More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Which one of the following schedules of the Indian Cotitution lists the names of states and specifies their territories?
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: First
- Q. Which Article grants protection to persons who are arrested or detained?
A)Article 24
B)Article 23
C)Article 25
D)Article 22
Answer: Article 22
- Q. Who elects the members of Rajya Sabha?
A)The People
B)Elected members of the Legislative Council
C)Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
D)Lok Sabha
Answer: Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
- Q. In ______ government each adult citizen must have one vote and each vote must have one value-
A)Autocratic
B)Democratic
C)Monarchic
D)Authoritarian
Answer: Democratic
- Q. All India Trinamool Congress was founded in the year-
A)1955
B)1925
C)1984
D)1998
Answer: 1998
- Q. The first Backward Class commission was appointed in 1953 under the chairmanship of :
A)S.K.Kharventhan
B)Deepak Katole
C)Kaka Kalelkar
D)Shakeel-uz-Zaman Ansari
Answer: Kaka Kalelkar
- 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. During Financial Emergency all money bills passed by the state legislature are to be reserved for the consideration of the-
A)Prime Minister
B)Governor
C)Parliament
D)President
Answer: President
- Q. Under which Article of the constitution, the President of India can declare the financial emergency-
A)Article 356
B)Article 360
C)Article 364
D)Article 352
Answer: Article 360
- Q. The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Punjab is –
A)13
B)2
C)20
D)25
Answer: 13
- Q. The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms was
A)to give more powers to local government
B)extension of provincial assemblies
C)to abolish the post of secretary of the state for India
D)to establish diarchy in provinces
Answer: extension of provincial assemblies
- Q. For what duration, the election of member of Rajya Sabha is done?
A)Four years
B)Two years
C)Five years
D)Six years
Answer: Six years
- Q. In which year was the Prevention of terrorism Act (POTA)enacted?
A)2001
B)2000
C)2002
D)2003
Answer: 2002
- Q. Since Independence, India has been ruled by the Indian National Congress for how many years?
A)26
B)18
C)39
D)49
Answer: 49
- Q. Sikkim was granted statehood in the year-
A)1974
B)1973
C)1975
D)1976
Answer: 1975
- Q. Which of the following appointment is not in the Jurisdiction of President?
A)Chairman of finance commission
B)Chief justice of India
C)Chief of army
D)Speaker of Lok Sabha
Answer: Speaker of Lok Sabha
- Q. Which type of writ is not issued under Indian constitution?
A)Prohibition
B)Mandamus
C)Injuction
D)Certiorari
Answer: Injuction
- Q. How many fundamental duties are there in Indian constitution?
A)10
B)9
C)11
D)12
Answer: 11
- Q. Which of the following is opposite to the principle of “Rule of Law”?
A)Privileges and Immunity
B)Equality before Law
C)Equal Opportunity
D)None of these
Answer: Privileges and Immunity
- 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
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