More Questions on Indian Politics
- 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. 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. Which act provides for the disqualification of members of the Parliament or State Legislature for indulging in corrupt practices?
A)Government of India Act, 1935
B)Quo Warranto
C)The Representation of People Act, 1951
D)None of these
Answer: The Representation of People Act, 1951
- Q. Who among the following is a part of political executive?
A)Secretary of Ministry of defence
B)District Magistrate
C)Finance Minister
D)Superintendent of Police
Answer: Finance Minister
- Q. In which of the following Articles there is provision of “Right to Equality”?
A)Article-19
B)Article-14
C)Article-20
D)Article-21
Answer: Article-14
- Q. Who was in favour of a democracy without parties-
A)Bhupendra Nath Dutta
B)Jay Prakash Narayan
C)M.N.Roy
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Jay Prakash Narayan
- Q. Who is the first law officer of the country?
A)Attorney General
B)Chief Justice of India
C)Law Minister
D)Solicitor General
Answer: Attorney General
- Q. In which year, the name of Laccadive, Minicoy and Aminidivi Islands was changed in Lakshadweep by parliamentary act?
A)1971
B)1973
C)1970
D)1972
Answer: 1973
- Q. Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?
A)Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B)G. V. Mavalankar
C)M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
D)Dr. P.V. Cherian
Answer: G. V. Mavalankar
- Q. The retired judge of High Court is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in-
A)Any court in India
B)Supreme Court
C)High Courts
D)The High Court where he retired from
Answer: The High Court where he retired from
- Q. Which was the first non-communist country to recognize communist China in 1950?
A)India
B)Pakistan
C)Sri Lanka
D)Nepal
Answer: India
- Q. The success of Democracy depends on-
A)Right to unity
B)The right to oppose
C)Right to individual liberty
D)Right to property
Answer: The right to oppose
- Q. Which writ is issued by a High Court or the Supreme Court to compel an authority to perform a function that it was not performing?
A)Writ of Habeas Corpus
B)Writ of Certiorari
C)Writ of Mandamus
D)Writ of Quo Warranto
Answer: Writ of Mandamus
- Q. Who was the first woman Chif Justice of a High Court of a state if India?
A)Fathima Beevi
B)Sunanda Bhandare
C)Leila Seth
D)Anna Chandy
Answer: Leila Seth
- Q. In which of the form, composite India has been described in the constitution?
A)Semi Federal
B)A Union State
C)Federation of States and Territories
D)Partly Unitary and Partly Federal
Answer: A Union State
- Q. Which of the following committee had recommended a report for forming the institution of Lokpal and Lokayukta-
A)Gorwala Report
B)First Administrative Reform Commission
C)Ashok Mehta Committee
D)The Appleby Report
Answer: First Administrative Reform Commission
- Q. Which Article of the Indian Constitution did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar term as the “Heart and Soul of the Indian Constitution”?
A)Article 19
B)Article 14
C)Article 356
D)Article 32
Answer: Article 32
- Q. The National Green Tribunal looks after the cases related with-
A)Cases related to conservation and security of historical sites
B)Criminal Cases
C)Civil Cases
D)Environment and Forest Conservation
Answer: Environment and Forest Conservation
- Q. Which of the following writs/ orders of the High Court/Supreme Court is sought to get an order of an authority quashed?
A)Certiorari
B)Mandamus
C)Quo Warranto
D)Habeas corpus
Answer: Certiorari
- Q. Which of the following constitutional Amendments gave a constitutional status to Urban Bodies-
A)72nd
B)71st
C)73rd
D)74th
Answer: 74th
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