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Indian Polity and Constitution (GK) | Set 14

1. What does the "Judicial Review" function of the Supreme Court mean?

Correct : C. Examine the constitutional validity of the laws

2. Which statement is true in relation to the Protection of Human Rights Act?

Correct : B. The Act came into force on 28th September, 1993

3. Who is not the ex officio member of the National Human Rights Commission?

Correct : B. The Chairperson of the Law Commission of India

4. Electoral disputes arising out of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections are settled by -

Correct : C. Supreme Court of India

5. Panchayati Raj System was implemented first in the pair of states –

Correct : A. Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan

6. What is the system of Local Self Government in the Panchayati Raj set up?

Correct : B. Three tier structure at village, block and district level

7. Which one among the following statements is correct? The press in democracy must -

Correct : A. be free and impartial

8. The Indian parliamentary system is different from the British Parliamentary system in that India has?

Correct : D. The system of judicial review

9. The Parliament can make any law for the whole or any part of India for implementing international treaties?

Correct : D. Without the consent of any state

10. In what way does the Indian Parliament exercise control over the administration?

Correct : A. Through Parliamentary Committee

11. Which of the following is not correct?

Correct : C. A person seeking election to a State Legislative Assembly must have completed the age of 21 years

12. Which one among the following statements is correct? The press in democracy must

Correct : A. be free and impartial

13. Vote on Account is meant for -

Correct : C. Appropriating funds pending due to passing of budget Budget

14. Who amongst the following is not entitled to take part in the activities of Lok Sabha?

Correct : D. The Secretary to President of India.

15. In the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which languages were added subsequently?

Correct : C. Sincihi, Konkani, Manipur, Nepali

16. Division of Powers and Independent Judiciary are the two important features of –

Correct : C. Democratic form of Government

17. The Supreme Court of India enjoys –

Correct : D. original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.

18. The States reorganization in 1956 created –

Correct : C. 14 States and 6 Union Territones

19. Who was the first Vice-Chairman of the NITI Ayog?

Correct : A. Arvind Panagariya

20. Which of the following is an extra- constitutional agency?

Correct : D. NITI Ayog

21. Local self-government can be best explained as an exercise in -

Correct : B. Democratic decentralization

22. The Bureaucracy performs –

Correct : D. administrative as well as quasi-judicial and quasilegislative functions

23. A British citizen staying in India can't claim right to:

Correct : A. Freedom of trade and profession

24. Freedom of the press in India is -

Correct : C. implied in the right of freedom of expression

25. The 73rd Amendment of the Indian Constitution deals with -

Correct : A. Panchayati Raj

26. Members of the Executive under Presidential System of Government –

Correct : C. are not members of either House of Legislature

27. The Vice-President is:

Correct : D. Not a member of the Parliament

28. In which of the Parliamentary Financial Committees is the Rajya Sabha not represented?

Correct : B. Estimates Committee

29. A Panchayat Samiti at the block level is

Correct : D. A supervisory authority

30. The Governor of an Indian State is appointed by the –

Correct : A. President of India

31. A State cannot exist without –

Correct : D. Some kind of government

32. Who is the highest Law Officer of a State?

Correct : D. Advocate General

33. According to the Constitution of India, which one of the following rights cannot be taken away during emergency?

Correct : C. Right to life

34. Which one of the following rights has been described by Dr. Ambedkar as `The heart and soul of the Constitution'?

Correct : D. Right to Constitutional Remedies

35. The members of Gram Sabha are -

Correct : D. Registered voters of Village Panchayat

36. If there is dispute between Panchayat and Cantonment Board, who will decide finally?

Correct : D. State Government, Subject to approval of central Government

37. Who notify the alteration in limits of Block and Zila Panchayat?

Correct : A. Governor

38. With reference to Lok Adalats, which one among the following statements is correct?

Correct : D. No appeal lies in a civil court against the order of the Lok Adalat

39. The Planning Commission of India has been constituted -

Correct : C. through a cabinet decision in this regard

40. The salaries and emoluments of the judges of the Supreme Court are charged on

Correct : C. The Consolidated Fund of India

41. Which one among the following is not an attribute of sustainability of Indian democratic model?

Correct : B. Sustained economic growth specially after the 1990s

42. Which among the following is not a part of the electoral reforms?

Correct : A. Installation of electronic voting machines

43. For election to the Lok Sabha, a nomination paper can be filed by -

Correct : C. any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.

44. The comptroller and Auditor General of India -

Correct : C. Is not eligible for any further office either under the Central government or the state government after his retirement

45. The three-tier Panchayat Raj system in India was proposed by the –

Correct : A. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

46. The basic features of the Indian Constitution which are not amendable under Article 368 are –

Correct : D. Sovereignty, territorial integrity, federal system, judicial review and parliamentary system of government.

47. Which one of the following has the right to address the Parliament?

Correct : A. Atorney General of India

48. Which one of the following is not an essential element of a federal form of government?

Correct : D. Separation of powers

49. Which one of the following is the basis of federal government?

Correct : C. Division of powers between federal and state government

50. When martial law is imposed, Parliament cannot make law ill respect of which one of following matters?

Correct : D. Any act done under martial law can be validated by Parliament by law

51. Joint sittings of the two Houses of Indian Parliament are held to -

Correct : D. consider and pass a Bill on which the two Houses disagree

52. The Provision for the Calling Attention Notices has restricted the scope of which of the following?

Correct : C. Adjournment motion

53. Which one of the following statements about the Parliament of India is NOT correct?

Correct : C. The membership of the Cabinet is restricted to the Lower House

54. The Parliament can legislate on a subject in the State list -

Correct : B. if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution

55. No money bill can be introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the a State, except on the recommendations of -

Correct : B. the Governor of the State

56. Who nominates the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Indian Parliament?

Correct : A. The Speaker of Lok Sabha

57. Which one the following statements is not correct?

Correct : D. Zakir Hussain was the first Vice President of India

58. Government is classified as parliamentary and presidential on the basis of which of the following?

Correct : A. Relations between legislature and executive

59. The presidential system operates on the principle of –

Correct : B. Separation of powers

60. Which Amendment Act introduced changes in the preamble to the Indian Constitution?

Correct : C. the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976

61. The expression tratna Sabha' correctly refers to –

Correct : C. Electorate for the Panchayat

62. Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court can be removed by –

Correct : A. The President

63. Where the High Courts in India first set up?

Correct : B. Bombay, Madras, Calcutta

64. Who is not the ex officio member of the National Human Rights Commission?

Correct : B. The Chairperson of the Law Commission of India

65. The term of office of members of the National Human Rights Commission from the date on which he/she enters upon his /her office is -

Correct : B. five years or till the age of 70 years

66. Which statement is true in relation to the Protection of Human Rights Act?

Correct : B. The Act came into force on 28th September, 1993

67. What is correct about the powers of Zila Panchayats of Scheduled Areas?

Correct : D. All of the above

68. The Municipal Commissioner is appointed by -

Correct : C. State Government

69. Which one of the following is not related to the fundamental rights of the Indian Constitution?

Correct : D. Freedom to be elected as a member of parliament

70. The main purpose of Panchayati Raj is

Correct : C. To make people politically conscious

71. The legislature in a democratic country can influence public opinion by –

Correct : A. Focusing attention on public issues

72. There is a Parliamentary system of Government in India because –

Correct : D. The Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha

73. The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the Indian Parliament is :

Correct : A. The Leader of Opposition Party

74. Which of the following is not related to the powers of the Governor?

Correct : A. Diplomatic and military powers

75. Who among the following recommends to the Parliament for the abolition of the Legislative Council in a State?

Correct : D. The Legislative Assembly of the concerned State

76. Under which law it is prescribed that all proceedings in the Supreme Court of India shall be in English language?

Correct : D. Article 348 of the Constitution of India

77. Stability of the Government is assured in –

Correct : B. Presidential Form of Government.

78. Who has the right to seek advisory opinion of the Supreme Court of India, on any question of law?

Correct : B. President

79. The number of judges can be modified in the Supreme Court by -

Correct : C. Parliament by Law

80. Ideas of welfare state are contained in –

Correct : B. Directive Principles of State Policy

81. The Supreme Court of India enjoys -

Correct : D. Original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.

82. Vice-President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of -

Correct : A. members of both Houses of Parliament

83. Department of official languages is subordinate office of which ministry?

Correct : B. Ministry of Home Affairs

84. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the -

Correct : D. None of them

85. If the position of President and Vice- President are vacant, who officiates as the President of India?

Correct : B. The Chief Justice of India

86. Which one of the following was not the basis invoked by the US for attacking Iraq in March 2003?

Correct : D. Iraq had not withdrawn from Kuwait complety

87. Which of the following Republic/Republics was/were supported by Russia in Georgia war of 2008?

Correct : B. South Ossettia and Abkhazia both

88. The proposal for framing of the Constitution of India by an elected Constituent Assembly was made by -

Correct : D. British cabinet Delegation

89. As per United Nations Convention on the Law of sea (UNCLOS) states are entitled for Jurisdiction over sea water as under —

Correct : C. two hundred miles as Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

90. Under Bush Doctrine, the USA held states responsible for activities inside their territor and thus acquired the right to -

Correct : A. act unilaterally against rogue and failed states

91. The US stopped cultivating ties with Taliban regime in Afghanistan after—

Correct : B. attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania

92. With reference to India polity, which one of the following statements is correct?

Correct : B. President can make ordinance only when either of the two houses of parliament is not in session.

93. Department of Border management is a department of which one of the following Union Ministers?

Correct : B. Ministry of Home Affairs.

94. If the Prime Minister is a member of the Rajya Sabha -

Correct : C. He/she cannot take part in the voting when a vote of no confidence is under consideration

95. Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers resigned before facing a vote of no- confidence in the Lok Sabha?

Correct : C. Chaudhary Charan Singh

96. The impeachment of the President of India can be initiated in -

Correct : A. either house of the Parliament

97. The President of India is elected by a proportional representation system through single transferable vote. This implies that -

Correct : C. all MPs and MLAs have one vote each

98. On which of the following grounds can a judge of the Supreme Court be impeached?

Correct : D. (2) & (3) both

99. Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in India is appointed by the -

Correct : C. President

100. Indian Citizenship is granted by -

Correct : C. The Ministry of Home Affairs