More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Who said this “Good citizen makes good state and bad citizen makes bad state”-
A)Rousseau
B)Plato
C)Aristotle
D)Laski
Answer: Plato
- Q. The Presidential Government operates on the principles of-
A)Centralisation of Powers
B)Division of powers between centre and states
C)Balance of Powers
D)Separation of powers
Answer: Separation of powers
- Q. What is the basis of classification of governments as unitary and federal?
A)Relationship between executive and judiciary
B)Relationship between legislature and executive
C)Relationship between the centre and states
D)Relationship between the legislature, executive and judicial wings of government
Answer: Relationship between the centre and states
- Q. How is the President of India elected?
A)By single transferable vote
B)Directly by public voting
C)By secondary voting system
D)All options are correct
Answer: By single transferable vote
- Q. Which Article of the Indian constitution defines the duties of the Chief Minister?
A)Article-163
B)Article-166
C)Article-167
D)Article-164
Answer: Article-167
- Q. The highest law officer in India is:
A)Additional General
B)Advocate General
C)Attorney General
D)None of these
Answer: Attorney General
- Q. Sikkim was made the full fledged state of Union of India by :
A)The 37th constitutional Amendment Act (1975).
B)The 35th constitutional Amendment Act (1975).
C)The 38th constitutional Amendment Act (1975).
D)The 36th constitutional Amendment Act (1975).
Answer: The 36th constitutional Amendment Act (1975).
- Q. The writ issued by the court to enquire into the legality of claim of a person to a public office (and thereby preventing illegal usurpation of that office) is known as :
A)Quo warranto
B)Mandamus
C)Prohibition
D)Habeas Corpus
Answer: Quo warranto
- Q. Bicameral Legislature means-
A)Lower and Upper Chamber
B)Primary and secondary legislature
C)Lok Adalats and Courts
D)Elected as well as selected members
Answer: Lower and Upper Chamber
- 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. Preamble enshrines the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity – ideals inspired by the
A)Irish Revolution
B)Russian Revolution
C)French Revolution
D)US Constitution
Answer: French Revolution
- Q. Fundamental rights can be suspended by-
A)President
B)Governor
C)Law Minister
D)Prime Minister
Answer: President
- Q. When was the first Central Legislative Assembly constituted-
A)1923
B)1922
C)1921
D)1920
Answer: 1921
- Q. Name of qountry from which the consititution features of procedures for amendment was borrowed by India-
A)America
B)Britain
C)South Africa
D)Germany
Answer: South Africa
- Q. The Chief Minister is appointed by-
A)President
B)Governor
C)Chief Justice of Supreme Court
D)Chief Justice of High Court
Answer: Governor
- Q. According to Indian constitution Right to property is-
A)Natural right
B)Fundamental right
C)Legal right
D)Moral right
Answer: Legal right
- Q. “Person, who do not live in any state is either a Saint or an Animal” whose statement is this-
A)Angles
B)Montesquieu
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. The tenure of the members of Lok Sabha is for how many years?
A)9
B)11
C)7
D)5
Answer: 5
- Q. Which of the following is not related to Parliament-
A)Adjournment
B)Closure
C)Censure
D)Suspension
Answer: Suspension
- Q. Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution, became applicable in-
A)1949
B)1950
C)1951
D)1952
Answer: 1949
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