More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Why did one of the High Courts inIndian decree that “bandhs are unconstitutional and punitive”?
A)It is not in exercise of a fundamental freedom
B)It infringes on the fundamental rights of some groups of people
C)It adversely affectsproduction
D)It is not part of a right to protest
Answer: It is not in exercise of a fundamental freedom
- Q. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as :
A)Yielding the floor
B)Crossing the floor
C)Point of Order
D)Calling Attention Motion
Answer: Yielding the floor
- Q. The form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a faction of persons or families is called-
A)Fascism
B)Tyranny
C)Oligarchy
D)Plutocracy
Answer: Oligarchy
- Q. Which are the two forms of Democracy-
A)Direct and Indirect
B)Parliamentary and Presidential
C)Monarchical and Republican
D)Parliamentary and King
Answer: Direct and Indirect
- Q. The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha is the Chief of its Secretariat and is-
A)Elected by both Houses of Parliament
B)Elected by the Lok Sabha
C)Appointed by the Speaker
D)Appointed by the President
Answer: Appointed by the Speaker
- Q. By which act a nation wince network to provide free and competent legal aid to the poor and to organize lok adalats for promoting equal justice has been established
A)The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
B)The Legal Services Authorities Act (1987)
C)Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989
D)None of these
Answer: The Legal Services Authorities Act (1987)
- Q. _______ makes laws on matters included in Union List and Concurrent List.
A)Ministry of Defence
B)Lok Sabha
C)Prime Minister's Office
D)Securities and Exchange Board of India
Answer: Lok Sabha
- Q. Who is considered as the maker of the constitution of India?
A)B.R Ambedkar
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)B.N.Rau
Answer: B.R Ambedkar
- Q. What is the total number of members for the main opposition party in parliament-
A)1/4 of total members
B)1/3 of total members
C)1/6 of total members
D)1/10 of total members
Answer: 1/10 of total members
- Q. Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights?
A)Part-II
B)Part-I
C)Part-III
D)Part-IV
Answer: Part-III
- Q. Which Lok Sabha speaker has authored the book ‘Matoshree’?
A)Meira Kumar
B)Sumitra Mahajan
C)Sornnath Chatterjee
D)Manohar Joshi
Answer: Sumitra Mahajan
- Q. Local governance is the foundation of-
A)Secular state
B)Elite system
C)Democracy
D)Reservation
Answer: Democracy
- Q. Which of the following is an essential element of the State?
A)Government
B)Sovereignty
C)Territory
D)All these
Answer: All these
- 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. Which schedule of the constitution of India deals with powers, authority and responsibilities of municipalities?
A)Twelfth schedule
B)Fifth schedule
C)Seventh schedule
D)Tenth schedule
Answer: Twelfth schedule
- Q. Which of the sets of Articles deal with ‘Emergency Provision’?
A)Articles 350 and 351
B)Articles 32 and 226
C)Articles 352, 356 and 360
D)Articles 335, 336 and 337
Answer: Articles 352, 356 and 360
- Q. Which of the following state had implemented the provision of removal of the elected members of local self-governance institutions-
A)Kerala
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Haryana
D)Bihar
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- 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 idea of Directive Principles of state policy in the constitution of India has been borrowed from
A)The French Constitution
B)The Irish constitution
C)The Japanese Constitution
D)The Canadian Constitution
Answer: The Irish constitution
- Q. Part XX of the constitution of India covered by article 368 mentions:
A)Amendments of the constitution
B)Temporary, Transitional and Special provisions
C)Elections
D)Official Language
Answer: Amendments of the constitution
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