More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Which writ is issued by a High Court or the Supreme Court to compel an authority to perform a function that it was not performing?
A)Writ of Habeas Corpus
B)Writ of Certiorari
C)Writ of Mandamus
D)Writ of Quo Warranto
Answer: Writ of Mandamus
- Q. The Vice President of India is elected by-
A)Members of Rajya Sabha
B)The members of Parliament
C)Elected members of Parliament
D)Members of State Legislature and Parliament
Answer: The members of Parliament
- Q. Bharatiya Janata Party is a part of which political group?
A)National Democratic Alliance
B)United Progressive Alliance
C)Janata Parivar
D)Rashtra Parivar
Answer: National Democratic Alliance
- Q. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the constituent Assembly of India was-
A)D.P. Khaitan
B)K.M.Munshi
C)Dr. B.R. Arnbedkar
D)T.T. Krishanmachari
Answer: Dr. B.R. Arnbedkar
- Q. The States reorganization in 1956 created-
A)17 States and 9 Union Territories
B)17 States and 6 Union Territories
C)14 States and 6 Union Territories
D)15 States and 9 Union Territories
Answer: 14 States and 6 Union Territories
- Q. Rajasthan is the first state which-
A)Started Mandal System
B)Implemented Local Self Governance
C)Started direct election of chairperson
D)Started indirect election of chairperson
Answer: Implemented Local Self Governance
- Q. “The state does not owe loyalty to any particular religion as such; it is not irreligious or anti-religious; it gives equal freedom to all religious.” The definition as given by P. B. Gajendra-Gadkara – former Chief Justice of India is of :
A)Socialism
B)Sovereignty
C)Democracy
D)Secularism
Answer: Secularism
- Q. Which Article of the Constitution of India has defined the term ‘State’?
A)Article 19
B)Article 12
C)Article 51
D)Article 77
Answer: Article 12
- Q. Who among the following presides over the Lok Sabha in the absence of Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
A)Amember nominated by the members of the Parliament present in the House
B)Amember appointed by the President
C)A person from the panel formed by: the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
D)A senior most member of the House
Answer: A person from the panel formed by: the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Q. Who appoints and dismisses the gazetted officials of the Union Government?
A)The Prime Minister of India
B)The President of India
C)The Home Minister of India
D)The Finance Minister of India
Answer: The President of India
- Q. The retired judge of High Court is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in-
A)Any court in India
B)Supreme Court
C)High Courts
D)The High Court where he retired from
Answer: The High Court where he retired from
- Q. Who has the power to decide on an election petition for any state-
A)Suprime Court
B)Parliament
C)High Court
D)Election Commission
Answer: High Court
- Q. Who said that “I don’t accept a politics without religion”-
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jawahar Lal Nehru
C)Vinoba Bhave
D)Jaiprakash Narayan
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. The members of the state legislative assemblies are elected for a period of
A)6 years
B)2 years
C)5 years
D)3 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. An appeal to the High Court lies in case the Session Court has awarded the punishment of-
A)Two years or more
B)One year or more
C)Three years or more
D)Four years or more
Answer: Four years or more
- Q. Which of the following makes law in India-
A)High Court and Supreme Court
B)President and Council of Ministers
C)President and both houses of Parliament
D)Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Answer: President and both houses of Parliament
- Q. Which of the following High Court declared 1st that “Shutdown” is Unconstitutional-
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Kerala
D)Odissa
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The state Reorganization commission was appointed in 1953 under the chairmanship of :
A)Kelkar
B)Fazl Ali
C)Mondal
D)Zakir Husain
Answer: Fazl Ali
- Q. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the
A)Supreme Court
B)Parliament
C)High courts
D)Election Commission
Answer: High courts
- Q. The Basic Structure of our Constitution was proclaimed by the Supreme Court in-
A)Golaknath case
B)Keshavananda Bharti case
C)Minerva Mills case
D)Gopalan case
Answer: Keshavananda Bharti case
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