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More Questions on Indian Politics

  • Q. The foremost basic features of the Constitution of India include
    A)Independence of Judiciary
    B)Supremacy of the Constitution
    C)Rule of Law, Principal of Equality
    D)Judicial Review and Secularism
    Answer: E
  • Q. Which article declares that a constitutional amendment is not a law and hence cannot be challenged?
    A)Article 14
    B)Article 13
    C)Article 15
    D)Article 16
    Answer: Article 13
  • 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. Which of the following constitutional Amendment Act, deals with the Elementary Education as a Fundamental Right?
    A)85th Amendment Act
    B)84th Amendment Act
    C)86th Amendment Act
    D)87th Amendment Act
    Answer: 86th Amendment Act
  • Q. Rashtrapati Bhavan was built in-
    A)1910
    B)1852
    C)1947
    D)1986
    Answer: E
  • Q. What is the term of the appointment of Comptroller and Auditor General of India?
    A)Upto the age of 65 years
    B)6 years
    C)6 years or upto the age of 65 years whichever is earlier
    D)Upto the age of 64 years
    Answer: 6 years or upto the age of 65 years whichever is earlier
  • Q. The Number of Spokes in the CHAKRA in Indian National flag is:
    A)33
    B)20
    C)24
    D)40
    Answer: 24
  • Q. Who is the head of Municipal Corporation?
    A)Sarpanch
    B)Prime Minister
    C)Governor
    D)Mayor
    Answer: Mayor
  • Q. Separation of the judiciary from the executive has been provided in one of the following parts of the Indian Constitution-
    A)The Fundamental Right
    B)The Preamble
    C)The Directive Principles of State Policy
    D)The Seventh Schedule
    Answer: The Directive Principles of State Policy
  • Q. The Supreme Court of India was set up-
    A)By the law of parliament
    B)By the Constitution
    C)By a Presidential Order
    D)By the Act of 1947
    Answer: By the Constitution
  • Q. The convention that “once a speaker always a speaker” is followed in-
    A)USA
    B)UK
    C)France
    D)India
    Answer: UK
  • Q. How many legislative assembly seats are in Delhi-
    A)70
    B)60
    C)40
    D)50
    Answer: 70
  • Q. The provision of suspension of Fundamental Rights is borrowed from :
    A)Australian constitution
    B)Weimer Constitution of Germany.
    C)American constitution
    D)Canadian constitution
    Answer: Weimer Constitution of Germany.
  • Q. At the time of emergency in 1975, who was serving as the President of India?
    A)Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
    B)Morarji Desai
    C)V P Singh
    D)Indira Gandhi
    Answer: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
  • Q. Konkani is the official language of –
    A)Dadra and Nagar Haveli
    B)Chandigarh
    C)Daman and Diu
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Daman and Diu
  • Q. In parliamentary democracy “he is the first among all”. Who is he-
    A)Prime Minister
    B)President
    C)Leader of opposition
    D)Chairman of lower house
    Answer: Prime Minister
  • Q. In which of the following cases the Supreme Court held that fundamental rights are unamendable?
    A)Keshavananda Bharti's case
    B)A.K.Gopalan's case
    C)M.C. Mehta's case
    D)Golak Nath's case
    Answer: Golak Nath's case
  • Q. What is the minimum age for becoming a Governor of state in India?
    A)25 years
    B)30 years
    C)35 years
    D)45 years
    Answer: 35 years
  • Q. Who said this “Good citizen makes good state and bad citizen makes bad state”-
    A)Rousseau
    B)Plato
    C)Aristotle
    D)Laski
    Answer: Plato
  • Q. Under which article of the constitution does the governor of state possess the pardoning power?
    A)Article 162
    B)Article 161.
    C)Article 163
    D)Article 164
    Answer: Article 161.

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