More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Which of the following writ’s meaning is- “to have the body of”?
A)Mandamus
B)Habeas corpus
C)Quo warranto
D)Certiorari
Answer: Habeas corpus
- Q. The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was associated with-
A)Banking Reforms
B)Industrial Policy
C)Panchayati Raj
D)Centre-State relations
Answer: Panchayati Raj
- Q. Under the Directive Principles of State Policy up to what age of the children they are expected to be provided free and compulsory education?
A)15 years
B)14 years
C)16 years
D)18 years
Answer: 14 years
- Q. All legislative subject are mentioned in three lists union list, concurrent list and state list. Any subject is not mentioned in all three list, the law on that particular subject can be framed by-
A)State Legislature only
B)Parliament only
C)1 and 2
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Parliament only
- Q. Which Article grants protection to persons who are arrested or detained?
A)Article 24
B)Article 23
C)Article 25
D)Article 22
Answer: Article 22
- Q. What is meant by ‘defection’?
A)Changing party before winning election
B)Changing party after winning election
C)Changing party after losing election
D)Changing party before losing election
Answer: Changing party after winning election
- Q. Anti-defection law is given in which schedule of Indian constitution?
A)Tenth Schedule
B)Second Schedule
C)Third Schedule
D)Fourth Schedule
Answer: Tenth Schedule
- Q. According to the Indian Constitution, who has the power to declare emergency ?
A)President
B)Prime Minister
C)Chief Justice
D)Parliament
Answer: President
- Q. A Secular State is one which-
A)Is irreligious
B)Has no religion of its own
C)Is anti-religion
D)Takes into consideration the religious sentiments of the people
Answer: Has no religion of its own
- Q. “Persons may change but rules should not change” is the principle of-
A)Constitutional Government
B)Absolute Monarchy
C)Unwritten Constitution
D)Republic
Answer: Constitutional Government
- Q. By which Constitutional Amendment Bill, did the Parliament lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years?
A)44th
B)42nd
C)61st
D)73rd
Answer: 61st
- Q. The position of the president which was undermined by the 42nd amendment was subsequently somewhat retrieved by the
A)45th amendment
B)44th amendment
C)26th amendment
D)None of the above
Answer: 44th amendment
- Q. “Relief of the disabled and unemployable” is listed in the ________ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.
A)State
B)Union
C)Global
D)Concurrent
Answer: State
- Q. Article-173 of the Indian Constitution “Qualification for membership of the State Legislature” deals with?
A)The State Government
B)The Directive Principles of State Policy
C)The Union Government
D)The fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen
Answer: The State Government
- 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. 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. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?
A)The President
B)The Chairman of Rajya Sabha
C)The Joint-session of Parliament
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
- Q. Why did one of the High Courts inIndian decree that “bandhs are unconstitutional and punitive”?
A)It is not in exercise of a fundamental freedom
B)It infringes on the fundamental rights of some groups of people
C)It adversely affectsproduction
D)It is not part of a right to protest
Answer: It is not in exercise of a fundamental freedom
- Q. How many seats are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha?
A)85
B)39
C)109
D)131
Answer: 131
- Q. Which of the following state had implemented the provision of removal of the elected members of local self-governance institutions-
A)Kerala
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Haryana
D)Bihar
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
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