The Government of India act,
Ambedkar
1919 was known as:
(1) Morley- Minto Reforms
(2) Wavell Reforms
(3) Mont -Ford Reforms
(4) Mountbatten Reforms
Correct Answere: Mont -Ford
Reforms
Through which of following
Charter Acts,the Governor
General of Bengal became the
Governor-General of India
(1) The Regulating Act of 1773
(2) The Charter Act of 1813
(3) The Charter Act of 1833
(4) The Charter Act of 1853
Correct Answere: The Charter
Act of 1833
Which Act had introduced the
dyarchical system in the Indian
provinces?
(1) The Indian Councils Act,1892
(2) The Indian Councils Act,1909
(3) The Government of India
Act,1919
(4) The Government of Indid Act
,1935
Correct Answere: The
Government of India Act,1919
The Government of India
Act,1935 had:
(1) 451 clauses and 15
schedules
(2) 401 clauses and 15
schedules
(3) 301 clauses and 15
schedules
(4) 421 clauses and 15
schedules
Correct Answere: 451 clauses
and 15 schedules
One of the following is rightly
described as the Magna Carta
of local government in India
(1) Montagu's Declaration,1917
(2) Ripon's Resolution,1882
(3) C.R.Formula,1945
(4) Mountbatten Plan,1947
Correct Answere: Ripon's
Resolution,1882
One of the following groups
sought mere reforms in
social,economic and political
life
(1) The moderate congressmen
(2) The extremist congressmen
(3) The revolutionaries in India
(4) The Swarajists
Correct Answere: The moderate
congressmen
The idea a Constituent
Assembly to frame a
Constitution for India was first
mooted by
(1) M.n.Roy in 1927
(2) The indian National Congress
in 1936
(3) The Muslim League in 1942
(4) The All-Parties Conference in
1946
Correct Answere: M.n.Roy in
1927
Who acted as the Chairman of
the Drafting Commitee of the
Constituent Assembly?
(1) B.R.Ambedkar
(2) C.Rajagopalachari
(3) Rajendra Prasad
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answere: B.R.
The Objectives
Resolution,which outlined the
philosophy of the Indian
Constitution,was moved in the
Constituent Assembly by
(1) Dr.S.Radhakrishanan
(2) Dr.Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru
(4) B.R.Ambedkar
Correct Answere: Jawaharlal
Nehru
Who of the following acted as
the Constitutional Advisor to
the Constituent Assembly?
(1) V.P.Menon
(2) Dr.Rajendra Prasad
(3) B.N.Rau
(4) Dr.Sahhidananad Sinha
Correct Answere: B.N.Rau
January 26 was selected as the
date for the inauguratoin of the
Constitutional because
(1) It was considered to be an
auspicious day
(2) On that day the Quit India
Movement was started in 1942
(3) The Cogress had observed it
as the Independence Day in
1930
(4) none of the above
Correct Answere: The Cogress
had observed it as the
Independence Day in 1930
January 26 was selected as the
date for the inauguratoin of the
Constitutional because
(1) It was considered to be an
auspicious day
(2) On that day the Quit India
Movement was started in 1942
(3) The Cogress had observed it
as the Independence Day in
1930
(4) none of the above
Correct Answere: The Cogress
had observed it as the
Independence Day in 1930
Who hadsaid that the
Preamble is the keynote to the
Constitution?
(1) Ernest Barker
(2) K.M.Munshi
(3) B.R.Ambedkar
(4) D.D.Basu
Correct Answere: Ernest Barker
India borrowed the idea of
Directive Principles of State
Policy from the Constitution of
(1) The Weimar Republic of
Germany
(2) The Irish Free State(Now the
Republic of Ireland)
(3) The South African
Constitution
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: The Irish Free
State(Now the Republic of
Ireland)
The Preamble to the Indian
Constitution reads:
(1) We,the people of
India,adopt,enact and give to
India this Constitution.
(2) We,the members of the
Constitument
Assembly,adopt,enact and give
to ourselves this Constitution.
(3) We,the citizens of
India,adopt,enact and give to
ourselves Constitution
(4) we,the people of India,in our
Constituent Assebly adopt,enact
and give to ourselves this
Constitution
Correct Answere: We,the
people of India,adopt,enact and
give to India this Constitution.
In which case the Supreme
Court gave a ruling that the
Preamble was a part of the
Constitution?
(1) Golak Nath case
(2) Berubari case
(3) Kesavananada Bharati case
(4) All of the above cases
Correct Answere: Kesavananada
Bharati case
The reference to the National
Capital Territory of Delhi is
found in
(1) Article 239A
(2) Article 239AA
(3) Article 239B
(4) Article 239BB
Correct Answere: Article 239AA
The framers of the Indian
Constitution,were inspired by
many other Constitutions.how
did the British political system
inspired them?Which one of
the following is correct?
(1) The chapter on the
Fundamental Rights
(2) Law-making procedure
(3) Directive Principles of state
Policy
(4) Emergency Provisions
Correct Answere: Law-making
procedure
Nehru's Objectives Resolution
reflected the perception of the
Constituent Assembly as
(1) India to be a secular and a
socialist state
(2) India to be a welfare state
(3) India to be a sovereign
independent republic
(4) India to be a dominion state
Correct Answere: India to be a
sovereign independent republic
Arrange the requence in which
the following terms appear in
the Preamble of the
Constitution of India:
(1) Sovereign,Socialist
,Secular,Democratic,Republic
(2)
Sovereign,Secular,Socialist,Dem
ocratic,Republic
(3)
Sovereign,Democratic,Socialist,S
ecular,Republic.
(4)
Sovereign,Socialist,Democratic,S
ecular,Republic
Correct Answere:
Sovereign,Socialist
,Secular,Democratic,Republic
The following pair of words
were incorporated in the
Constitution through the 42nd
Amendment
(1) Socialist -Secular
(2) Sovereign-Secular
(3) Secular-Democratic
(4) Democratic-Republic
Correct Answere: Socialist -
Secular
In which of the following
case,did the supreme Court of
India pronounce the verdict
that the basic structure of the
Constitution of India can not be
amended by Parliament?
(1) Shankari Prasad v.Union of
India,1952.
(2) Golaknath v.State of
punjab,1967.
(3) Kesavananada Bharti v.State
of Kerala,1973.
(4) Minerva Mills Ltd. v.Union of
India,1980
Correct Answere: Kesavananada
Bharti v.State of Kerala,1973.
The amendments in the Indian
Constitution,till 2010,members
as under:
(1) 93
(2) 94
(3) 95
(4) 96
Correct Answere: 95
Which of the following two
words were added in
chronological order to the
Preamble through 42nd
amendment?
(1) Secular,and Socialist
(2) Socialist,and Secular
(3) Socialist,and Sovereign
(4) Sovereign,and Secular
Correct Answere: Socialist,and
Secular
Of the following whom do you
descride the supreme?
(1) The President of India
(2) The Constitution of India
(3) The Central Government
(4) The State Governments
Correct Answere: The
Constitution of India
In the integration of the
princaly states,the following
played a major role:
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru and
Vallabhbhai Patel
(2) Vallabhbhai Patel and
V.P.Menon
(3) S.K.Dhar and Fazl Ali
(4) Pannikar and Kunzru
Correct Answere: Vallabhbhai
Patel and V.P.Menon
JVP Committee consisted of the
following:
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru and
Vallabh Pant,Prasad(Rajendra)
(2) Jawharlal Nehru,Vallabhbhai
Patel,Pattabhi Sitarammayya
(3) Jawaharlal
Nehru,V.P.Singh,Parshotamlal
Tandon
(4) Jawaharlal
Nehru,V.P.Singh,Pattabhi
Sitaramayya
Correct Answere: Jawharlal
Nehru,Vallabhbhai
Patel,Pattabhi Sitarammayya
Which of the following men do
not match with the Commitee
of the Constituent Assembly?
(1) Credential Committee:Aladi
K.Ayyar
(2) States Commitee :Nehru
(3) Drafting
Committee:Ambedkar
(4) Union Constitution
Committee:Patel
Correct Answere: Union
Constitution Committee:Patel
One of the following was once
an associated state of the
Union of India and later
became a full-fledged state:
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Sikkim
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) Jharkhand
Correct Answere: Sikkim
'A' was born in New York but
his mother had been ordinarily
living in India for not less than
five years immediately
preceding the Cinstitution.Will
A be a
(1) Citizen of India
(2) Citizen of USA and India
(3) Neither a citizen of India nor
of the UAS
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Citizen of
India
From whence the Governor-
General came to be called the
Viceroy of India
(1) The Act of 1858
(2) The Act of 1853
(3) The Act of 1861
(4) The Act of 1892
Correct Answere: The Act of
1861
Dicky Bird Plan is also known
as:
(1) Cripps Plan
(2) Cabinet Mission Plan
(3) Wavell Plan
(4) Mountbatten Plan
Correct Answere: Mountbatten
Plan
Select the correct chronological
sequence of the movement
launched by Gandhi.
(1) Non-Cooperation-Civil
Disobedience,Quit India
(2) Civil Disobedience-Quit
India-Non-cooperation
(3) Non-Cooperation-Quit India-
Civil Disobedience
(4) Quit India-Non-cooperation-
Civil Disobedience
Correct Answere: Non-
Cooperation-Civil
Disobedience,Quit India
Who among of the following
was the first Indian to qualify
the Civil Services examanation?
(1) Surendranath Benerjee
(2) Satyendranath Tagore
(3) Ramesh Chandra Dutt
(4) Aurobinbo Ghosh
Correct Answere:
Satyendranath Tagore
In one of the following
Congress session,the resolution
on 'Swaraj' was passed.Who
was the President of the
Congress then?
(1) Lala lajpat Rai
(2) Ras Behari Bose
(3) Gopal Krishan Gokhale
(4) Dadabhai Naoroji
Correct Answere: Dadabhai
Naoroji
Who among the following is a
Gandhian
(1) J.P.Narayan,Motilal
Nehru,Subash Bose
(2) Vinoda
Bhave,J.P.Narayan,Jawaharlal
Nehru
(3) Vinoda Bhave,Jawaharlal
Nehru,Subhash Bose
(4) Vallabhai Patel,Vinoda
Bhave,J.P.Narayan
Correct Answere: Vinoda
Bhave,J.P.Narayan,Jawaharlal
Nehru
In the Constitution of India,the
term'federation'figures
(1) In the Preamble
(2) Nowhere
(3) In part III of the Constitution
(4) In Article 368 if the
Constitution
Correct Answere: Nowhere
The Factory Act restricting the
working hours of women and
children,and authorising local
governments to make
necessary rules was adopted
during whose time?
(1) Lord Lytton
(2) Lord Bentinck
(3) Lord Ripon
(4) Lord Canning
Correct Answere: Lord Ripon
Which one of the following is
the correct chronological order
of the formation of the
following as full states of the
Indian Union?
(1) Sikkim-Arunachal-Nagaland-
Haryana
(2) Nagaland_Haryana_Sikkim-
Arunachal
(3) Sikkim-Haryana-Nagaland-
Arunachal
(4) Nagaland-Arunachal-Sikkim-
Haryana
Correct Answere:
Nagaland_Haryana_Sikkim-
Arunachal
Who wrote the book-"The
Story of the Integration of the
Indian States"?
(1) B.N.Rau
(2) C.Rajagopalachari
(3) Krishana Menon
(4) V.P.Menon
Correct Answere: V.P.Menon
Who was the Viceroy of India
when the Rowlatt Act was
passed?
(1) Lord Irwin
(2) Lord Reading
(3) Lord Chelmsford
(4) Lord Wavell
Correct Answere: Lord
Chelmsford
In which of the following
judicial decisions,did the
Supreme Court hold that India
was not truly federal?
(1) Gopalan v State of Madras
(2) Motilal v State of Uttar
Pradesh
(3) The State of West Bengal v
Union of india
(4) M.H.Qureshi v State of Bihar
Correct Answere: The State of
West Bengal v Union of india
Under whose presidency was
the Lahore Session of the
Indian National Congress held
in 1929 wherein a resolution
for complete independence
from the British was adopted?
(1) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(3) Jawharlal Nehru
(4) Motilal Nehru
Correct Answere: Jawharlal
Nehru
At which one of the following
places did Mahatma Gandhi
first start his Satyagraha in
India?
(1) Ahmedabad
(2) Bardoli
(3) Champaran
(4) Kheda
Correct Answere: Champaran
Which one of the following
aroused a wave of popular
indignation that led to the
massacre by the British at
Jallianlwala Bagh?
(1) The Arms Act
(2) The Public Safety Act
(3) The Rowlatt Act
(4) The Vernacular Press Act
Correct Answere: The Rowlatt
Act
During the Indian Freedom
struggle,who of the following
raised an army called"Free
Indian Legion"?
(1) Lala Hardyal
(2) Rashbehari Bose
(3) Subhas Chandra Bose
(4) V.D.Savarkar
Correct Answere: Subhas
Chandra Bose
Through which one of the
following Articles of the
Constitution,is the bill
regarding alterations of the
boundaries in any state of the
Indian Union drafted?
(1) Article 1
(2) Article 2
(3) Article 3
(4) Article 4
Correct Answere: Article 3
Which one of the following was
a journal brought out by Abual
Kalam Azad?
(1) Al-Hilal
(2) Comrade
(3) The Indian Sociologist
(4) Zamindar
Correct Answere: Al-Hilal
In the context of the Indian
Freedom Struggle,16th
october,1905 is weell known
for which one of the following
reasons?
(1) Swdeshi Movement was
procllaimed in Calcutta town
hall
(2) Partition of Bengal took
effect
(3) Dadabhai Naroji declared
that the goal of the Congerss
was Swaraj
(4) Tilak started the Home Rule
Movement in Pona
Correct Answere: Partition of
Bengal took effect
In collaboration with David
Hare and Adexander duff,who
of the following established
Hindu College at Calcutta?
(1) vivian Derozio
(2) Vidyasagar
(3) K.C,Sen
(4) Rammohan Roy
Correct Answere: Rammohan
Roy
In addition to the President
who else takes the oath to
preserve,protect and defend
the Constitution?
(1) Prime Minister
(2) Governor of the State
(3) Member of Parliament
(4) Union Minister
Correct Answere: Governor of
the State
The following Schedule of the
Constitution deals with the
provisions relating to
disqualification on ground of
defection?
(1) Ninth
(2) Tenth
(3) Eleventh
(4) Twelth
Correct Answere: Tenth
The Ninth Schedule contains
certain laws passed by the
various States which make
them part of the
Constitution.Their number runs
into the following?
(1) 281
(2) 282
(3) 284
(4) 285
Correct Answere: 284
Which one of the following is
not the language incorporated
in the eighth schedule
(1) Sindhi
(2) Bodo
(3) Mathilli
(4) Santhali
Correct Answere: Sindhi
Which one of the follwing is
true about the application of
tha Directive Principle of State
Policy(Article 37)
(1) The Courts can take action
against the state if it does not
enfore them.
(2) The Directive principles are
not enforceable by any court
(3) The State has limited
authority to enforce these
principles
(4) The State can make laws on
these principles with prior
sanction of the courts
Correct Answere: The Directive
principles are not enforceable
by any court
Which reference to Indian
freedom struggle,Usha Mehta
is well-known for
(1) Running the secret Congerss
Radio in the wake of Quit India
Movement
(2) Participating in the Second
Round table Conference
(3) Leading a contingent of India
National Army
(4) Assisting in the formation of
Interim Givernment under
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answere: Running the
secret Congerss Radio in the
wake of Quit India Movement
Articles 51A incorporates the
Fundamental Duties.One of the
following duty is not covered
by this Article?
(1) To ender military service
when called upon to do so
(2) To protect the integrity of
India
(3) To adjure violence
(4) To preserve our following
composite culture
Correct Answere: To ender
military service when called
upon to do so
Bhikaji Cama co-founded the
following with Singh Rewabhai
Rana and Munchershah
Burjoriji Godrej?
(1) London Indian Society
(2) Paris Indian Society
(3) New York Indian Society
(4) Bombay Indian Society
Correct Answere: Paris Indian
Society
In which of the following
judicial decisions has
prohibition of sexual
harassment at workplace been
condemned?
(1) Romesh Thapur v State of
Bombay
(2) Madhorao sciendia v Union
of India
(3) Maneka Gandhi v Unnion of
India
(4) Vishaka v state of Rajasthan
Correct Answere: Vishaka v
state of Rajasthan
Right to work is incorporated in
the chapter on Directive
Principles.Which is the Article
that deals with the said right?
(1) Article 45
(2) Article 41
(3) Article 21A
(4) Article 39
Correct Answere: Article 41
One of the following led the
Rani of Jhansi regiment as part
of the Indian National Army of
Subhas Bose
(1) Sarojini Nayudu
(2) Sucheta kripalani
(3) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
(4) Lakshmi Swamanathan
Correct Answere: Lakshmi
Swamanathan
Jawaharlal Nehru had started
the publication of?
(1) National Herald
(2) National Gazette
(3) National Chronicle
(4) National Review
Correct Answere: National
Herald
Right to Vote in India is a?
(1) Natural right
(2) Legal right
(3) Fundamental right
(4) Constitutional right
Correct Answere: Constitutional
right
What does thev 108th
Constitution Amendment Bill
relate to?
(1) Establishement of a new
Commission for minorities with
a constitutional status
(2) Reservation of one-third
seats in the Parliament and in
the state legislatures for women
(3) Change in the name of
Orissa to Odisha
(4) Formation of National
Judical Commission
Correct Answere: Reservation of
one-third seats in the
Parliament and in the state
legislatures for women
Which amendment seeks to
extend reservation for the
Scheduled Castes,Tribes and
Anglo-Indian upto January
2020?
(1) 95th
(2) 94th
(3) 93rd
(4) 92nd
Correct Answere: 95th
Who used the phrase "Un-
British"to criticise the English
colonial control of India?
(1) Anandmohan Bose
(2) Badruddin Tyabji
(3) Dadabhai Naroji
(4) Pherozeshah Metha
Correct Answere: Dadabhai
Naroji
Who among the following gave
a systematic critique of the
moderate politicsof the
Congrees in an Article New
Lamps for Old?
(1) Aurobindo Ghosh
(2) R.C.Dutt
(3) Syed Ahmad Khan
(4) Viraraghavachari
Correct Answere: Aurobindo
Ghosh
Which of the following
amendments increased the
number of languages to 22 in
the 8th schedule?
(1) Ninety-First
(2) Ninety-Second
(3) Ninety-Third
(4) Ninety-Fourth
Correct Answere: Ninety-
Second
The following is not true about
the Kesavananda Bharati case?
(1) Article 368 contains the
power and the procedure for
amending the Constitution
(2) Parliament can not damage
the basic structure of the
Constitution
(3) The Golaknath case had
been rightly decided
(4) Seven of the thirteen judges
had signaed the summary
judgment
Correct Answere: The
Golaknath case had been rightly
decided
One of the following does not
constitute a basic structure
decided?
(1) Republic from of
government
(2) Supremacy of the
Constitution
(3) Law-making procedure in
the Parliament
(4) Federal character of the
Indian Polity
Correct Answere: Law-making
procedure in the Parliament
In one of the following
cases,the basic structure
doctrine was not affirmed?
(1) M.C.Mehta v. Union of India
2001
(2) Waman Rao v.Union of India
1981
(3) Kesavananda Bharati case
1973
(4) Minerva Mills case 1984
Correct Answere: M.C.Mehta v.
Union of India 2001
In one of the following
cases,the basic structures were
described as systematic
principles underlying and
connecting provisions of the
Constitution?
(1) Nagaraj v.Union of India-
2007
(2) The Minerva Mills case-1980
(3) Golaknath case-1967
(4) Waman Rao case-1981
Correct Answere: Nagaraj
v.Union of India-2007
Under the Constitution of India
,which one of the following is
not a fundemental duty?
(1) To vote in public elections
(2) To develop the scientific
temper
(3) To safeguard the publc
property
(4) To abide by the Constitution
and respect its ideals
Correct Answere: To vote in
public elections
Article 21 of the Constitution
includes the following?
(1) Right to trade or business
(2) Right to live with human
dignity
(3) Right against exploitation
(4) Right to movement in any
part of India
Correct Answere: Right to live
with human dignity
Right ti private property was
dropped from the list of
Fundamental Rights by the?
(1) 42nd Amendment
(2) 44th Amendment
(3) 52nd Amendment
(4) none of the above
Correct Answere: 44th
Amendment
The right to euality
(1) Prevents the state from
making special provisions for
women,children and backward
classes
(2) Permits the state to make
discrimination on ground of
residence
(3) Permits the state to making
special provisions for
women,children and backward
classes
(4) Permits the state to
nationalise all means of
production and distribution
Correct Answere: Permits the
state to making special
provisions for women,children
and backward classes
The Fundamental Rights of
Indian citizens
(1) Can be suspended by the
President during national
emergency
(2) Can be Can be suspended by
the President during all types of
emergencies
(3) Can be suspended by the
President with the prior
approval of the Supreme Court
at any time
(4) Cannot be suspended under
any condition
Correct Answere: Can be
suspended by the President
during national emergency
Which of the following is not
correctly matched?
(1) Article 14:Equality before
law
(2) Article 16:Equal
opportunities
(3) Article 17:Abolition of titles
(4) Article 18:Permission of
military titles
Correct Answere: Article
17:Abolition of titles
Right to Information is a?
(1) Fundamental Right
(2) Legal right
(3) Neither Fundamental nor
Legal Right
(4) Both Fundamental as well as
Legal Right
Correct Answere: Legal right
Which one of the following
writs literally means "what is
your authority"?
(1) Habeas Corpus
(2) Certiorari
(3) Quo Warranto
(4) Prohibition
Correct Answere: Quo Warranto
The Writ of Habeas Corpus is
issued
(1) By a superior court to the
lower court directing it to
transfer the record of
proceedings in a case for its
review
(2) In the of an order calling
upon a person who has
detained another person to
bring that person before court
and show authority for such
detention
(3) By a superior court to a
subordinate court to do
something in the nature of its
allotted duty
(4) In the from of an order to
stop proceedings in a certain
case
Correct Answere: In the of an
order calling upon a person who
has detained another person to
bring that person before court
and show authority for such
detention
In which case did the Supreme
Court take the view that the
Fundamental Rights and
Directive Principles are
complementary to each other
and there was no need to
sacrifice one for the other?
(1) Golak Nath case
(2) Keshvananada Bharati case
(3) Minerva Mills case
(4) All the above cases
Correct Answere: Minerva Mills
case
Which of the following does
not permit awards such as
Bharat Ratna,Padma
Vibhushan and the like to be
used as suffixes ana prefixes?
(1) Indra Sawhney v. Union of
India
(2) Balaji Raghavan v.Union of
India
(3) O.K.A.Nair v. Union of India
(4) Murali Deora v. Union of
India
Correct Answere: Balaji
Raghavan v.Union of India
"To have speedy justice"flows
from which of the following
Article?
(1) Article 19
(2) Article 20
(3) Article 21
(4) Article 22
Correct Answere: Article 21
In Chameli Singh v. State of
Uttar Pradesh,1996,the
Supreme Court included certain
facilities in the Right to Life.On
of the following was not
included?
(1) Right to Work
(2) Right to food
(3) Right to education
(4) Right to shelter
Correct Answere: Right to Work
In vishakha v. State of
Rajasthan,1997,sexual
harassment of a working
woman at work place amounts
to the violation of which on of
the flowing Article?
(1) Article 19
(2) Article 20
(3) Article 21
(4) Article 14
Correct Answere: Article 21
The following does not
constitute an example
of"beggar"?
(1) Compulsory social service
(2) Forced labour
(3) Trafficking in human beings
(4) Children working in
hazardous factories
Correct Answere: Compulsory
social service
One of the following does not
constitute a from of domestic
violence?
(1) Sexual assault
(2) Hitting and fighting
(3) Physical abuse
(4) Social isolation
Correct Answere: Hitting and
fighting
Khap Panchayats includes the
following?
(1) Gram Panchayats
(2) Gram Sabha
(3) Panchayat Sammitis
(4) Unofficial village concils
Correct Answere: Unofficial
village concils
One of the following is not true
with regard to Sati practice?
(1) Burning to death of a
women on her husband's pyre
(2) Raja Ram Mohan Rai got Sati
outlawed through Lord Bentick
(3) Roop Kanwar commited Sati
in village of Rajasthan
(4) It was banned in 1829,and
banned again in 1950
Correct Answere: It was banned
in 1829,and banned again in
1950
One of the following does not
match?
(1) Jawaharlal Rozgar Yojana-
1989
(2) Swarnajayanti Gram Rozgar
Yojana-1990
(3) National Social Assistence
programme-1995
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission -2005
Correct Answere: Swarnajayanti
Gram Rozgar Yojana-1990
Which one of the following
subjects is under the Union List
in the Seventh Schedule of the
Constitution of India?
(1) Regulation of labour and
safety in mines and oil-fields
(2) Agriculture
(3) Fisheries
(4) Public health
Correct Answere: Regulation of
labour and safety in mines and
oil-fields
The Constitution of India vests
the residuary powers in?
(1) The Union Goverement
(2) The Ststes
(3) The Union and State
Goverement jointly
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: The Union
Goverement
A law passed by a state on a
concurrent subject gets
precedence over the law of the
centre?
(1) If it was passed earlier than
the central law
(2) If it was passed by the state
legislature and approved by the
President before enactment of
the central law
(3) If the Supreme Court so
decides
(4) If the majority of state
legislatures so decide
Correct Answere: If it was
passed by the state legislature
and approved by the President
before enactment of the central
law
Which one of the following
provisions of the Indian
Constitution deals with the
appointment and dismissed of
the Council of Ministers ?
(1) Article 70
(2) Article 72
(3) Article 74
(4) Article 75
Correct Answere: Article 75
" It shall be the duty of every
citizen of India to protect and
improve the natural
environment". This statement
refers to which of the following
Articles of the Constitution of
India ?
(1) Article 21
(2) Article 48 A
(3) Article 51 A
(4) Article 56
Correct Answere: Article 51 A
By which name / names is our
country mentioned in the
Constitution ?
(1) India and Bharat
(2) India and Hindustan
(3) Bharat Only
(4) India, Bharat and Hindustan
Correct Answere: India and
Bharat
Which Article of Indian
Constitution enumerates
Fundamental Duties of Indian
Citizens ?
(1) Article 50 A
(2) Article 50 B
(3) Article 51 A
(4) Article 51 B
Correct Answere: Article 51 A
Which of the following is given
the power to implement the
Fundamental Rights by the
Constitution ?
(1) All courts in India
(2) The Parliament
(3) The President
(4) The Supreme Court and High
Courts
Correct Answere: The Supreme
Court and High Courts
Which of the following Articles
of the Indian Constitution
guarantees equality of
opportunity to all citizens of
India in matters relating to
public employment ?
(1) Article 15
(2) Article 16(1) and 16(2)
(3) Article 16(3)
(4) Article 16(3), 16(4) and 16(5)
Correct Answere: Article 16(1)
and 16(2)
Which part of the Indian
Constitution has been
described as the soul of the
Constitution ?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(3) The Preamble
(4) Right to Constitutional
Remedies
Correct Answere: Right to
Constitutional Remedies
Which Amendment to the
Constitution inserted a new
Article 21 A providing Right to
Education in the Constitution ?
(1) 86th Amendment
(2) 87th Amendment
(3) 88th Amendment
(4) 89th Amendment
Correct Answere: 86th
Amendment
Which one of the following
rights is available under Article
19(1) d read with Article 21 ?
(1) Right to travel abroad
(2) Right to shelter
(3) Right to privacy
(4) Right to information
Correct Answere: Right to
privacy
Which of the following Articles
of the Indian Constitution
guarantees freedom to press ?
(1) Article 16
(2) Article 19
(3) Article 22
(4) Article 31
Correct Answere: Article 19
The schedule of Constitution of
India contains special
provisions for the
administration and control of
Scheduled Areas in several
States ?
(1) Third
(2) Fifth
(3) Seventh
(4) Ninth
Correct Answere: Fifth
The Ninth Schedule to the
Indian Constitution was added
by --- ?
(1) First Amendment
(2) Eighth Amendment
(3) Ninth Amendment
(4) Forty Second Amendment
Correct Answere: First
Amendment
The Tenth Schedule of Indian
Constitution deals with --- ?
(1) Anti-defection Legislation
(2) Panchayati Raj
(3) Land Reforms
(4) Distribution of powers
between the Union and States
Correct Answere: Anti-defection
Legislation
Which provision relating to the
Fundamental Rights is directly
related to the exploitation of
children ?
(1) Article 17
(2) Article 19
(3) Article 23
(4) Article 24
Correct Answere: Article 24
Functions to be assigned to
Panchayats by 73rd
Amendment of the Constituion
are mentioned in ---- ?
(1) Tenth Schedule
(2) Eleventh Schedule
(3) Twelfth Schedule
(4) Thirteenth Schedule
Correct Answere: Eleventh
Schedule
Which one of the following
words was not included in the
Preamble of the Indian
Constitution in 1975 ?
(1) Fraternity
(2) Sovereign
(3) Equality
(4) Integrity
Correct Answere: Integrity
Schedule Ninth of the Indian
Constitution deals with ?
(1) Subjects contained in the
Union List, State List and
Concurrent List
(2) The recognition of languages
(3) Certain acts and regulations
of State Legislatures dealing
with land reforms and abolition
of Zamindari
(4) The territories of State and
Union territories
Correct Answere: Certain acts
and regulations of State
Legislatures dealing with land
reforms and abolition of
Zamindari
Under which one of the
following Articles of the
Constitution of India, is the
'Annual Financial Statement' of
the economy to be laid by the
Government , on the table of
the Parliament before 31st
March, every year ?
(1) Article 16
(2) Article 31
(3) Article 112
(4) Aritcle 124
Correct Answere: Article 112
Article 249 of the Indian
Constitution deals with --- ?
(1) Emergency power of the
President
(2) Dissolution of the Lok Sabha
(3) Administrative power of the
Parliament
(4) Legislative power of the
Parliament with respect to a
matter in the State List
Correct Answere: Legislative
power of the Parliament with
respect to a matter in the State
List
Under which Article of the
Constitution of India can the
Indian Parliament make laws
under the Residuary powers ?
(1) Article 248
(2) Article 249
(3) Article 250
(4) Article 251
Correct Answere: Article 248
Which Article of the
Constitution of India deals with
the appellate jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court in connection
with constitutional cases ?
(1) Article 131
(2) Article 132
(3) Article 132 read with Article
134 A
(4) Article 133 read with Article
134 A
Correct Answere: Article 132
read with Article 134 A
The Constitution of india does
not clearly provide for the
'Freedom of Press' but this
freedom is implicit in the
Article --- ?
(1) 19 (i) a
(2) 19 (i) b
(3) 19 (i) c
(4) 19 (i) d
Correct Answere: 19 (i) a
For distribution of powers
between the Union and the
States, the Constitution of India
introduce three lists. Which
two of the following Articles
govern the distribution of
power ?
(1) Article 3 and 4
(2) Article 56 and 57
(3) Articles 141 and 142
(4) Artcles 245 and 246
Correct Answere: Artcles 245
and 246
 Under which Article of the
Constitution of India can the
President of India be
impeached ?
(1) Article 61
(2) Article 75
(3) Article 76
(4) Article 356
Correct Answere: Article 61
Which Article of the
Constitution of India says, "No
child below the age of 14 years
shall be employed to work in
any factory or mines or
engaged in any other
hazardous employment" ?
(1) Article 24
(2) Article 45
(3) Article 330
(4) Article 368
Correct Answere: Article 24
Under which one of the
following Constitution
Amendment Acts, four
languages under the Eighth
Schedule of the Constitution of
India, there by raising their
number to 22 ?
(1) Constitution (Nintieth
Amendment) Act
(2) Constitution (Ninety-first
Amendment) Act
(3) Constitution (Ninety-second
Amendment) Act
(4) Constitution (Ninety-third
Amendment) Act
Correct Answere: Constitution
(Ninety-second Amendment)
Act
Which one of the following is
the first State to have been
formed on linguistic basis ?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Gujarat
(3) Karnataka
(4) Punjab
Correct Answere: Andhra
Pradesh
The number of Union
Territories in India is --- ?
(1) 5
(2) 6
(3) 7
(4) 9
Correct Answere: 7
Andhra Pradesh was created a
linguistic state in --- ?
(1) 1950
(2) 1953
(3) 1956
(4) 1961
Correct Answere: 1953
By which one of the following
Constitutional Amendments
Delhi has become National
Capital Region (NCR) ?
(1) 61st Amendment
(2) 69th Amendment
(3) 71st Amendment
(4) 79thAmendment
Correct Answere: 69th
Amendment
Article 1 of the Constitution of
India declares India as --- ?
(1) Federal State
(2) Quasi-Federal State
(3) Unitary State
(4) Union of States
Correct Answere: Union of
States
How does the Constitution of
India describe India as ?
(1) A federation of States and
Union Territories
(2) A Union of States
(3) Bharatvarsh
(4) A federated nation
Correct Answere: A Union of
States
How many States and Union
Territories are there in India ?
(1) 25 States and 7 Union
territories
(2) 28 States and 7 Union
territories
(3) 24 States and 6 Union
territories
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: 28 States and
7 Union territories
Which of these is NOT included
as a Fundamental Right in the
Indian Constitution ?
(1) Right to freedom to speech
(2) Right to equality before Law
(3) Right to constitutional
remedies
(4) Right to equal wages for
equal work
Correct Answere: Right to equal
wages for equal work
Which of the following is NOT
a Union Territory ?
(1) Goa
(2) Lakshadweep
(3) Dadar and Nagar Haveli
(4) Chandigarh
Correct Answere: Goa
In which part of the
Constitution details of
Citizenship are mentioned?
(1) I
(2) II
(3) III
(4) IV
Correct Answere: II
With what subject do the
Articles 5 to 11 of the
Constitution of India deal ?
(1) Indian Union and its territory
(2) citizenship
(3) Fundamental duties
(4) Union Executive
Correct Answere: citizenship
Which of the following writes /
orders of the High Court /
Supreme Court is brought to
get an order of an authority
quashed ?
(1) Mandamus
(2) Certiorari
(3) Quo Warranto
(4) Habeas Corpus
Correct Answere: Quo Warranto
Which of the following can a
court issue for enforcement of
Fundamental Rights ?
(1) A decree
(2) An ordinance
(3) A writ
(4) A notification
Correct Answere: A writ
Which country accepted the
policy of Dual Citizenship ?
(1) India
(2) Australia
(3) Canada
(4) U.S.A
Correct Answere: U.S.A
Which Constitutional
Amendment deleted the Riglist
of Fundamental Rights ?
(1) 42nd Amendment
(2) 43rd Amendment
(3) 44th Amendment
(4) 62nd Amendment
Correct Answere: 44th
Amendment
Which part of the Indian
Constitution deals with
'Fundamental Rights' ?
(1) Part I
(2) Part II
(3) Part III
(4) Part IV
Correct Answere: Part III
Which one of the following is
the guardian of Fundamental
Right ?
(1) Legislature
(2) Executive
(3) Political parties
(4) Judiciary
Correct Answere: Judiciary
Which of the following is a
bulwark of personal freedom ?
(1) Mandamus
(2) Habeas Corpus
(3) Quo Warranto
(4) Certiorari
Correct Answere: Habeas
Corpus
Who is the guardian of
Fundamental Rights
enumerated in Indian
Constitution ?
(1) Supreme Court
(2) Parliment
(3) Constitution
(4) President
Correct Answere: Supreme
Court
Civil equality implies ---- ?
(1) Equality before law
(2) Equality of opportunity
(3) Equal distribution of wealth
(4) Equal right to participate in
the affairs of the State
Correct Answere: Equality
before law
All the following are
Fundamental Rights
guaranteed by the Indian
Constitution except -- ?
(1) right to equality
(2) right against exploitation
(3) right toadequate means of
livelihood
(4) right to freedom of religion
Correct Answere: right
toadequate means of livelihood
At present in the Constitution
of India Right to Property is ----
?
(1) Fundamental Right
(2) Legal Right
(3) Moral Right
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Legal Right
Which one of the following
writs examins the functioning
of Subordinate Courts ?
(1) Quo Warranto
(2) Mandamus
(3) Certiorari
(4) Habeas Corpus
Correct Answere: Certiorari
Under which Article of the
Constitution of India,
Fundamental Rights are
provided to citizens ?
(1) Articles 12 to 35
(2) Articles 112 to 135
(3) Articles 212 to 235
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Articles 12 to
35
An accused of an offence
cannot be compelled to be a
witness against himself, which
article of Indian Constitution
provides for this ?
(1) Article 20
(2) Article 21
(3) Article 22
(4) Article 74
Correct Answere: Article 20
Which provision of the
Fundamental Rights is directly
related to the exploitation of
children ?
(1) Article 17
(2) Article 19
(3) Article 23
(4) Article 24
Correct Answere: Article 24
Part III of the Constitution of
India relates to --- ?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(3) Fundamental Duties
(4) Citizenship
Correct Answere: Fundamental
Rights
Who considered the Right to
Constitutional Remedies as
very 'heart and soul' of the
Indian Constitution ?
(1) M.K.Gandhi
(2) J.L.Nehru
(3) B.R. Ambedkar
(4) Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Correct Answere: B.R.
Ambedkar
Which of the following rights is
NOT granted by the
Constitution of India at present
as a fundamental right ?
(1) Right to equality
(2) Right to property
(3) Right to freedom
(4) Right against exploitation
Correct Answere: Right to
property
Right to property was removed
from the list of Fundamental
Rights during the rule of ?
(1) Idira Gandhi Government
(2) Morarji Desai Government
(3) Narasimha Rao Government
(4) Vajpayee Government
Correct Answere: Morarji Desai
Government
Political right does NOT
include which of the following
?
(1) Right to vote
(2) Right to life
(3) Right to contest in election
(4) Right toaint with executive
bodies of the Government
Correct Answere: Right to life
which one of the following is
NOT a fundamental right ?
(1) Right to Freedom
(2) Right to Equality
(3) Right to Property
(4) Right against Exploitation
Correct Answere: Right to
Property
Which one of the following
subjects comes under the
common jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court and the High
Court ?
(1) Mutual disputes among
States
(2) Dispute between Centre and
State
(3) Protection of the
Fundamental Rights
(4) Protection from the violation
of the Constitution
Correct Answere: Protection of
the Fundamental Rights
A writ issued by the judiciary
enquiring upon the executive
to do what it should have done
within its stipulated powers is
called ?
(1) Habeas Corpus
(2) Mandamus
(3) Prohibition
(4) Quo warranto
Correct Answere: Mandamus
Which of the following rights
does Indian Constitution NOT
guarantee ?
(1) Right of equal home
(2) Right to Equality
(3) Right to freedom of religion
(4) Right to freedom of speech
Correct Answere: Right of equal
home
Which of the following courts
is responsible for the
enforcement of Fundamental
Rights ?
(1) Supreme Court
(2) High Court
(3) Both 'a' and 'b'
(4) District Court
Correct Answere: Both 'a' and
'b'
The word 'Hindus' in Article 25
of the Constitution of India
does not include ?
(1) Buddhists
(2) Jains
(3) Sikhs
(4) Parsees
Correct Answere: Parsees
Which one of the following
writs is issued during the
pendency of proceeding in a
court ?
(1) Mandamus
(2) Certiorari
(3) Prohibition
(4) Quo warranto
Correct Answere: Certiorari
According to the National
Human Rights Commission
(NHRC) Act, 1993, who
amongst the following can be
its Chairman ?
(1) Any serving judge of the
Supreme Court
(2) Any serving judge of the
High Court
(3) Only a retired Chief Justice
of India
(4) Only a retired Chief Justice
of High Court
Correct Answere: Only a retired
Chief Justice of India
Which one of the following is
Human Right as well as a
Fundamental Right under the
Constitution of India ?
(1) Right to information
(2) Right to education
(3) Right to work
(4) Right to housing
Correct Answere: Right to
education
Which of the following
Fundamental Right is NOT
available to foreign citizen ?
(1) Equality before law
(2) Right of freedom of
expression
(3) Right of freedom of life and
body
(4) Right against exploitation
Correct Answere: Right of
freedom of expression
The right to property was
removed from the list of
Fundamental Rights enlisted in
the Constitution of India
through which one of the
following Amendments ?
(1) 42nd Amendment
(2) 44th Amendment
(3) 46th Amendment
(4) 47th Amendment
Correct Answere: 44th
Amendment
Freedom of the Press in India
is --- ?
(1) available to the people
under the law of the Parliament
(2) specifically provided in the
constitution
(3) implied in the right of
freedom of expression
(4) avaliable to the people of
India under executive power
Correct Answere: implied in the
right of freedom of expression
The 44th Amendment in the
Constitution of India removed
the following right from the
category of Fundamental
Rights --- ?
(1) Freedom of speech
(2) Constitutional remedies
(3) Property
(4) Freedom of religion
Correct Answere: Property
In the Indian Constitution, the
Right to Equality is granted by
five Articles. They are ?
(1) Article 13 to Article 17
(2) Article 14 to Article 18
(3) Article 15 to Article 19
(4) Article 16 to Article 20
Correct Answere: Article 14 to
Article 18
Which one of the following
rights was describes by Dr.
Ambedkar as the 'heart and
soul of the constitution' ?
(1) Right to freedom of religion
(2) Right to property
(3) Right to equality
(4) Right to constitutional
remedies
Correct Answere: Right to
constitutional remedies
Which Article of the
Constitution of India says, 'No
child below the age of fourteen
years shall be employed to
work in any factory or mine or
engaged in any other
hazardous employment ?
(1) Article 24
(2) Article 330
(3) Article 368
(4) Article 45
Correct Answere: Article 24
Which one among the
following pairs of Articles
relating to the Fundamental
Rights can not be suspended
during the enforcement of
emergency under Article 359 of
the Indian Constitution ?
(1) Articles 14 and 15
(2) Articles 16 and 17
(3) Articles 20 and 21
(4) Articles 24 and 25
Correct Answere: Articles 20
and 21
Which of the following is
correct?
(1) The Nehru Report (1928)
had advocated the inclusion of
Fundamental Rights in the
Constitution of India Correct Answere: The Directive
(2) The government of India Act, Principles of State Policy
1935 reffered to Fundamental
Rights The President of India enjoys
(3) The August Offer, 1940 emergency powers of --- ?
included the Fundamental
Rights (1) two types
(4) The Cripps Mission, 1942 (2) three types
reffered to Fundamental Rights (3) four types
(4) five types
Correct Answere: The Nehru
Report (1928) had advocated Correct Answere: three types
the inclusion of Fundamental
Rights in the Constitution of
A Presidential Ordinance can
India
remain in force ---?
Which part of the Indian
(1) For three months
Constitution deals with the
(2) For six months
Directive Principles of the State
(3) For nine months
Policy ?
(4) Indefinitely
(1) Part I
Correct Answere: For six
(2) Part III
months
(3) Part IV
(4) Part V
What is the maximum age
limit prescribed for the post of
Correct Answere: Part IV
the President of India ?
The Articles of the Constitution
(1) 58 years
of India which deal with
(2) 60 years
Directive Principles of State
(3) 62 years
Policy are ?
(4) There is no maximum age
limit
(1) 26 to 41
(2) 30 to 45
Correct Answere: There is no
(3) 36 to 51
maximum age limit
(4) 40 to 55
How many Fundamental
Correct Answere: 36 to 51
Duties are in the Indian
Constitution ?
The concept of ' Welfare State
' is included in which part of
(1) Nine
the Indian Constitution ?
(2) Eleven
(3) Twelve
(1) Preamble of the Constitution (4) Twenty
(2) The Fundamental Rights
(3) The Directive Principles of
Correct Answere: Eleven
State Policy
(4) The Fundamental Duties
How many times the President
of India can seek reelection to
his post ?
(1) once
(2) 2 times
(3) 3 times
(4) any number of times
Correct Answere: any number
of times
' The Directive Principles of
State Policy is a cheque which
is paid on Bank's convenience' .
Who told it ?
(1) B.R. Ambedkar
(2) K.M. Munshi
(3) Rajendra Prasad
(4) K.T. Seth
Correct Answere: B.R.
Ambedkar
Panchayati Raj System in India
is laid down under -- ?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(3) Fundamental Duties
(4) Election Commission Act
Correct Answere: Directive
Principles of State Policy
' Equal pay for equal work' has
been ensured in the Indian
Constitution as one of the --- ?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(3) Fundamental Duties
(4) Economic Rights
Correct Answere: Directive
Principles of State Policy
In which year Fundamental
Duties of citizens were
introduced by 42nd
Amendment ?
(1) 1975
(2) 1976
(3) 1977
(4) 1980
Correct Answere: 1976
The Fundamental Duties are
mentioned in the following
part of the Constituiton of India
--- ?
(1) Part III
(2) Part IV
(3) Part IV A
(4) Part VI
Correct Answere: Part IV A
Rashtrapati Bhavan was
designed by --- ?
(1) Edward stone
(2) Le Corbusier
(3) Edwin Lutyens
(4) Tarun Dutt
Correct Answere: Edwin Lutyens
In case the President wishes to
resign, to whom is he to
address his resignation letter ?
(1) Chief Jusice of India
(2) Secretary of Lok Sabha
(3) Vice President
(4) Prime Minister
Correct Answere: Vice President
By which Amendment Act the
Fundamental Duties of Citizen
are included in Indian
Constitution ?
(1) 42nd Amendment Act
(2) 44th Amendment Act
(3) 56th Amendment Act
(4) 73rd Amendment Act
Correct Answere: 42nd
Amendment Act
To be eligible for election as
President of India, a person
must have completed the age
of --- ?
(1) 25 years
(2) 30 years
(3) 35 years
(4) 40 years
Correct Answere: 35 years
Who was the President of
India at the time ofoclamation
of emergency in the year 1975
?
(1) V.V. Giri
(2) Giani Zail Singh
(3) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad
(4) Shankar Dayal Sharma
Correct Answere: Fakhruddin Ali
Ahmad
Who among the following
Presidents held office for two
consecutive terms ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) Dr. S. Radhakrishna
(3) Both 'a' and 'b'
(4) Dr. Zakir Hussain
Correct Answere: Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
Under which Article of the
Constitution of India can the
President of India be
impeached ?
(1) Article 61
(2) Article 75
(3) Article 76
(4) Article 356
Correct Answere: Article 61
Comptroller and Auditor
General of India is appointed
by --- ?
(1) President
(2) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(3) Chairman of the Planning
Commission
(4) Finanace Minister
Correct Answere: President
Acting Chief Jusice of the
Supreme Court in India is
appointed by the --- ?
(1) Chief Justice of Supreme
Court
(2) Prime Minister
(3) President
(4) Law Minister
Correct Answere: President
Who among the following is
appointed by the President ?
(1) Attorney General of India
(2) Comptroller and Auditor
General
(3) Governer of a state
(4) All of these
Correct Answere: All of these
By which of the following can
the President of India be
impeached ?
(1) By the Lok Sabha
(2) By the Parliament
(3) By the Chief Justice of India
(4) By the Prime Minister
Correct Answere: By the
Parliament
The Directive Principles of
State Policy are ?
(1) Justicable
(2) Non-Justicable
(3) Only some of the provisions
are Justicable
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Non-
Justicable
The President of India is
elected by the --- ?
(1) members of the Lok Sabha
(2) members of both Houses of
the Parliament
(3) members of the State
Legislature
(4) by an electoral college
consisting of the elected
members of both Houses of the
Parliament and State
Assemblies
Correct Answere: by an
electoral college consisting of
the elected members of both
Houses of the Parliament and
State Assemblies
The President of India is
elected by the numbers of an
electoral college which does
NOT include --- ?
(1) The elected members of the
Rajaya Sabha
(2) The elected members of the
Lok Sabha
(3) The elected members of the
State Assemblies
(4) The elected members of the
State Legislative Councils
Correct Answere: The elected
members of the State
Legislative Councils
Which one of the following
offices is held during the
pleasure of the President of
India ?
(1) Vice-President
(2) Chief Jusice of India
(3) Governer of a State
(4) Chairman of UPSC
Correct Answere: Governer of a
State
The first President of
Independent India hails from ---
?
(1) U.P
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Bihar
(4) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answere: Bihar
In India, the President is
elected by ---- ?
(1) Direct Election
(2) Single Transferable Vote
(3) Proportional Vote System
(4) Open Ballot System
Correct Answere: Single
Transferable Vote
Who is the Executive Head of
State in India ?
(1) President
(2) Prime Minister
(3) Leader of the opposition
(4) Chief Secretary, Government
of India
Correct Answere: President
 Who holds the power to
appoint the nominees from
Anglo-Indian Community in the
Lok Sabha ?
(1) Minorities Commission
(2) President of India
(3) Prime Minister
(4) Vice-President
Correct Answere: President of
India
The vacancy of the office of
the President of India must be
filled up within --- ?
(1) 90 days
(2) 6 months
(3) 1 year
(4) within the period decided by
the Parliament
Correct Answere: 6 months
Who has the right to seek
advisory opinion of the
Supreme Court of India, on any
question of law ?
(1) Prime Minister
(2) President
(3) Any Judge of the High Court
(4) All the above
Correct Answere: President
The single instance of the
unanimous election of the
President of India so far, was
the election of --- ?
(1) Rajendra Prasad
(2) Dr. Radhakrishnan
(3) Zakir Hussain
(4) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Correct Answere: Neelam
Sanjiva Reddy
Who among the following is
constitutionally empowered to
declare a geographical area as
a Scheduled Area ?
(1) Governer
(2) Chief Minister
(3) Prime Minister
(4) President
Correct Answere: President
' He represents the nation but
does not lead the nation' . This
dictum applies on whom of the
following ?
(1) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(2) Chief Justice of India
(3) Prime Minister
(4) President
Correct Answere: President
Which one of the following has
the power to initiate the
motion of Impeachment of the
President of India ?
(1) Rajya Sabha
(2) Lok Sabha
(3) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(4) Both the Houses of the
Parliament
Correct Answere: Both the
Houses of the Parliament
All the executive powers in
Indian Constitution are vested
with --- ?
(1) Prime Minister
(2) President
(3) Parliament
(4) Council of Ministers
Correct Answere: President
The authority to specify as to
which castes shall be deemed
to be Scheduled Castes rests
with the following ?
(1) Commission for Scheduled
Castes and Tribes
(2) Prime Minister
(3) President
(4) Governer of the State
Correct Answere: President
The President can be
impeached on the grounds of
violating the Constitution by ?
(1) The Chief Justice of India
(2) The Vice-President of India
(3) The Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
(4) The two houses of
Parliament
Correct Answere: The two
houses of Parliament
The power of the President to
issue ordinance is a relic of ?
(1) The Government of India Act
of 1909
(2) Government of India Act,
1919
(3) Government of India Act,
1935
(4) Indian Independence
Act,1947
Correct Answere: Government
of India Act, 1935
Which one of the following is
NOT a constitutional
preogative of the President of
India ?
(1) Returning an ordinary bill for
reconsideration
(2) Returning a finance bill for
reconsideration
(3) Dissolving the Lok Sabha
(4) Appointing the Prime
Minister
Correct Answere: Returning a
finance bill for reconsideration
Election to the office of the
President is conducted by --- ?
(1) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(2) The Prime Minister's Office
(3) The Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs
(4) The election Commission of
India
Correct Answere: The election
Commission of India
In the event of a vacancy in the
offices of both the President
and Vice-President of India, the
person who performs the duty
of a President is ---?
(1) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(2) Chief Jusice of India
(3) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(4) Attorney General
Correct Answere: Chief Jusice of
India
The Vice-President is the ex-
officio Chairman of the --- ?
(1) Rajya Sabha
(2) Lok Sabha
(3) Planning Commission
(4) National Development
Council
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
In case the President whishes
to resign , to whom is he to
address his resignation letter ?
(1) The Chief Justice of India
(2) Secretary of Lok Sabha
(3) Vice President
(4) Prime Minister
Correct Answere: Vice President
Who held the office of the
Vice-President of India for two
consecutive terms ?
(1) Dr. Radhakrishnan
(2) Mr. R. Venkataraman
(3) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
(4) Mr. V.V. Giri
Correct Answere: Dr.
Radhakrishnan
Who is the Chairman of the
Rajya Sabha ?
(1) The President
(2) The Vice-President
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The Speaker
Correct Answere: The Vice-
President
The proposal relating tothe
Vice-President can be
presented in --- ?
(1) Any House of the Parliament
(2) The Rajya Sabha
(3) The Lok Sabha
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: The Rajya
Sabha
Who was the first woman to
became the Prime Minister of a
country ?
(1) Golda Meir
(2) Margaret Thatcher
(3) Indira Gandhi
(4) Sirimavo Bhandhranaika
Correct Answere: Sirimavo
Bhandhranaika
Which of the following Vice-
Presidents was NOT appointed
a President of the country ?
(1) Justice Mohammad
Hidayatullah
(2) R. Venkataraman
(3) Krishnakant
(4) Dr. Zakir Hussain
Correct Answere: Krishnakant
The resolution for removing
the Vice-President of India can
be moved in the ?
(1) Lok Sabha alone
(2) Either House of Parliament
(3) Joint sitting of Parliament
(4) Rajya Sabha alone
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
alone
Who among the following
Indian Prime Ministers
resigned before facing a vote of
no-confidence in the Lok Sabha
?
(1) Chandra Sekhar
(2) Morarji Desai
(3) Chaudhary Charan Sigh
(4) V.P. Singh
Correct Answere: Chaudhary
Charan Sigh
Who was the Prime Minister of
India when the AntiDefection
Bill was passed ?
(1) Indira Gandhi
(2) Rajiv Gandhi
(3) V.P. Singh
(4) H.D. Deve Gowda
Correct Answere: Rajiv Gandhi
'Shakti-Sthal' is related to
whom ?
(1) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(2) Rajiv Gandhi
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answere: Smt. Indira
Gandhi
Who of the following became
Prime Minister of India without
becoming a Union Cabinet
Minister ?
(1) Chaudhary Charan Singh
(2) H.D. Deve Gowda
(3) Morarji Desai
(4) I.K. Gujral
Correct Answere: H.D. Deve
Gowda
Who among the following is
the Chairman of the National
Integration Council ?
(1) The President
(2) The Vice-President
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of India
Correct Answere: The Prime
Minister
Which party provided two
Prime Ministers in two year's
time ?
(1) B.J.P.
(2) Janata Party
(3) Janata Dal
(4) Samajwadi Janata Party
Correct Answere: Janata Dal
In India, the Prime Minister
remains in office so long as he
enjoys the --- ?
(1) Support of armed forces
(2) Confidence of Rajya Sabha
(3) Confidence of Lok Sabha
(4) Support of the people
Correct Answere: Confidence of
Lok Sabha
What is the tenture of the
Prime Minister of India ?
(1) Conterminous with the
tenture of the Lok Sabha
(2) Conterminous with the
tenture of the President
(3) As long as he enjoys the
support of a majority in the Lok
Sabha
(4) Five Years
Correct Answere: As long as he
enjoys the support of a majority
in the Lok Sabha
Who was the first Forign
Minister of free India ?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(3) Gulzari Lal Nandu
(4) John Mathai
Correct Answere: Jawaharlal
Nehru
Archaeological Survey of India
is an attached office of the
Department / Ministry of --- ?
(1) Defence
(2) Environment and Forests
(3) Home Affairs
(4) Science and Technology
Correct Answere: Science and
Technology
To whom is the Council of
Ministers responsible ?
(1) Parliament
(2) President
(3) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(4) Speaker of Lok Sabha and
Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Correct Answere: President
Survey of India is under the
Ministry of --?
(1) Defence
(2) Environment and Forests
(3) Home Affairs
(4) Science and Technology
Correct Answere: Science and
Technology
Who is called the Father of
Indian economic reform ?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Indira Gandhi
(3) Manmohan Singh
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Manmohan
Singh
Who was the Defence Minister
of India during the Indo-China
War of 1962 ?
(1) R.N. Thapar
(2) Jagjivan Ram
(3) V.K.Krishna Menon
(4) Govind Ballabh Pant
Correct Answere: V.K.Krishna
Menon
The Council of Ministers of
Indian Union is collectively
responsible to the --- ?
(1) President
(2) Prime Minister
(3) Rajya Sabha
(4) Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: Lok Sabha
'Cabinet means' ---- ?
(1) All Ministers in the
Governance
(2) Ministers with Cabinet Rank
(3) Cabinet Ministers and their
Secretaries
(4) Minister of State
Correct Answere: Ministers with
Cabinet Rank
The first Law Minister of
Independent India was --- ?
(1) M.C.Sitalwar
(2) B.R. Ambedkar
(3) Kailashnath Katju
(4) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
Correct Answere: B.R.
Ambedkar
The member of Lok Sabha
members who can table a 'No
Confidence Motion' against the
Council of Ministers is --- ?
(1) 30
(2) 40
(3) 50
(4) 60
Correct Answere: 50
Which one of the following
motions can the Council of
Ministers of India move ?
(1) No Confidence Motion
(2) Censure Motion
(3) Adjournment Motion
(4) Confidence Motion
Correct Answere: Confidence
Motion
Which of the following
amendments of the Indian
Constitution restricts the size
of the Union Ministry ?
(1) 78th Amendment
(2) 88th Amendment
(3) 90th Amendment
(4) 91st Amendment
Correct Answere: 91st
Amendment
Which one of the following
provisions of the Indian
Constitution deals with the
appointment and dismissal of
the Council of Ministers ?
(1) Article 70
(2) Article 72
(3) Aricle 74
(4) Article 75
Correct Answere: Article 75
The Council of Ministers does
NOT include --- ?
(1) Cabinet Ministers
(2) Ministers of State
(3) Ministers without Portfolio
(4) Cabinet Secretary
Correct Answere: Cabinet
Secretary
It was withdrawal of support
by the Congress ( I ) which was
responsible for the resignation
of --- ?
(1) Charan Singh
(2) Chandra Shekar
(3) H.D. Deve Gowda
(4) All of these
Correct Answere: All of these
Who exercises the actual
executive power under the
Parliamentary form of
Government ?
(1) Parliament
(2) Prime Minister
(3) President
(4) Bureaucracy
Correct Answere: Prime
Minister
The office of the Deputy Prime
Minister --- ?
(1) was created under the
original Constitution
(2) is an extra-constitutional
growth
(3) was created by 44th
Amendment
(4) was created by 85th
Amendment
Correct Answere: is an extra-
constitutional growth
Which one of the following
Prime Minister never faced the
Parliament during the tenture ?
(1) Chandra Sekhar
(2) V.P. Singh
(3) Chaudhary Charan Sigh
(4) Atal Behari Vajpayee
Correct Answere: Chaudhary
Charan Sigh
The Union Ministers hold
office during the pleasure of ----
?
(1) The President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
(4) The Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of India
Correct Answere: The President
Who was the first Deputy
Prime Minister of India ?
(1) L.K. Advani
(2) Moraraji Desai
(3) Charan Singh
(4) Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel
Correct Answere: Sardar
Ballabhbhai Patel
The Union Cabinet is
personally responsible to --- ?
(1) The Rajya Sabha and Lok
Sabha
(2) The President of India
(3) The Lok Sabha only
(4) The Electorate
Correct Answere: The President
of India
In which one of the following
Ministers, the Census
Organisation has been
functioning on a permanent
footing since 1961 ?
(1) Home Affairs
(2) Health and Family Welfare
(3) Human Resource
Development
(4) Social Justice and
Empowerment
Correct Answere: Home Affairs
If the Finance Minister fails to
get the Annual Budget passed
in the Lok Sabha, the Prime
Mnister is expected to ---- ?
(1) Compel the Finance Minister
to resign
(2) Submit the resignation of his
/ her cabinet
(3) Refer it to the Joint Sesson
of both the Houses of
Parliament
(4) Form another cabinet with
different members
Correct Answere: Submit the
resignation of his / her cabinet
Which one of the following
Constitutional Amendments
state that the total number of
Ministers, including the Prime
Minister in the Council of
Ministers shall not exceed 15%
of the total numbers of the
house of the people ?
(1) 90th
(2) 91st
(3) 92nd
(4) 93rd
Correct Answere: 91st
How many members of the
Anglo-Indian Community can
be nominated by the President
of India to the Parliament ?
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 5
(4) 8
Correct Answere: 2
Japan's Parliament is known as
--- ?
(1) Diet
(2) Dail
(3) Yuan
(4) Shora
Correct Answere: Diet
Age of a candidate to contest
Parliamentary election should
not be lesser than ?
(1) 18 years
(2) 21 years
(3) 25 years
(4) 26 yeas
Correct Answere: 25 years
What can be the maximum
interval between two Sessions
of Parliament ?
(1) 3 months
(2) 4 months
(3) 6 months
(4) 9 months
Correct Answere: 6 months
Who advises the Government
of India on legal matters ?
(1) Attorney General
(2) Chief Justice of Supreme
Court
(3) Chairman, Law Commission
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Attorney
General
Who is called the Guardian of
Public Purse ?
(1) President
(2) Comptroller and Auditor-
General
(3) Parliament
(4) Council of Ministers
Correct Answere: Comptroller
and Auditor-General
Union Parliament was
attacked by terrorists on --- ?
(1) 2nd December, 2001
(2) 11th December, 2001
(3) 13th December, 2001
(4) 11th September, 2001
Correct Answere: 13th
December, 2001
Comptroller and Aditor-
General of India is appointed
by ?
(1) President
(2) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(3) Chairman of the Planning
Commission
(4) Finanace Minister
Correct Answere: President
In India, the Comptroller-
General of Accounts presents a
detailed analytical review of
Union Government Accounts to
the Finance Ministry every --- ?
(1) Year
(2) 6 months
(3) 3 months
(4) Month
Correct Answere: Year
Who said, 'Parliamentary
system provides a daily as well
as a periodic assessment of the
Government' ?
(1) B.R. Ambedkar
(2) B.N. Rau
(3) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(4) Rajendra Prasad
Correct Answere: B.R.
Ambedkar
The Attorney-General of India
is appointed by ----- ?
(1) The President of India
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Chief Justice of India
(4) The Upsc
Correct Answere: The President
of India
Which non-member can
participate in the business of
either House of Parliament ?
(1) The Vice President
(2) The Solicitor General
(3) The Attorney General
(4) The Chief Justice of India
Correct Answere: The Attorney
General
The most important feature of
the Indian Parliament is that ?
(1) it is the Union Legislature in
India
(2) it also comprises of the
President
(3) it is bicameral in nature
(4) the Upper House of the
Parliament is never dissolved
Correct Answere: it also
comprises of the President
Which functionary can be
invited to give his opinion in
the Parliament ?
(1) Attorney-General of India
(2) Chief Justice of India
(3) Chief Election Commissioner
of India
(4) Comptroller and Auditor-
General of India
Correct Answere: Attorney-
General of India
How are legislative excess of
Parliament and State
Assemblies checked ?
(1) Intervention from president
/ Governer
(2) No-Confidence motions
(3) Judicial review
(4) General elections
Correct Answere: Judicial
review
In order to be recognised as in
official Oppositon Group in the
Parliament, how many seats
should it have ?
(1) 1/3rd of the total strength
(2) 1/4th of the total strength
(3) 1/6 of the total strength
(4) 1/10 of the total strength
Correct Answere: 1/10 of the
total strength
The Comptroller and Auditor-
General of India acts as the
chief accountant and auditor
for the --- ?
(1) Union Government
(2) State Government
(3) Union and State
Governments
(4) Neither Unon nor State
Governments
Correct Answere: Union and
State Governments
What is period of appointment
of the Comptroller and Auditor-
General of India ?
(1) 6 years
(2) up to 65 years of age
(3) 6 years or 65 years of age
whichever is earlier
(4) upto 64 years of age
Correct Answere: 6 years or 65
years of age whichever is earlier
Who is the highest civil servant
of the Union Government ?
(1) Attorney General
(2) Cabinet Secretary
(3) Home Secretary
(4) Principal Secretary to the
P.M.
Correct Answere: Cabinet
Secretary
Comptroller and Auditor-
General of India is a friend and
guide of --- ?
(1) Select Committee
(2) Estimate Committee
(3) Prime Minister
(4) Public Accounts Committee
Correct Answere: Public
Accounts Committee
The Attorney-General of India
is a legal advisor to --- ?
(1) The President of India
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) Lok Sabha
(4) Government of India
Correct Answere: Government
of India
Who among the following can
participate in the proceedings
of both the Houses of
Parliament ?
(1) Vice-President
(2) Chief Justice
(3) Solicitor General
(4) Attorney General
Correct Answere: Attorney
General
Who is known as the first Law
Officer of India ?
(1) Chief Justice of India
(2) Law Minister of India
(3) The Attorney General of
India
(4) Solicitor General of India
Correct Answere: The Attorney
General of India
Who is known as the second
Law Officer of India ?
(1) Chief Jusice of India
(2) Law Minister of India
(3) The Attorney General of
India
(4) Solicitor General of India
Correct Answere: Solicitor
General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor
General is appointment by the
President. He can be removed ?
(1) By the President
(2) On an address from both
Houses of Parliament
(3) By the Supreme Court
(4) On the recommendation of
the President by the Supreme
Court
Correct Answere: By the
President
Which of the following non-
member of Parliament has the
right to address it ?
(1) Attorney-General of India
(2) Solicitor General of India
(3) The Chief Justice of India
(4) Chief Election Commissioner
Correct Answere: Attorney-
General of India
Chinese Parliament is known
as--- ?
(1) National People's Congress
(2) National Assembly
(3) The National Parliament of
China
(4) The House of Democracy of
China
Correct Answere: National
People's Congress
Who can initiate inpeachment
proceedings against the
President of India ?
(1) Only Lok Sabha
(2) Only Rajya Sabha
(3) Either House of the
Parliament
(4) Any Legislative Assembly
Correct Answere: Either House
of the Parliament
Which of the following has the
powers to create a new all
India Service ?
(1) Parliament
(2) Union Public Service
Commission
(3) Union Cabinet
(4) Ministry of Personel, Public
Grievances and Pensions
Correct Answere: Parliament
What is the term of a member
of the Rajya Sabha ?
(1) 3 years
(2) 4 years
(3) 5 years
(4) 6 years
Correct Answere: 6 years
The tenture of the Rajya Sabha
is --- ?
(1) 2 years
(2) 5 years
(3) 6 years
(4) Permanent
Correct Answere: Permanent
Where was the first
Parliamentary form of
Government formed ?
(1) Britain
(2) Belgium
(3) France
(4) Switzerland
Correct Answere: Britain
A proclamation of emergency
must be placed before the
Parliament for its approval ----
? (4) Indefinite period
(1) within 1 month
(2) within 2 months
(3) within 6 months
(4) within 1 year
Correct Answere: within 1
month
Who will decide the Office of
Profit ?
(1) President and Governor
(2) Union Parliament
(3) Supreme Court
(4) Union Public Service
Commission
Correct Answere: Union
Parliament
How many members are
nominated by the President in
the Rajya Sabha
(1) 2
(2) 10
(3) 12
(4) 15
Correct Answere: 12
Who is the Chairman of Rajya
Sabha ?
(1) The President
(2) The Vice-President
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The Speaker
Correct Answere: The Vice-
President
What could be the maximum
time limit of 'Zero Hour' ?
(1) 30 minutes
(2) 1 hour
(3) 2 hours
Correct Answere: 1 hour
Which of the following cannot
be dissolved but can be
abolished ?
(1) Lok Sabha
(2) Rajya Sabha
(3) State Legislative Assemblies
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
Which non-member can
participate in the business of
either House of Parliament ?
(1) The Vice President
(2) The Solicitor General
(3) The Attorney General
(4) The Chief Justice of India
Correct Answere: The Attorney
General
Which one of the following has
the power to initiate the
Motion of Impeachment of the
President of India ?
(1) both the Houses of the
Parliament
(2) Lok Sabha
(3) Rajya Sabha
(4) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: both the
Houses of the Parliament
What could be the maximum
time limit of 'Zero Hour' ?
(1) 30 minutes
(2) 1 hour
(3) 2 hours
(4) Indefinite period
Correct Answere: 1 hour
Rajya Sabha can delay the
Finance Bill sent for its
consideration by the Lok Sabha
for a maximum period of ---- ?
(1) One Year
(2) One month
(3) Fourteen days
(4) Seven days
Correct Answere: Fourteen days
Which one of the following is
presided over by one who is
not its member ?
(1) Vidhan Sabha
(2) Council of Ministers
(3) Lok Sabha
(4) Rajya Sabha
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
Which one of the following
states has be lowest number of
elected members in the Rajya
Sabha ?
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Chhattisgarh
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Himachal Pradesh
Correct Answere: Himachal
Pradesh
Which is the House where the
Chair person is not the member
of that House ?
(1) Rajya Sabha
(2) Lok Sabha
(3) Legislative Council
(4) Legislative Assembly
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
The upper house of Indian
Parliament is known as ---- ?
(1) The Rajya Sabha
(2) The Lok Sabha
(3) The National Assembly
(4) The Indian Parliament
Correct Answere: The Rajya
Sabha
The Rajya Sabha is dissolved
after --- ?
(1) Every five years
(2) Every six years
(3) On the advice of the Prime
Minister
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: None of these
The Vice-President is the ex-
officio Chairman of the --- ?
(1) Rajya Sabha
(2) Lok Sabha
(3) Planning Commission
(4) National Development
Council
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
Who is competent to dissolve
the Rajya Sabha ?
(1) The Chairman, Rajya Sabha
(2) The President
(3) The Joint-Session of
Parliament
(4) None
Correct Answere: None
Rajya Sabha enjoys more
power than the Lok Sabha in
the case of ---- ?
(1) Money bills
(2) None-money bills
(3) Setting up of new All India
Services
(4) Amendment of the
Constitution
Correct Answere: Setting up of
new All India Services
According to our Constitution,
the Rajya Sabha ---- ?
(1) is dissolved once in 2 years
(2) is dissolved every 5 years
(3) is dissolved every 6 years
(4) is not subject of dissolution
Correct Answere: is not subject
of dissolution
The quorum of Rajya Sabha is --
-?
(1) 1/5th of the total
membership
(2) 1/6th of the total
membership
(3) 1/8th of the total
membership
(4) 1/10th of the total
membership
Correct Answere: 1/10th of the
total membership
The resolution for the removal
of the Vice-President of India
can be proposed in --- ?
(1) Lok Sabha only
(2) Any House of Parliament
(3) The Joint-Session of
Parliament
(4) Rajya Sabha only
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
only
Which one of the following has
the power to initiate the
Motion of Impeachment of the
President of India ?
(1) both the Houses of the
Parliament
(2) Lok Sabha
(3) Rajya Sabha
(4) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: both the
Houses of the Parliament
Who will decide the Office of
Profit ?
(1) President and Governor
(2) Union Parliament
(3) Supreme Court
(4) Union Public Service
Commission
Correct Answere: Union
Parliament
The Indian Parliament consists
of --- ?
(1) Lok Sabha only
(2) Lok Sabha and the President
(3) Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
(4) the President, Rajya Sabha
and Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: the President,
Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
The quorum of Rajya Sabha
and Lok Sabha is ---- ?
(1) 1/5th of the total
membership
(2) 1/6th of the total
membership
(3) 1/8th of the total
membership
(4) 1/10th of the total
membership
Correct Answere: 1/10th of the
total membership
Sovereignty of Indian
Parliament is restricted by --- ?
(1) Powers of the President of
India
(2) Judicial review
(3) Leader of the opposition
(4) Powers of the Prime
Minister of India
Correct Answere: Judicial
review
The Union Budget is laid
before the two Houses of
Parliament in accordance with
Article No. ........... of Indian
Constitution:
(1) 73
(2) 112
(3) 360
(4) 370
Correct Answere: 112
Which of the following
statement correctly describes
'hung Parliament' ?
(1) A Parliament in which no
party has a clear majority
(2) The Prime Minister has
resigned but the Parliament is
not dissolved
(3) The Parliament lacks the
quorum to conduct business
(4) A lame duck Parliament
Correct Answere: A Parliament
in which no party has a clear
majority
Which non-member can
participate in the business of
either House of Parliament ?
(1) The Vice President
(2) The Solicitor General
(3) The Attorney General
(4) The Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of India
Correct Answere: The Attorney
General
The first mid-term elections for
Lok sabha were held in ---- ?
(1) 1962
(2) 1971
(3) 1977
(4) 1980
Correct Answere: 1971
The Speaker's vote in the Lok
Sabha is called ----- ?
(1) Casting Vote
(2) Sound Vote
(3) Direct Vote
(4) Indirect Vote
Correct Answere: Casting Vote
The number of Anglo-Indians
who can be nominated by the
President to the Lok Sabha is ---
? (4) 24
(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5
Correct Answere: 2
Union Budget is always
presented first in ---- ?
(1) The Lok Sabha
(2) The Rajya Sabha
(3) Joint Session of the
Parliament
(4) Meeting of the Union
Cabinet
Correct Answere: The Lok Sabha
What is the minimum age laid
down for a candidate to seek
election to the Lok Sabha ?
(1) 18 years
(2) 21 years
(3) 25 years
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: 25 years
The statewise allocation of
seats in Lok Sabha is based on
the 1971 Census. Upto which
year does this remain intact ?
(1) 2011
(2) 2021
(3) 2026
(4) 2031
Correct Answere: 2026
As per the Constitution of
India, how many members are
represented by the Union
Territories in the Lok Sabha ?
(1) 18
(2) 20
(3) 22
Correct Answere: 20
The maximum strength of the
Lok Sabha, as stipulated in the
Constitution of India, is ----- ?
(1) 500
(2) 525
(3) 550 The total number of Lok Sabha (3) 530
(4) 552 seats is: (4) 532

Correct Answere: 552 (1) 500 Correct Answere: 530

(2) 520
The allocation of seats in the (3) 543 The first female Speaker of Lok
present Lok Sabha is based on (4) 620 Sabha is --- ?
which one of the following
cENSUS ? Correct Answere: 543 (1) Vijy Laxmi Pandit
(2) Sucheta Kripalani
(1) 1971 In which House of the (3) Tarkeshwari Sinha
(2) 1981 parliament, the Presiding (4) Meira Kumar
(3) 1991 Officer is not a member of the
(4) 2001 House ? Correct Answere: Meira Kumar

Correct Answere: 1971 (1) Lok Sabha Which of the following

(2) Rajya Sabha
The Council of Ministers of (3) Vidhan Sabha
Indian Union is collectively (4) Vidhan Parishad
responsible to the --- ?
Correct Answere: Rajya Sabha
(1) President
(2) Prime Minister What is the fix number of
(3) Rajya Sabha members of Lok Sabha ?
(4) Lok Sabha
(1) 444
Correct Answere: Lok Sabha (2) 541
(3) 543
What is the fixed strength of (4) 545
Rajya Sabha ?
Correct Answere: 545
(1) 210
(2) 220 Finance Bill of Indian
(3) 230 Government is presented in ----
(4) 250 ? (2) President of India
Correct Answere: 250 (1) Upper House
(2) Lower House
(3) Legislative Council
(4) Legislative Assembly
Which one of the following is
the largest (area-wise) Lok Correct Answere: Lower House
Sabha Constituency ?
Out of 543 Lok Sabha
(1) Kangra Constituencies, how many Lok
(2) Laddakh Sabha Constituencies are from
(3) Kachchh the States ?
(4) Bhilwara
(1) 525
Correct Answere: Laddakh (2) 528
Constitutional Amendments
are related to raising the
number of members of Lok
Sabha to be elected from the
State ?
(1) 6th and 22nd
(2) 13th and 38th
(3) 7th and 31st
(4) 11th and 42nd
Correct Answere: 7th and 31st
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
addresses his letter of
resignation to the --- ?
(1) Prime Minister of India
(3) Vice President of India
(4) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: Deputy
Speaker of Lok Sabha
The Opposition Party status is
accorded to a political Party in
the Lok Sabha only if it
captures at least ?
(1) 5% seats
(2) 10% seats
(3) 15% seats
(4) 20% seats
Correct Answere: 10% seats
According to the Article 82 of
the Constitution of India, the
allocation of seats in Lok Sabha
to the States is on the basis of
the ......... census ?
(1) 1961
(2) 1971
(3) 1981
(4) 1991
Correct Answere: 1971
Which one of the following
States has the highest number
of reserve seats for the
Scheduled Tribes in the Lok
Sabha ?
(1) Bihar
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Gujarat
Correct Answere: Madhya
Pradesh
The number of Lok Sabha
members who can table a 'No
Confidence Motion' against the
Council of Members is ?
(1) 30
(2) 50
(3) 40
(4) 60
Correct Answere: 50
The quorum of Lok Sabha is ----
?
(1) 1/5th of the total
membership
(2) 1/6th of the total
membership
(3) 1/8th of the total
membership
(4) 1/10th of the total
membership
Correct Answere: 1/10th of the
total membership
Rajya Sbha can delay the
Finance Bill sent for its
consideration by the Lok Sabha
for a maximum period of ---- ?
(1) One year
(2) One month
(3) Fourteen days
(4) Seven days
Correct Answere: Fourteen days
To be officially recognised by
the Speaker of Lok Sabha as an
Opposition Group, a Party or
coalition of Parties must have
at least --- ?
(1) 50 members
(2) 60 members
(3) 80 members
(4) 1/3rd of total members of
the Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: 50 members
The 84th Amendment Act has
frozen the total number of
existing seats in the Lok Sabha
on the basis of 1971 Census.
They shall remain unaltered till
the first Census to be taken
after the year ----- ?
(1) 2010
(2) 2015
(3) 2021
(4) 2026
Correct Answere: 2026
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
can be removed by ---- ?
(1) The resolution of the Lok
Sabha passed by a majority of
the members of the House
(2) Two third majority of the
members of the House
(3) Order of the President
(4) Simple majority of the
Parliament
Correct Answere: The resolution
of the Lok Sabha passed by a
majority of the members of the
House
The Speaker's vote in the Lok
Sabha is called ---- ?
(1) Casting Vote
(2) Sound Vote
(3) Direct Vote
(4) Indirect Vote
Correct Answere: Casting Vote
The Chairperson of the Lok
Sabha is designated as ---- ?
(1) Chairman
(2) Speaker
(3) Vice-President
(4) President
Correct Answere: Speaker
The Speaker of Lok Sabha can
resign his office by addressing
his resignation to --- ?
(1) The President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Chief Justice of India
(4) The Dekputy Speaker of the
Lok sabha
Correct Answere: The Dekputy
Speaker of the Lok sabha
Who among the following was
not elected for two terms as
the speaker of Lok Sabha ?
(1) G.M.C.Balayogi
(2) N.Sanjiva Reddy
(3) Balaram Jakhar
(4) Baliram Bhagat
Correct Answere: Baliram
Bhagat
A Money Bill in the Indian
Parliament can be introduced
only with the recommendation
of the ----- ?
(1) President
(2) Prime Minister
(3) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(4) Union Finance Minister
Correct Answere: President
What can be maximum
interval between two sessions
of Parliament ?
(1) 3 months
(2) 4 months
(3) 6 months
(4) 9 months
Correct Answere: 6 months
Who calls the Joint Session of
the two Houses of the
Parliament ?
(1) The President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Lok Sabha Speaker
(4) The Vice President
Correct Answere: The President
By which Bill the Government
propose collection of revenues
for a year ?
(1) Economic Bill
(2) Finance Bill
(3) Supplementary Bill
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Finance Bill
Who among the following was
never the Lok Sabha Speaker ?
(1) K.V.K. Sundaram
(2) G.S. Dhillon
(3) Baliram Bhagat
(4) Hukum Singh
Correct Answere: K.V.K.
Sundaram
Bill of which of the following
categories can be initated only
in Lok Sabha ?
(1) Ordinary Bill
(2) Private members Bill
(3) Money Bill
(4) Constitution Amendment Bill
Correct Answere: Money Bill
Who decides whether a bill is a
Money Bill or not ?
(1) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The President
(4) The Parliamentary Select
Committee
Correct Answere: Speaker of the
Lok Sabha
Which one of the following
motions has contextual
relationship with the Union
Budget ---?
(1) Censure motion
(2) Cut motion
(3) Call attention motion
(4) Adjournment motion
Correct Answere: Cut motion
The first joint meeting of both
the Houses of the Indian
Parliament was held in
connection with --- ?
(1) Dowry abolition Bill
(2) Hindu Code Bill
(3) Bank Nationalisation Bill
(4) Gold Control Bill
Correct Answere: Dowry
abolition Bill
A money bill passed by the Lok
Sabha is deemed to have been
passed by the Rajya Sabha also
when no action is taken by the
Upper House (Rajya Sabha)
within--- ?
(1) 10 days
(2) 14 days
(3) 20 days
(4) 30 days
Correct Answere: 14 days
Which of the following
Ministries prepares its own
budget and presents in the
Parliament every year ?
(1) Finance Ministry
(2) Railway Ministry
(3) Ministry of Defence
(4) Ministry of Home Affairs
Correct Answere: Railway
Ministry
What is 'Zero Hour' ?
(1) When the proposals of the
opposition are raised
(2) When matters of utmost
importance are raised
(3) Interval between the
morning and afternoon sessions
(4) When a Money Bill is
introduced in Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: When matters
of utmost importance are raised
'Zero Hour' in political jargon
refers to --- ?
(1) day when no business in
Parliament its done
(2) suspended motion
(3) adjourned time
(4) question-answer session
Correct Answere: question-
answer session
A bill presented in Parliament
becomes an Act after --- ?
(1) It is passed by both the
Houses
(2) The President has given his
assent
(3) The Prime Minister has
signed it
(4) The Supreme Court has
declared it to be within the
competence of Union
Parliament
Correct Answere: The President
has given his assent
Who was the first Speaker to
discard the official wig and
presided over the House
wearing the Gandhi Cap ?
(1) Satya Narayan Sinha
(2) G.V. Mavalankar
(3) Rajendra Prasad
(4) N. Sanjiva Reddy
Correct Answere: G.V.
Mavalankar
Who was the first Speaker of
first Lok Sabha ?
(1) G.V. Mavalankar
(2) Hukum Singh
(3) M.A. Ayyangar
(4) G.S. Dhillon
Correct Answere: G.V.
Mavalankar
Who decides whether a bill is a
Money Bill or not ?
(1) The President
(2) The Speaker
(3) The Finance Secretary
(4) The Finance Minister
Correct Answere: The Speaker
The first woman to be the
Speaker of Lok Sabha is --- ?
(1) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
(2) Sarojini Naidu
(3) Indira Gandhi
(4) Meira Kumar
Correct Answere: Meira Kumar
The first Speaker against
whom a motion of no-
confidence was moved in the
Lok Sabha was --- ?
(1) Balaram Jhakhar
(2) G.V. Mavalankar
(3) Hukum Singh
(4) K.S. Hegde
Correct Answere: G.V.
Mavalankar
Who of the following presides
over the Joint Session of the
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in
India?
(1) President of India
(2) Vice-President of India
(3) Prime Minister of India
(4) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: Speaker of the
Lok Sabha
The Speaker can stop a
member of Parliament from
speaking and let another
member speak. This
phenomenon is known as ?
(1) decorum
(2) crossing the floor
(3) interpellation
(4) yielding the floor
Correct Answere: yielding the
floor
A bill may be introduced in
which House of Parliament ?
(1) Lok Sabha
(2) Rajya Sabha
(3) Either House of the
Parliament
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Either House
of the Parliament
The Union Budget is laid
before the two Houses of
Parliament in accordance with
Article No ......... of Indian
Constitution.
(1) 73
(2) 112
(3) 360
(4) 370
Correct Answere: 112
Who among the following
forms the Advisory Committee
of the Parliament ?
(1) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(2) Vice-President of India
(3) President of India
(4) Minister of Parliamentary
Affairs
Correct Answere: Speaker of the
Lok Sabha
The Parliamentary Committee
which scrutinises the report of
the Comptroller and Auditor
General of India is ---- ?
(1) Estimates Committee
(2) Select Committee
(3) Public Accounts Committee
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Public
Accounts Committee
Which one of the following is
the largest committee of the
Parliament ?
(1) The Public Accounts
Committee
(2) The Estimates Committee
(3) The Committee on public
Undertakings
(4) The Committee on Petitions
Correct Answere: The Estimates
Committee
Which of the following
standing committees of
Parliament has no MP from
Rajya Sabha ?
(1) The Public Accounts
Committee
(2) Committee on Public
Undertakings
(3) Committee on Government
Assurance
(4) Estimates Committee
Correct Answere: Estimates
Committee
Which one of the following
Bills must be passed by each
House of the indian Parliament
separately by special majority ?
(1) Ordinary Bill
(2) Money Bill
(3) Finance Bill
(4) Constitution Amendment Bill
Correct Answere: Constitution
Amendment Bill
The provisions related to
Official Language of India can
be amended by ---- ?
(1) Simple majority
(2) Minimum 2/3 majority
(3) Minimum 3/4 majority
(4) Cannot be amended
Correct Answere: Minimum 2/3
majority
At which of the following
stages general discussion on a
Bill takes place in the Lok
Sabha ?
(1) During introduction of the
Bill
(2) During second reading
(3) During report stage
(4) During third stage
Correct Answere: During second
reading
No confidence Motion against
the Union Council of Ministers
can be initiated ----?
(1) in the Rajya Sabha only
(2) in the Lok Sabha only
(3) both in the Rajya Sabha and
the Lok Sabha
(4) in the State Assemblies
Correct Answere: in the Lok
Sabha only
If a Money Bill Passed by the
Lok Sabha is not returned by
the Rajya Sabha within 14 days,
then ---- ?
(1) Lok Sabha will reconsider it
(2) Money Bill will be rejected
(3) President will summon a
joint meeting of both the
Houses to discuss it
(4) The Bill will be sent to the
President for his signature and
consent
Correct Answere: The Bill will be
sent to the President for his
signature and consent
When a Bill is referred to a
joint sitting of both the Houses
of Indian Parliament, it has to
be passed by --- ?
(1) a simple majority of
members present and voting
(2) Three-fourths majority of
members present and voting
(3) Two-thirds majority of the
House
(4) Absolute majority of the
total membership of the Houses
Correct Answere: a simple
majority of members present
and voting
The Speaker of Lok Sabha can
be removed from his office
before the expiry of his term ---
-?
(1) by the President on the
recommendation of Prime
Minister
(2) if the Lok Sabha passes a
resolution to this effect
(3) if the Lok Sabha and Prime
Minister so decide
(4) if both the Houses of
Parliament pass a resolution to
this effect
Correct Answere: if the Lok
Sabha passes a resolution to
this effect
' Votes on Account ' permits
Union Government to --- ?
(1) go for public loan
(2) borrow money from the
Reserve Bank of India
(3) give grants in aid to States
(4) withdraw money from
Consolidated Fund of India for
specific period
Correct Answere: withdraw
money from Consolidated Fund
of India for specific period
In the Supreme Court of India
the number of Judges including
the Chief Justice is now ---- ?
(1) 20
(2) 21
(3) 31
(4) 36
Correct Answere: 36
Who of the following Chief
Justices of India acted as the
President of India also ?
(1) Justice M. Hidayatullah
(2) Justice Mehar Chand
Mahajan
(3) Justice P.N. Bhagwati
(4) Justice B.K. Mukherjee
Correct Answere: Justice M.
Hidayatullah
Sovereignty of Indian
Parliament is restricted by --- ?
(1) Powers of the President of
India
(2) Judicial review
(3) Leader of the opposition
(4) Powers of the Prime
Minister of India
Correct Answere: Judicial
review
What makes the Judiciary the
guardian of the Constitution ?
(1) Independence
(2) Service conditions
(3) Salary
(4) Judicial Review
Correct Answere: Judicial
Review
How many types of writs can
be issued by the Supreme
Court ?
(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 5
(4) 6
Correct Answere: 5
The disputes regarding the
election of the President and
Vice-President of India are
decided by the --- ?
(1) Parliament
(2) Election Commission
(3) Supreme Court
(4) High Court
Correct Answere: Supreme
Court
Who holds the power to
increase the number of judges
in the Supreme Court ?
(1) Prime Minister
(2) President
(3) Parliament
(4) Ministry of Law
Correct Answere: Parliament
Acting Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court in India is
appointed by the --- ?
(1) Chief Jusice of Supreme
Court
(2) Prime Minister
(3) President
(4) Law Minister
Correct Answere: President
Who has the right to seek
advisory opinion of the
Supreme Court of India, on any
question of law ?
(1) Prime Minister
(2) President
(3) Any Judge of the High Court
(4) All the above
Correct Answere: President
The power of the Supreme
Court of India to decide
disputes between the Centre
and the States falls under its ?
(1) Advisory jurisdiction
(2) Appellate jurisdiction
(3) Constitutional jurisdiction
(4) Original jurisdiction
Correct Answere: Original
jurisdiction
In which of the following
Committees there is no
representation of Rajya Sabha
?
(1) Public Accounts Committee
(2) Committee on Government
Assurance
(3) The Committee on public
Undertakings
(4) Estimates Committee
Correct Answere: Estimates
Committee

A Committee appointed in
1977 to review working of the
Panchayati Raj was chaired by -
-- ?
(1) Balwant Raj Mehta
(2) Ashok Mehta
(3) K.N Katju
(4) Jagjivan Ram
Correct Answere: Ashok Mehta
If a Panchayat is dissolved,
elections are to be held within
? (2) Uttar Pradesh
(1) one month
(2) three month
(3) six month
(4) one year
Correct Answere: six month
The constitutional status has
been given to Panchayats
under Article ?
(1) 219
(2) 226
(3) 239
(4) 243
Correct Answere: 243
Panchayat Raj is organised at
the ?
(1) Block level
(2) Village and block level
(3) Village, block and district
level
(4) Village, block, district and
state level
Correct Answere: Village, block
and district level
Which one of the following
Amendments of the
Constitution of India deals with
the issue of strengthening of
the Panchayati Raj ?
(1) 42nd
(2) 44th
(3) 73rd
(4) 86th
Correct Answere: 73rd
The Panchayati Raj System was
first started in India in the
states of Rajasthan and ........ ?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Gujarat
(4) Haryana
Correct Answere: Andhra
Pradesh
Provisions regarding
Panchayats and Muncipalities
was made in the Indian
Constitution in which year ?
(1) 1991
(2) 1993
(3) 1995
(4) 2000
Correct Answere: 1993
Which Committee had first of
all recommended threetier
Panchayati Raj in India in 1957
? 1959; Nagor (Rajasthan)
(1) Balwant Rai Mehta
Committee
(2) Ashok Mehta Committee
(3) Setalwad Committee
(4) Hanumantayya Committee
Correct Answere: Balwant Rai
Mehta Committee
Functions to be assigned to
Panchayats by 73rd
Amendment of the Constituion
are mentioned in ---- ?
(1) Tenth Schedule
(2) Eleventh Schedule
(3) Twelfth Schedule
(4) Thirteen Schedule
Correct Answere: Eleventh
Schedule
Which of the following
Committee recommended for
according a constitutional
position to the Panchayati Raj ?
(1) Balwant Rai Mehta
Committee
(2) Ashok Mehta Committee
(3) Rao Committee
(4) L.M. Singhvi Committee
Correct Answere: L.M. Singhvi
Committee
When and where Panchayati
Raj system in India was
introduced ?
(1) July 5, 1957; Firozabad (U.P)
(2) October 2, 1959; Nagor
(Rajasthan)
(3) November 14, 1959;
Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
(4) December 3, 1960; Bhopal
(M.P)
Correct Answere: October 2,
Who was the President of the
committee on whose
recommendation was the
Panchayati Raj established in
India ?
(1) Balwant Rai Mehta
(2) Ashok Mehta
(3) DR. Iqbal Narayan
(4) Jeevraj Mehta
Correct Answere: Balwant Rai
Mehta
Which one of the following
States started the Panchayati
Raj institutions soon after the
73rd Constitutional
Amendment Act was passed ?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Bihar
(3) West Bengal
(4) Orissa
Correct Answere: Karnataka
The Constitution of India
mandates that the elections of
the Panchayati Raj should be
held regularly after a gap of ?
(1) 2 years
(2) 3 years
(3) 4 years
(4) 5 years
Correct Answere: 5 years
The 73rd Amendment of the
Indian Constitution deals with ?
(1) Panchayati Raj
(2) Compulsory Primary
Education
(3) Nagar Palikas
(4) Minimum age of marriage
Correct Answere: Panchayati
Raj
13th Finance Commission has
been constituted under the
Chairmanship of ---- ?
(1) Y.S.P. Thorat
(2) Montek Singh Ahluwaliya
(3) C. Rangrajan
(4) Vijay L. Kelkar
Correct Answere: Vijay L. Kelkar
The recommendations of the
Sarkaria Commission relate to ?
(1) Distribution of Revenue
(2) Powers and functions of the
President of India
(3) Membership of Parliament
(4) Centre-State relations
Correct Answere: Centre-State
relations
Which is NOT a Central Service
? (2) Union Public Service
(1) Indian Police Service (IPS)
(2) Indian Foreign Service (IFC)
(3) Indian Audit and Accounts
Service (IAAS)
(4) Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
Correct Answere: Indian Police
Service (IPS)
When was the wealth tax first
introduced in Inida?
(1) 1948
(2) 1957
(3) 1976
(4) 1991
Correct Answere: 1957
The Finance Commission is
constituted under Article
............. of the Constitution of
India?
(1) 275
(2) 280
(3) 282
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: 280
The annual report of the UPSC
is submitted to ?
(1) The President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Supreme Court
(4) The Chairman of the Union
Public Service Commission
Correct Answere: The President
Which of the fpllowing has the
powers to create a new all-
India Service ?
(1) Parliament
Commission
(3) Union Cabinet
(4) Ministry of Personel, Public
Grievances and Pensions
Correct Answere: Parliament
Which of the following is
extra-constitutional body ?
(1) Union Public Service
Commission
(2) Finance Commission
(3) Election Commission
(4) Planning Commission
Correct Answere: Planning
Commission
In which list does the Union
Government enjoy exclusive
powers ?
(1) Union List
(2) State List
(3) both 'a' and 'b'
(4) Concurrent List
Correct Answere: Union List
The Planning Commission is a ?
(1) Statutory body
(2) Non-Statutory body
(3) Constitutional body
(4) Autonomous Body
Correct Answere: Non-Statutory
body
Planning Commission was
established in 1950 through ?
(1) A constitutional amendment
(2) A Supreme Court order
(3) An executive order
(4) A decision by the Parliament
Correct Answere: An executive
order
Five - Year Plan in India is
finally approved by ?
(1) Union Cabinet
(2) President on the advice of
Prime Minister
(3) Planning Commission
(4) National Development
Council
Correct Answere: National
Development Council
The Deputy Chairman of
Planning Commission ?
(1) Is the Prime Minister
(2) Is the Planning Minister
(3) Holds the rabk of a Cabinet
Minister
(4) Is an economist of repute
Correct Answere: Holds the
rabk of a Cabinet Minister
Who appoints the Union Public
Service Commission ?
(1) Parliament
(2) President
(3) Chief Justice of India
(4) Selection Commission
Correct Answere: President
By which Act was the Public
Service Commission
established for the first time in
India ?
(1) Indian Council Act, 1909
(2) Indian Council Act, 1892
(3) Government of India Act,
1935
(4) Government of India Act,
1919
Correct Answere: Government
of India Act, 1919
For which purpose is the
Finance Commission appointed
?
(1) To make recommendation
for devolution of non-plan
revenue resources
(2) To earn foreign exchange
(3) To recommend measures for
profit making public sector
enterprises
(4) To impose taxes
Correct Answere: To make
recommendation for devolution
of non-plan revenue resources
With reference tothe
Constitution of India, which
one of the following pairs is
NOT correctly matched ?
(1) Forests - Concurrent List
(2) Stock Exchange - Concurrent
List
(3) Post Office Saving Bank -
Union List
(4) Public Health - State List
Correct Answere: Stock
Exchange - Concurrent List
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
suggested that the structure of
Panchayati Raj should consist
of ?
(1) the village, the block and the
district levels
(2) the mandal and the district
levels
(3) the village, the district and
the State levels
(4) the village, the mandal, the
district and the state levels
Correct Answere: the village,
the block and the district levels
' Votes on Account ' permits
Union Government to --- ?
(1) go for public loan
(2) borrow money from the
Reserve Bank of India
(3) give grants in aid to States
(4) withdraw money from
Consolidated Fund of India for
specific period
Correct Answere: withdraw
money from Consolidated Fund
of India for specific period
The term of the Lok Sabha ?
(1) cannot be extend under any
circumstances
(2) can be extended by one year
at a time during the
proclamation of emergency
(3) can be extended by six
months at a time
(4) can be extended for two
years at a time during the
proclamation of emergency
Correct Answere: can be
extended by one year at a time
during the proclamation of
emergency
How is Rajya Sabha dissolved ?
(1) At the end of Chairman's
tenture
(2) President dissolve after 5
years
(3) Dissolved with Lok Sabha
automatically
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: None of the
above
Who is NOT entitled to take
part in the activities of Lok
Sabha ?
(1) The Comptroller and auditor
General of India
(2) The Attorney General of
India
(3) The Solicitor General
(4) The Secretary to President of
India
Correct Answere: The Secretary
to President of India
Which of the following States
elect only one member of the
Lok Sabha ?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Sikkim
(3) Manipur
(4) Tripura
Correct Answere: Sikkim
Economic Survey is presented
in Parliament every year --- ?
(1) before 'the presentation of
budget for the coming year
(2) after the presentation of
budget for the coming year
(3) after the presentation of
finance bill
(4) and has no relation with the
presentation of budget
Correct Answere: before 'the
presentation of budget for the
coming year
If a member of Parliament
becomes disqualified for
membership, the decision of
his removal is taken by ---- ?
(1) Chief Election Commissioner
(2) President of India on the
advice of Council of Ministers
(3) President of India on enquiry
by a supreme Court Judge
(4) President in accordance with
the opinion of the Election
Commission
Correct Answere: President in
accordance with the opinion of
the Election Commission
The Union Executive of India
consists of --- ?
(1) The President, Vice-
President and the Council of
Ministers only
(2) The President and the
council of Ministers only
(3) The President, the Vice-
President , the Council of
Ministers and Lok Sabha
Speaker
(4) The President, the Prime
Minister, Deputy Chairman of
Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker
Correct Answere: The President,
Vice-President and the Council
of Ministers only
Which one of the following
statements regarding the Vice-
President of India Officiating as
President is correct ?
(1) He shall continue to be
chairman of the Council of
States
(2) He shall cease to be the
chairman of the Council of
States
(3) He shall nominate the next-
senior-most member of the
house to be the chairman of the
Council of States
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: He shall cease
to be the chairman of the
Council of States
Who can initiate impeachment
of the President ?
(1) 1/4th members of either
House of the President
(2) Half of the members of
either House of the Parliament
(3) Half of the state Legislatures
(4) 1/3rd members of any State
Legislature
Correct Answere: 1/4th
members of either House of the
President
A national political party is one
which receives 4% of the total
votes polled in ?
(1) Two or more States
(2) The capital city
(3) Four or more states
(4) In all states
Correct Answere: Four or more
states
Age of a candidate to contest
Parliamentary election should
not be lesser than ?
(1) 18 years
(2) 21 years
(3) 25 years
(4) 26 years
Correct Answere: 25 years
 To be a regional party, the
minimum percentage of votes
that a party needs to secure in
any election is ?
(1) 2 %
(2) 3 %
(3) 4 %
(4) 5 %
Correct Answere: 4 %
The election disputes
regarding the election of
President and Vice-President
can be heared by ?
(1) Parliament
(2) Central Election Commission
(3) Supreme Court
(4) Attorney-General of India
Correct Answere: Supreme
Court
The Constitutional
Amendment by which the age
for voting has been revised
from 21 years to 18 years is ?
(1) 51st
(2) 56th
(3) 61st
(4) 64th
Correct Answere: 61st
NRI (Non-Resident Indian) Day
is obeserved on which of the
following days ?
(1) 9th January
(2) 9th February
(3) 19th February
(4) 9th March
Correct Answere: 9th January
To be recognised as a national
party, a political party must be
recognised party in at least ?
(1) Three States
(2) Four States
(3) Five States
(4) Six States
Correct Answere: Four States
In India, the Chief Election
Commissioner can be removed
from his office in the same
manner and on the same
grounds as ?
(1) A judge of the Supreme
Court
(2) The Chief Justice of a High
Court
(3) The Comptroller and Auditor
- General
(4) The Attorney General of
India
Correct Answere: A judge of the
Supreme Court
The first General Election in
India on the basis of adult
suffrage was held during the
year ?
(1) 1947 - 48
(2) 1949 - 50
(3) 1951- 52
(4) 1953 - 54
Correct Answere: 1951- 52
Who accords recognition to
various political parties in India
as National or Regional Parties
? (3) only twice
(1) The President
(2) The Parliament
(3) The Election Commission
(4) The Supreme Court
Correct Answere: The Election
Commission
Which one of the following
Constitutional Amendments
introduced the anti-defection
provision in the Constitution
for the first time ?
(1) 51st Amendment
(2) 52nd Amendment
(3) 53rd Amendment
(4) 54th Amendment
Correct Answere: 52nd
Amendment
How many times has Financial
Emergency been declared in
India so far ?
(1) Once
(2) 4 times
(3) 5 times
(4) Never
Correct Answere: Never
Which Indian State came
under President's rule for
maximum number of times ?
(1) Punjab
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Kerala
(4) Karnataka
Correct Answere: Punjab
How many times did the
President of India declare
National Emergency so far ?
(1) Never
(2) Only once
(4) Thrice
Correct Answere: Thrice
How many types of
emergencies are envisaged by
the Constitution ?
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
Correct Answere: 3
A Financial Emergency can be
declared by applying ?
(1) Article 360
(2) Article 361
(3) Article 370
(4) Article 371
Correct Answere: Article 360
In India, within how much
period, has the proclamation of
emergency to be approved by
both Houses of the Parliament
? (1) 1987
(1) 14 days
(2) 1 month
(3) 3 months
(4) 6 months
Correct Answere: 1 month
Which among the following
countries was the earliest to
give women the right to vote ?
(1) Iceland
(2) India
(3) Newzealand
(4) USA
Correct Answere: Newzealand
When was the Anti-defection
Act was passed ?
(1) January 17, 1985
(2) February 15, 1985
(3) March 30, 1985
(4) April 21, 1985
Correct Answere: February 15,
1985
Election to the office of the
President is conducted by --- ?
(1) The Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
(2) The Prime Minister's Office
(3) The Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs
(4) The Election Commission of
India
Correct Answere: The Election
Commission of India
The Election Commission was
converted into 'Three Members
Commission' in the following
year ?
(2) 1988
(3) 1989
(4) 1990
Correct Answere: 1990
The first General Election in
India, was held in ?
(1) 1950
(2) 1951
(3) 1952
(4) 1953
Correct Answere: 1951
Which one of the following
Articles of the Constitution of
India has provision for the
President to proclaim
emergency ?
(1) Article 352
(2) Article 355
(3) Article 356
(4) Article 360
Correct Answere: Article 352
To be recognised as a national
Party, it must secure at least ?
(1) 4% of the Valid votes in 4 or
more States
(2) 10% of the Valid votes in 4
or more States
(3) 15% of the Valid votes in 2
or more States
(4) 25% of the Valid votes in 1
or more States
Correct Answere: 4% of the
Valid votes in 4 or more States
English is the official language
of which one of the following
Indian States ?
(1) Nagaland
(2) Tripura
(3) Assam
(4) Manipur
Correct Answere: Nagaland
The provisions related to
official language of India can be
amended by ?
(1) Simple majority
(2) Minimum 2/3 majority
(3) Minimum 3/4 majority
(4) Can not be amended
Correct Answere: Simple
majority
The national emergency as
Article 352 of the Indian
Constitution provides, may be
proclaimed under which of the
following circumstances ?
(1) failure of constitutional
machinary
(2) external aggression
(3) internal disturbance
(4) war, external aggression or
internal disturbance
Correct Answere: war, external
aggression or internal
disturbance
Which one of the following
Articles of the Indian
Constitution provides that 'It
shall be the duty of the Union
to protect every State against
external aggression and
internal disturbance' ?
(1) Article 215
(2) Article 275
(3) Article 325
(4) Article 355
Correct Answere: Article 355
The most controversial
amendment passed during the
emergency was --- ?
(1) 41st
(2) 42nd
(3) 43rd
(4) 44th
Correct Answere: 42nd
Which of the following
Constitutional Amendment
Acts was said to be a 'Mini
Constitution' ?
(1) 42nd
(2) 44th
(3) 46th
(4) 50th
Correct Answere: 42nd
Which Amendment Act
introduced changes in the
Preamble to the Indian
Constitution ?
(1) the 38th Amendment Act,
1975
(2) the 40th Amendment Act,
1976
(3) the 42nd Amendment Act,
1976
(4) the 44th Amendment Act,
1979
Correct Answere: the 42nd
Amendment Act, 1976
The method of Constitutional
Amendment is provided in ?
(1) Article 348
(2) Article 358
(3) Article 368
(4) Article 378
Correct Answere: Article 368
The right to property was
removed from the list of
Fundamental Rights enlisted in
the Constitution of India
through which one of the
following Amendments ?
(1) 23rd
(2) 44th
(3) 73rd
(4) 76th
Correct Answere: 44th
Functions to be assigned to
Panchayats by 73rd
Amendment of the
Constitution are mentioned in
? following ?
(1) Tenth Schedule
(2) Eleventh Schedule
(3) Twelfth Schedule
(4) Thirteen Schedule
Correct Answere: Eleventh
Schedule
By which one of the following
Constitutional Amendments
Delhi has become 'National
Capital Region' (NCR) ?
(1) 61st Amendment
(2) 69th Amendment
(3) 71st Amendment
(4) 79th Amendment
Correct Answere: 69th
Amendment
Which of the following
Constitutional Amendments
are related to raising the
number of Members of Lok
Sabha to be elected from the
States ?
(1) 6th and 22nd
(2) 13th and 38th
(3) 7th and 31st
(4) 11th and 42nd
Correct Answere: 7th and 31st
Which one of the following
Bills must be passed by each
House of the Indian Parliament
separatly by special majority ?
(1) Ordinary Bill
(2) Money Bill
(3) Finance Bill
(4) Constitution Amendment Bill
Correct Answere: Constitution
Amendment Bill
Sikkim became an associate
State of Indian Union by the
(1) 30th Amendment of the
Constitution
(2) 34th Amendment of the
Constitution
(3) 35th Amendment of the
Constitution
(4) 36th Amendment of the
Constitution
Correct Answere: 35th
Amendment of the Constitution
Which Amendment to the
Constitution inserted a new
Article 21A providing Right to
Education in the Constitution ?
(1) 86th Amendment
(2) 87th Amendment
(3) 88th Amendment
(4) 89th Amendment
Correct Answere: 86th
Amendment
O the following words in the
Preamble of the Constitution of
India which was NOT inserted
through the Constitution (42nd
Amendment) Act, 1976?
(1) Socialist
(2) Secular
(3) Diginity
(4) Integrity
Correct Answere: Diginity
The 79th Amendment of the
Indian Constitution is related to
? basis of ?
(1) Centre - State relations
(2) Establishment of two
political parties
(3) Fundamental Rights
(4) Reservation of SCs and STs in
the Lok Sabha and State
Assemblies
Correct Answere: Reservation of
SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha
and State Assemblies
How many spokes are there in
the Dharma Chakra (Ashok
Chakra) depicted on the
National Flag of India?
(1) 16
(2) 20
(3) 24
(4) 32
Correct Answere: 24
What is the scientific name of
National Animal-tiger-of India?
(1) Panthera leo
(2) Panthera tigris
(3) Elephas indicus
(4) Bos domesticus
Correct Answere: Panthera
tigris
Karl Marx belonged to ?
(1) Germany
(2) Holland
(3) France
(4) Britian
Correct Answere: Germany
The Indian Constituion
recognises minorities on the
(1) Religion
(2) Caste
(3) Colour
(4) Percentage of the
population of the Group to the
total population
Correct Answere: Percentage of
the population of the Group to
the total population
What is the scientific name of
National Fruit-Mango-of India ?
(1) Manigifera Indica
(2) Pyrus Malus
(3) Musa Paradisiaca
(4) Psidium Guajava
Correct Answere: Manigifera
Indica
What is the scientific name of
National Tree-Banyan-of India ?
(1) Ficus Benghalensis
(2) Azadirachata Indica
(3) Techona grandis
(4) Anthocephalus Indicus
Correct Answere: Ficus
Benghalensis
What is the scientific name of
National Flower-Lotus-of India?
(1) Nelumbo Nucipera Gaertin
(2) Tagetes Erecta
(3) Lilium Mackliniae
(4) Saussurea Obvallata
Correct Answere: Nelumbo
Nucipera Gaertin
What is the scientific name of
National Bird-Peacock-of India?
(1) Pavo Cristatus
(2) Cuculidate Cuculiformes
(3) Corvours Corone
(4) Phaethonitidae
Psittaciformes
Correct Answere: Pavo Cristatus
In which General Election did
the Congress Party lost
majority in the Parliament for
the first time ?
(1) 1967
(2) 1977
(3) 1980
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: 1977
The line demarcating the
boundary between India and
China in North Eastern Sector is
called ?
(1) Redcliffe Line
(2) Durand Line
(3) Mc Mohan Line
(4) Siegfried Line
Correct Answere: Mc Mohan
Line
On whose vision was the term
'democratic socialism'
described ?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(4) Smt Indira Gandhi
Correct Answere: Jawahar Lal
Nehru
The Chairman of Constitutional
Review Commission set up in
February 2000 is ?
(1) M.N. Venkatchalaih
(2) R.S. Sarkaria
(3) Krishna Iyer
(4) Fatima Beevi
Correct Answere: M.N.
Venkatchalaih
Mc Mohan Line lies between
which of the following
countries ?
(1) India and Pakistan
(2) India and Bangladesh
(3) India and China
(4) India and Myanmar
Correct Answere: India and
China
Under the Preventive
Detention a person can be
detained without trial for ?
(1) One month
(2) Three months
(3) six months
(4) Nine months
Correct Answere: Three months
Which is the only State in India
in India to have the Common
Civil Code ?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Mizoram
(3) Nagaland
(4) Goa
Correct Answere: Goa
Which is the highest National
Award ?
(1) Padmashree
(2) Padmavibhushan
(3) Bharat Ratna
(4) Ashik Chakra
Correct Answere: Bharat Ratna
Which among the following is
an extra-constitutional growth
in Indian democracy ?
(1) Attorney-General of India
(2) Autonomous Districts
(3) Political Parties
(4) Deputy Chairman of the
Council of States
Correct Answere: Autonomous
Districts
The Noth Eastern Council,
established in 1972, includes
the following ?
(1) Assam
(2) Mizoram
(3) Nagaland
(4) All the above
Correct Answere: All the above
Who was the first woman
judge of the Supreme Court of
India ?
(1) Fatma Beevi
(2) Sujana Manohar
(3) Ruma Pal
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Fatma Beevi
One of the following states is
not included in the Eastern
Zonal Council ?
(1) Bihar
(2) Sikkim
(3) Orissa
(4) West Bengal
Correct Answere: Sikkim
Which one of the following is
true with regard to Lok Adalat
?
(1) Local Adalat is given
constitutional status
(2) Its decisions are binding on
all parties of the dispute
(3) Appeal against its decisions
lies in district courts
(4) It is both a civil and criminal
court
Correct Answere: Its decisions
are binding on all parties of the
dispute
What percentage of the
members of the Legislative
Council is indirectly elected and
what prcentage is nominated ?
(1) 4/6 and 2/6
(2) 5/6 and 1/6
(3) 3/6 and 3/6
(4) 2/6 and 4/6
Correct Answere: 5/6 and 1/6
Which one of the following
States had emergency under
Article 356 and it lasted beyond
three years ?
(1) Rajasthan
(2) West Bengal
(3) Punjab
(4) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answere: Punjab
The system of Public Interest
Litigation has been introduced
in India ?
(1) through Constitutional
Amendments
(2) by Judicial initiative
(3) by political parties
(4) by a Parliamentary Act
Correct Answere: by Judicial
initiative
The Comptroller and Auditor
General performs ?
(1) only audit functions
(2) only accounting functions
(3) Both accounting and audit
functions
(4) Accounting, auditing and
Judicial functions
Correct Answere: only audit
functions
The Election Commission is
responsible for the conduct of
elections to ?
(1) The Parliament
(2) State legislatures
(3) The offices of President and
Vice-President
(4) All the above
Correct Answere: All the above
The special status of Jammu
and Kashmir implies that the
state has
(1) separate defence forces
(2) a separate constitution
(3) a separate judiciary
(4) all the above
Correct Answere: a separate
constitution
Money can be spent out of the
Consolidated Fund of India ?
(1) With the approval of the
President
(2) With the approval of the
Parliament
(3) With the approval of the
Comptroller and Auditor
General
(4) With the approval of all the
above authorities
Correct Answere: With the
approval of the Parliament
The following is true about the
Planning Commission ?
(1) It is a constitutional body
(2) It is a statutory body
(3) It is an extra-constitutional
body
(4) It is a non-constitutional
body
Correct Answere: It is an extra-
constitutional body
The National Human Rights
Commission is a?
(1) Constitutional body
(2) Extra-constitutional body
(3) Statutory body
(4) The result of Cabinent's
resolution
Correct Answere: Statutory
body
The Gujral doctrine owes its
existence to I.K. Gujral . It was
a time when he was a ?
(1) Seminarian
(2) Foreign minister
(3) Prime Minister
(4) Pariamentarian
Correct Answere: Foreign
minister
The National Human Rights
Commission is a ?
(1) Constitutional body
(2) Extra-constitutional body
(3) Statutory body
(4) The result of Cabint's
resolution
Correct Answere: Statutory
body
Of which amendment, the
National Commission for
Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes bifurcated
into two bodies ?
(1) 89th amendment, 2003
(2) 89th amendment, 2002
(3) 88th amendment, 2002
(4) 88th amendment, 2003
Correct Answere: 89th
amendment, 2003
In India, the first Municipal
Corporation was set up in
which one among the following
? of the Cabinet
(1) Calcutta
(2) Madras
(3) Bombay
(4) Delhi
Correct Answere: Madras
Under one of the following
Articles, an assured special
financial assistance for the
welfare of the Scheduled Tribes
has been provided ?
(1) 275
(2) 275(1)
(3) 275(2)
(4) 275(3)
Correct Answere: 275(1)
One of the following is not
listed among the minorities in
India ?
(1) Muslims
(2) Jains
(3) Buddhists
(4) Christians
Correct Answere: Jains
The National Commission for
Minorities has the following
other members in addition to a
chairperson and a vice-
chairperson ?
(1) 3 members
(2) 4 members
(3) 5 members
(4) 7 members
Correct Answere: 5 members
The National Commission on
Scheduled Castes is a ?
(1) Statutory body
(2) Constitutional body
(3) Body created by the decision
(4) extra-constitutional body
Correct Answere: Constitutional
body
Who had advocated Village
Swaraj ?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) B.R. Ambedkar
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Jaya Prakash Narayan
Correct Answere: Mahatma
Gandhi
One of the following is not an
urban local body ?
(1) municipalities
(2) town area committee
(3) samitis
(4) notified area committee
Correct Answere: samitis
What is the tenture of the
Nagarpalika, under the
provisions of the 7th
constitutional amendment ?
(1) Five years
(2) Four years
(3) Seven years
(4) One decade
Correct Answere: Five years
One of the following is not the
function of the municipalities
under 74th Amendment ?
(1) Construction of buildings
(2) Economic and social
planning
(3) Water supply
(4) Fisheries
Correct Answere: Fisheries
One of the following is not an
item among 29 items specified
for Panchayats ?
(1) Animal husbandry
(2) Public distribution system
(3) Fuel and fodder
(4) Regulation of slaughter
houses
Correct Answere: Regulation of
slaughter houses
Which one of the following
Panchayati Raj committiees
had recommend a four year
term for Panchayati Raj
Institutions ?
(1) Balwantari Mehta
Committee
(2) G.V.K. Rao Committee
(3) L.M. Singhvi Committee
(4) Ashok Mehta Committee
Correct Answere: Ashok Mehta
Committee
Who among the following
takes the oath to preserve,
protect and defend the
Constitution ?
(1) Prime Minister
(2) President
(3) Vice-President
(4) Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of India
Correct Answere: President
Which one of the following is
listed as a Fundamental Right ?
(1) Right to Housing
(2) Right to Health
(3) Right to Livelihood
(4) Right to Freedom of Faith
Correct Answere: Right to
Freedom of Faith
Which one of the following is
the highest civil servant of the
Union Government ?
(1) Principle Secreatary of the
Prime Minister
(2) Cabinet Secretary
(3) Attorney General of India
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Cabinet
Secretary
Who is incharge of the Cabinet
Secretariat ?
(1) The Cabinet Secretary
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Union Home Minister
(4) The Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs
Correct Answere: The Minister
for Parliamentary Affairs
To be recognised as a national
party, it must secure at least ?
(1) Six percent of the valid votes
in four or more states
(2) four percent of the valid
votes in four or more states
(3) 15 percent of the valid votes
in any two states
(4) 25 percent of the valid votes
in any two states
Correct Answere: Six percent of
the valid votes in four or more
states
In terms of the election laws in
India, electioneering ceases in a
constituency atleast ?
(1) 12 hours before the
commencement of polling
(2) 24 hours before the
commencement of polling
(3) 36 hours before the
commencement of polling
(4) 48 hours before the closing
hour of polling
Correct Answere: 48 hours
before the closing hour of
polling
The 73rd Amendment
provided for a Finance
Commission to review the
financial position of the
Panchayats. The Commission is
appointed by ?
(1) The President
(2) The Governer
(3) The Union Finance Minister
(4) The Comptroller and Auditor
General
Correct Answere: The Governer
Which of the following
committee overviews the
welfare of the Schedule Castes
and Scheduled Tribes ?
(1) Parliamentary Committee
(2) Judicial Committee
(3) Lok Sabha Committee
(4) Rajya Sabha Committee
Correct Answere: Parliamentary
Committee
Which of the following
committees/commissions
suggested the creation of the
State Finance Commission ?
(1) Balwantrai Mehta
Committee
(2) Ashok Mehta Committee
(3) Administrative Reforms
Commission
(4) Sarkaria Commission
Correct Answere: Ashok Mehta
Committee
One of the following does not
match ?
(1) Hindu Marriage Act - 1955
(2) Medical Termination of
Pregnancy Act - 1971
(3) Domestic Violence to
Women Act - 1990
(4) Cruently against Women -
1995
Correct Answere: Domestic
Violence to Women Act - 1990
Which one of the following is
true with regard to the
Attorney General of India ?
(1) He presides over
administrative tribunals
(2) He has to be a retired judge
of the Supreme Court
(3) He takes part in the
Parliament Proceedings but has
no vote to cast
(4) He is the chief legal advisor
to the Government of India
Correct Answere: He takes part
in the Parliament Proceedings
but has no vote to cast
The comptroller and Auditor
General is intimately connected
with the following committee
of Parliament ?
(1) The public Accounts
Committee
(2) The Estimates Committee
(3) The Committee on Public
Undertakings
(4) All the above committees
Correct Answere: The public
Accounts Committee
The Punchhi Commission
suggests that the Governer of a
state should be appointed by a
committee which should also
include ?
(1) The Vice President
(2) The leader of the Opposition
in the Lok Sabha
(3) The Chief Justice of India
(4) The out-going Governer
Correct Answere: The Vice
President
Which of the following is true
? term of five years ?
(1) The abolition of the privy
purses came into effect through
a constitutional amendment in
1971
(2) The Golaknath case was
decided in 1973
(3) The decision on the Minerva
Mills case came in 1980
(4) Right to Property was
abolished in 1976
Correct Answere: The
Golaknath case was decided in
1973
The Supreme Court of India is
a court of record, which implies
that ?
(1) It has to keep a record of all
its decisions
(2) All the decisions have
evidentiary value and can not
be questioned in any court
(3) It has the power to punish
for its contempt
(4) Both (b) and (c)
Correct Answere: Both (b) and
(c)
Out of the four southern
States: Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil
Nadu, which shares boundaries
with the maximum number of
Indian States ?
(1) Andhra Pradesh only
(2) Karnataka only
(3) Each of Andhra Pradesh and
Karnataka
(4) Each of Tamil Nadu and
Kerala
Correct Answere: Each of
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
The term of Lok Sabha can be
extended beyond its normal
(1) By the President at his
discription
(2) By the President on the
recommendations of the
Election Commission
(3) By thePresident during all
types of emergencies
(4) By the Parliament during
national emergency
Correct Answere: By the
Parliament during national
emergency
One of the following is
wrongly listed ?
(1) Bandung Conference was
held in Sri Lanka
(2) The first non-alignment
submit was held in the year
1961
(3) South-South Cooperation
relates to countries relates to
countries of the Southern
Hemisphere
(4) India Look West policy deals
with India's relations with the
Gulf countries
Correct Answere: Bandung
Conference was held in Sri
Lanka
One of the following is not
members of India's National
Human Rights Commission ?
(1) Retired chief justice of
Supreme Court of India
(2) Retired or serving chief
justice of a High Court
(3) A person with knowledge or
practical experience of Human
Rights
(4) Leader of the Opposition in
the Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: Leader of the
Opposition in the Lok Sabha
One of the following is
wrongly listed ?
(1) National Policy on
Agriculture - 2000
(2) National Policy on Education
- 1990
(3) National Policy on Health,
Safety and Environment at work
place - 2009
(4) National Youth Policy - 2003
Correct Answere: National
Policy on Education - 1990
The 73rd Amendment, dealing
with Panchayati Raj, added the
Eleventh Schedule to the
Constitution, which contains ?
(1) 21 subjects for the economic
and social development of
villages
(2) 27 subjects for the economic
and social development of
villages
(3) 29 subjects for the economic
and social development of
villages
(4) 40 subjects for the economic
and social development of
villages
Correct Answere: 29 subjects
for the economic and social
development of villages
Which of the following is the
main function of the Central
Vigilance Commission of India?
(1) To keep a watch on the
investigation agencies in the
country
(2) To enquiry or cause an
inquiry of an alleged offence
committed by a public servant
(3) To expedite the disposal of
the criminal cases pending
before the courts
(4) To sctrutinize the utilization
of development funds
sanctioned by the Government
Correct Answere: To enquiry or
cause an inquiry of an alleged
offence committed by a public
servant
To which of the following bills
must the President accord his
sanction without sending it
back for reconsideration ?
(1) Money bills
(2) Ordinary Bills
(3) Bills seeking
amendment to the
Constitution
(4) Bills passed by both
the Houses of
Parliament
(2) : Money bills
Which Article of the
Constitution abolishes
untouchability ?
(1) Article 42
(2) Article 15
(3) Article 14
(4) Article 17
Correct Answere: Article 17
Under which Article of the
Constitution of India can the
President of India be
impeached ?
(1) 356
(2) 75
(3) 76
(4) 61
Correct Answere: 61
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
has to address his letter of
resignation of --- ?
(1) Prime Minister of India
(2) President of India
(3) Dy. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(4) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Correct Answere: Dy. Speaker of
the Lok Sabha
The Impeachment of the
President of India can be
initiated in ----?
(1) Either House of Parliament
(2) In a Joint sitting of both
Houses of Parliament
(3) The Lok Sabha alone
(4) The Rajya Sabha alone
Correct Answere: Either House
of Parliament
Judicial Review in India is
based on --- ?
(1) Procedure established by
law
(2) Due process of law
(3) Rule of law
(4) Precedents and conventions
Correct Answere: Procedure
established by law
What is the maximum possible
strength of the Legislative
Assembly of a State ?
(1) 400 members
(2) 425 members
(3) 500 members
(4) 545 members
Correct Answere: 500 members
As per the 87th Constitutional
Amendment Act, 2003 which
census forms the basis of
delimitation of election
constituencies ?
(1) 2001
(2) 1981
(3) 1991
(4) 1971
Correct Answere: 2001
The Supreme Court of India
declares by issuing a writ that
the respondent was not
entitled to an office he was
holding or a privilege he was
exercising. Which writ is that ?
(1) Habeas-Corpus
(2) Prohibition
(3) Quo-warranto
(4) Certiorari
Correct Answere: Quo-warranto
The quorum required in the
Rajya Sabha is --- ?
(1) 25
(2) 50
(3) 100
(4) 126
Correct Answere: 25
The responsibility of the Prime
Minister to the Lok Sabha is ---
? (3) Prime Minister
(1) Intermittent
(2) Indirect
(3) At the time of election
(4) Direct, continuous and
collective
Correct Answere: Direct,
continuous and collective
Money Bill has been defined in
the Constitution under Article -
-- ?
(1) 109
(2) 110
(3) 111
(4) 112
Correct Answere: 110
The Indian Constitution
provides for the appointment
of adhoc judges in the --- ?
(1) Supreme Court
(2) High Court
(3) District Court
(4) All the above
Correct Answere: Supreme
Court
Who was the permanent
President of the Constituent
Assembly ?
(1) B.N. Rau
(2) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(3) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(4) Sachidanand Sinha
Correct Answere: Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
The authority to alter the
boundaries of States in India
rests with --- ?
(1) State Government
(2) President
(4) Parliament
Correct Answere: Parliament
Who was the Constitutional
Advisor to the Constituent
Assembly ?
(1) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
(2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(4) B.N. Rau
Correct Answere: B.N. Rau
In which of the following lists
of the Indian Constitution is the
subject of 'Population' control
and family planning included ?
(1) Union List
(2) Concurrent List
(3) Stste List
(4) Residuary List
Correct Answere: Concurrent
List
Which of the following
categories of Fundamental
Rights incorporate 'Abolition of
Untouchability' ?
(1) The Right to religion
(2) The Right to equality
(3) The Right against
exploitation
(4) The Right to freedom
Correct Answere: The Right to
equality
To which of the following
categories of Rights does the
Right to property belong ?
(1) Legal Right
(2) Fundamental Right
(3) Human Right
(4) Natural Right
Correct Answere: Legal Right
Which one of the following is
not included in the State List in
the Constitutional of India ?
(1) Police
(2) Law and Order
(3) Prisons
(4) Criminal Procedure Code
Correct Answere: Criminal
Procedure Code
Which one of the following
items comes under the
Concurrent List of the Indian
Constitution ?
(1) Inter-State rivers
(2) Trade Unions
(3) Citizenship
(4) Local Government
Correct Answere: Trade Unions
Which of the following writs is
issued by an appropriate
judicial body in order to free a
person who has been illegally
detained ?
(1) Quo Warranto
(2) Mandamus
(3) Certiorari
(4) Habeas Corpus
Correct Answere: Habeas
Corpus
According to the Constitution
of India, a new All India Service
can be instituted with initiative
taken by ---- ?
(1) More than two-thirds of the
States
(2) The Inter-State Council
(3) The Lok Sabha
(4) The Rajya Sabha
Correct Answere: The Rajya
Sabha
Which one of the following is
set up by the Constitution of
India ?
(1) Planning Commission
(2) National Development
Council
(3) Zonal Councils
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: None of the
above
Zonal Councils have been
created by --- ?
(1) The Constitution
(2) An Act of Parliament
(3) A Government Resolution
(4) The National Development
Council
Correct Answere: A
Government Resolution
Who is the first Law Officer of
the Government of India ?
(1) The Chief Justice of India
(2) Union Law Minister
(3) Attorney-General of India
(4) Law Secretary
Correct Answere: Attorney-
General of India
A writ issued by a court to
some inferior authority to
transfer the matter to it for its
proper consideration, is called -
-- ?
(1) Certiorari
(2) Mandamus
(3) Quo-warranto
(4) Prohibition
Correct Answere: Prohibition
Which one of the following is
an extra-constitutional body ?
(1) Language Commission
(2) Planning Commission
(3) Election Commission
(4) Finance Commission
Correct Answere: Planning
Commission
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The maximum number of
unstarted questions for a day
in the Lok Sabha has been fixed
at 230. What is this number in
the Rajya Sabha ?
(1) 230
(2) 250
(3) 260
(4) No limit has been fixed
Correct Answere: No limit has
been fixed
What is the minimum strength
of the Legislative Assmblies of
India prescribed by the
Constitution ?
(1) 40
(2) 50
(3) 60
(4) 80
Correct Answere: 60
Which one of the following is
not appointed by the Governer
?
(1) The Chief Minister
(2) Advocate General
(3) Member of State Public
Service Commission
(4) Judges of the High Court
Correct Answere: Judges of the
High Court
Which one of the following
writs will be issued by the court
incase of illegal detention ?
(1) Habbeas Corpus
(2) Mandamus
(3) Prohibition
(4) Quo warranto
Correct Answere: Habbeas
Corpus
The impeachment of the
Indian President is a --- ?
(1) Judicial procedure
(2) Quasi-judicial procedure
(3) Legal procedure
(4) Quasi-legal procedure
Correct Answere: Quasi-judicial
procedure
Who among the following do
not participate in the election
of the President of India ?
(1) Elected members of the
Rajya Sabha
(2) Elected members of the Lok
Sabha
(3) Elected members of the
Vidhan Sabhas
(4) Nominated members of the
Rajya Sabha
Correct Answere: Nominated
members of the Rajya Sabha
The Chairman of the Rajya
Sabha is elected by --- ?
(1) Elected members of the
Rajya Sabha
(2) All members of the Rajya
Sabha
(3) Elected members of
Parliament
(4) All members of Parliament
Correct Answere: All members
of Parliament
According to the Constitution
of India,a new All India Service
can be instituted with initiative
taken by --- ?
(1) More than two-thirds of the
States
(2) The Inter-State Council
(3) The Lok Sabha
(4) The Rajya Sabha
Correct Answere: The Rajya
Sabha
The joint sitting of Indian
Parliament for transacting
Legislative business is presided
over by --- ?
(1) The President of India
(2) The Senior most Member of
Parliament
(3) The Chairman of the Rajya
Sabha
(4) The Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
Correct Answere: The Speaker
of the Lok Sabha
Who nominates the Chairman
of the Public Account
Committee of Indian
Parliament ?
(1) The Prime Minister
(2) The President
(3) The Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
(4) The Chairman of the Rajya
Sabha
Correct Answere: The Speaker
of the Lok Sabha
The President has the power to
nominate two members to
Parliament belonging to --- ?
(1) Christian Community
(2) Anglo-Indian Community
(3) Business Community
(4) Sikh Community
Correct Answere: Anglo-Indian
Community
Which of the following are the
types of authority attributed to
the President of India ?
(1) Real and popular
(2) Titular and de-jure
(3) Political and nominal
(4) Constitutional and nominal
Correct Answere: Constitutional
and nominal
The source of all political
power in India lies with --- ?
(1) Parliament
(2) The Lok Sabha
(3) The people
(4) The Constitution
Correct Answere: The
Constitution
Under which Five Year Plans
was the introduction of
Panchayati Raj suggested ?
(1) First Five Year Plan
(2) Second Five Year Plan
(3) Third Five Year Plan
(4) Fourth Five Year Plan
Correct Answere: Second Five
Year Plan
The Supreme Court of India
enunciated the doctrine of
'Basic structure' of the
Constitution in the --- ?
(1) Golaknath case in 1967
(2) Sajjan Singh case in 1965
(3) Shakari Prasad case in 1951
(4) Keshvanand Bharati case in
1973
Correct Answere: Keshvanand
Bharati case in 1973
Which one of the following
committees is not a standing
committee of Parliament ?
(1) Public Accounts Committee
(2) The Estimates Committee
(3) The Committee on Public
Undertakings
(4) Consultative Committee to
the Ministry of Finance
Correct Answere: Consultative
Committee to the Ministry of
Finance
The Lok Sabha Secretriat
comes under the direct
supervision of the ---- ?
(1) Ministry of Home Affairs
(2) Prime Minister's Office
(3) Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs
(4) The Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
Correct Answere: The Speaker
of the Lok Sabha
Fundamental Rights
guaranteed in the Indian
Constitution can be suspend
only by --- ?
(1) A proclamation of National
Emergency
(2) An Act passed by Parliament
(3) An amedment of the
Constitution
(4) The judicial decisions of the
Supreme Court
Correct Answere: A
proclamation of National
Emergency
Who was control over the
'issue of money' from the
Consolidated Fund of India ?
(1) The Comptroller and auditor
General of India
(2) Finance Minister of India
(3) Authorised Ministers
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Finance
Minister of India
According to the Constitution,
which one of the following
rights cannot be taken away
during emergency ?
(1) Right to speak
(2) Right to freedom of
movement
(3) Right to personal liberty
(4) Right to organise meetings
Correct Answere: Right to
personal liberty
Which of the following
committees recommended the
inclusion of Fundamental
Duties in the Constitution ?
(1) Barua Committee
(2) Ramaswamy Committee
(3) Sikiri Committee
(4) Swaran Singh Committee
Correct Answere: Swaran Singh
Committee
Which of the following types
of equalities have been
attempted at by the
Constitution makers through
Articles 17 and 18 ?
(1) Economic equality
(2) Social equality
(3) Political equality
(4) Religious equality
Correct Answere: Social equality
Who among the following
makes appointments to All
India Services ?
(1) The President of India
(2) Parliament
(3) The Council of Ministers
(4) The U.P.S.C.
Correct Answere: The President
of India
Which of the following
exercised the most profound
influence in framing the Indian
Constitution ?
(1) British Constitution
(2) US Constitution
(3) Irish Constitution
(4) The Government of India
Act, 1935
Correct Answere: The
Government of India Act, 1935
The first attempt to introduce a
representative and popular
element in the governance of
India was made through ?
(1) Indian Council Act, 1861
(2) Indian Council Act, 1892
(3) Indian Council Act, 1909
(4) Government of India Act,
1919
Correct Answere: Indian Council
Act, 1861
Which of the following acts
introduced communal
electorate in India ?
(1) Indian Council Act, 1861
(2) Indian Council Act, 1892
(3) Indian Council Act, 1909
(4) Government of India Act,
1935
Correct Answere: Indian Council
Act, 1909
By virtue of which Act, dyarchy
was introduced in India ?
(1) Indian Council Act, 1909
(2) Government of India Act,
1919
(3) Government of India Act,
1935
(4) Indian Independence
Act,1947
Correct Answere: Government
of India Act, 1919
The monopoly of Indian trade
of the East India Company was
abolished by the ?
(1) Regulating Act, 1773
(2) Charter Act, 1813
(3) Charter Act, 1833
(4) Government of India Act,
1858
Correct Answere: Charter Act,
1813
With reference to the colonial
period of India, the
trademonopoly of the East
India Company was ended by --
-?
(1) The Regulating Act of 1773
(2) Pitt's India Act of 1784
(3) The Charter Act of 1813
(4) The Charter Act of 1833
Correct Answere: The Charter
Act of 1813
Two independent states of
India and Pakistan were
created by --- ?
(1) The Simla Conference
(2) The Cripps proposal
(3) The Cabinet Mission Plan
(4) The Indian Independence
Act
Correct Answere: The Indian
Independence Act
The first definite step to
provide parliamentary control
over East India Company was
taken by ?
(1) The Regulating Act , 1773
(2) The Pitt's India Act, 1784
(3) The Charter Act of 1813
(4) The Charter Act of 1793
Correct Answere: The
Regulating Act , 1773
The Montague-Chelmsford
Report formed the basis of ?
(1) The Indian Council Act, 1909
(2) The Government of India
Act, 1919
(3) The Government of India
Act, 1935
(4) The Indian Independence
Act, 1947
Correct Answere: The
Government of India Act, 1919
Through which one of the
following were commercial
activities of the East India
Company finally put to an end
? time by ?
(1) The Charter Act of 1793
(2) The Charter Act of 1813
(3) The Charter Act of 1833
(4) The Charter Act of 1853
Correct Answere: The Charter
Act of 1833
Which of the following vested
the Secretary of State for India
with supreme control over the
Government of India ?
(1) Pitt's India Act, 1784
(2) Government of India Act,
1858
(3) Indian Council Act, 1861
(4) Morely-Minto Reforms, 1909
Correct Answere: Government
of India Act, 1858
Diarchy was first introduced
under --- ?
(1) Morely-Minto Reforms
(2) Mont-Ford Reforms
(3) Simon Commission Plan
(4) Government of India Act,
1935
Correct Answere: Mont-Ford
Reforms
In the Fedaration under the
Act of 1935 residuary powers
were given to the ?
(1) Federal Legislature
(2) Provincial Legislature
(3) Governer General
(4) Provincial Governer
Correct Answere: Governer
General
The Indian Legislature was
made bi-cameral for the first
(1) Indian Council Act, 1892
(2) Indian Council Act, 1909
(3) The Government of India
Act, 1919
(4) The Government of India
Act, 1935
Correct Answere: The
Government of India Act, 1919
Which of the following Acts
was described by Jawahar Lal
Nehru as 'Charter of Slavery' ?
(1) Regulating Act of 1773
(2) Pitt's India Act of 1784
(3) Government of India Act,
1919
(4) Government of India Act,
1935
Correct Answere: Government
of India Act, 1935
In which year did the
Parliament adopt Indian
Constitution ?
(1) 1947
(2) 1948
(3) 1950
(4) 1952
Correct Answere: 1950
Which Act introduced Dyarchy
at the centre ?
(1) Indian Council Act, 1909
(2) The Government of India
Act, 1919
(3) Government of India Act,
1935
(4) The Indian Independence
Act, 1947
Correct Answere: Government
of India Act, 1935
Which was not a member of
Cabinet Mission ?
(1) Pathic Lawrance
(2) Stafford Cripps
(3) A.V. Alexander
(4) John Simon
Correct Answere: John Simon
Which of the following was the
biggest source for the
Constitution of India ?
(1) The Government of India
Act, 1919
(2) The Government of India
Act, 1935
(3) The Indian Independence
Act, 1947
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: The
Government of India Act, 1935
The Constitution of India came
into force on ?
(1) December 9, 1946
(2) January 26, 1949
(3) January 26, 1950
(4) November 26, 1951
Correct Answere: January 26,
1950
The Supreme Court of India
was set up by the --- ?
(1) Regulating Act, 1773
(2) Pitt's India Act of 1784
(3) Charter Act, 1813
(4) Charter Act, 1833
Correct Answere: Regulating
Act, 1773
Who was the Chairman of the
Union Power Committee of
Constituent Assembly of India ?
(1) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(2) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(3) Sir Alladi Krishnaswami
Ayyar
(4) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answere: Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar
What was the basis for
constituting the Constituent
Assembly of India ?
(1) The resolution of Indian
National Congress
(2) The Cabinet Mission Plan,
1946
(3) The Indian Independence
Act, 1947
(4) The resolution of the
Provincial/State legislature of
the Dominion of India
Correct Answere: The Cabinet
Mission Plan, 1946
The Constitution of India was
adopted on --- ?
(1) 26th January, 1950
(2) 26th January, 1949
(3) 26th November, 1949
(4) 15th August, 1947
Correct Answere: 26th
November, 1949
Who presided over the first
meeting of the Indian
Constituent Assembly ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) Sachchidananda Sinha
(3) B.R. Ambedkar
(4) H.V. Kamath
Correct Answere:
Sachchidananda Sinha
Who among the following was
the advisor to the Drafting
Committee of Constituent
Assembly ?
(1) B.Shiva Rao
(2) B.R. Ambedkar
(3) Sachchidananda Sinha
(4) B.N. Rau
Correct Answere: B.N. Rau
The Constituent Assembly of
India started functioning from ?
(1) 9th December,1946
(2) 1st January, 1947
(3) 26th January,1947
(4) 15th August, 1947
Correct Answere: 9th
December,1946
Who among the following had
moved the objective resolution
which formed the basis of the
Preamble of the Constitution of
India in the Constituent
Assembly on Dec 13, 1946 ?
(1) B.R. Ambedkar
(2) Rajendra Prasad
(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(4) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Correct Answere: Jawahar Lal
Nehru
Who among the following was
not a member of the
Constituent Assembly ?
(1) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(2) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
(3) Jay Prakash Narayan
(4) K.M. Munshi
Correct Answere: Jay Prakash
Narayan
The Constitution of India was
completed on?
(1) February 11, 1948
(2) November 26, 1949
(3) January 26, 1950
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: November 26,
1949
How many Sessions of the
Indian Constituent Assembly
were conducted for the
formulation of Indian
Constitution ?
(1) 7
(2) 11
(3) 12
(4) 15
Correct Answere: 11
The first day session of Indian
Constituent Assembly was
chaired by --- ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
(4) Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
Correct Answere: Dr.
Sachchidananda Sinha
How much time the
Constituent Assembly took to
frame the Constitution of
India?
(1) 2 years 7 months 23 days
(2) 2 years 11 months 18 days
(3) 3 years 4 months 14 days
(4) 3 years 11 months 5 days
Correct Answere: 2 years 11
months 18 days
The Constituent Assembly set
up a Drafting Committee under
the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar on ?
(1) 13th December, 1946
(2) 22nd January, 1947
(3) 3rd June, 1947
(4) 29th August, 1947
Correct Answere: 29th August,
1947
Who was the Chairman of the
Provincial Constitution
Committee of the Constituent
Assembly ?
(1) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
(2) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(4) Sardar Patel
Correct Answere: Sardar Patel
The number of members
included in the Constitution
Drafting Committee was ?
(1) Seven
(2) Nine
(3) Eleven
(4) Thirteen
Correct Answere: Seven
The first Session of the
Constitutional Assembly was
held on ?
(1) November 26, 1946
(2) December 9, 1946
(3) August 16, 1947
(4) January 26, 1948
Correct Answere: December 9,
1946
Who proposed the Preamble
before the Drafting Committee
of the Constitution ?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) B.R. Ambedkar
(3) B.N. Rau
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answere: Jawaharlal
Nehru
Who was the President of the
Constituent Assembly of
Independent India ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
(3) C. Rajagopalachari
(4) K.M. Munshi
Correct Answere: Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
Deferment of adult franchise
for fifteen years was advocated
in Constituent Assembly by ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Maulana Azad
(4) Dr.Bhim Rao Ambedkar
Correct Answere: Maulana Azad
Who amongst the following
was the chairperson of the
Drafting Committee set up by
the Constituent Assembly?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(3) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar
During which of the following
periods did the Constituent
Assembly delibrate upon and
finalise the Constitution of
India ?
(1) November, 1946 ---
November, 1949
(2) November, 1947 ---
November, 1949
(3) December, 1946 ---
November, 1949
(4) December, 1947 ---
November, 1949
Correct Answere: December,
1946 --- November, 1949
How many members were
initially there in the
Constituent Assembly of India ?
(1) 300
(2) 304
(3) 308
(4) 310
Correct Answere: 300
Who among the following was
the Chairman of the Union
Constitution Committee of the
Constituent Assembly ?
(1) B.R. Ambedkar
(2) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) J.B. Kripalani
(4) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
Correct Answere: Jawahar Lal
Nehru
Which of the following
countries have an Unwritten
Constitution ?
(1) USA
(2) UK
(3) India
(4) Pakistan
Correct Answere: UK
Which of the following
countries enjoys a federal form
of government ?
(1) China
(2) USA
(3) Cuba
(4) Belgium
Correct Answere: USA
Members of Constituent
Assembly were ?
(1) Elected by provincial
assemblies
(2) Elected directly by the
people
(3) Nominated by government
(4) Represented only by the
princely state
Correct Answere: Elected by
provincial assemblies
The declaration that
Democracy is a Government 'of
the people, by the people, for
the people' was made by ?
(1) Abraham Lincon
(2) George Washington
(3) Theodre Roosevelt
(4) Winston Churchill
Correct Answere: Abraham
Lincon
What is Gandhi's definition of
'Ram Raj' ?
(1) Sovereignty of the people
based on pure moral authority
(2) The rule as it was during the
time of Rama
(3) The greatest good of all
(4) The absolute power
concentrated in the hands of a
king
Correct Answere: Sovereignty of
the people based on pure moral
authority
At which of its session, did the
Congress officially accept the
'Socialistic Pattern of Sociaty' ?
(1) Bombay Session of 1953
(2) Avadi Session of 1955
(3) Calcutta Session of 1957
(4) Nagpur Session of 1959
Correct Answere: Avadi Session
of 1955
In Indian Polity, the executive
is subordinate to the --- ?
(1) The Supreme Court
(2) The Constitution
(3) The Parliament
(4) Religion
Correct Answere: The
Constitution
Where was the first
parliamentary form of
Government formed ?
(1) Britain
(2) Belguim
(3) France
(4) Switzerland
Correct Answere: Britain
Of the following words in the
Preamble of the Constitution of
India which was not inserted
through the Constitution (Forty
Second) Amendmend Act, 1976
?
(1) Socialist
(2) Secular
(3) Dignity
(4) Integrity
Correct Answere: Dignity
The concept of Judicial Review
in our Constitution has been
taken from the Constitution of
? constitution of ?
(1) England
(2) USA
(3) Canada
(4) Australia
Correct Answere: USA
In Indian Polity, the executive
is subordinate to the --- ?
(1) Judiciary
(2) Legislature
(3) Election Commission
(4) Union Public Service
Commission
Correct Answere: Legislature
Who called Indian Federalism
as the Co-operative Federalism
? ?
(1) G. Austin
(2) K.C. Wheare
(3) Sir Ivor Jennings
(4) D.D.Basu
Correct Answere: G. Austin
Which Amendment Act
introduced changes in the
Preamble to the Indian
Constitution ?
(1) the 38th Amendment Act,
1975
(2) the 40th Amendment Act,
1976
(3) the 42nd Amendment Act,
1976
(4) the 44th Amendment Act,
1979
Correct Answere: the 42nd
Amendment Act, 1976
The Constitution of India
borrowed the scheme of Indian
Federation from the
(1) USA
(2) Canada
(3) United Kingdom
(4) Ireland
Correct Answere: Canada
At the time of enactment of
the Constitution, which one of
the following ideals was not
included in the preamble ?
(1) Liberty
(2) Equality
(3) Socialist
(4) Justice
Correct Answere: Socialist
The constitution of India is ----
(1) Rigid
(2) Flexible
(3) Very rigid
(4) Partly rigid, partly flexible
Correct Answere: Partly rigid,
partly flexible
How many languages have
recognised by the Constitution
(1) 15
(2) 18
(3) 22
(4) 24
Correct Answere: 22
The Preamble to the
constitution declares India as --
-- ?
(1) A Sovereign Democratic
Republic
(2) A Socialist Democratic
Republic
(3) A Sovereign Socialist Secular
Democratic Republic
(4) A Federal Democratic
Republic
Correct Answere: A Sovereign
Socialist Secular Democratic
Republic
Which one of the following
describes India a Secular State
?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Preamble to the Constitution
(3) 9th Schedule
(4) Directive Principles
Correct Answere: Preamble to
the Constitution
Which Amendment of the
Indian Constitution inserted
the twowords --- 'Socialist' and
'Secular' in the preamble ?
(1) 28th
(2) 40th
(3) 42nd
(4) 52nd
Correct Answere: 42nd
Where was, the concept of
written constitution, first born
?
(1) France
(2) USA
(3) Britian
(4) Switzerland
Correct Answere: France
"The Federal System with
strong centre' has been
borrowed by the Indian
Constitution from ?
(1) USA
(2) Canada
(3) UK
(4) France
Correct Answere: Canada
The Preamble of our
Constitution reads India as ----
? (2) Abolishing untouchability
(1) Soverign, Socialist, Secular,
Democratic Republic
(2) Sovereign, Democratic,
Socialist , Secular Republic
(3) Socialist,Sovereign,
Democratic, Secular Republic
(4) Democratic, Sovereign,
Secular, Socialist Republic
Correct Answere: Soverign,
Socialist, Secular, Democratic
Republic
Which of the following official
documents is related with India
? constitutions of other
(1) White Paper
(2) Green Paper
(3) Yellow Book
(4) Blue Book
Correct Answere: White Paper
The idea of including the
Emergency provisions in the
Constitution of India has been
borrowed from the --- ?
(1) Constitution of Canada
(2) weimar Constitution of
Germany
(3) Constitution of Ireland
(4) Constitution of USA
Correct Answere: weimar
Constitution of Germany
For which one of the following
judgements of Supreme Court
of India, the Kesavananda
Bharti Vs State of India case is
considered a landmark ?
(1) The religion cannot be
mobilised for political ends
from the country
(3) Right to life and liberty
cannot be suspended under any
circumstance
(4) The basic structure of the
Constitution, a defind in the
Preamble, cannot be changed
Correct Answere: The basic
structure of the Constitution, a
defind in the Preamble, cannot
be changed
Indian Constitution has taken
certain features of the
constitution of the
countries. Which country has
contributed to the framing of
the 'Directive Principles of
State Policy' ?
(1) France
(2) Ireland
(3) Japan
(4) USA
Correct Answere: Ireland
Which of the following was the
biggest source for the
Constitution of India ?
(1) The Government of India
Act, 1919
(2) The Government of India
Act, 1935
(3) The Indian Independence
Act, 1947
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: The
Government of India Act, 1935
The office of Lokpal and
Lokayukta in India is based on
which one of the following ?
(1) Parliamentary Commissioner
of UK
(2) Ombudsman in Scandinavia
(3) Procurator General of Russia
(4) Council of State in France
Correct Answere: Ombudsman
in Scandinavia
In which Amendment, the
words 'Socialist', 'Secular' and
'Unity and Integrity of the
Nation' were added to the
Preamble of Constitution of
India ?
(1) 42nd
(2) 44th
(3) 52nd
(4) None of them
Correct Answere: 42nd
Part IV of Constitution of India
deals with ?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Citizenship
(3) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(4) Union executive
Correct Answere: Directive
Principles of State Policy
Which one of the following
liberty is not embodied in the
Preamble to the Constitutionof
India ?
(1) Liberty of Thought
(2) Liberty of Expression
(3) Liberty of Belief
(4) Economic Liberty
Correct Answere: Economic
Liberty
The item 'Education' belongs
to the --- ?
(1) Union List
(2) State List
(3) Concurrent List
(4) Residuary subjects
Correct Answere: Concurrent
List
The word 'Secularism' was
inserted in the Preamble of the
Indian Constitution by --- ?
(1) 25th Amendment
(2) 42nd Amendment
(3) 44th Amendment
(4) 52nd Amendment
Correct Answere: 42nd
Amendment
With what subject to the
Article 5 to 11 of the
constitution of India deal ?
(1) Indian Union and its territory
(2) Citizenship
(3) Fundamental Duties
(4) Union Excutive
Correct Answere: Citizenship
The articles of the Constitution
of India which deal with
Directive Principles of State
Policy are --- ?
(1) 26 to 41
(2) 30 to 45
(3) 36 to 51
(4) 40 to 55
Correct Answere: 36 to 51
Part III of the Constitution of
India relates to --- ?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(3) Fundamental Duties
(4) Citizenship
Correct Answere: Fundamental
Rights
The method of Constitutional
Amendment is provided in ?
(1) Article 348
(2) Article 378
(3) Article 358
(4) Article 368
Correct Answere: Article 368
How many Articles are there in
the Indian Constitution ?
(1) 395
(2) 396
(3) 398
(4) 399
Correct Answere: 395
Which part of the Indian
Contution deals with
Fundamental Rights ?
(1) Part I
(2) Part II
(3) Part III
(4) Part IV
Correct Answere: Part III
Power, authority and
responsibilities of municpalities
are listed in which one of the
following schedules of the
Constitution of India ?
(1) Ninth
(2) Tenth
(3) Eleventh
(4) Twelfth
Correct Answere: Twelfth
How many schedules the
Constitution of India contains ?
(1) 9
(2) 10
(3) 11
(4) 12
Correct Answere: 12
The ideals and
objectivesoutlined in the
Preamble of the Indian
Constitution have been further
elaborated in --- ?
(1) the chapter on Fundamental
Rights
(2) the chapter on Directive
Principles of State Policy
(3) the chapter on Directive
Principles of State Policy,
Fundamental Rights and
Fundamental Duties
(4) nowhere else in the text of
the Constitution
Correct Answere: the chapter
on Directive Principles of State
Policy, Fundamental Rights and
Fundamental Duties
Which among the following is
the correct expression of the
term 'Secular' in India ?
(1) India has many religion
(2) Indians have religious
freedom
(3) To follow the religon
depends upon the will of an
individual
(4) There is no religion of the
State in India
Correct Answere: There is no
religion of the State in India
What was the exact
constitutional status of the
Indian Republic on 26 January,
195 when the constitution was
inaugurated ?
(1) A Democratic Republic
(2) A Sovereign Democrati
Republic
(3) A Sovereign Secular
Democratic Republic
(4) A Sovereign Socialist Secular
Democratic Republic
Correct Answere: A Sovereign
Secular Democratic Republic
Indian Constitution declares
India a Secular State. The
means that --- ?
(1) Religious worship is not
allowed
(2) Religions are patronised by
the State
(3) The State regards religion as
a private affair of the citizen
and does not discriminate on
this basis
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: The State
regards religion as a private
affair of the citizen and does not
discriminate on this basis
Which article of the Indian
Constitution provides for the
institution of Panchayati Raj ?
(1) Article 36
(2) Article 39
(3) Article 40
(4) Article 48
Correct Answere: Article 40
Article 1 of the Constitution
declares India as --- ?
(1) Federal State
(2) Quasi-Federal State
(3) Unitary State
(4) Union of States
Correct Answere: Union of
States
Although Union List, State List
and Concurrent List cover the
entire legislative business, yet
there may be an item not
mentioned anywhere. Who will
legislate on that item ?
(1) Parliament only
(2) State Legislature only
(3) Both 'a' and 'b'
(4) Neither 'a' nor 'b'
Correct Answere: Parliament
only
Which one of the following
Articles of the Constitution of
India has provision for the
President of proclaim
emergency ?
(1) Article 352
(2) Article 355
(3) Article 356
(4) Article 360
Correct Answere: Article 352
Article 340 of the Constitution
of India provides for the
appointment of a commission
to investigate the conditions
for the improvement of ---?
(1) Socially and educationally
backward classes
(2) Socially and economically
backward classes
(3) Educationally and
economically backward classes
(4) Scheduled castes and
scheduled tribes
Correct Answere: Socially and
educationally backward classes
The Finance Commission is
constituted under Article
................. of the Constitution
of India ?
(1) 275
(2) 280
(3) 282
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: 280
The article of Indian
Constitution related to
abolition of untouchability is ---
?
(1) Article15
(2) Article 16
(3) Article 17
(4) Article 18
Correct Answere: Article 17
In which part of the
Constitution, details of
citizenship are mentioned ?
(1) I
(2) II
(3) III
(4) IV
Correct Answere: II
The Constitutional States has
been given to Panchayats
under Article --- ?
(1) 219
(2) 226
(3) 239
(4) 243
Correct Answere: 243
Under which Article of the
Indian Constitution can be
President be impeached ?
(1) Article 61
(2) Article 75
(3) Article 76
(4) Article 356
Correct Answere: Article 61
One of the following subjects is
not in the Union List ?
(1) Trade Unions
(2) Foreign Loans
(3) Banking
(4) Census
Correct Answere: Trade Unions
Which one among the
following States of India has
the lowest density of
population ?
(1) Himachal Pradesh
(2) Meghalaya
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Sikkim
Correct Answere: Arunachal
Pradesh
One of the following subjects
was not inserted by the 42nd
Amendment in the concurrent
list ?
(1) Betting and gambling
(2) Administration of Justice
(3) Forests
(4) Corporation tax
Correct Answere: Betting and
gambling
Who of the following acted as
the Constitutional Advisor to
the Constituent Assembly ?
(1) V.P. Menon
(2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) B.N. Rau
(4) Dr. Sachhidanand Sinha
Correct Answere: B.N. Rau
The Union List of th
Constitution of India does not
contain which of the following
items ?
(1) Inter-state trade and
commerce
(2) Fisheries within territorial
waters
(3) Regulation of labour and
safety in mines and oil-fields
(4) Corporation tax
Correct Answere: Fisheries
within territorial waters
The Obejectives Resolution,
which outlined the philosophy
of the Indian Constitution, was
moved in the Constituent
Assembly by ?
(1) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(4) B.R. Ambedkar
Correct Answere: Jawahar Lal
Nehru
The Government of India Act,
1919 was known as ?
(1) Morely-Minto Reforms
(2) Wavell Reforms
(3) Mont-Ford Reforms
(4) Mountbatten Reforms
Correct Answere: Mont-Ford
Reforms
One of the following subjects
is not in the State List ?
(1) Police and prisons
(2) Public health and sanitation
(3) Markets and fairs
(4) Bankruptcy and insolvency
Correct Answere: Bankruptcy
and insolvency
Which one among the
following States of India has
the highest literacy rate after
Kerala ?
(1) Goa
(2) Mizoram
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Himachal Pradesh
Correct Answere: Mizoram
Which one among the
following states of India has
the highest percentage of the
Scheduled Castes ?
(1) Himachal Pradesh
(2) West Bengal
(3) Punjab
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answere: Punjab
Which one among the
following Union Territories of
India has the highest density of
population ?
(1) Chandigarh
(2) Delhi
(3) Lakshadweep
(4) Daman and Diu
Correct Answere: Delhi
Among the following
Presidents of India, who was
also the Secretary General of
Non-Aligned Movement for
some period ?
(1) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(2) V.V. Giri
(3) Giani Zail Singh
(4) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Correct Answere: Giani Zail
Singh
Under the administration of
which one of the following is
the Department of Atomic
Energy ?
(1) Prime Minister's Office
(2) Cabinet Secretariat
(3) Minister of power
(4) Minister of Science and
Techhngy
Correct Answere: Prime
Minister's Office
Which of the following is the
oldest High Court in India?
(1) The Allahabad High Court
(2) The Bombay High Court
(3) The Madras High Court
(4) The Calcutta High Court
Correct Answere: The Calcutta
High Court
The position of the President
of India is that he ?
(1) Reigns but does not rule
(2) Rules but does not reign
(3) Both reigns and rules
(4) Neither reigns nor rules
Correct Answere: Reigns but
does not rule
Who among the following do
not participate in the election
of the President of India ?
(1) Elected members of the
Rajya Sabha
(2) Elected members of the Lok
Sabha
(3) Elected members of the
Vidhan Sabhas
(4) Elected members of the
Vidhan Parishads
Correct Answere: Elected
members of the Vidhan
Parishads
After a bill is passed by the
Parliament and sent to the
President for his consideration,
he can ?
(1) Refuse to sign it
(2) Sleep over it
(3) Change certain clauses of
the bill
(4) Send back the bill to the
Parliament for reconsideration
Correct Answere: Send back the
bill to the Parliament for
reconsideration
Who among the following got
the Bharat Ratna Award before
becoming the President of
India ?
(1) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) V.V. Giri
(4) Dr. S.Radhakrishnan
Correct Answere: Dr. Zakir
Hussain
Who decides the disputes
regarding election of the
President ?
(1) The Supreme Court
(2) The Election Commission
(3) Both Supreme Court and
High Courts
(4) The Parliament
Correct Answere: The Supreme
Court
Who among the following can
initiate the impeachment
proposal ?
(1) The House of the People
alone
(2) The Council of States alone
(3) Any House of the Parliament
(4) The State Legislative
assemblies
Correct Answere: Any House of
the Parliament
Which group of Articles relate
to the relationship of the
President and the Council of
Ministers ?
(1) 71, 75 and 78
(2) 72, 75 and 78
(3) 74, 75 and 78
(4) 73, 75 and 78
Correct Answere: 74, 75 and 78
A national emergency remains
in operation, with the approval
of the Parliament, for ?
(1) A maximum period of three
years
(2) A maximum period of one
year
(3) A maximum period of six
months
(4) An identifinite period
Correct Answere: An identifinite
period
Which of the following is not
the power of the Prime
Minister ?
(1) Recommended the names of
the ministers for appointment
(2) Advise the President Appoint
the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(3) Head the government
(4) Advise the president
Correct Answere: Advise the
President Appoint the Speaker
of the Lok Sabha
Who of the following was a
member of Rajya Sabha at the
time of appointment as Prime
Minister ?
(1) Charan Singh
(2) Indira Gandhi
(3) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(4) Narasimha Rao
Correct Answere: Indira Gandhi
Which of the following Vice-
President after having
resighned from his office,
contested for the office of the
President ?
(1) B.D. Jatti
(2) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
(3) V.V. Giri
(4) Giani Zail Singh
Correct Answere: V.V. Giri
Which of the following is true
about the Council of Ministers
in India ?
(1) A minister has to be a
member of any House at the
time of becoming the minister
(2) He has to be a Governer of a
state
(3) He has to be the President of
the ruling political party
(4) He has to be member of
either House or become a
member within six months
Correct Answere: He has to be
member of either House or
become a member within six
months
The Council of Ministers is
responsible to ?
(1) President, collectively
(2) Parliament, individually
(3) Lok Sabha, collectively
(4) People, individually
Correct Answere: Lok Sabha,
collectively
Who of the following shall
cause every recommendation
made by the Finance
Commission to be laid before
each House of Parliament ?
(1) The President of India
(2) The Speaker of Lok Sabha
(3) The Prime Minister of India
(4) The Union Finance Minister
Correct Answere: The President
of India
One of the following
programme has been
announced for the welfare of
minorties in 2006 ?
(1) 15-point
(2) 20-point
(3) 25-point
(4) 30-point
Correct Answere: 15-point
One of the following is the
smallest (population-wise) Lok
Sabha constituency in India ?
(1) Daman Diu
(2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(3) Lakshadweep
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Lakshadweep
Special Central Assistance,
launched in 1974, helps the
following categories of the
people ?
(1) Scheduled Castes
(2) Scheduled Tribes
(3) Minority people
(4) Other Backward Classes
Correct Answere: Scheduled
Tribes
One of the following
departments does not belong
to the ministry of rural and
urban development ?
(1) rural development
(2) water resources
(3) land resources
(4) drinking water supply
Correct Answere: water
resources
Tenzing Norgay National
Adventure Award is given in
which field ?
(1) Sports
(2) Mountaineering
(3) Adventure
(4) Swimming
Correct Answere:
Mountaineering
Which one of the following is
the largest (area-wise) Lok
Sabha Constituency in India ?
(1) Barmer
(2) Ladakh
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Arunachal East
Correct Answere: Ladakh
Which one of the following is
the largest (population-wise)
Lok Sabha Constituency in India
?
(1) Thane in Maharashtra
(2) Outer Delhi in Delhi
(3) Kanakapura in Karnataka
(4) Chennai north in Tamil Nadu
Correct Answere: Outer Delhi in
Delhi
One of the following is the
smallest (area-wise) Lok Sabha
Constituency in India ?
(1) Chandni Chowk
(2) Delhi Sadar
(3) Kolkata North-west
(4) Mumbai South
Correct Answere: Chandni
Chowk
Who convenes the joint
sessions of the Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha ?
(1) The President
(2) The Speaker
(3) The Chairman of the Rajya
Sabha
(4) The Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs
Correct Answere: The President
Which of the following is not a
wing of the Cabinet Secretariat
? (1) The Speaker
(1) Military wing
(2) Administrative wing
(3) Civil wing
(4) Intelligence wing
Correct Answere:
Administrative wing
The maximum duration of the
zero hour in Lok Sabha can be ?
(1) 30 minutes
(2) one hour
(3) unspecified
(4) two hours
Correct Answere: unspecified
Who acts as a buffer between
the ministers and the civil
servants ?
(1) Cabinet Secretary
(2) Principal Secretary
(3) Special Secretary
(4) Prime Minister
Correct Answere: Cabinet
Secretary
For which one of the following
reforms was a Commission set
up under the Chairmanship of
Veerappa Moily by the
Government of India ?
(1) Police Reforms
(2) Tax Reforms
(3) Reforms in Technical
Education
(4) Administrative Reforms
Correct Answere:
Administrative Reforms
The Lok Sabha secretariat
works under the direct
supervision of ?
(2) The Minister for Parliament
Affairs
(3) The President of India
(4) none of the above
Correct Answere: The Speaker
A half-an-hour discussion can
be raised in the House after
giving notice to ?
(1) The presiding officer
(2) The Secretary General of the
House
(3) The Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs
(4) The concerned minister
Correct Answere: The Secretary
General of the House
The Secretary General of the
Lok Sabha, who is the chief of
the Lok Sabha Secretariat, is
appointed by ?
(1) The President
(2) The Speaker
(3) The Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs in
consultation with the Speaker
(4) A committee of the House,
especially constitued for this
purpose
Correct Answere: The Speaker
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
makes use of his casting vote
only ?
(1) To save the existing
government
(2) In case of a tie, viz., when
the votes are equally divided
(3) In case of constitutional
amendments
(4) In case of emergency
Correct Answere: In case of a
tie, viz., when the votes are
equally divided
The authorisation for the
withdrawal of funds from the
Consolidated Fund of India
must come from ?
(1) The President of India
(2) The Parliament of India
(3) The Prime Minister of India
(4) The Union Finance Minister
Correct Answere: The
Parliament of India
Question Hour in the
Parliament refers to ?
(1) the lunch hour after the
sitting
(2) the last hour of the sitting
(3) the first hour of the sitting
(4) the second hour of the
sitting
Correct Answere: the first hour
of the sitting
All revenues received by the
Union Government by way of
taxes and other receipts for the
conduct of government
business are credited to the ?
(1) Contigency Fund of India
(2) Public Account Fund
(3) Consolidated Fund of India
(4) Deposits and Advances Fund
Correct Answere: Consolidated
Fund of India
Who was the Chief Justice of
India when Public Interest
Litigation (PIL) was introduced
to the Indian Judicial System ?
(1) M. Hidayatullah
(2) A.M. Ahmadi
(3) A.S. Anand
(4) P.N. Bhagwati
Correct Answere: P.N. Bhagwati
The power of Judicial review in
India is ?
(1) Explicit
(2) Implicit
(3) Given by the President
(4) Given by the Parliament
Correct Answere: Implicit
If a no-confidence motion is
passed against a Minister ---- ?
(1) The concerned Minister has
to resign
(2) The whole council of
Ministers has to resign
(3) The Lok Sabha has to be
dissolved
(4) The Prime Minister and the
concerned Minister have to
resign
Correct Answere: The whole
council of Ministers has to
resign
Lame-duck session of
Parliament means ---- ?
(1) The first session of
Parliament after the elections to
the Lok Sabha
(2) The last session of
Parliament before the
dissolution of the Lok Sabha
(3) The session of Parliament in
which the no-confidence
motion is discussed
(4) A session of Parliament,
which fails to pass any bill
Correct Answere: The session of
Parliament in which the no-
confidence motion is discussed
Which of the following pairs is
not correctly matched ?
(1) Protection of childhood and
youth from exploitation--Article
39
(2) Right to work, to education
and to public assistance in
certain cases--Article 41
(3) Provisions for free and
compulsory education for
children below 14 years--Article
45
(4) Protection of monuments
and places of national
importance--Article 48A
Correct Answere: Protection of
monuments and places of
national importance--Article
48A
If President Rule under Article
356 is proposed in a State ---- ?
(1) The Assembly of the State is
automatically dissolved
(2) Article 19 is suspended in
that State
(3) Parliament assumes the
power to legislate on the State
List
(4) The President can make laws
relating to that State
Correct Answere: Parliament
assumes the power to legislate
on the State List
According to the Constitution,
the Lok Sabha must meet
atleast ---- ?
(1) Thrice each year with no
more than two months
between sessions
(2) Twice each year with no
more than three months
between sessions
(3) Twice each year with no
more than four months
between sessions
(4) Twice each year with no
more than 6 months between
sessions
Correct Answere: Twice each
year with no more than 6
months between sessions
An ordinary Bill passed by
Parliament is returned by the
President to Parliament for
reconsideration. It is passed
again by Parliament without
any change. Now the ---- ?
(1) The President is free to
withold his assent again
(2) The Bill will automatically
lapse
(3) The Bill will be referred to
the Supreme Court
(4) The President shall not
withhold his assent
Correct Answere: The President
shall not withhold his assent
In India, the Vice-President is
elected by an electoral college
consisting of ---- ?
(1) Members of both Houses of
Parliament
(2) Elected members of both
Houses of Parliament
(3) Elected Members of both
Houses of Parliament and State
Legislatures
(4) Elected members of both
Houses of Parliament and the
State Legislative Assemblies.
Correct Answere: Members of
both Houses of Parliament
There is a constitutional
requirement to have a minister
in the charge of Tribal Welfare
for the States of ---- ?
(1) Assam, Nagaland and
Manipur
(2) Himachal Pradesh, Haryana,
Rajasthan
(3) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha
(4) Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
Correct Answere: Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha
The Vice-President of India can
be removed from office ----- ?
(1) By a resolution initiated in
the Council of States and
approved by the Lok Sabha
(2) By a resolution in the Lok
Sabha, agreed to by the Council
of States
(3) By a resolution adopted by
the two Houses meeting in a
joint session
(4) Following a formal process
of impeachment
Correct Answere: By a
resolution initiated in the
Council of States and approved
by the Lok Sabha
Which one of the following is in
the 7th Schedule of the Indian
Constitution ?
(1) List of Languages
(2) Subjects in the Union, State
and Concurrent List
(3) List of Oaths and affirmation
(4) Duties of the President and
the Vice-President
Correct Answere: Subjects in
the Union, State and Concurrent
List
Adhoc judges are appointed in
Supreme Court of India if ----- ?
(1) There is no quorum of
judges available to hold or
continue any session of the
court
(2) Some judges go on long
leave
(3) There is abnormal increase
in the number of cases pending
in the court
(4) No one is available for
permanent appointment
Correct Answere: There is no
quorum of judges available to
hold or continue any session of
the court
In which one of the following
cases did the Supreme Court of
India include 'Right to
Education' in the Right to Life ?
(1) U.P. State Vs. Abdul Samad,
1962
(2) Frank Anthony Public School
Employees Association Vs.
Indian Union, 1986
(3) Mohini Jain Vs. Karnataka
State, 1992
(4) Ramanuj Vs. Tamilnadu
State, 1961
Correct Answere: Mohini Jain
Vs. Karnataka State, 1992
The Comptroller and Auditor
General of India has been
considered as ---- ?
(1) Friend, philospher and guide
of all Parliamentary Committees
(2) Friend, philospher and guide
of Public Accounts Committee
(3) Friend, philosopher and
guide of the Council of Ministers
(4) Friend, philosopher and
guide of Bureaucracy
Correct Answere: Friend,
philospher and guide of Public
Accounts Committee
Which of the following is not a
Fundamental Duty under the
Constitution ?
(1) Protection of Public property
and abjuring violence
(2) To uphold and protect the
sovereignity, unity and integrity
of India
(3) To promote social justice
(4) To abide and respect the
Constitution
Correct Answere: To promote
social justice
Which of the follwoing pairs is
not correctly matched ?
(1) First Schedule - List of State
and Union Territories of Union
(2) Second Schedule - Functions
and powers of Election
Commission
(3) Seventh Schedule - Division
of powers between the Union
and the States
(4) Tenth Schedule - Anti
defection Law
Correct Answere: Second
Schedule - Functions and
powers of Election Commission
Given below are some of the
important functionaries of the
Constituent Assembly and their
positions. Which one of the
following pairs is not correctly
matched ?
(1) Constitutional Advisor - B.N.
Rau
(2) Temporary President of the
Constituent Assembly -
Sachhidanand Sinha
(3) A member of Drafting the
Committee - B.L. Mittar
(4) Permanent President of the
Constituent Assembly - Dr.
Ambedkar
Correct Answere: Permanent
President of the Constituent
Assembly - Dr. Ambedkar
Which one of the political
parties was not formed during
the decade of 1980s ?
(1) Bahujan Samaj Party
(2) Assam Gana Parishad
(3) Shiv Sena
(4) Telugu Desam
Correct Answere: Shiv Sena
Which one of the following is
not correct with respect to the
creation of new States by
Parliament under Article 3 of
the Constitution ?
(1) Parliament cannot introduce
a Bill to this effect without the
prior recommendations of the
President
(2) The President is required to
refer such a Bill to the affected
State/States in order to know
their views
(3) The President is bound to
accept the opinion/view of the
affected State/States in making
recommendations to Parliament
(4) All the above are correct
Correct Answere: The President
is bound to accept the
opinion/view of the affected
State/States in making
recommendations to Parliament
What is the maximum limit of
total membership of the
Legislative Council of a State ?
(1) 40 members
(2) 60 members
(3) 1/3 of the total membership
of the Legislative Assembly
(4) The Constitution does not
provide the maximum limit of
total membership
Correct Answere: 1/3 of the
total membership of the
Legislative Assembly
How many members are
nominated by the Governor in
the Legislative Council of a
State ?
(1) 1/3 of the total membership
(2) 1/6 of the total membership
(3) 1/12 of the total
membership
(4) 12 members
Correct Answere: 1/12 of the
total membership
The President of India can issue
a proclamation of National
Emergency only on the written
recommendation of ---- ?
(1) The Prime Minister
(2) The Cabinet consisting of
only Cabinet Miisters of the
Union
(3) The Council of Ministers of
the Union
(4) Parliament
Correct Answere: The Cabinet
consisting of only Cabinet
Miisters of the Union
A Gram Sabha consists of ---- ?
(1) All the members elected by
the people of a village
(2) All the persons of a village,
who are not less than 21 years
of age
(3) All the persons of a
Panchayat area, who are not
less 18 years of age
(4) All the elected members of a
Panchayat area and members
nominated by the government
Correct Answere: All the
persons of a Panchayat area,
who are not less 18 years of age
Under the provisions of Article
343 of the Constitution, Hindi
was declared the official
language of the Union. But the
use of English language was
allowed to continue for the
official purposes of the Union
for a period of --- ?
(1) 10 years
(2) 15 years
(3) 20 years
(4) 25 years
Correct Answere: 15 years
The 'Point of Order' in a
parliamentary practise involves
---- ?
(1) The question of the orderly
behaviour of the members in
Parliament
(2) The question of rules of
procedure not followed in a
perticular matter
(3) Any order issued by the
presiding officer to regulate the
business of the House
(4) The question of regulating
discussion on a matter during
'zero-hour'
Correct Answere: The question
of rules of procedure not
followed in a perticular matter
Which Schedule of the
Constitution makes provisions
for the administration of Tribal
Areas of Assam, Meghalaya,
Tripura and Mizoram ?
(1) Third Schedule
(2) Fourth Schedule
(3) Fifth Schedule
(4) Sixth Schedule
Correct Answere: Sixth Schedule
Which of the following
Presidents held the office of
the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
before occupying the office of
the President ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) V.V. Giri
(3) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(4) Shankar Dayal Sharma
Correct Answere: Neelam
Sanjiva Reddy
A major portion of the
Constitution of India is derived
from the ---- ?
(1) Constitution of U.K.
(2) Constitution of U.S.A.
(3) Government of India Act,
1935
(4) Indian Independence Act,
1947
Correct Answere: Government
of India Act, 1935
A Nagar Panchayat is
constituted in ---- ?
(1) A smaller urban area
(2) A larger rural area
(3) An urban area having a
population less than 5 lakh
(4) An area is transition from a
rural area to an urban area
Correct Answere: An area is
transition from a rural area to
an urban area
Which of the following features
of federalism is not found in
the Indian Constitution ?
(1) Written Constitution
(2) Independent Judiciary
(3) Dual Judiciary
(4) Representation of States in
Parliament
Correct Answere: Dual Judiciary
Which of the following
Committees is not concerned
with Panchayati Raj ?
(1) Santhanam Committee
(2) Ashok Mehta Committee
(3) Balwant Rai Mehta
Committee
(4) V.K.R.V. Rao Committee
Correct Answere: Santhanam
Committee
The Parliament of India
consists of ---- ?
(1) The Lok Sabha, the Rajya
Sabha and the Speaker
(2) The Lok Sabha, the Rajya
Sabha and the Prime Minister
(3) The Lok Sabha, the Rajya
Sabha and the Council of
Ministers
(4) The Lok Sabha, the Rajya
Sabha and the President
Correct Answere: The Lok
Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the
President
The Vice-President of India is
elected by the ---- ?
(1) Members of both Houses of
Parliament
(2) Elected Members of both
Houses of Parliament
(3) Members of Parliament and
the Vidhan Sabhas
(4) Members of the Rajya Sabha
and the Vidhan Parishads
Correct Answere: Members of
both Houses of Parliament
Which one of the following
pairs is not correctly matched ?
(1) Ist Amendment --- Addition
of 9th Schedule
(2) 42nd Amendment ---
Addition of 10th Schedule
(3) 73rd Amendment ---
Addition of 11th Schedule
(4) 74th Amendment ---
Addition of 12th Schedule
Correct Answere: 42nd
Amendment --- Addition of 10th
Schedule
Democratic Decentralisation in
India means ----- ?
(1) Establishment of Panchayati
Raj
(2) More financial
decentralisation in favour of the
States
(3) Decentralisation of Power in
bureaucratic structures
(4) Distribution of Powers
among three organs of the
government
Correct Answere: Establishment
of Panchayati Raj
Which one of the following
pairs is not correctly matched ?
(1) The first Law Minister of
India -- Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
(2) The first Education Minister
of India -- Lal Bahadur Shastri
(3) The first Home Minister --
Sardar Patel
(4) The first Foreign Affairs
Minister -- Jawahar Lal Nehru
Correct Answere: The first
Education Minister of India -- Lal
Bahadur Shastri
Which one of the following is
not a part of the Directive
Principles of State Policy ?
(1) To establish Panchayati Raj
Institution
(2) Equal wages for Equal work
between men and women
(3) Separation of judiciary from
legislature
(4) Encourage settlement of
International Disputes by
arbitration
Correct Answere: Separation of
judiciary from legislature
Which one of the following
does not have reservation in
State Legislature ?
(1) Scheduled Castes
(2) Scheduled Tribes
(3) Anglo-Indian Community
(4) Backward Classes
Correct Answere: Backward
Classes
The President is required to
hold an enquiry by the
Supreme Court to remove a
member of the Union Public
Service Commission, if such
member is removed on the
ground of ----- ?
(1) Misbehaviour
(2) Insolvency
(3) Infirmity of mind and body
(4) Paid employment outside
the duties of his office
Correct Answere: Misbehaviour
which one of the following
pairs is incorrect ?
(1) Amendment procedure ---
South Africa
(2) Procedure established by
law --- Japan
(3) Rule of Law --- Ireland
(4) Provision of Concurrent List -
-- Australia
Correct Answere: Rule of Law ---
Ireland
Which of the following Union
Territories has its territorial
areas spread in three States ?
(1) Chandigarh
(2) Delhi
(3) Puducherry
(4) Lakshadweep
Correct Answere: Puducherry
Which of the following is not
true about the National Human
Rights Commission ?
(1) It is always headed by a
retired Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court
(2) It was established in 1993 by
an Act of the Parliament
(3) It has the power to inquire
into a matter but it does not
have the powers of a Civil Court
(4) It has to obey the orders of
the Supreme Court
Correct Answere: It has the
power to inquire into a matter
but it does not have the powers
of a Civil Court
Which one of the following is
not a federal agency in policy-
making in India ?
(1) Cabinet secretariate
(2) Finance Commission
(3) Inter-state council
(4) National Deveplopment
Council
Correct Answere: Cabinet
secretariate
Which one of the following
Fundamental Right was termed
by Ambedkar as the 'Soul of
the Constitution' ?
(1) Right to Liberty
(2) Right to Equality
(3) Educational and Cultural
Rights of Minorities
(4) Right to Constitutional
Remedies
Correct Answere: Right to
Constitutional Remedies
Which one of the following is
not true about the Right to
Information Act, passed by the
Parliament ?
(1) It was passed in 2005
(2) The Application Fee for
receiving information is Rs.10
only
(3) The Applicant should get the
information within 15 days
(4) This act is an instrument to
bring transparency in the
administration
Correct Answere: The Applicant
should get the information
within 15 days
Which one of the following is
not a Constitutional body ?
(1) Natioanl Finance
Commission
(2) National Commission for
Scheduled Castes
(3) National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes
(4) National Minority
Commission
Correct Answere: National
Minority Commission
Which one of the following is
not included in Fundamental
Rights ?
(1) Right to work
(2) Right to elementary
Education
(3) Right to property to the
educational institutions of
minorities
(4) Right to personal liberty
Correct Answere: Right to work
Which one of the following is
not guaranteed by the
Constitution of India ?
(1) Freedom to own, acquire (1) 30 Days
and dispose of proporty (2) 60 Days
(2) Freedom to move freely (3) 75 Days
throughout the territory of India (4) 90 Days
(3) Freedom to assemble
peacefully and without arms Correct Answere: 75 Days
(4) Freedom to practise any
trade or profession
Which Article of the
Correct Answere: Freedom to Constitution permits the
own, acquire and dispose of Supreme Court to review its
proporty own judgement or order ?
Currently, the Panchayat Raj (1) Article 137
system is not present in which (2) Article 138
of the following states? (3) Article 139
(4) Article 140
(1) Nagaland, Meghalaya and
Mizoram Correct Answere: Article 137
(2) Nagaland, Tripura and
Mizoram Who is the custodian of Indian
(3) Meghalaya, Assam and Constitution ?
Nagaland
(4) Meghalaya, Tripura and
(1) President
Nagaland
(2) Parliament
(3) Council of Ministers
Correct Answere: Nagaland, (4) Supreme Court
Meghalaya and Mizoram
Correct Answere: Supreme
Which of the following were Court
the first two states in India
which established Panchayati
Raj in 1956?
(1) Rajasthan and Maharastra
(2) Rajasthan and Andhra
Pradesh Who has the right to transfer
(3) Rajasthan and Odisha any case anywhere in India ?
(4) Rajasthan and Punjab
(1) President
Correct Answere: Rajasthan and (2) Supreme Court
Andhra Pradesh (3) High Court
(4) None of these
Once a Budget has been
presented in the Parliament, Correct Answere: Supreme
the government has to get all Court
money bills related to the
union budget passed within
__?
The System of Judicial Review
exists in ---- ?
(1) India only
(2) U.K. only
(3) U.S.A. only
(4) India and U.S.A
Correct Answere: India and
U.S.A
Who was the Chief Justice of
India when Public Interest
Litigation (PIL) was introduced
to the Indian Judicial System ?
(1) M. Hidayatullah
(2) A.M. Ahmadi
(3) A.S. Anand
(4) P.N. Bhagwati
Correct Answere: P.N. Bhagwati
Salaries of the Judges of the
Supreme Courtared
determined by :
(1) Pay Commission appointed
by the President
(2) Law Commission
(3) Parliament
(4) Council of Ministers
Correct Answere: Parliament
The Supreme Court of India
was set up by the ?
(1) Regulating Act, 1773
(2) Pitt's India Act of 1784
(3) Charter Act, 1813
(4) Charter Act, 1833
Correct Answere: Charter Act,
1833
Which of the following courts
in India is/are known as the
Court(s) of Records ?
(1) The High Courts only
(2) The Supreme Court only
(3) The High Courts and
Supreme Court
(4) The District Courts
Correct Answere: The High
Courts and Supreme Court
Who is the final authority to
interpret the Constitution ?
(1) The President
(2) The Parliament
(3) The Lok Sabha
(4) The Supreme Court
Correct Answere: The Supreme
Court
The Indian Constitution
provides for the appointment
Adhoc Judges in ?
(1) Supreme Court
(2) High Court
(3) District and Session Courts
(4) All of these
Correct Answere: All of these
Who is the executive head of
the State Government ?
(1) The Chief Minister
(2) The Governer
(3) The Secretary to the Chief
Minister
(4) The Chief Secretary
Correct Answere: The Governer
Ordinance of Governer has to
be passed by the Assembly
within --- ?
(1) 6 weeks
(2) 8 weeks
(3) 10 weeks
(4) 12 weeks
Correct Answere: 6 weeks
Which is the Upper Chamber
of State Legislature in India ?
(1) Legislative Council
(2) Legislative Council
(3) Governor's Office
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Legislative
Council
The legal advisor to the State
government is known as ?
(1) Advocate - General
(2) Attorney - General
(3) Solicitor - General
(4) State Public Prosecutor
Correct Answere: Advocate -
General
Who advices State
Government on legal matters ?
(1) Attorney General
(2) Advocate - General
(3) Solicitor - General
(4) Choef Justice of the High
Court
Correct Answere: Advocate -
General
The Constitution of India does
NOT contain any provision for
the impeachment of ---- ?
(1) The President
(2) The Vice-President of India
(3) The Chief Justice of India
(4) Governer of the State
Correct Answere: Governer of
the State
 Which one of the following
offices is held during the
pleasure of the President of
India ?
(1) Vice-President
(2) Chief Jusice of India
(3) Governer of a State
(4) Chairman of UPSC
Correct Answere: Governer of a
State
Which Indian State had the
first woman Chief Minister ?
(1) U.P
(2) Bihar
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Delhi
Correct Answere: U.P
Who was the first Chief
Minister of Uttarkhand State?
(1) Bharat Singh Koshyari
(2) Nityanand Swami
(3) N.D. Tiwari
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Nityanand
Swami
Who was the first woman
Governer of a State in free
India from out of following ?
(1) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
(2) Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
(3) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(4) Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Pandit
Correct Answere: Mrs. Sarojini
Naidu
Money Bill can be introduced
in the State Legislature with
the prior consent of --- ?
(1) The President
(2) The Chief Minister
(3) The Speaker
(4) The Governer
Correct Answere: The Governer
The Contigency Fund of the
State is operated by -- ?
(1) The Governer of the State
(2) The Chief Minister of the
State
(3) The State Finance Minister
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: The Governer
of the State
Who among the following was
the first woman Chief Minister
in independent India ?
(1) Amrit Kaur
(2) Sarojini Naidu
(3) Sucheta Kripalai
(4) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Correct Answere: Sucheta
Kripalai
The Chief Minister is
appointed by ---- ?
(1) the Governer
(2) the President
(3) the Chief Justice of Supreme
Court
(4) the Chief Justice of High
Court
Correct Answere: the Governer
Who remains in office as long
as the President of India wishes
? have is ?
(1) Governer
(2) Election Commissioner
(3) Judges of Supreme Court
(4) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: Governer
The Chief Justice of a High
Court is appointed by --- ?
(1) President
(2) Governer
(3) The Chief Justice of India
(4) President on the advice of
Governer of the Staet
concerned and the Chief Justice
of India
Correct Answere: President on
the advice of Governer of the
Staet concerned and the Chief
Justice of India
Which of the following
States/Union Territories have a
common High Court ?
(1) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
(2) Punjab, Haryana and
Chandigarh
(3) Punjab and Jammu and
Kashmir
(4) Assam and Bengal
Correct Answere: Punjab,
Haryana and Chandigarh
In which year was High Court
in Madras established ?
(1) 1862
(2) 1871
(3) 1881
(4) 1891
Correct Answere: 1862
The maximum number of
members that the Legislative
Assembly of a State in India can
(1) 400
(2) 450
(3) 500
(4) 600
Correct Answere: 500
A High Court Judge address his
letter of resignation to ?
(1) The President
(2) The Chief Justice of India
(3) the Chief Justice of his
Supreme Court
(4) The Government of the State
Correct Answere: The President
Which of the following High
Courts has the largest number
of Benches ?
(1) Kolkata High Court
(2) Madhya Pradesh High Court
(3) Bombay High Court
(4) Guwahati High Court
Correct Answere: Guwahati
High Court
The Judges of the High Court
hold office -- ?
(1) during the pleasure of the
Chief Justice of India
(2) till they have attained 62
years of age
(3) till they have attained 65
years of age
(4) as long as they desire
Correct Answere: till they have
attained 65 years of age
Which one of the following
States has a separate
constitution ?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Assam
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Sikkim
Correct Answere: Jammu and
Kashmir
How many High Courts in India
have jurisdiction over more
than one state (Union
Territories not included) ?
(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5
Correct Answere: 2
Which one of the following
High Courts has the Territorial
Jurisdiction over Andman and
Nicobar Islands ?
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Calcutta
(3) Madras
(4) Orissa
Correct Answere: Calcutta
Which of the following States
can nominate two women
members to the Legislative
Assembly ?
(1) Himachal Pradesh
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Kerala
Correct Answere: Jammu and
Kashmir
Who appoints the Governer of
Jammu and Kashmir ?
(1) The Chief Minister of Jammu
and Kashmir
(2) The Chief Justice of High
Court of Jammu and Kashmir
(3) The Prime Minister of India
(4) The President of India
Correct Answere: The President
of India
In Indian Constitution, Article
370 is related with which ?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir State
(2) Reservation of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(3) Punjab and Haryana States
(4) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
States
Correct Answere: Jammu and
Kashmir State
Who appoints the Governer of
Jammu and Kashmir ?
(1) The Chief Minister of Jammu
and Kashmir
(2) The Chief Justice of High
Court of Jammu and Kashmir
(3) The Prime Minister of India
(4) The President of India
Correct Answere: The President
of India
What does the 'Judicial Review
' function of the Supreme Court
mean ?
(1) Review its own judgement
(2) Review the functioning of
Judiciary in the country
(3) Examine the constitutional
validity of the laws
(4) Undertake periodic review
of the constitution
Correct Answere: Examine the
constitutional validity of the
laws
Which of the following is NOT
a tool of Parliamentary control
over Public expenditures ?
(1) Public Accounts Committee
(2) Comptroller and Auditor-
General of India
(3) Estimates Committee
(4) Committee on Public
Undertakings
Correct Answere: Comptroller
and Auditor-General of India
The Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court is appointed by
? (3) Concurrent List
(1) The President alone
(2) The President on the
recommendation of the Prime
Minister
(3) The President in
consultation with the judges of
the Supreme Court and High
Courts
(4) The President on the
recommendation of Law
Commission
Correct Answere: The President
in consultation with the judges
of the Supreme Court and High
Courts
In what ways does the Indian
Parliament exercise control
over the administration ?
(1) Through Parliamentary
Committees
(2) Through Consultative
Committees of various ministers
(3) By making the
administrations send periodic
reports
(4) By compelling the executive
to issue writs
Correct Answere: Through
Parliamentary Committees
The first finanace commission
was constituted in ?
(1) 1950
(2) 1951
(3) 1952
(4) 1954
Correct Answere: 1951
The entry Public Health and
Sanitation is included in the
Constitution of India in ----- ?
(1) Union List
(2) State List
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: State List
Who is the Chairman of
Second Administrative Reforms
Commission ?
(1) Bimal Jalan
(2) Karan Singh
(3) M.Veerappa Jalan
(4) Ahmed Patel
Correct Answere: M.Veerappa
Jalan
What is the period covered by
the recommendation of the
12th Finance Commission ?
(1) Year 2004 - 2009
(2) Year 2005 -2010
(3) Year 2006 -2011
(4) Year 2007 - 2012
Correct Answere: Year 2005 -
2010
When was the Panchayati Raj
System introduced in India ?
(1) 1945
(2) 1950
(3) 1959
(4) 1962
Correct Answere: 1959
Where was the first Municipal
Corporation in India set up ?
(1) Bombay
(2) Calcutta
(3) Delhi
(4) Madras
Correct Answere: Madras
Which article of the Indian
Costitution provides for the
institution of Panchayati Raj ?
(1) Article 36
(2) Article 39
(3) Article 40
(4) Article 48
Correct Answere: Article 40
A member of the State Public
Service Commission is removed
from his office by --- ?
(1) The President
(2) The Governer
(3) The Vidhan Sabha
(4) The Council of Ministers of
the State
Correct Answere: The President
Who was the first External
Affairs Minister of India ?
(1) Swarn Singh
(2) Krishna Menon
(3) Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
(4) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Correct Answere: Jawahar Lal
Nehru
Approval of how many
members of the Lok Sabha is
needed to admit a no-
confidence motion in the Lok
Sabha ?
(1) 25
(2) 10
(3) 1/10th of the total members
(4) 50
Correct Answere: 50
How many subjects have been
included in the 11th Schedule
of Constitution, under the
jurisdiction of Panchayati Raj
institution ?
(1) 19
(2) 29
(3) 39
(4) 49
Correct Answere: 29
Which article of the
Constitution makes mention of
reservation in public
employment in favour of
backward classes ?
(1) 16(1)
(2) 16(2)
(3) 16(3)
(4) 16(4)
Correct Answere: 16(4)
Which one of the following
Parliamentary Committees in
India acts as a 'watchdig' on
departmental expenditure and
irregularities ?
(1) Estimates Committee
(2) Committee on Public
Undertakings
(3) Committee on Public
Assurances
(4) Public Account Committee
Correct Answere: Public
Account Committee
The Rajya Sabha has equal
powers with the Lok Sabha ----?
(1) In the matter of creating
New All India Services
(2) In amending the constitution
(3) In the removal of
government
(4) In making cut motions
Correct Answere: In amending
the constitution
Who participate in the election
of the Vice-Precident ?
(1) Members of the Lok Sabha
(2) Elected members of the
Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha
(3) Members of the Rajya Sabha
and the Lok Sabha
(4) Members Legislative
Assemblies of the States
Correct Answere: Members of
the Rajya Sabha and the Lok
Sabha
Acting Chief Justice of India is
appointed by --- ?
(1) Chief Justice of India
(2) Chief Justice of India with
previous consent of the
President
(3) President
(4) President in consultation
with the Chief Justice of India.
Correct Answere: President
In which of the following
Committees, are members
from both the Housed of
Parliament represented ?
(1) The Estimates Committeee
(2) The Public Accounts
Committeee
(3) The Committee on
Government Assurance
(4) The Business Advisory
Committee
Correct Answere: The Public
Accounts Committeee
Which of the following articles
does not make special
provisions with respect to
children ?
(1) Article 15
(2) Article 39
(3) Article 16
(4) Article 24
Correct Answere: Article 16
Which among the following
words appears first in the
Preamble to the Constitution ?
(1) Liberty
(2) Equality
(3) Justice
(4) Fraternity
Correct Answere: Justice
Who termed the Indian
Constitution as 'quasi-federal' ?
(1) K.C. Wheare
(2) M.V. Paylee
(3) D.D. Basu
(4) Ivor Jennings
Correct Answere: K.C. Wheare
Who was elected to the office
of President as an independent
candidate ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) V.V. Giri
(3) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
(4) Dr. Zakir Hussain
Correct Answere: V.V. Giri
Which State of India occupies
the third position both in terms
of the population and the area
? (4) A.I.d.M.K.
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Bihar
(3) West Bengal
(4) Maharashtra
Correct Answere: Maharashtra
Which one of the following
was not the member of State
Reorganisation Commission ?
(1) T.T. Krishnamachari
(2) Fazal Ali
(3) K.M. Panikkar
(4) H.N. Kunjru
Correct Answere: T.T.
Krishnamachari
Which State in India has a
uniform Civil Code for its
people ?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Goa
(3) Kerala
(4) Assam
Correct Answere: Goa
Which Constitutional
Amendment Act has provided
for compulsory education for
children from 6 years to 14
years of age ?
(1) 86th
(2) 92nd
(3) 91st
(4) 88th
Correct Answere: 86th
Which of the following
political parties was formed
before independence ?
(1) D.M.K.
(2) Jana Sangh
(3) National Conference
Correct Answere: National
Conference
The Chief Mnister of the
National Capital Territory of
Delhi is appointed by the ---- ?
(1) President of India
(2) Lt. Governor of Delhi
(3) Vice-President of India
(4) The Vidhan Sabha of Delhi
Correct Answere: President of
India
The right to vote available to
Indian citizens under the
Constitution is a --- ?
(1) Fundamental Right
(2) Civil Right
(3) Political Right
(4) Political Duty
Correct Answere: Political Right
Who was not a member of the
Drafting Committee of the
Constitution throughout the
full term of the Committee ?
(1) Alladi Krishnaswami Iyyer
(2) K.M. Munsi
(3) D.P. Khetan
(4) Moh. Sadullah
Correct Answere: D.P. Khetan
Which one of the following
Articles of Fundamental Rights
is automatically suspended as
soon as the proclamation of
National Emergency comes into
effect ?
(1) Article 14
(2) Article 16
(3) Article 19
(4) Article 21
Correct Answere: Article 19
Who won the election of
President as an unopposed
candidate ?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) V.V. Giri
(3) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
(4) Dr. Zakir Hussain
Correct Answere: Neelam
Sanjeeva Reddy
Which one of the following
was not included in the
Fundamental Rights as given in
the Constitution of 1950 ?
(1) Right to property
(2) Right to freedom of speech
(3) Right to education
(4) Right against exploitation
Correct Answere: Right to
education
Which of the following States
have equal seats in the House
of the people ?
(1) Punjab and Assam
(2) Madhya Pradesh and Tamil
Nadu
(3) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(4) Andhra Pradesh and
WestBengal
Correct Answere: Andhra
Pradesh and WestBengal
The Panchayati Raj is based on
the Principle of --- ?
(1) Decentralisation
(2) Deconcentration
(3) Democratic Centralism
(4) Democratic Decentralisation
Correct Answere: Democratic
Decentralisation
Which one of the following
was described by Dr. Ambedkar
as the 'heart and soul' of the
Constitution ?
(1) Right to equality
(2) right against exploitation
(3) Right to constitutional
remedies
(4) Right to Freedom of Religion
Correct Answere: Right to
constitutional remedies
The Attorney General of India
is removed by --- ?
(1) The President
(2) The President on the
resolution of Parliament passed
by special majority
(3) The President on the
recommendations of the
Supreme Court
(4) The Prime Minister
Correct Answere: The President
on the resolution of Parliament
passed by special majority
Which of the following does
not require voting in the House
? liberty
(1) No-confidence Motion
(2) Calling Attention Motion
(3) Censure Motion
(4) Adjournment Motion
Correct Answere: Calling
Attention Motion
Who was the Chairman of the
Administrative Reforms
Commission (1966-69) ?
(1) Indira Gandhi
(2) M. Hidaytulla
(3) Morarji Desai
(4) Ashok Mehta
Correct Answere: Morarji Desai
'Zero hour' in the working of
Indian Parliament means --- ?
(1) The first hour of the session
(2) The period when the
privilege motion is accepted
(3) The period before the
question hour
(4) The interval between the
end of question hour and the
taking up of the next agenda
Correct Answere: The interval
between the end of question
hour and the taking up of the
next agenda
Which one of the following
Fundamental Rights is
guaranteed only to the citizens
and not to the foreigners ?
(1) Equality before law and
equal protection of law
(2) Freedom of speech and
expression
(3) Right to life and personal
(4) Right to freedom of religion
Correct Answere: Freedom of
speech and expression
Which of the following
statements describes a 'Hung
Parliament' ?
(1) A Parliament in which no
party has clear majority
(2) The Prime Minister has
resigned but Parliament is not
dissolved
(3) The Parliament lacks the
quorum to conduct business
(4) A lame duck Parliament
Correct Answere: A Parliament
in which no party has clear
majority
The Doctrine that the
Fundamental Rights can not be
amended under Article 368 was
propounded by the Supreme
Court in ---- ?
(1) Gopalam Vs. State of Madras
(2) Keshvanand Bharati Vs. State
of Kerala
(3) Golaknath Vs. State of
Punjab
(4) Maneka Vs. Union of India
Correct Answere: Golaknath Vs.
State of Punjab
An ordinance issued by the
Governor, without the
approval of the State
Legislative shall be effective for
a period of --- ?
(1) Six months
(2) Six weeks
(3) One year
(4) One month
Correct Answere: Six weeks
What is the maximum limit of
time to which the National
Emergency is extended under
Article 356 ?
(1) Six months
(2) One year
(3) Three years
(4) No time limit has been fixed
Correct Answere: No time limit
has been fixed
Which one of the following is
not an All India Service ?
(1) Indian Administrative Service
(2) Indian Police Service
(3) Indian Foreign Service
(4) Indian Forest Service
Correct Answere: Indian Foreign
Service
The 'Obejective Resolution'
adopted by the Constituent
Assembly on Jan. 22, 1947 was
drafted by --- ?
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(3) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(4) B.N. Rau
Correct Answere: Jawaharlal
Nehru
The Election Commissioner of
a State, appointed under
Article 243 (Panchayati Raj) can
be removed by --- ?
(1) Parliament
(2) The Legislative Assembly of
Staet
(3) The Governor
(4) The Chief Justice of High
Court
Correct Answere: Parliament
The nomination form of a
candidate contesting the
election of the President
should be proposed and
seconded by how many
members of Parliament ?
(1) Proposed by 10 and
seconded by 50
(2) Proposed by 50 and
seconded by 10
(3) Proposed by 10 and
seconded by 10
(4) Proposed by 50 and
seconded by 50
Correct Answere: Proposed by
50 and seconded by 50
Who has the power to regulate
the right of citizenship of the
Indian people ?
(1) The President
(2) Parliament
(3) The Council of Ministers
(4) The Election Commission
Correct Answere: Parliament
Whicch of the following
languages was not included in
the 8th Schedule by 92nd
Amendment Act, 2003 ?
(1) Bodo
(2) Dogri
(3) Santhali
(4) Sanskrit
Correct Answere: Sanskrit
Which languages have been
added to the 8th Schedule of
the Constitution by 92nd
Constitution (Amendment) Act,
2003 ?
(1) Bodo, Santhali, Andmani,
Bhojpuri
(2) Bodo, Santhali, Maithili,
Andmani
(3) Bodo, Santhali, Maithili,
Bhojpuri
(4) Bodo, Santhali, Maithili,
Dogri
Correct Answere: Bodo,
Santhali, Maithili, Dogri
Which one of the following
Chief Justices of India acted as
the President of India for the
time being ?
(1) Justice H. Kania
(2) Justice Bhagawati
(3) Justice M. Hidaytullah
(4) Justice Gajendragadkar
Correct Answere: Justice M.
Hidaytullah
The Planning Commission was
established by --- ?
(1) An act of Parliament
(2) An Ordinance issued by the
President
(3) A resolution of Union
Council of Ministers
(4) The provisions of the
Constitution
Correct Answere: A resolution
of Union Council of Ministers
If offices of both the President
and the Vice-President become
vacant at any time, who will
discharge the functions of the
President ?
(1) The Speaker of the Lok
Sabha
(2) The Chief Election
Commissioner
(3) Prime Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of India
Correct Answere: The Chief
Justice of India
A member of the Union Public
Service Commission holds
office for a term of --- ?
(1) 5 years
(2) 6 years
(3) 6 years or until he attains
the age of 62 years which ever
is earlier
(4) 6 years or until he attains
the age of 65 years which ever
is earlier
Correct Answere: 6 years or
until he attains the age of 65
years which ever is earlier
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
is the ex-officio Chairman of
which of the following
parliamentary committees ?
(1) The Committee of Privileges
(2) The Rules Committee
(3) The Committee on Public
Undertakings
(4) The Committee on Private
members Bills and Resolutions
Correct Answere: The Rules
Committee
Who can remove a judge of a
High Court ?
(1) Preident on his own
(2) Governor on the advice of
the Chief Minister
(3) The President on the advice
of the Chief Justice of India
(4) The President on the
resolution of Parliament passed
by special majority
Correct Answere: The President
on the resolution of Parliament
passed by special majority
Which of the following
provisions of the constitution
can be amended by Parliament
by a Simple Majority ?
(1) Creation of new States in the
Union
(2) Fundamental Rights
(3) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(4) Provisions related to
Panchayati Raj (Article 243)
Correct Answere: Creation of
new States in the Union
Which one of the following is
an example of direct
democracy ?
(1) Gram Sabha
(2) Village Panchayat
(3) Nagar Panchayat
(4) District Panchayat
Correct Answere: Gram Sabha
How many times has the
proclamation of National
Emergency been forced in India
? (4) 35
(1) Two times
(2) Three times
(3) Four times
(4) Five times
Correct Answere: Three times
District Judges in a State are
appointed by the --- ?
(1) Governor
(2) Chief Justice of High Court
(3) Council of Ministers of the
State
(4) Advocate General of the
State
Correct Answere: Governor
The power to determine the
number of judges in a High
Court lies with the ---- ?
(1) Government of the State
(2) Governor of the State
(3) President of India
(4) Parliament of India
Correct Answere: President of
India
How many seats were reserved
for scheduled tribes in election
to the 15th Lok Sabha ?
(1) 79
(2) 45
(3) 47
(4) 84
Correct Answere: 47
At present, how many
members of the Lok Sabha can
be elected from Union
Territories ?
(1) 20
(2) 25
(3) 30
Correct Answere: 20
Which one of the following
bodies has the specific
objective of considering the
views of the States in
preparation of Five Year Plans ?
(1) Planning Commission
(2) Zonal Councils
(3) Inter-State Council
(4) National Development
Council
Correct Answere: National
Development Council
The Phrase 'Procedure
established by Law' , is
borrowed from the
Constitution of --- ?
(1) South America
(2) Japan
(3) Ireland
(4) United States
Correct Answere: Japan
Which one of the following
Schedules is not directly
related to the functioning of
the Indian Federal system ?
(1) First Schedule
(2) Second Schedule
(3) Fourth Schedule
(4) Seventh Schedule
Correct Answere: Second
Schedule
Who actually makes use of the
executive authority of the
Union Government ?
(1) Parliament
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The President
(4) The Council of Ministers
Correct Answere: The Council of
Ministers
The extent of territorial waters
of India is --- ?
(1) 12 nautical miles
(2) 13 nautical miles
(3) 14 nautical miles
(4) 15 nautical miles
Correct Answere: 12 nautical
miles
The idea of the Concurrent List
is borrowed from the
Constitution of --- ?
(1) Canada
(2) Australia
(3) U.S.A.
(4) Japan
Correct Answere: Australia
The Prime Minister of India is --
-- ?
(1) Elected by the Lok Sabha Correct Answere: 1961
(2) Elected by Parliament
(3) Elected by the Majority Party The Chief Ministers of State are
in the Lok Sabha not the members of ---- ?
(4) Elected by the People
(1) Planning Commission
Correct Answere: Elected by the (2) Zonal Councils
Majority Party in the Lok Sabha (3) Inter-State Council
(4) National Development
A writ which is the form of a Council
command is ---- ?
Correct Answere: Planning
(1) Quo-Warranto Commission
(2) Prohibition
(3) Mandamus Who propounded the concept
(4) Certiorari of 'good governance' for the
first time ?
Correct Answere: Mandamus
(1) UNDP
The Directive Principles of State (2) IMF
Policy underline the Philosophy (3) ECDC
of ---- ? (4) World Bank
(1) Socialism Correct Answere: World Bank
(2) Idealism
(3) Sarvoday Which one of the following is
(4) Democratic Centralisation not mentioned in the
Constitution ?
Correct Answere: Socialism
(1) Administrative Tribunal
Which one of the following (2) Political Party
political parties is older than (3) Cabinet
the other three ? (4) No-confedence Motion
(1) DMK Correct Answere: No-
(2) BJP confedence Motion
(3) AIDMK
(4) Telugu Desam The word 'public' in public
policy refers to ---- ?
Correct Answere: DMK
(1) People
The famous international (2) Voters
Human Rights Agency 'Amnesty (3) Government
International' was founded in -- (4) None of the above
-- ?
Correct Answere: Government
(1) 1960
(2) 1961 Puduchery, before joining the
(3) 1962 Indian Union, was under the
(4) 1963 control of ------ ?
(1) Goa
(2) England
(3) France
(4) India
Correct Answere: France
Upto which year is the present
strength of membership of the
Lok Sabha unchangeable ?
(1) 2026
(2) 2010
(3) 2015
(4) 2009
Correct Answere: 2026
Who was the first person to
become the Prime Minister of
India without being the
member of the Lok Sabha ?
(1) Narsimha Rao
(2) Rajeev Gandhi
(3) Indira Gandhi
(4) H.D. Devegauda
Correct Answere: Indira Gandhi
Who was the first Speaker of
the Lok Sabha ?
(1) G.S. Dhillon
(2) G.V. Mavlangkar
(3) H.N. Kunzru
(4) Baliram Bhagat
Correct Answere: G.V.
Mavlangkar
Dr. Rajendra Prasad held the
office of the President of India
for a period of ---- ?
(1) 5 years
(2) 10 years
(3) 7 years
(4) 12 years
Correct Answere: 12 years
The first nationalisation of
Banks in independent India was
done in the year ---- ?
(1) 1966
(2) 1967
(3) 1968
(4) 1969
Correct Answere: 1969
The first minority government
formed in India was headed by
---- ?
(1) Narsimha Rao
(2) Morarji Desai
(3) V.P. Singh
(4) H.D. Devegauda
Correct Answere: V.P. Singh
Which one of amendments
accorded precedence to the
Directive Principles over
Fundamental Rights ?
(1) Twenty-fifth
(2) Forty-fourth
(3) Fifty-nine
(4) Seventy-nine
Correct Answere: Twenty-fifth
Which one of the following
Articles of the Constitution
authorises the President of
India to suspend the
Fundamental Rigts ?
(1) Article 359
(2) Article 369
(3) Article 379
(4) Article 370
Correct Answere: Article 359
Which Constitutional
Amendment made changes in
the Preamble to the Indian
Constitution ?
(1) 24th Amendment
(2) 25th Amendment
(3) 42nd Amendment
(4) 44th Amendment
Correct Answere: 42nd
Amendment
Who was the first leader of
opposition, as recognised by
the government in the Lok
Sabha ?
(1) Indira Gandhi
(2) Atal Behari Vajpayee
(3) Somnath Chaterjee
(4) S.B. Chavan
Correct Answere: S.B. Chavan
Which one of the following
articles of the Constitution
gives superior position of
Directive Principles viz-a-viz
Fundamental Rights ?
(1) 31A
(2) 31B
(3) 31C
(4) 31D
Correct Answere: 31C
'Politburo' is a term associated
with ---- ?
(1) Communist Party
(2) Samajwadi Party
(3) Congress Party
(4) Bhartiya Janta Party
Correct Answere: Communist
Party
Article 1 of the Constitution
declares India to be the ---- ?
(1) Federation of States
(2) Union of States
(3) Federal Union of States
(4) Unitary Federation of States
Correct Answere: Union of
States
Which one of the following
sessions of the Congress
accepted the principles of
'Socialist pattern of sociaty' ?
(1) Delhi Session, 1951
(2) Hyderabad Session, 1953
(3) Kalyan Session, 1954
(4) Avadi Session, 1955
Correct Answere: Avadi Session,
1955
The minimum age prescribed
for election as a member of
Panchayat is ---- ?
(1) 25 years
(2) 18 years
(3) 21 years
(4) 30 years
Correct Answere: 21 years
According to the provisions of
the Constitution, a
'Metropolitan area' means an
area having a population of ----
? delayed by the Legislative
(1) 20 lakh or more
(2) 5 lakh or more
(3) 10 lakh or more
(4) 15 lakh or more
Correct Answere: 10 lakh or
more
How many times has the
Financial Emergency been
imposed in India ?
(1) One time
(2) Two times
(3) Three times
(4) It has not been enforced in
India so far
Correct Answere: It has not
been enforced in India so far
Which one of the following
does not find mention in the
Constitution of India ?
(1) Attorney General of India
(2) Solicitor- General of India
(3) Advocate- General of India
(4) State Election Commissioner
Correct Answere: Solicitor-
General of India
Which Schedule of the
Constitution makes special
provisions for the
administration and control of
Scheduled Areas and Scheduled
Tribes ?
(1) Fifth Schedule
(2) sixth Schedule
(3) Ninth Schedule
(4) Tenth Schedule
Correct Answere: Fifth Schedule
A bill passed by the Legislative
Assembly of a State can be
Council for a maximum period
of ---- ?
(1) One month
(2) Two months
(3) Three months
(4) Six months
Correct Answere: Three months
The Estimates Committee is
Constituted ----- ?
(1) In the Lok Sabha only
(2) In the Rajya Sabha only
(3) In the Lok Sabha and the
Rajya Sabha both
(4) As a joint Committee of both
Houses
Correct Answere: In the Lok
Sabha only
Which one of the following is
not a part of the Directive
Principles of State Policy ?
(1) Right to Education
(2) Right to Work
(3) Right to Public assistance
incase of unemployment
(4) Right against exploitation
Correct Answere: Right against
exploitation
Who of the following termed
the Directive Principles as a
Cheque Payable at the
convenience of the bank ?
(1) A.K. Iyer
(2) H.N. Kunzru
(3) H.V. Kamath
(4) K.T. Shah
Correct Answere: K.T. Shah
Majority of members of the
Rajya Sabha are ---- ?
(1) Elected by the State
Legislatures
(2) Elected by the Local bodies
(3) Elected by the People
(4) Nominated by the President
Correct Answere: Elected by the
State Legislatures
A member of the State Public
Service Commission is removed
from his office by ----- ?
(1) President
(2) Governor
(3) Parliament
(4) Legislative Assembly
Correct Answere: President
Which one of the following
articles makes provision for the
reservation of SC/ST in
government services ?
(1) 332
(2) 333
(3) 334
(4) 335
Correct Answere: 335
Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
was initiated in 1983 with the
pioneering efforts of ------ ?
(1) Justice R.N. Mishra
(2) Justice Chandrachud
(3) Justice P.N. Bhagwati
(4) Justice Venkatswami
Correct Answere: Justice P.N.
Bhagwati
Which of the following Union
territories was divided into two
parts ?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Chandigarh
(3) Mizoram
(4) Goa and Daman & Diu
Correct Answere: Goa and
Daman & Diu
The Fundamental Rights can be
suspended by the ?
(1) Parliament
(2) President
(3) Supreme Court
(4) President in consultation
with the Supreme Court of India
Correct Answere: President
Which Fundamental Right
cannot be suspended even
during an emergency under
Article 352 of the Constitution
? Minister
(1) Right to equality
(2) Right to freedom of speech
and expression
(3) Right to life
(4) Right to constitutional
remedies
Correct Answere: Right to life
Under the provision of which
Article of the Constitution did
the Government of India
introduce Bharat Ratna and
Padma Shri awards ?
(1) Article 14
(2) Article 18
(3) Article 25
(4) Article 31
Correct Answere: Article 18
How can the Fundamental
Rights be suspended ?
(1) If Parliament passes a law by
two-thirds majority
(2) If the Supreme Court orders
it
(3) If the President orders it in
the time of National Emergency
(4) They can never be
suspended
Correct Answere: If the
President orders it in the time
of National Emergency
Who of the following does not
constitute an exception to the
provision of Article 14
('equality before the law') ?
(1) The President
(2) The Governor
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The foreign diplomats
Correct Answere: The Prime
Right to participate in
government and equal
opportunity to occupy the
highest office by qualification
gives the citizens ?
(1) national liberty
(2) political liberty
(3) natural liberty
(4) civil liberty
Correct Answere: political
liberty
Who is empowered to suspend
the operation of Fundamental
Rights ?
(1) Parliament
(2) Supreme Court
(3) President
(4) Prime Minister
Correct Answere: President
In which case did the Supreme
Court declare that a
Constituent Assembly should
be convened to amend the
Fundamental Rights ?
(1) Golak Nath vs. State of
Punjab
(2) Gopalam case
(3) Kesavananda Bharati case
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Golak Nath vs.
State of Punjab
Which one of the following
writs literlly means 'we
command' ?
(1) Habeas Corpus
(2) Mandamus
(3) Quo Warranto
(4) Certiorari
Correct Answere: Mandamus
What is the objective behind
the Cultural and Educational
Rights in the Chapter on
Fundamental Rights ?
(1) To eradicate illiteracy
(2) To evolve a single culture
(3) To help minorities to
conserve their culture
(4) To preserve Indian culture
Correct Answere: To help
minorities to conserve their
culture
Fundamental Duties were
introduced in the Constitution
by the ?
(1) 40th Amendment
(2) 42nd Amendment
(3) 43rd Amendment
(4) 44th Amendment
Correct Answere: 42nd
Amendment
When were the Fundamental
Duties incorporated in the
Constitution ?
(1) 1975
(2) 1976
(3) 1977
(4) 1979
Correct Answere: 1976
The idea of Fundamental
Duties is derived from ?
(1) American Constitution
(2) British Constitution
(3) Russian Constitution
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Russian
Constitution
The Chief Justice (or a Judge) of
the High Court can be removed
by the --- ?
(1) Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court
(2) same procedure as for the
Judges of the Supreme Court
(3) Governor
(4) Union Home Ministry
Correct Answere: same
procedure as for the Judges of
the Supreme Court
The Ministers are individually
responsible to ?
(1) The President
(2) The House of the People
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The House of which they are
members
Correct Answere: The President
The President addresses his
resignation letter to the ?
(1) Chief Justice of India
(2) Speaker
(3) Vice President
(4) Prime Minister
Correct Answere: Vice President
What is the maximum age
prescribed for election as
President of India ?
(1) 58 years
(2) 62 years
(3) 60 years
(4) No such limit
Correct Answere: No such limit
Who has the authority to
remove the Vice President
from his office before the
ecpiry of his term ?
(1) Rajya Sabha
(2) Lok Sabha
(3) Parliament
(4) Supreme Court
Correct Answere: Parliament
The Prime Minister is ?
(1) Elected by the Lok Sabha
(2) Elected by the Parliament
(3) Appointed by the President
(4) Nominated by the party
enjoying majority in Lok Sabha
Correct Answere: Appointed by
the President
If there is a vacancy in the
offices of both President and
Vice President, who has been
empowered to function as
President ?
(1) Chief Justice of India
(2) Chief of Army Staff
(3) A person appointed by
Parliament
(4) No one
Correct Answere: Chief Justice
of India
Who elects the Vice President ?
(1) The same electoral college
which elects the President
(2) Members of the Rajya Sabha
(3) An electoral college
consisting of members of
Parliament
(4) Members of Parliament and
State Legislatures
Correct Answere: An electoral
college consisting of members
of Parliament
Where can impeachment
proceedings against the
President be initiated ?
(1) In Lok Sabha
(2) At a joint sitting of the two
Houses specially called for the
purpose
(3) In either House of
Parliament
(4) In the Supreme Court
Correct Answere: In either
House of Parliament
The President of the Union of
India has the same
constitutional authority as the
? (3) The People
(1) British Monarch
(2) President of USA
(3) President of France
(4) President of USSR
Correct Answere: British
Monarch
The meetings of the Council of
Ministers are presided over by
? of the President and Vice
(1) The President
(2) The Vise President
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The memberes of the
Council of Ministers by rotation
Correct Answere: The Prime
Minister
The first Law Officer of the
Government of India is the ?
(1) Chief ?Justice of Supreme
Court
(2) Law Minister
(3) Attorney-General for India
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Attorney-
General for India
The President can be
impeached for ?
(1) Violating the Constitution
(2) Disregarding Parliament
(3) For not taking the Prime
Minister's advice
(4) All the above
Correct Answere: Violating the
Constitution
The Council of Ministers is
responsible to ?
(1) The Prime Minister
(2) The President
(4) The Parliament
Correct Answere: The
Parliament
How long can a person
continue to be Minister of the
Union Government/State
Government without being a
member of either House of
Parliament/State Legislature ?
(1) One year
(2) Three months
(3) Six months
(4) No time Limit
Correct Answere: Six months
The oath of office is conducted
to the President by ?
(1) The Speaker of Lok Sabha
(2) The Chief Justice of India
(3) The Vice President of India
(4) None of above
Correct Answere: The Chief
Justice of India
The President holds office for a
term of five years ?
(1) From the date of his election
(2) From the date of his
entering the office
(3) From the date specified in
the Constitution
(4) From the date notified by
the Election Commission
Correct Answere: From the date
of his entering the office
The candidate for Vice
Presidential election must
possess the qualifications
prescribed for the Presidential
candidate except that the he
must be ?
(1) A citizen of India
(2) Over 35 years of age
(3) Holding no office of profit
under the Government
(4) Qualified to be a member of
the Rajya Sabha
Correct Answere: Qualified to
be a member of the Rajya Sabha
Disputes regarding the election
President are settled ?
(1) In the Supreme Court
(2) By the Election Commission
(3) By a Parliamentary
Committee
(4) In the Supreme Court or
High Courts
Correct Answere: In the
Supreme Court
The portfolios are allocated to
the ministers by ?
(1) The President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) Collective decision of the
Council of Ministers
(4) Individual choice
Correct Answere: The Prime
Minister
Ministers in the Union Cabinet
are appointed by ?
(1) The Prime Minister
(2) The President
(3) The President of India on the
advice of the Prime Minister
(4) The Prime Minister on the
advice of the President of India
Correct Answere: The President
of India on the advice of the
Prime Minister
The writ of prohibition issued
by the Supreme Court or a High
Court is issued against ?
(1) judicial or quasi-judicial
authorities
(2) administrative and judicial
authorities
(3) administrative authorities
only
(4) administrative authorities
and government
Correct Answere: judicial or
quasi-judicial authorities
What is a Writ of Quo
Warranto ?
(1) It is a writ from a superior
court commanding some officer
or particular authority to do a
specific act
(2) It is an order from a higher
court to stop proceedings in a
certain case
(3) It is an order from the
superior court to any official to
show his right to the office
(4) To produce the body of a
person
Correct Answere: It is an order
from the superior court to any
official to show his right to the
office
According to the Indian
Constitution there should be
no discrimination in public
places on grounds only of ?
(1) religion, race, caste, sex or
place of birth
(2) religion, race, caste, place of
birth or residence
(3) religion, race, caste, sex or
nationality
(4) religion, race, sex, descent or
place of birth
Correct Answere: religion, race,
caste, sex or place of birth
The doctrine that Fundamental
Rights can not be amended
under Art 368 was propounded
by the SC in which of the
following cases ?
(1) Gopalan V. State of Madras
(2) Keshavanand V .State of
Kerala
(3) Golaknath V. State of Punjab
(4) Manaka V. Union of India
Correct Answere: Keshavanand
V .State of Kerala
Which one of the following has
been wrongly listed as a
freedom provided to the Indian
citizens under Article 19 ?
(1) Freedom of speech and
expression
(2) Freedom of residence and
settlement
(3) Freedom of profession
(4) Freedom of press
Correct Answere: Freedom of
press
Who headed the Committee
appointed by the Constituent
Assembly to finalise the
Fundamental Rights of Indian
Citizens ?
(1) B.R. Ambedkar
(2) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Sardar Patel
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answere: Sardar Patel
Which one of the following
rights was described by B.R.
Ambedkar as 'the heart and
soul of the Constitution' ?
(1) Right of freedom of religion
(2) Right of property
(3) Right of equality
(4) Right of constitutional
remedies
Correct Answere: Right of
constitutional remedies
What does the phrase 'equality
before the law' used in Article
14, mean ?
(1) That all individuals are equal
(2) That all laws are the same
for everybody
(3) That all individuals are
equally subjected to the
ordinary law of the land
(4) That everybody is to be
treated equally by law in equal
circumstances
Correct Answere: That all
individuals are equally
subjected to the ordinary law of
the land
Who, among the early
nationalists, carried on active
propoganda in England to
persuade the British to yield to
their demands ?
(1) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(2) Dadabhai Naoroji
(3) M.G. Ranade
(4) Dinshaw E. Wacha
Correct Answere: Dadabhai
Naoroji
Which one of the following is
the correct chronological order
of the formation of the
following States as full States
of the Indian Union ?
(1) Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-
Arunachal Pradesh
(2) Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh-
Nagaland-Haryana
(3) Sikkim-Haryana-Nagaland-
Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Nagaland-Arunchal Pradesh-
Sikkim-Haryana
Correct Answere: Nagaland-
Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal
Pradesh
Which one of the following is
NOT a constitutional
prerogative of the President of
India ?
(1) Returning an ordinary bill for
reconsideration
(2) Returning a finance bill for
reconsideration
(3) Dissolving the Lok Sabha
(4) Appointing the Prime
Minister
Correct Answere: Returning a
finance bill for reconsideration
When was Jana-Gana-Mana
(which later became 'National
Anthem' of India) first sung and
where ?
(1) 24th January, 1950 in
allahabad
(2) 24th January, 1950 in Delhi
(3) 26th December, 1942 in
Calcutta
(4) 27th December, 1911 in
Calcutta
Correct Answere: 27th
December, 1911 in Calcutta
The Liberhan Commission is
related to ?
(1) Fodder scan
(2) Administrative Tribunals
(3) Babri Masjid demolition
(4) Reservation of minorties
Correct Answere: Babri Masjid
demolition
The District Collector reports to
which officer ?
(1) Chief Secretary
(2) Secretary-in-charge of the
District
(3) Divisional Commissioner
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Divisional
Commissioner
Who is the author of the book
'A Forign Policy of India' ?
(1) I.K. Gujral
(2) B.G. Deshmukh
(3) L.K. Advani
(4) A.J. Toynbee
Correct Answere: I.K. Gujral
In which year was Mandal
Commission Report
implemented ?
(1) 1989
(2) 1990
(3) 1991
(4) 1992
Correct Answere: 1990
How many times has the
President of India declared
financial emergency so far ?
(1) only once
(2) only twice
(3) only thrice
(4) never
Correct Answere: never
The Deputy Chairman of the
Rajya Sabha is ?
(1) Nominated by the Chairman
(2) Elected by elected members
of the Rajya Sabha
(3) Nominated by the President
(4) Elected by the Rajya Sabha
from amongst its members
Correct Answere: Elected by the
Rajya Sabha from amongst its
members
The term of Rajya Sabha
members was fixed by the ?
(1) President
(2) Constitution
(3) Parliament
(4) Cabinet
Correct Answere: Constitution
Which of the following States
sends the maximum number of
members to the Rajya Sabha ?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Bihar
(3) West Bengal
(4) All equal
Correct Answere: Uttar Pradesh
Who is considered the guardian
of the Public Purse ?
(1) Parliament
(2) Comptroller and Auditor
General
(3) Public Accounts Committee
(4) The President
Correct Answere: Comptroller
and Auditor General
Representatives of Union
Territories in Lok Sabha are
chosen by ?
(1) Direct Election
(2) Indirect Election
(3) Nomination
(4) All the above
Correct Answere: Direct
Election
The Estimates Committee ?
(1) Consists of 30 members
appointed by the Speaker
(2) Consists of 15 members each
from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(3) Has its members elected
according to the system of
proportional representation
(4) Has a Union Minister as its
Chairman
Correct Answere: Consists of 30
members appointed by the
Speaker
The head of the Council of
Ministers in a State is ?
(1) the Governor
(2) Chief Minister
(3) Chief Secretary
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Chief Minister
The Governor is generally
taken from ?
(1) the State
(2) outside the State
(3) the same zone
(4) the majority party
Correct Answere: outside the
State
The Executive of the State is
headed by ?
(1) The Governor
(2) The Chief Minister
(3) The State Cabinet
(4) The State Legislative Council
Correct Answere: The Governor
The normal term of a
Governor's office, is ?
(1) 3 years
(2) 5 years
(3) 6 years
(4) dependent on the tenture of
the State Legislators
Correct Answere: 5 years
The recommendation for the
creation or abolition of the
upper house of a State
Legislature can be made by the
?
(1) Governor
(2) State Legislative Assembly
(3) Chief Minister
(4) Parliament
Correct Answere: State
Legislative Assembly
The minimum/maximum
strength of Legislative
Assembly is ?
(1) 50/450
(2) 70/500
(3) 60/500
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: 60/500
Which one of the following
Articles has created Legislative
Assembly for the National
Capital Territory of Delhi ?
(1) Article 239
(2) Article 239-AA
(3) Article 239-AB
(4) Article 241
Correct Answere: Article 239-AA
The constitution of Jammu and
Kashmir came into force on ?
(1) 26 January, 1951
(2) October, 1956
(3) 26 January, 1950
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: October, 1956
The normal term of the
Assembly is ?
(1) 3 years
(2) 6 years
(3) 5 years
(4) 4 years
Correct Answere: 5 years
The Governor of a State is
responsible for his acts to ?
(1) the State Legislature
(2) State Legislative Assembly
(3) the President
(4) the Prime Minister
Correct Answere: the President
The concept of Public Interest
Litigation originated in ?
(1) The United Kingdom
(2) Australia
(3) The United States
(4) Canada
Correct Answere: The United
States
Which one of the following is in
the Concurrent List in the
Constitution of India ?
(1) Population control and
Family Planning
(2) Public Health and Sanitation
(3) Capitation taxes
(4) Cardington
Correct Answere: Population
control and Family Planning
The Sapru report of 1945 is
related to ---- ?
(1) centre state relations
(2) Educational Right or the
minorities
(3) Political and Civil Right of
minorities
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Political and
Civil Right of minorities
The regional languages
recognised by the constitution
have been listed in ---- ?
(1) The IV Schedule
(2) The VI Schedule
(3) The VII Schedule
(4) The VIII Schedule
Correct Answere: The VIII
Schedule
India witnessed single party
dominance till ?
(1) 1962
(2) 1967
(3) 1971
(4) 1977
Correct Answere: 1967
Which one of the following
regional political parties enjoy
the distinction of having acted
asopposition party in the
parliament after the election of
1984 ?
(1) Telugu Desam
(2) A.I.A.D.M.K.
(3) D.M.K.
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Telugu Desam
The National commission for
Minorities was enacted in the
year ---- ?
(1) 1990
(2) 1989
(3) 1992
(4) 1980
Correct Answere: 1992
Which of the following States
has no Panchayat Raj
institution at all ?
(1) Assam
(2) Nagaland
(3) Tripura
(4) Kerala
Correct Answere: Nagaland
Panchayati Raj was first
introduced in India in October,
1959 in ?
(1) Rajastan
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Kerala
(4) Karnataka
Correct Answere: Rajastan
Thirty-first Amendment Act,
1973 raised the total strength
of Lok Sabhja to ?
(1) 525
(2) 550
(3) 514
(4) 545
Correct Answere: 545
Which among the following
constitutional amendments
provided for state
reorganisation on linguistic
basis ?
(1) Third Amendment
(2) Fourth Amendment
(3) Sixth Amendment
(4) Seventh Amendment
Correct Answere: Sixth
Amendment
The 42nd Constitution
Amendment Act added a
Chapter on ?
(1) the Preamble of the
Constitution
(2) the Fundamental Rights
(3) the Fundamental Duties
(4) all the above
Correct Answere: the
Fundamental Duties
National emergency remains in
operation, with the approval of
the Parliamentary, for ?
(1) a maximum period of three
years
(2) a maximum period of one
year
(3) a maximum period of six
months
(4) an indefinite period
Correct Answere: an indefinite
period
The Committee of Indian
Parliament which has the
largest membership is ?
(1) Committee on Privileges
(2) The Public Accounts
Committee
(3) The Estimates Committee
(4) The Committee on Public
Undertakings
Correct Answere: The Estimates
Committee
Thw quorum of the Parliament
is fixed at ?
(1) one-tenth of the
membership of the House
(2) two-thirds of the
membership of the House
(3) one-third of the membership
of the House
(4) one-eighth of the
membership of the House
Correct Answere: one-tenth of
the membership of the House
The members of the Rajya
Sabha are ---- ?
(1) Elected indirectly
(2) Mostly nominated
(3) Elected directly as well as
indirectly
(4) Elected by the members of
the Legislative Assemblies and
Legislative Councils of States
Correct Answere: Elected
indirectly
If the Governor of a State dies,
who becomes the acting
Governor ?
(1) Anyone appointed by the
President of India
(2) The Chief Justice of the State
(3) The Chief Secretary
(4) The Chief Minister
Correct Answere: The Chief
Justice of the State
The minimum age for the
membership of the Council of
States is ?
(1) 45 years
(2) 30 years
(3) 35 years
(4) 21 years
Correct Answere: 30 years
The Union Territories are
administered by ?
(1) the Prime Minister of India
(2) the President through the
administrators appointed by
him
(3) the Union Executive
(4) the administrator(s)
appointed by the Government
of India
Correct Answere: the President
through the administrators
appointed by him
The state of J and K was
accorded special states under --
-- ?
(1) Article 69 of the constitution
(2) Article 370 of the
constitution
(3) Article 71 of the constitution
(4) All the above articles
Correct Answere: Article 370 of
the constitution
The tribal areas in the states of
Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and
Mizoram are separatly dealt
with the provisions for their
administration are to be found
in which of the following
schedules of the Indian
Constitution ?
(1) 5th Schedule
(2) 2nd Schedule
(3) 3rd Schedule
(4) 6th Schedule
Correct Answere: 6th Schedule
For the first time Congress was
called upon to sit-in the
opposition in the Parliament
after the elections of --- ?
(1) 1967
(2) 1977
(3) 1971
(4) 1989
Correct Answere: 1977
The first official language
commissionn was constituted
by the President (under Art
344)
(1) in 1950 under KM Munshi
(2) in 1955 under BN Kher
(3) in 1960 under MC Chagla
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: in 1960 under
MC Chagla
The procedure for the
amendment of the Indian
Constitution is given in ?
(1) Article 358
(2) Article 320
(3) Article 368
(4) all these
Correct Answere: Article 368
Which one of the following
amendments has been
described as Mini Constitution
?
(1) Forty-third
(2) Forty-second
(3) Fifty-second
(4) Thirty-ninth
Correct Answere: Forty-second
Simple majority in voting is
enough to amend provisions
relating to ?
(1) citizenship
(2) creation and abolition of a
State
(3) administration of Scheduled
Castes and Schedules Tribes
(4) all the above
Correct Answere: all the above
A Political Party in India can
acquire the status of a
registered Party if it secures ----
? Central Council of Ministers
(1) at least 2 percent of votes in
state
(2) at least one percent of votes
in state
(3) at least three percent of
votes in state
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: at least one
percent of votes in state
When a Governor reserves a
Bill passed by the State
Legislature ?
(1) he may be impeached
(2) he sends it to the President
(3) he may keep the Bill pending
indefinitely
(4) he may give assent to the Bill
later
Correct Answere: he sends it to
the President
The portfolios are allocated to The election to the office of the
the various members of the President is conducted by ?
Council of Ministers by ?
(1) The Speaker of Lok Sabha
(1) the Governor according to (2) The Prime Minister's office
his discretion (3) The Election Commission of
(2) the Chief Minister India
(3) the Governor according to (4) The Minister for
the option indicated by the Parliamentary Affairs
members
(4) the Governor after Correct Answere: The Election
consulting the Chief Minister Commission of India
Correct Answere: the Chief
Minister
The Governor of the State is
appointed by ?
(1) The President on the
recommendation of the Chief
Minister of the State
(2) the President and the
(3) the President
(4) the Prime Minister
Correct Answere: the President
A Governor can issue an
ordinance ?
(1) whenever he likes
(2) whenever the Chief Minister
advices him
(3) whenever the State
Legislature is not in session and
the Governor is satisfied that
immediate action is needed
(4) when the Union
Government tells him to do so
Correct Answere: whenever the
State Legislature is not in
session and the Governor is
satisfied that immediate action
is needed