More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. In India, Prime Minister can hold his post till, he has-
A)Confidence of Rajya Sabha
B)Support of armed forces
C)Confidence of Lok Sabha
D)Support of people
Answer: Confidence of Lok Sabha
- Q. Who served for the longest period of time as the Chief Minister of a state-
A)Pawan Kumar Chamling
B)Naveen Patnaik
C)Jyoti Basu
D)Nitish Kumar
Answer: Pawan Kumar Chamling
- Q. Which form of government believes in giving equal rights and opportunities for women and men?
A)Secularist
B)Feminist
C)Castiest
D)Communalist
Answer: Feminist
- Q. What is the salary per month of the President of India in 2015?
A)Rs 1,00,000
B)Rs 1,50,000
C)Rs 75,000
D)Rs 50,000
Answer: Rs 1,50,000
- Q. The number of parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha) of Karnataka is –
A)16
B)12
C)18
D)31
Answer: 12
- Q. Which of the following was a popular slogan of French revolution?
A)Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
B)Sovereign Democratic Republic
C)Freedom, Equality and Justice
D)Freedom, Equality and Accountability
Answer: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
- Q. According to the Indian Constitution, who has the power to declare emergency ?
A)President
B)Prime Minister
C)Chief Justice
D)Parliament
Answer: President
- Q. The Indian’Judiciary headed’ by-
A)The Prime Minister
B)The President
C)The Supreme Court
D)The Parliament
Answer: The Supreme Court
- Q. The High Court which has the distinction of having the first woman Chief Justice is-
A)Allahabad High Court
B)Guwahati High Court
C)Delhi High Court
D)Himanchal Pradesh High Court
Answer: Himanchal Pradesh High Court
- Q. The Chairman of Public Accounts Committee in Indian Parliament is-
A)Speaker of Lok Sabha
B)Leader of opposition
C)Deputy Chairman of Lok Sabha
D)Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Answer: Leader of opposition
- Q. A writ of ____ means that the court orders that the arrested person should be presented before it.
A)Mandamus
B)Habeas Corpus
C)Prohibition
D)Quo-Warranto
Answer: Habeas Corpus
- Q. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a term
A)determined by the state legislative assembly of a state
B)of six years
C)of four years
D)None of the above
Answer: of six years
- Q. Anti-defection law is given in which schedule of Indian constitution?
A)Tenth Schedule
B)Second Schedule
C)Third Schedule
D)Fourth Schedule
Answer: Tenth Schedule
- Q. The preamble to our constitution provided that India is
A)a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic
B)a sovereign, socialist and democratic republic
C)a sovereign republic with a socialist pattern of society
D)a socialist, secular and democratic republic
Answer: a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic
- Q. The Presidential Government operates on the principles of-
A)Centralisation of Powers
B)Division of powers between centre and states
C)Balance of Powers
D)Separation of powers
Answer: Separation of powers
- Q. If the Parliament has to appoint a committee for a specific task, it is known as-
A)Adh-oc committee
B)Standing committee
C)Joint committee
D)Permanent committee
Answer: Adh-oc committee
- Q. The office of the president can fall vacant due to
A)death
B)resignation
C)removal
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The 3-tier of the Panchayati Raj System consists of-
A)Janapad Panchayat, Taluka Panchayat, Anchal Panchayat
B)Gram Sabha, Anchal Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti
C)Gram Panchayat,Block and Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad
D)Gram Sabha, Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad
Answer: Gram Panchayat,Block and Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad
- Q. How is the President of India elected?
A)By single transferable vote
B)Directly by public voting
C)By secondary voting system
D)All options are correct
Answer: By single transferable vote
- Q. To be eligible as Vice-president a person should have completed:
A)20 years of age
B)30 years of age
C)25 years of age
D)35 years of age
Answer: 35 years of age
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