More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. _____ elects the President and the Vice President and removes judges of Supreme Court and High Court.
A)Prime Minister'S Office
B)Ministry of Defence
C)Lok Sabha
D)Securities and Exchange Board of India
Answer: Prime Minister'S Office
- Q. The Ninth Schedule to the Indian constitution was added by-
A)Eighth Amendment
B)First Amendment
C)Ninth Amendment
D)Forty Second Amendment
Answer: First Amendment
- Q. Who wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj- Our leaders are divided into two parties: the moderates and the extremists. These may be considered as the slow party and the impatient party. Some call the Moderates the timid party and the extremists the bold party.’
A)Mahatma Gandhi.
B)J. Joshi
C)Barendra Ghosh
D)Pandit Jawahar Lal Neharu
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
- Q. _______ amends the Constitution.
A)Prime Minister's Office
B)Ministry of Defence
C)Parliament
D)Securities and Exchange Board of India
Answer: Parliament
- Q. As per John Locke, an English philosopher and physician, which is Dot a Natural Right?
A)Equality
B)Liberty
C)Property
D)Right to Vote
Answer: Right to Vote
- Q. The provisions of Concurrent List, freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse and joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament are borrowed from :
A)Australian Constitution.
B)UK Constitution
C)US Constitution
D)Irish Constitution
Answer: Australian Constitution.
- Q. On the recommendations of which of the followings, the Grants-in-aid is provided to States by Centre-
A)Finance Minister
B)Planning Commission
C)Finance Commission
D)National Development Council
Answer: Finance Commission
- Q. Of the following who held the offices of Judge of the Supreme Court and be Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
A)K.S. Hegde
B)M. Hidayatullah
C)Subba Rao
D)P.N. Bhagwati
Answer: K.S. Hegde
- Q. The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Maharashtra is-
A)26
B)10
C)28
D)48
Answer: 48
- Q. What can be the maximum strength of state legislative council?
A)1/3rd of concemed legislative assembly
B)Half of concerned legislative assembly
C)4th of concerned legislative assembly
D)500
Answer: 1/3rd of concemed legislative assembly
- Q. The Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution are inspired by
A)British Constitution
B)Australian Constitution
C)The Constitution of erstwhile USSR
D)Canadian Constitution
Answer: The Constitution of erstwhile USSR
- Q. The minimum age required to become the prime minister of India is
A)30 years
B)25 years
C)40 years
D)35 years
Answer: 25 years
- Q. The Supreme Court of India acts as a Federel Court when it deals with-
A)Interstate disputes
B)Civil cases
C)Appeals from lower courts
D)Election petitions
Answer: Interstate disputes
- Q. Which Article of the Constitution of India lays down that any section of the citizens shall have the right to conserve its distinct language, script or culture?
A)Article 29
B)Article 21
C)Article 39
D)Article 49
Answer: Article 29
- Q. Which Article of the constitution defines the term state in Indian context?
A)Article 12
B)Article 15
C)Article 17
D)Article 20
Answer: Article 12
- Q. The new committee system constitutes an improvement over the earlier committee system in so far as
A)it enables the Parliament to examine the grants of all the ministries and departments in detail
B)it assures representation to all the political parties in proportion to their strength in the Parlia
C)it enables the Parliament to accept the demands of various ministries without scrutiny
D)None of the above
Answer: it enables the Parliament to examine the grants of all the ministries and departments in detail
- Q. State Highways are maintained by-
A)Private companies preferred by state government
B)Centre and state governments jointly
C)Individual state
D)Central government
Answer: Individual state
- Q. From where have we borrowed the parliamentary form of government?
A)Ireland
B)Russia
C)Britain
D)America
Answer: Britain
- Q. The states of India are demanding more autonomy than centre in the areas of-
A)Administrative
B)Legislative
C)Financial
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Name of qountry from which the consititution features of procedures for amendment was borrowed by India-
A)America
B)Britain
C)South Africa
D)Germany
Answer: South Africa
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