Q. ______ writ is issued by a higher court (High Court or Supreme Court) when a lower court has considered a case going beyond its jurisdiction.

Correct Answer

Prohibition

More Questions on Indian Politics

  • Q. Right to property was deleted from the list fundamental rights in the regime of which of the followings-
    A)Morarji Desai government
    B)Indira Gandhi government
    C)Narsimha Rao government
    D)Vajpayee government
    Answer: Morarji Desai government
  • Q. Articles 17 abolishes:
    A)discrimination
    B)untouchability
    C)equality
    D)titles
    Answer: untouchability
  • Q. Which Article of the Indian constitution provides for the employer to give maternity benefits to its employees?
    A)Article-42
    B)Article-14
    C)Article-43
    D)Article-44
    Answer: Article-42
  • Q. Which item out of the following is contained in the concurrent list?
    A)Agriculture
    B)Trade Unions
    C)Tolls
    D)Markets and Fairs
    Answer: Trade Unions
  • Q. Planning Commission of India was-
    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. The governor of a state is empowered to grant pardons etc. and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases under:
    A)Article 161.
    B)Article 167.
    C)Article 151.
    D)Article 163.
    Answer: Article 161.
  • Q. All India Trinamool Congress was founded in the year-
    A)1955
    B)1925
    C)1984
    D)1998
    Answer: 1998
  • Q. Who among the following gave the concept of ‘Distributive Justice’?
    A)Plato
    B)Aristotle
    C)Hegel
    D)Ritchie
    Answer: Aristotle
  • Q. “Oh! Disrespectable democracy! I love you” whose statement is this-
    A)Carpentar
    B)G.B.Shaw
    C)Lord Bryce
    D)Appa Dorai
    Answer: G.B.Shaw
  • Q. Which of the following feature of the Indian constitution cannot be amended under article 368-
    A)Sovereignty, Territorial integrity, Parliamentary form of government
    B)Sovereignty, Territorial integrity, Redel'al system, Judicial review
    C)Judicial review, and Federal system
    D)Sovereignty, Territorial integrity, Federal system, Judicial review, and Parliamentary form
    Answer: Sovereignty, Territorial integrity, Federal system, Judicial review, and Parliamentary form
  • Q. Which of the following writ’s meaning is- “to have the body of”?
    A)Mandamus
    B)Habeas corpus
    C)Quo warranto
    D)Certiorari
    Answer: Habeas corpus
  • Q. The Chief Minister is appointed by-
    A)President
    B)Governor
    C)Chief Justice of Supreme Court
    D)Chief Justice of High Court
    Answer: Governor
  • 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
    Answer: Federalism
  • Q. In order to put a check on terrorist activities in India, Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) was passed in :
    A)1989
    B)1985
    C)1995
    D)1998
    Answer: 1985
  • Q. The procedure for the amendment of the Constitution is laid down in:
    A)Article 262
    B)Article 368.
    C)Article 351
    D)Article 332
    Answer: Article 368.
  • Q. Which of the following is a feature of civil services India-
    A)Temporary political executive relations
    B)Neutrality and unbiasedness
    C)Partiality
    D)All of these
    Answer: Neutrality and unbiasedness
  • Q. Answer the name of two temporary houses of parliamentary structure of India-
    A)Lok Sabha and Legislative Council
    B)Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assembly
    C)Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council
    D)Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly
    Answer: Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly
  • Q. Under which article of constitution, proclamation of National Emergency is declared-
    A)Article 356
    B)Article 352
    C)Article 360
    D)Article 361
    Answer: Article 352
  • Q. Which part of the constitution relates with the directive principles of the state policy?
    A)Part-IV
    B)Part-III
    C)Part-I
    D)Part-II
    Answer: Part-IV
  • Q. How many schedules are in the constitution of India-
    A)10
    B)9
    C)11
    D)12
    Answer: 12

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