More Questions on Indian Politics
- 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. When did India become a Complete Sovereign Democratic Republic-
A)26 November 1951
B)26 January, 1949
C)26 November 1950
D)26 November 1949
Answer: 26 November 1950
- Q. Parliament conducts sessions each year-
A)2
B)1
C)3
D)4
Answer: 3
- Q. What is the term of President of Switzerland-
A)2 year
B)1 year
C)3 year
D)4 year
Answer: 1 year
- Q. The power to prorogue the Lok Sabha rests with
A)the president
B)the speaker
C)the prime minister
D)the minister for parliamentary affairs
Answer: the president
- Q. The convention that “once a speaker always a speaker” is followed in-
A)USA
B)UK
C)France
D)India
Answer: UK
- Q. Who was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha?
A)Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B)G. V. Mavalankar
C)M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
D)Dr. P.V. Cherian
Answer: M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
- Q. According to Article-75(3) of the Constitution of India the Council of Ministers are collectively responaible to the-
A)Parliament
B)President
C)Lok Sabha
D)Rajya Sabha
Answer: Lok Sabha
- Q. The Committee appointed in 1977 to review working of the Panchayati Raj was chaired by-
A)Ashok Mehta
B)Balwant Rai Mehta
C)K.N. Katju
D)Jagjivan Ram
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. Under which pardoning power of the President, one form of punishment is substituted by a lighter from?
A)Remission
B)Commutation
C)Respite
D)Reprieve
Answer: Commutation
- Q. The states which have a common High Court are-
A)Gujarat and Orissa
B)Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
C)Maharashtra and Goa
D)Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Answer: Maharashtra and Goa
- Q. Which of the following act suggested the post of Comptroller and Auditor General?
A)Act of 1919
B)Act of 1909
C)Act of 1935
D)Act of 1947
Answer: Act of 1919
- Q. Which type of government is based on free and fair election where those currently in power have a fair chance of losing?
A)Autocratic
B)Democratic
C)Monarchic
D)Authoritarian
Answer: Democratic
- Q. Who advocated the Nazism in Germany-
A)William 3rd
B)Fedrick William 4th
C)Adolf Hitler
D)Wismark
Answer: Adolf Hitler
- Q. The provision of writs as enshrined in the constitution of India is borrowed from:
A)Irish law
B)English law
C)Australian law
D)Japanese law
Answer: English law
- Q. In 1987, three new States of Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa came into being as
A)The !7th, 18th and 19th states of the Indian Union
B)The 24rd , 25th, and 26th states of the Indian Union
C)The 23rd , 24th, and 25th states of the Indian Union
D)The 25rd , 26th, and 27th states of the Indian Union
Answer: The 23rd , 24th, and 25th states of the Indian Union
- Q. What is multiple voting system-
A)Only high officials vote for more than once
B)Every citizen votes three different votes
C)Candidates vote more than one
D)Registered voter votes once and other special eligible voters vote more than once
Answer: Registered voter votes once and other special eligible voters vote more than once
- Q. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar described Directive Principles of state Policy as :
A)novel features of the constitution
B)heart of the constitution
C)conscience of the constitution
D)backbone of the constitution
Answer: novel features of the constitution
- Q. The three words which were added in the preamble to the Constitution of India by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1976 are :
A)sovereign, secular and socialist
B)socialist, secular and integrity
C)sovereign, republic and democratic
D)sovereign, secular and republic
Answer: socialist, secular and integrity
- Q. The provisions of financial emergency have been laid down in:
A)Article 360
B)Article 351
C)Article 377
D)Article 370
Answer: Article 360
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