More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. What Constitutional provision enables the Central Government to provide reservations in jobs and educational institutions for the weaker sections of the society?
A)Article-16
B)Article-14
C)Article-46
D)Article-19
Answer: Article-16
- Q. Which of the article ensures that Directive principles of state policy cannot be enforced by any court?
A)Article-38
B)Article-31
C)Article-37
D)Article-39
Answer: Article-37
- Q. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the
A)Supreme Court
B)Parliament
C)High courts
D)Election Commission
Answer: High courts
- Q. The number of writs that can be prayed for and issued by the Supreme Court and/or a High Court is
A)4
B)3
C)5
D)6
Answer: 5
- Q. Who is the constitutional head of the Indian government?
A)Prime Minister
B)President
C)Chief justice of India
D)Attorney general
Answer: President
- Q. To be eligible as Vice-president a person should have completed:
A)20 years of age
B)30 years of age
C)25 years of age
D)35 years of age
Answer: 35 years of age
- Q. In how many ways Indian citizenship can be lost?
A)Two
B)One
C)Three
D)Four
Answer: Three
- Q. The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an Act of Parliament in
A)1971
B)1970
C)1972
D)1973
Answer: 1973
- Q. Article 19 of the Indian Constitution provides-
A)7 freedoms
B)6 freedoms
C)8 freedoms
D)9 freedoms
Answer: 6 freedoms
- Q. “Shimla Pact” between India and Pakistan is in-
A)2001
B)1972
C)1965
D)1971
Answer: 1972
- Q. Who served for the longest period of time as the Chief Minister of a state-
A)Pawan Kumar Chamling
B)Naveen Patnaik
C)Jyoti Basu
D)Nitish Kumar
Answer: Pawan Kumar Chamling
- Q. How many types of emergency is provisioned in the constitution-
A)2
B)1
C)3
D)4
Answer: 3
- Q. ___ is issued when the court finds that a particular office holder is not doing legal duty and thereby is infringing on the right of an individual.
A)Mandamus
B)Habeas Corpus
C)Prohibition
D)Quo-Warranto
Answer: Mandamus
- Q. Any member of Union Public Service Commission can be removed by-
A)Prime Minister
B)President
C)Chief Justice of Supreme Court
D)Chairman of UPSC
Answer: President
- Q. The citizenship Act 1955 prescribes way of losing citizenship whether acquired under the Act or prior to it under the Constitution, viz :
A)Termination
B)Renunciation
C)Deprivation
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- 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. The Committee appointed in 1977 to review working of the Panchayati Raj was chaired by-
A)Ashok Mehta
B)Balwant Rai Mehta
C)K.N. Katju
D)Jagjivan Ram
Answer: Ashok Mehta
- Q. ____ goverment is better than other forms of government because it allows us to correct its own mistake.
A)Monarchic
B)Democratic
C)Authoritarian
D)Autocratic
Answer: Democratic
- Q. The President of India can issue a proclamation of National Emergency only on the written recommendation of-
A)The Cabinet consisting of only Cabinet Ministers of the Union
B)The Prime Minister
C)The Council of Ministers of the Union
D)Parliament
Answer: The Cabinet consisting of only Cabinet Ministers of the Union
- Q. Financial Emergency can be declared by applying-
A)Article-361
B)Article-360
C)Artilce-370
D)Article-371
Answer: Article-360
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