More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Under which pardoning power of the President, one form of punishment is substituted by a lighter from?
A)Remission
B)Commutation
C)Respite
D)Reprieve
Answer: Commutation
- Q. Which one of the followingis an item included in the list of Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen in the Constitution?
A)To develop scientific temper humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform
B)To practice secularism
C)To pay all taxes to government regularly and correctly
D)Not to assault any public servant during performance of his duties
Answer: To develop scientific temper humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform
- Q. The Objectives Resolution which laid down the main objectives to guide the deliberations of the Assembly was moved by
A)Jawaharlal Nehru
B)Sardar Patel
C)K.M. Munshi
D)B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. Articles-74 and 75 ofIndian Constitution deal with matters of-
A)Speaker of Lok Sabha
B)Council of Ministers
C)President of India
D)Cabinet Ministers
Answer: Council of Ministers
- Q. At the time of emergency in 1975, who was serving as the President of India?
A)Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
B)Morarji Desai
C)V P Singh
D)Indira Gandhi
Answer: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
- 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. Who is the constitutional head of the Indian government?
A)Prime Minister
B)President
C)Chief justice of India
D)Attorney general
Answer: President
- Q. The Constitution of India has divided the powers between the Centre and the States in terms of:
A)State list
B)Concurrent list
C)The Union List, State List and Concurrent List
D)Union list
Answer: The Union List, State List and Concurrent List
- Q. According to Article-75(3) of the Constitution of India the Council of Ministers are collectively responaible to the-
A)Parliament
B)President
C)Lok Sabha
D)Rajya Sabha
Answer: Lok Sabha
- Q. A writ of Mandamus can be issued by the Supreme Court to-
A)The Prime Minister to dissolve the Cabinet
B)An official to perform public duty
C)The company to raise wages
D)The Government to pay the salaries to employees
Answer: An official to perform public duty
- Q. The concept of martial law has been borrowed in India from
A)US Constitution
B)Government of India Act, 1935
C)Canadian Constitution
D)The English Common Law
Answer: The English Common Law
- Q. When were the fundamental duties inserted in Indian constitution?
A)1972
B)1971
C)1975
D)1976
Answer: 1976
- Q. The phrase ‘procedure established by the law’ means
A)judges in India can question the fairness or validity of an undue law even if it is within the limits of the constitution
B)the judges in India cannot question the fairness or validity of a law, provided it is within the limits of the constitution
C)judges in India can declare a law invalid simply because in their opinion the law is not due or is unjust
D)None of the above
Answer: the judges in India cannot question the fairness or validity of a law, provided it is within the limits of the constitution
- Q. The total number of Languages in 8th schedule of Indian Constitution are-
A)18
B)15
C)22
D)14
Answer: 22
- Q. Which of the following ensures grassroot democracy in India-
A)Interstate council
B)Panchayati raj
C)President
D)CAG
Answer: Panchayati raj
- Q. Reservation for the Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes in the services has been provided in the Indian Constitution under-
A)Article-315
B)Article-375
C)Article-335
D)Article-365
Answer: Article-335
- Q. Which of the folowing was not a member of the drafting committee of the constitution-
A)Alladi Krishnaswamy
B)B.R Ambedkar
C)Gopalaswami Ayyangar
D)Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Rajendra Prasad
- Q. Under the citizenship act of 1955 the ways prescribed for acquiring citizenship are
A)By registration and by naturalization
B)By birth and by descent
C)by incorporation of territory
D)All of above
Answer: All of above
- Q. Which of the following is not a branch of federal form of government?
A)Executive
B)Judiciary
C)Legislative
D)Media
Answer: Media
- 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
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