Q. How is the President of India elected?

Correct Answer

By single transferable vote

More Questions on Indian Politics

  • Q. The maximum time a person can continue to be the minister of the State Government without being a member the state legislature-
    A)Three months
    B)One year
    C)Six months
    D)No time limit
    Answer: Six months
  • 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. Who generally presents the Finance Budget in Indian Parliament?
    A)Budget Minister
    B)RBI Governor
    C)Finance Minister
    D)Finance Secretary
    Answer: Finance Minister
  • Q. Which act provides for the disqualification of members of the Parliament or State Legislature for indulging in corrupt practices?
    A)Government of India Act, 1935
    B)Quo Warranto
    C)The Representation of People Act, 1951
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Representation of People Act, 1951
  • Q. Who presides the joint sitting of Parliament-
    A)Senior most member of Parliament
    B)Chairman of Rajya Sabha
    C)Speaker of Lok Sabha
    D)President of India
    Answer: Speaker of Lok Sabha
  • Q. Sovereign Parliament is a contribution of-
    A)India
    B)England
    C)France
    D)Japan
    Answer: England
  • Q. The number of Union Territories in India is-
    A)8
    B)5
    C)9
    D)6
    Answer: 8
  • Q. The Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly has a tenure –
    A)Five years
    B)Six years
    C)Four years
    D)Seven years
    Answer: Five years
  • 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. Who appoints the members of Union Public Service Commission-
    A)President
    B)Law Minister
    C)Prime Minister
    D)Chief Justice
    Answer: President
  • Q. Which one of the following is not a element of the State?
    A)Land
    B)Population
    C)Army
    D)Government
    Answer: Army
  • Q. The Indian National Congress adopted a resolution to establish a socialistic pattern of society in :
    A)Bombay Session of 1953
    B)Avadi session in 1955.
    C)Calcutta session of 1957
    D)Nagpur session of 1959
    Answer: Avadi session in 1955.
  • 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. The President’s Rule is imposed on a State in India, when-
    A)The Governor of the State dies
    B)The State Cabinet' of Ministers resigns
    C)The elections are announced
    D)There is a Constitutional breakdown
    Answer: There is a Constitutional breakdown
  • Q. The name of a candidate for the office of president of India may be proposed by
    A)any fifty members of the Parliament
    B)any fifty citizens of India
    C)any five member of the Electoral College
    D)any fifty members of the Electoral College
    Answer: any fifty members of the Electoral College
  • Q. The correct chronological order of the formation of Haryana, Sikkim, Arunanchal Pradesh and Nagaland as full states of Indian Union is :
    A)Nagaland-Arunachal Pradesh- Haryana-Sikkim
    B)Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pardesh-Nagaland
    C)Nagaland-Haryana-Arunachal Pradesh-Sikkim
    D)Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh
    Answer: Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh
  • Q. The President can dismiss a member of the Council of Ministers-
    A)only under emergency conditions
    B)with the consent of the Speaker
    C)on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
    D)on his own
    Answer: on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
  • Q. Fundamental Rights are not given to-
    A)Aliens
    B)Bankrupt persons
    C)Persons suffering from incurable diseases
    D)Political sufferers
    Answer: Aliens
  • Q. There are total parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha constituency) in Maharashtra-
    A)19
    B)11
    C)10
    D)1
    Answer: 19
  • Q. Which among the following country is not a part of ‘Second World Countries’?
    A)China
    B)Russia
    C)Mongolia
    D)Argentina
    Answer: Argentina

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