More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Article 359 of the Constitution authorizes the president of India to suspend the right to move any court for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights during :
A)A failure of constitutional machinery in States
B)A National Emergency
C)A financial emergency
D)None of Above
Answer: A National Emergency
- Q. Which of the following constitutional Amendments gave a constitutional status to Urban Bodies-
A)72nd
B)71st
C)73rd
D)74th
Answer: 74th
- Q. The Vice President of India is elected by-
A)Members of Rajya Sabha
B)The members of Parliament
C)Elected members of Parliament
D)Members of State Legislature and Parliament
Answer: The members of Parliament
- 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. 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 maximum number of elected members of Lok Sabha can be-
A)545
B)530
C)540
D)550
Answer: 550
- Q. Article-231 of the Indian Constitution “Establishment of a common High Court for two or more States” deals with?
A)The Directive Principles of State Policy
B)The State Government
C)The Union Government
D)The fundamental rghts of the Indian Citizen
Answer: The State Government
- Q. The method of amending the constitution by popular veto is found in-
A)Switzerland
B)Britain
C)Russia
D)India
Answer: Switzerland
- Q. The Parliament exercises control over council of ministers, the real executive, in several ways. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a method of control over executive?
A)Supplementary questions
B)Questions
C)Adjournment motions
D)None of the above
Answer: None of the above
- Q. The Supreme Court of India was set up-
A)By the law of parliament
B)By the Constitution
C)By a Presidential Order
D)By the Act of 1947
Answer: By the Constitution
- Q. The President of India enjoys emergency powers of-
A)two types
B)four types
C)five types
D)three types
Answer: three types
- Q. The phrase ‘procedure established by the law’ means
A)judges in India can question the fairness or validity of an undue law even if it is within the limits of the constitution
B)the judges in India cannot question the fairness or validity of a law, provided it is within the limits of the constitution
C)judges in India can declare a law invalid simply because in their opinion the law is not due or is unjust
D)None of the above
Answer: the judges in India cannot question the fairness or validity of a law, provided it is within the limits of the constitution
- 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. Which Country has the first woman Prime Minister in the world-
A)Sri Lanka
B)India
C)Israel
D)Pakistan
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. In which year were the Indian states reorganised on the linguistic basis?
A)1951
B)1947
C)1956
D)1966
Answer: 1956
- 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. Who appoits the judges of the Supreme Court of India?
A)Chief Justice
B)President
C)Prime Minister
D)Council of Ministers
Answer: President
- Q. The state Reorganization commission was appointed in 1953 under the chairmanship of :
A)Kelkar
B)Fazl Ali
C)Mondal
D)Zakir Husain
Answer: Fazl Ali
- Q. During Financial Emergency all money bills passed by the state legislature are to be reserved for the consideration of the-
A)Prime Minister
B)Governor
C)Parliament
D)President
Answer: President
- Q. The Superme Court at Calcutta was established by-
A)Pitts India Act of 1784
B)Regulating Act of 1773
C)Charter Act of 1793
D)Charter Act of 1813
Answer: Regulating Act of 1773
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