uz-Zaman Ansari
Answer: Kaka Kalelkar
- Q. The phrase ‘procedure established by the law’ means
A)judges in India can question the fairness or validity of an undue law even if it is within the limits of the constitution
B)the judges in India cannot question the fairness or validity of a law, provided it is within the limits of the constitution
C)judges in India can declare a law invalid simply because in their opinion the law is not due or is unjust
D)None of the above
Answer: the judges in India cannot question the fairness or validity of a law, provided it is within the limits of the constitution
- Q. Who was the first Indian president of Central Legislature’?
A)G.V.Mavalanker
B)Sacchidanand Sinha
C)Vitthal Bhai Patel
D)Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Vitthal Bhai Patel
- Q. The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms was
A)to give more powers to local government
B)extension of provincial assemblies
C)to abolish the post of secretary of the state for India
D)to establish diarchy in provinces
Answer: extension of provincial assemblies
- Q. Union public service commission ______ employees of All India Services-
A)Elects
B)Suspends
C)Selects
D)Appoints
Answer: Selects
- Q. Who held the post of President twice?
A)K.R.Narayanan
B)S.Radhakrishnan
C)Neelam Sanjeev Reddy
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A)Vice-President of India acts as President at the time of a vacancy is occurred suddenly
B)Vice-President is the chairman of Rajya Sabha
C)While acting as President, Vice-president does not perform the duties of the office of
D)When Vice-President acts as the President, the duties of President are performed by a person nominated by President in consultation with Prime Minister
Answer: When Vice-President acts as the President, the duties of President are performed by a person nominated by President in consultation with Prime Minister
- Q. In order to put a check on terrorist activities in India, Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) was passed in :
A)1989
B)1985
C)1995
D)1998
Answer: 1985
- Q. For which one of the following judgements of Supreme Court of India, the Kesavananda Bharti Vs State of India case is considered a landmark?
A)Abolishing untouchability from the country
B)The religion cannot be mobilised for political ends
C)Right of life and liberty cannot be suspended under any circumstance
D)The basic structure of the Constitution, as defined in the Preamble, cannot be changed
Answer: The basic structure of the Constitution, as defined in the Preamble, cannot be changed
- Q. _____is an institutional mechanism to accommodate two sets of polities one at the regional level and the other at the national level.
A)Democracy
B)Feudalism
C)Federalism
D)Aristocracy
Answer: Federalism
- Q. The writ issued by the court to enquire into the legality of claim of a person to a public office (and thereby preventing illegal usurpation of that office) is known as :
A)Quo warranto
B)Mandamus
C)Prohibition
D)Habeas Corpus
Answer: Quo warranto
- Q. Right to property was deleted from the list fundamental rights in the regime of which of the followings-
A)Morarji Desai government
B)Indira Gandhi government
C)Narsimha Rao government
D)Vajpayee government
Answer: Morarji Desai government
- Q. Who was the second Chief Election Commissioner of India-
A)S.P.Sen Verma
B)Sukumar Sen
C)K.V.K.Sundaram
D)T.Swaminathan
Answer: K.V.K.Sundaram
- Q. Which one of the following schedules of the Indian Cotitution lists the names of states and specifies their territories?
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: First
- Q. Who was in favour of a democracy without parties-
A)Bhupendra Nath Dutta
B)Jay Prakash Narayan
C)M.N.Roy
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Jay Prakash Narayan
- Q. Which State enjoys the distinction of being the first linguistic state of India?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)West Bangal
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Kerala
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. Bicameral system is a feature of which of the following form of government-
A)President system
B)Parliamentary system
C)Federal system
D)Unitary system
Answer: Federal system
- Q. The members of the state legislature exercise control over the council of the ministers through
A)criticism of its policies
B)questions and supplementary questions
C)adjournment motion
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The “Recall Provision” to removethe elected office bearers from the Local Self Government institution has been executed in-
A)Kerala
B)Bihar
C)Haryana
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. The number of parliamentary seats (Jok Sabha) of Gujarat is-
A)26
B)10
C)28
D)48
Answer: 26
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