More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. The ballot papers were used firstly in-
A)England
B)Ancient Greece
C)Australia
D)USA
Answer: Ancient Greece
- Q. The Parliament can restrict or abrogate by law, fundamental rights with respect to
A)the forces charged with the maintenance of public order
B)the members of the armed forces
C)the persons employed in any bureau or other organization established by the state for purpose of int
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Vice-President is the ex-officio chaiman of-
A)Lok sabha
B)Rajya Sabha
C)Planning commission
D)National development council
Answer: Rajya Sabha
- Q. The power to prorogue the Lok Sabha rests with
A)the president
B)the speaker
C)the prime minister
D)the minister for parliamentary affairs
Answer: the president
- Q. _____ means that the Presjdent of India can refer any matter that is of public importance or that which involves interpretation of Constitution to Supreme Court for advice.
A)Writ Jurisdiction
B)Original Jurisdiction
C)Appellate Jurisdiction
D)Advisory Jurisdiction
Answer: Advisory Jurisdiction
- Q. The Indian’Judiciary headed’ by-
A)The Prime Minister
B)The President
C)The Supreme Court
D)The Parliament
Answer: The Supreme Court
- Q. Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct control of-
A)Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
B)Ministry of Home Affairs
C)Speaker of Lok Sabha
D)President
Answer: Speaker of Lok Sabha
- Q. Under which article of the constitution does the governor of state possess the pardoning power?
A)Article 162
B)Article 161.
C)Article 163
D)Article 164
Answer: Article 161.
- Q. The right to equal opportunity for all citizens in matter of public employment has been enshrined in :
A)Article 17
B)Article 16
C)Article 18
D)Article 19
Answer: Article 16
- 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. Of the various grounds below which discrimination by the State is not prohibited in ArticleIS of the Constitution?
A)Race
B)Place of birth
C)Language
D)Caste
Answer: Language
- Q. When was the second Backward Class Commission under the Chairmanship of B.P. Mandal appointed ?
A)The year 1967
B)The year 1953
C)The year 1979
D)The year 1990
Answer: The year 1979
- Q. Which of the following schedules contains special provisions for the administration of tribal areas in the four north-eastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram-
A)Second schedule
B)First schedule
C)Third schedule
D)Sixth schedule
Answer: Sixth schedule
- Q. Indian Parliament can rename or redefine the boundary of a State by-
A)Absolute majority
B)A simple majority
C)2/3rd majority of the members voting
D)2/3rd majority of the members voting and an absolute majority of its total membership
Answer: A simple majority
- Q. Democratic Decentralization means-
A)Parliamentary Government
B)Union Government
C)Democratic Government
D)Local Government
Answer: Local Government
- Q. United Progressive Alliance was founded in?
A)19987
B)1951
C)2004
D)1980
Answer: 2004
- Q. In which year, the name of Laccadive, Minicoy and Aminidivi Islands was changed in Lakshadweep by parliamentary act?
A)1971
B)1973
C)1970
D)1972
Answer: 1973
- Q. Which of the following judgements stated that ‘Secularism’ and ‘Federalism are the basic features of the Indian Constitution?
A)S.R. Bommai case
B)Keshavanada Bharati case
C)Indira Sawhney case
D)Minerva Mills case
Answer: S.R. Bommai case
- Q. Part-IV of Constitution of India deals with-
A)Citizenship
B)Fundamental Right
C)Directive Principles of State Policy
D)Union executive
Answer: Directive Principles of State Policy
- Q. The Prime Minister of India is-
A)Selected
B)Elected
C)Nominated
D)Appointed
Answer: Appointed
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