More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Rajya Sabha is assisted by the Secretary General, who holds the rank equivalent to?
A)Member of Parliament
B)Cabinet Minister of the Government of India
C)Member of Legislature
D)Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India
Answer: Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India
- Q. Which constitutional Amendment Act facilitates the appointment of the same person as a governor for two or more states?
A)7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956
B)1st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951
C)15th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1963
D)4th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1955
Answer: 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956
- Q. Which of the following had signed with President Ayub Khan on Tashkent agreement-
A)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B)Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Lal Bahadur Shashtri
D)Indira Gandhi
Answer: Lal Bahadur Shashtri
- Q. The Parliament can legislate on subjects given in the Union List only in consultation with the State Government for the State of-
A)Rajasthan
B)Assam
C)Jammu & Kashmir
D)Kerala
Answer: Jammu & Kashmir
- Q. Bicameral system is a feature of which of the following form of government-
A)President system
B)Parliamentary system
C)Federal system
D)Unitary system
Answer: Federal system
- 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. The write which literally means ‘by what authority or warrant’ and is issued by the court to enquire the legality of a claim of a person to public office is called
A)Quo Warranto
B)Ad hoc
C)Statute
D)Sub judice
Answer: Quo Warranto
- 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. How many members of the Rajya Sabha are elected every two years ?
A)One fourth
B)All
C)Half
D)One third
Answer: One third
- Q. In which of the following country, the judges of federal court are appointed by two houses of Federal Legislature-
A)Germany
B)Switzerland
C)Canada
D)1 and 2 both
Answer: 1 and 2 both
- Q. “The soul of India lives in villages” whose statement is this-
A)Jay Prakash Narayan
B)Vinobha Bhave
C)Jawahr Lal Nehru
D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
- Q. Emergency provisions in Indian Constitution has been taken from-
A)Government of India Act 1935
B)British constitution
C)Irish constitution
D)Japanese constitution
Answer: Government of India Act 1935
- 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. Who permits the formation of new state in Union of India?
A)Supreme Court
B)President
C)Prime Minister
D)Parliament
Answer: Parliament
- Q. Which Article of the constitution defines the term state in Indian context?
A)Article 12
B)Article 15
C)Article 17
D)Article 20
Answer: Article 12
- Q. Who said ‘The God, who gave us life, gave us the liberty at the same time’?
A)Plato
B)Marx
C)Jefferson
D)Locke
Answer: Jefferson
- Q. Which Article gives the power to the Parliament to make law on subjects of state list-
A)183
B)115
C)221
D)249
Answer: 249
- Q. What is the meaning of “Judicial Review” of Supreme Court-
A)Review of the functioning of judiciary in country
B)Review of its own verdict
C)Review of constitutional validity of laws
D)Timely review of constitution
Answer: Review of constitutional validity of laws
- Q. The unification of Karnataka was achieved in the year-
A)1957
B)1956
C)1958
D)1560
Answer: 1956
- Q. Who constitutes the Finance Commission-
A)Prime Minister
B)Finance Minister
C)Speaker of Lok Sabha
D)President
Answer: President
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