Indian Politics

Q. A motion moved by Member of Parliament when he feels a minister has committed a breach of privilege of the House is called-

A
Censure motion
B
No confidence motion
C
Privilege motion
D
Cut motion

Correct Answer

Privilege motion

More Questions on Indian Politics

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    A)A Free and Autonomous Body
    B)A Constitutional Body
    C)A Statutory Body
    D)A Non-Constitutional Body
    Answer: A Non-Constitutional Body
  • Q. Ideas of welfare state are contained in-
    A)Directive Principles of State Policy
    B)Fundamental Rights
    C)Preamble of the constitution
    D)Part-VIII
    Answer: Directive Principles of State Policy
  • Q. The Constitution of India has divided the powers between the Centre and the States in terms of:
    A)State list
    B)Concurrent list
    C)The Union List, State List and Concurrent List
    D)Union list
    Answer: The Union List, State List and Concurrent List
  • Q. The civil affairs like marriage, divorce, inheritance etc. which has been authorised by the constitution to make legal laws?
    A)States, by the State List of the Constitution
    B)Centre, by the Union List of the Constitution
    C)Centre and States, by the Concurrent List of the Constitution
    D)Religious authorities which have relation to individual affairs
    Answer: Centre and States, by the Concurrent List of the Constitution
  • Q. The members of Lok Sabha are
    A)indirectly elected
    B)directly elected by the people
    C)nominated
    D)partly elected and partly nominated
    Answer: directly elected by the people
  • Q. Which of the following judgements stated that ‘Secularism’ and ‘Federalism are the basic features of the Indian Constitution?
    A)S.R. Bommai case
    B)Keshavanada Bharati case
    C)Indira Sawhney case
    D)Minerva Mills case
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  • 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
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  • Q. What is the full form of the Indian Political Party “CPIM”?
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    C)Communist Party of India (Movement)
    D)Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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  • Q. Under which Article of the constitution, the President of India can declare the financial emergency-
    A)Article 356
    B)Article 360
    C)Article 364
    D)Article 352
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  • Q. The state Reorganization commission was appointed in 1953 under the chairmanship of :
    A)Kelkar
    B)Fazl Ali
    C)Mondal
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  • Q. What is the maximum number of Members of the Rajya Sabha?
    A)200
    B)150
    C)250
    D)300
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  • 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
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  • Q. The discussion on any matter of urgent public importance, presented by any member of house is known as-
    A)Confidence motion
    B)Adjoumment motion
    C)Censure motion
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    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
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  • Q. The first General Election in India and first Amendment to the Constitution was held in-
    A)1950
    B)1949
    C)1951
    D)1952
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    B)B. R. Ambedkar
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    C)6 months
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