More Questions on Indian Politics
- 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. The preamble to our constitution provided that India is
A)a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic
B)a sovereign, socialist and democratic republic
C)a sovereign republic with a socialist pattern of society
D)a socialist, secular and democratic republic
Answer: a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic
- Q. The state which is neutral in matter of religion and dies not uphold any particular region as the state religion is called
A)Democratic state
B)Independent state
C)Secular state
D)None of these
Answer: Secular state
- Q. How many states are there in the Indian Union?
A)28
B)27
C)30
D)29
Answer: 28
- Q. The idea of Directive Principles of state policy in the constitution of India has been borrowed from
A)The French Constitution
B)The Irish constitution
C)The Japanese Constitution
D)The Canadian Constitution
Answer: The Irish constitution
- Q. What is the literal meaning of ‘Certiorari’?
A)To have the body of
B)We command
C)To forbid
D)To be certified (or) to be informed
Answer: To be certified (or) to be informed
- Q. Which of the followings is a Political right-
A)Right to contest election
B)Right to freedom
C)Right to equality before law
D)Right to life
Answer: Right to contest election
- Q. Local governance is the foundation of-
A)Secular state
B)Elite system
C)Democracy
D)Reservation
Answer: Democracy
- Q. Which one of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti-defection Act?
A)Fifth Schedule
B)Second Schedule
C)Eighth Schedule
D)Tenth Schedule
Answer: Tenth Schedule
- Q. Who was the first deputy Prime Minister of India?
A)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Guljari Lal Nanda
Answer: Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Q. Who uses the real Executionary Powers of State-
A)Council of Ministers
B)Chief Minister
C)Governor
D)Chief Justice of High Court
Answer: Chief Minister
- Q. In case no party enjoys absolute majority in the Legislative Assembly of a state, the Governor will go by-
A)The advice of the Prime Minister
B)The advice of former Chief Minister
C)The advice of the President of India
D)His own discretion
Answer: His own discretion
- Q. Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj Institution?
A)Gram Panchayat
B)Gram Sabha
C)Gram Cooperative society
D)Nyaya Panchayat
Answer: Gram Cooperative society
- Q. Who supported the concept of “Public desire”-
A)Hegal
B)Hume
C)Kant
D)Rousseau
Answer: Rousseau
- Q. “Man is a social animal” whose statement is this-
A)Aristotle
B)Plato
C)Rousseau
D)Laski
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. If the Prime Minister of India submits his resignation to the President, it will mean the resignation of the-
A)Prime Minister and the Cabinet Ministers
B)Prime Minister only
C)Entire Council of Ministers
D)Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers and the Speaker
Answer: Entire Council of Ministers
- Q. Which articles of the Constitution of India explicitly confer the power of judicial review on a High Court ?
A)Article 336
B)Article 335
C)Article 13 and Article 226
D)Article 35
Answer: Article 13 and Article 226
- Q. Indian federalism is closer to-
A)Australia
B)Nigeria
C)Canada
D)USA
Answer: Canada
- Q. In which year, there was dominance of one party in India-
A)1977
B)1971
C)1962
D)1967
Answer: 1977
- Q. Article 19 of the Indian Constitution provides-
A)7 freedoms
B)6 freedoms
C)8 freedoms
D)9 freedoms
Answer: 6 freedoms
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