More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. The salaries and allowances payable to the Members of the Parliament are decided by the-
A)Cabinet
B)President
C)Parliament
D)Finance Commission
Answer: Parliament
- Q. Which of the following is not a feature of centralized government?
A)Judicial Review
B)Dependent State
C)Single Government
D)Flexible Constitution
Answer: Judicial Review
- Q. In India, Prime Minister can hold his post till, he has-
A)Confidence of Rajya Sabha
B)Support of armed forces
C)Confidence of Lok Sabha
D)Support of people
Answer: Confidence of Lok Sabha
- Q. Which of the following committee is not a permanent committee of the Parliament-
A)Estimates committee
B)Public accounts committee
C)Committee on public undertaking
D)Advisory committee of finance ministry
Answer: Advisory committee of finance ministry
- Q. Who can send a matter to Supreme Court for consultation under Article-143?
A)Governor
B)President of India
C)Deputy governor
D)President and governor
Answer: President of India
- Q. Which article declares that all laws that are inconsistent with or in derogation of any of the fundamental rights shall be void?
A)Article 23
B)Article 3
C)Article 33
D)Article 13
Answer: Article 13
- Q. How many fundamental rights were there in the beginning?
A)Seven
B)Six
C)Four
D)Five
Answer: Seven
- Q. Which of the following is the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha-
A)Sonia Gandhi
B)Meera Kumar
C)Sushma Swaraj
D)Margret Alva
Answer: Meera Kumar
- Q. Who wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj- Our leaders are divided into two parties: the moderates and the extremists. These may be considered as the slow party and the impatient party. Some call the Moderates the timid party and the extremists the bold party.’
A)Mahatma Gandhi.
B)J. Joshi
C)Barendra Ghosh
D)Pandit Jawahar Lal Neharu
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi.
- Q. A motion that seeks to reduce the amount of demand presented by government to Rs. 1/- is known as-
A)Token cut
B)Disapproval of policy cut
C)Economy cut
D)Vote on account
Answer: Disapproval of policy cut
- Q. In which year was the Prevention of terrorism Act (POTA)enacted?
A)2001
B)2000
C)2002
D)2003
Answer: 2002
- Q. To whom, “The Union Public Service Commission presents its report”-
A)Parliament
B)President
C)Lok Sabha
D)Rajya Sabha
Answer: President
- Q. Who is the Supreme Civil Officer of Central Government-
A)Cabinet Secretary
B)Attorney General
C)Home Secretary
D)Principle Secretary of Prime Minister
Answer: Cabinet Secretary
- Q. The pardoning power of the president in India as enshrined in the Article 72 of the constitution of India includes :
A)pardon, commutation
B)remission, respite, reprieve
C)pardon, commutation, remission, respite, reprieve
D)commutation
Answer: pardon, commutation, remission, respite, reprieve
- Q. President of India can be re-elected
A)Two terms
B)For any number of terms
C)Three Terms
D)Five Terms
Answer: For any number of terms
- Q. A proclamation of emergency, under Article-352, on account of war or aggression requires approval of the parliament within-
A)Two months
B)One month
C)Four months
D)Six months
Answer: One month
- Q. Which part of the Constitution of India deals with special provisions to SCs, STs, OBCs and Anglo-Indians ?
A)Part 6 (Article 152 to 237).
B)Part 16 (Article 330 to 342).
C)Part 18 (Article 352 to 360).
D)Part 14A (Article 323A to 323B).
Answer: Part 16 (Article 330 to 342).
- Q. Who among the following issues a notification for prorogation of legislative session?
A)Chairman
B)Speaker
C)President
D)Prime Minister
Answer: President
- Q. How many times have the President declared National emergency-
A)Twice
B)Once
C)Thrice
D)Never
Answer: Thrice
- Q. Which among the following Article of the Indian Constitution provides for State emergency and suspends constitutional arrangement in a State?
A)Article-356
B)Article-352
C)Article-389
D)Article-392
Answer: Article-356
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