More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Article 1 describes India that is Bharat as :
A)federal state with unitary features
B)union of states
C)unitary state with federal features
D)federal state
Answer: union of states
- 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. The position of a chief minister is
A)identical to that of the president
B)similar to that of the prime minister
C)a combination of the position of the prime minister and president
D)not constitutional
Answer: similar to that of the prime minister
- Q. Who was the leader of Russia at the time of signing of The Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation-
A)Leonid Brezhnev
B)Nikita Khrushchev
C)Yuri Andropov
D)Mikhail gorbachev
Answer: Leonid Brezhnev
- Q. Which is the highest law of the land?
A)Indian Constitution
B)Indian Penal Code
C)Civil Procedure Code
D)Criminal Procedure Code
Answer: Indian Constitution
- Q. Which of the following body was not set up by constitutional provisions-
A)Planning Commission
B)Finance Commission
C)Union Public Service Commission
D)Election Commission
Answer: Planning Commission
- Q. Implementing laws is the function of-
A)Legislature
B)Executive
C)Judiciary
D)Local list
Answer: Executive
- Q. How many fundamental rights were there in the beginning?
A)Seven
B)Six
C)Four
D)Five
Answer: Seven
- Q. The Archaeological Survey of India is an attached office of the Department/Ministry of :
A)Tourism
B)Culture
C)Science and Technology
D)Human Resource Development
Answer: Culture
- Q. To whom, “The Union Public Service Commission presents its report”-
A)Parliament
B)President
C)Lok Sabha
D)Rajya Sabha
Answer: President
- Q. The minimum number of members that must be present to hold the meeting of the Lok Sabha is
A)one-tenth of the total membership of the Houses
B)one-fourth of the total membership
C)50 percent strength of the Lok Sabha
D)at least 100 members
Answer: one-tenth of the total membership of the Houses
- Q. Where is the objective of “Social justice” articulated in constitution?
A)Article-15
B)Article-14
C)Article-16
D)Preamble
Answer: Preamble
- Q. Whose statement is this “Man is born free but always in shackles”-
A)Rousseau
B)Locke
C)Bentham
D)Robert mill
Answer: Rousseau
- Q. Malayalam is the offcial language of-
A)Jharkhand
B)Haryana
C)Kerala
D)Uttarakhand
Answer: Kerala
- Q. What Constitutional provision enables the Central Government to provide reservations in jobs and educational institutions for the weaker sections of the society?
A)Article-16
B)Article-14
C)Article-46
D)Article-19
Answer: Article-16
- 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. Who held the post of President twice?
A)K.R.Narayanan
B)S.Radhakrishnan
C)Neelam Sanjeev Reddy
D)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- Q. The pardoning power of the president in India as enshrined in the Article 72 of the constitution of India includes :
A)pardon, commutation
B)remission, respite, reprieve
C)pardon, commutation, remission, respite, reprieve
D)commutation
Answer: pardon, commutation, remission, respite, reprieve
- Q. President constftutea which of the folloWing bodies for the distribution of resources between Centre and States-
A)Planning Commission
B)Finance Commission
C)Taxation Commission
D)Tariff Commission
Answer: Finance Commission
- Q. In how many ways Indian citizenship can be lost?
A)Two
B)One
C)Three
D)Four
Answer: Three
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