More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Who completed two successive regimes of the Vice-President of India?
A)V.V.Giri
B)S.Radhakrishnan
C)B.D.Jatti
D)M.Hidaytullah
Answer: S.Radhakrishnan
- Q. The State Election Commission conducts, controls and supervises Municipal elections under-
A)Article-243(ZA)
B)Article-240(1)
C)Article-243(K)
D)Article-245(D)
Answer: Article-243(ZA)
- Q. How many times has the Preamble to the constitution of India been amended ?
A)4
B)5
C)1
D)2
Answer: 1
- Q. The winning candidate in the Election of President of India should secure-
A)Sixty six percent of votes polled
B)Majority number of votes polled
C)Fifty percent of votes polled
D)More than fifty percent and majority of the total votes polled
Answer: More than fifty percent and majority of the total votes polled
- Q. For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President?
A)10
B)7
C)12
D)15
Answer: 12
- Q. What is the minimum age to become the Prime Minister of India if he or she is a member of Rajya Sabha?
A)25
B)18
C)30
D)35
Answer: 30
- Q. Who among the following gave the concept of ‘Distributive Justice’?
A)Plato
B)Aristotle
C)Hegel
D)Ritchie
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. When power is shared among different organs of government, then it known as-
A)Separation of powers
B)Community Government
C)Coalition Government
D)Amalgamation of powers
Answer: Separation of powers
- Q. A person to be eligible for election as president of India should have completed
A)21 years
B)25 years
C)30 years
D)35 years
Answer: 35 years
- Q. The convention that “once a speaker always a speaker” is followed in-
A)USA
B)UK
C)France
D)India
Answer: UK
- Q. The Preventive Detention Act curtailed-
A)Right to Equality
B)Right to Freedom
C)Right to Property
D)Educational Right
Answer: Right to Freedom
- Q. If the Directive principles of state policy would have not been enforced by government where can the citizens go?
A)Supreme court
B)High court
C)National human rights commission
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
- Q. For which one of the following judgements of Supreme Court of India, the Kesavananda Bharti Vs State of India case is considered a landmark?
A)Abolishing untouchability from the country
B)The religion cannot be mobilised for political ends
C)Right of life and liberty cannot be suspended under any circumstance
D)The basic structure of the Constitution, as defined in the Preamble, cannot be changed
Answer: The basic structure of the Constitution, as defined in the Preamble, cannot be changed
- Q. Which of the following has the feature of dual citizenship?
A)Federal Government
B)Unitary Government
C)Parliamentary Government
D)President Ruled Government
Answer: Federal Government
- Q. In which Amendment, the words ‘Socialist’, Secular’ and ‘Unity and Integrity of the Nation wereadded to the Premable of constitution of India?
A)44th
B)42nd
C)52nd
D)None of them
Answer: 42nd
- Q. “Judicial Review” in Indian constitution is based on-
A)Due process of law
B)On the rule of law
C)On the procedure established by law
D)On former decisions and conventions
Answer: On the procedure established by law
- Q. “The state does not owe loyalty to any particular religion as such; it is not irreligious or anti-religious; it gives equal freedom to all religious.” The definition as given by P. B. Gajendra-Gadkara – former Chief Justice of India is of :
A)Socialism
B)Sovereignty
C)Democracy
D)Secularism
Answer: Secularism
- Q. Constitution of India considers free and compulsory education to children up to-
A)14 years
B)10 years
C)18 years
D)21 years
Answer: 14 years
- Q. The fifth schedule to the constitution of India deals with administration and control of :
A)The Forms of Oaths or Affirmations.
B)Scheduled areas and Scheduled Tribes.
C)The Union list, State list and the concurrent list.
D)Provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection.
Answer: Scheduled areas and Scheduled Tribes.
- Q. The Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 and Schedules Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 have been enacted to protect
A)Scheduled Castes from Social Injustice and Exploitation
B)Scheduled Tribes from Social Injustice and Exploitation
C)Both (A) and (B)
D)None of these
Answer: Both (A) and (B)
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