More Questions on Indian Politics
- Q. Under which pardoning power of the President, duration of sentence is reduced without changing its character?
A)Remission
B)Commutation
C)Respite
D)Reprieve
Answer: Remission
- Q. Rajasthan is the first state which-
A)Started Mandal System
B)Implemented Local Self Governance
C)Started direct election of chairperson
D)Started indirect election of chairperson
Answer: Implemented Local Self Governance
- Q. The president of India has the same constitution powers which have-
A)President of USA
B)British crown
C)President of Pakistan
D)President of France
Answer: British crown
- 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. The system of Budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of-
A)Dalhousie
B)Canning
C)Ripon
D)Elgin
Answer: Canning
- Q. The states of India are demanding more autonomy than centre in the areas of-
A)Administrative
B)Legislative
C)Financial
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. The Ninth Schedule to the Indian constitution was added by-
A)Eighth Amendment
B)First Amendment
C)Ninth Amendment
D)Forty Second Amendment
Answer: First Amendment
- Q. Who is the chairman of planning commission?
A)Prime Minister
B)President
C)Finance Minister
D)Vice President
Answer: Prime Minister
- Q. The convention that “once a speaker always a speaker” is followed in-
A)USA
B)UK
C)France
D)India
Answer: UK
- Q. How many Schedules are there in the Constitution of India?
A)10
B)9
C)11
D)12
Answer: 12
- Q. Which article of Indian constitution has the provision for National Emergency?
A)Article 352
B)Article 350
C)Article 312
D)Article 280
Answer: Article 352
- Q. Emergency provisions in Indian Constitution has been taken from-
A)Government of India Act 1935
B)British constitution
C)Irish constitution
D)Japanese constitution
Answer: Government of India Act 1935
- Q. What is the maximum age limit for the President post of India?
A)60 years
B)58 years
C)62 years
D)No age limit
Answer: No age limit
- Q. A writ of ____ means that the court orders that the arrested person should be presented before it.
A)Mandamus
B)Habeas Corpus
C)Prohibition
D)Quo-Warranto
Answer: Habeas Corpus
- Q. Who administers the oath of office to the President?
A)Speaker of Lok Sabha
B)Chief Justice of India
C)Vice-President
D)Prime Minister
Answer: Chief Justice of India
- Q. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as :
A)Yielding the floor
B)Crossing the floor
C)Point of Order
D)Calling Attention Motion
Answer: Yielding the floor
- Q. What is the meaning of “Judicial Review” of Supreme Court-
A)Review of the functioning of judiciary in country
B)Review of its own verdict
C)Review of constitutional validity of laws
D)Timely review of constitution
Answer: Review of constitutional validity of laws
- Q. Which of the following is the inalienable attribute of the parliamentary system of government?
A)Fusion of Executive and Legislature
B)Flexibility of the Constitution
C)Judicial Supremacy
D)Parliamentary Sovereignty
Answer: Fusion of Executive and Legislature
- Q. The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms was
A)to give more powers to local government
B)extension of provincial assemblies
C)to abolish the post of secretary of the state for India
D)to establish diarchy in provinces
Answer: extension of provincial assemblies
- Q. Who among the following is the ex-officio chairman of the NITI Aayog in India?
A)Prime Minister
B)President
C)Vice President
D)Finance Minister
Answer: Prime Minister
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