QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
1. The members of the Constituent Assembly met for the first time on-
A) 9 December 1945 B) 9 January 1946
C) 9 December 1946 D) 9 January 1947
Ans-(c) 9 December 1946
2. What was the enforcement period of the Government of India Act of 1935?
A) 1935-1945 B) 1935-1946 C) 1935-1949 C) 1935-1950
Ans-(D) 1935-1950
3. The Government of India Act,1935 changed the structure of the Indian
Government from
A) federal to unitary
B) Unitary to federal
C) Parliamentary to Presidential
D) none of the above
Ans ā (B) Unitary to federal
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4. The constitution of India was drafted and enacted in which language-
A) Hindi B) English C)Tamil D)Telegu
Ans- (B) English
5. Tripura became a āCā category state on ā
A) 26th November 1949
B) 26th January 1950
C) 11th January 1952
D)None of the above
Ans-(B) 26th January 1950
6. The idea of a Constituent Assembly to form a constitution of India was
First mooted by-
A) The Muslim League in 1942
B) M.N. Roy in 1927
C) the Indian National Congress in 1936
D) the All Parties Conference in 1946
Ans- (B) M.N. Roy in 1927
7. Who was the chairman of the Draft Committee of the Constituent Assembly-
A) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
B) B.N.Rao
C) Jagjiban Ram
D) None of the above
Ans-(A) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
8. The preamble of the constitution of India secures to all its citizen justice-
A) Only social
B) Social and political
C) political and economic
D) social, political and economic
Ans-(D) Social, political and economic
9. The concept of Public Interest Litigation oriented in-
A) the United Kingdom
B) Australia
C) The United States
D )Canada
Ans-(C) The United States
10. Reservation of seats in educational institutions in favour of SC/ST is governed by-
A) Art 16(4) of the constitution
B) Art 15(4) of the constitution
C) Art 29 (2) Of the constitution
D) None of the above
Ans-(B) Art 15(4) of the constitution
11. Which of the following amendements of the constitution is related with the reservation in private
Educational institutions-
A) Ninty first amendment
B) Ninty-second amendement
C )Ninty āthird amendment
D) None of the above
Ans-(C)Ninety-third amendment
12. The current approach to Article 14 is-
A) Reasonable classification
B) Nexus test
C) Equality is opposite to arbitrariness
D)Reasonableness
Ans-(A)Reasonable classification
13. Right of a citizen to carry on any occupation,trade or business is a-
A) Contractual right
B) Right under transfer of property act
C)Constitutional right
D)Right under partnership Act
Ans-(c)Constitutional right
14. Article 15(1)prohibits discrimination against any citizen on the grounds of-
A) Religion, race and caste
B) Religion, caste and sex
C) religion,caste,sex,place of birth
D) All of the above
Ans-(d) All of the above
15. The right of equality of opportunity in the matters of public employment is under:
A) Industrial disute act
B) contract act
C) constitutional right
D) partnership act
Ans -(c) constitutional right
16. The maximum interval between the two sessions of each house of Parliament is-
A) Three months
B) Four months
C) Five months
D) Six months
Ans- (D) Six month
17. In which provision of the constitution of India has incorporated theā principle of collective responsibilityāof the council of ministers ā
A) Article 75(3)
B) Article 75(1)
C) Article 171(4)
D )Article 11 (4)
Ans -(A )Article 75 (3)
18. After a money bill has been passed by the House of the people,within how many days it is
Transmitted to the council of ministers for its recommendations-
A) Thirty days
B) Twenty four days
C) sixty days
D) fourt
een days
Ans-(D) fourteen days
19. Residuary power vested in-
A) Executive
B) Judicial
C) Parliament
D) State legislative
Ans-(C) parliament
20. The definition of āmoney billā is provided under-
A) Article 109
B) Article 110
C) Article 111
D) Article 112
Ans-(B)Article110
21. Question hour in the Parliament refers to-
A) the last hour of sitting
B ) the first hour of sitting
C ) the lunch hour after the sitting
D) the second hour of sitting
Ans-(B)the first hour of sitting
22. The correct form of adress for the president of India is-
A) His lordship
B) His honour
C) His highness
D) His exellency
Ans-(D) His excellency
23. The chief of Indian armed force is-
A) President of India
B) Prime minister
C )Defence minister
D) Home Minister
Ans-(A)The President of India
24. The constitution has vested the executive power of the union government in-
A)The president
B) The prime minister
C) parliament
D) president in consultation with the chief justice of India
Ans-(C) Parliament
25. The oath of office to the judges of the High court is administered by the-
A) Chief minister
B )president
C) The chief justice of India
D) Governer of respective state
Ans-(D) Governer of respective state
26. In the event of vacancies in the offices of both, the president and vice President of India, who among the following shall discharge the functions of the president till a new president is elected-
A) Speaker of the Lok sabha
B) the chief justice of India
C) the prime minister of India
D)senior most governor
Ans-(B) Chief justice of India
27. The supreme court is a court of record means-
A) it has the powers of a court to punish for contempt of itself
B) its judgments are binding on all courts
C) it has power to pass orders for enforcement of its own judgments
D) full faith and credit shall be given to all its judgments
Ans-(A)It has the powers of a court to punish for contempt of itself
28. What is the minimum number of judges of the supreme court who must sit together
to constitute a constitution bench-
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9
Ans-(B) 5
29. The high court of a state is under the direct supervision of-
A)Governor
B)president
C)parliament
D)supreme court
Ans-(D) supreme court
30. The governor doesn’t appoint the-
A) Chief minister
B) Judges of the high court
c) chairman of the state public service commission
D) None of them
Ans-(B) Judges of the high court
31. The retirement age for a high court judge-
A) Is the same as the retirement age for a District judge
B) is the same as the retirement age for a supreme court judge
C) is lower than the retirement age for a district judge
D) is lower than the retirement age for a supreme court judge
Ans-(D) Is lower than the retirement age for a supreme court
32. A retired judge of a High court can-
A) Practice in any court of India
B) Practice in the high court from where he has retired
C) practice in any high court of India
D) Practice in the supreme court
Ans-(D)Practice in the supreme court
33. The authoritative texts of all orders rules, regulations and bye-laws issued under the
Constitution shall be in-
A) Hindi
B) either hindi or english
C) Sanskrit
D) English
Ans-(D)English
34. What is the meaning of Foreign State as given in Indian constitution-
A) federal state
B) commonwealth state
C )nation
D )any state other than India
Ans-(D) any other country of India
35. Which of the following is not a constitutional office-
A) Solicitor general
c ) advocate general
C ) comptroller and auditor general
D) attorney general
Ans-(A) solicitor general
36. which one of the following is an incorrect statement-
A) Fundamental rights are in part 3 of the constitution
B) Directive principle of state policy are in part 4 of the constitution
C) Fundamental duties are in the part 4 in the constitution
D) union territories are in part 4 of the constitution
Ans- (C)Directive principle of state policy are in the part 4 of the constitution
37. In which article of the constitution of India Provision has been made for āFinance commissionā-
A) 366(12)
B) 280
C )265
D) None of the above
Ans- (B)280
38. The Finance Commission is constituted by the president for every
A) two years
B) three years
C) five years
D) four years
Ans-(c) five years
39. Who among the following was the first law minister of India-
A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
B) Maulana Abul Kalam Ajad
C) B.R. Ambedkar
D) none of the above
Ans-(c) B.R Ambedkar
40. which provision of the constitution imposes a duty on the union to ensure that the government
Of every state is carrying on in accordance with the provision of the constitution-
A) Article 352
B) Article355
C) Article356
D) Article360
Ans-(B)Article 355
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. The oldest refinery in India is at-
A) Digboi
B )Haldia
C) Noonmati
D) none of the above
Ans-A)Digboi
2. which of the following crops is regarded as a plantation crop-
A)Coconut
B)cotton
C) sugarcane
D)rice
Ans(B)cotton
3. The watershed between India and Myanmar is formed by-
A ) the garo hills
B ) the naga hills
C) the jayantia hills
D) Khasi heels
Ans-(B)the naga hills
4. which is the fertile region of India-
A) The himalays
B) the indo-gangetic plain
C) peninsular plateau
D) the central highlans
Ans(B)The indo-gangetic plain
5. which country has a largest coastline-
A) Canada
B) USA
C) Brazil
D) Australia
Ans (A) Brazil
6. Which state has maximum lengths of roads in India-
A) Maharastra
B) Punjab
C) Haryana
D)Himachal Pradesh
Ans-(A)Maharastra
7.Marina beach is ā
A) Odhisa
B) Gujrat
C) Tamilnadu
D) Goa
Ans ā(c)Gujrat
8. Aryabhatta satellite was launched in-
A) 1973
B ) 1974
C) 1975
D) 1976
Ans-(C)1975
9. Belusistan plateau is in-
A) Afganistan
B) Australia
C) india
D) pakisstan
Ans-(D)Pakistan
10. which continent is also khown as largest continent-
A) Asia
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Africa
Ans-(A)Asia
11. āDurand lineā is the boarder separating-
A) India and Pakistan
B) Pakistan and Afganistan
C) Pakistan andNepal
D) India and Nepal
Ans -(B) Pakistan and Afganistan
12Which of the following is the national aquatic animal of india-
A) Ganges crocodile
B)river dolphin
C)blue whale
C) none of the above
Ans-(B)River dolphin
13. which of the following setellites were launched in the year 2016-
A) Cartosat 2c
B) IRNSS-1G
C) IRNSS-1F
D) All of the above
Ans- (D) All of the above
14. cartosat 2 is made by-
A) ISRO
B) DRDO
C) NASA
D) None of the above
Ans-(A)ISRO
15. Which of the following latitudes passes through India
A) tropic of cancer
B) equator
C) arctic circle
D) tropic of Capricorn
Ans (A) tropic of cancer
16. The chief production in a region having black soil is-
A) Tea
B) cotton
C) rice
D) none of the above
Ans(b)cotton
17. Largest bauxite producing state in India
A) Jharkhand
B) Rajasthan
C) Odhisa
D) none of the above
Ans(C)Odhisa
18. Which one of the following soils found in India is the most useful for agriculture
A) Red and yellow soil
B) marshy soil
C) black and regur soil
D) alluvial soil
Ans (D)Alluvial soil
19. Kaziranga the famous sanctuary of assam is famous for
A) Tigers
B) Lions
C) Elephant
D) one horn rhino
Ans (d) one horn rhino
20. Sindri manufactures-
A) fertilizers
B) silk
C) paper
D) still
Ans (A) Fertilizers
21 .craal is a house of
A) Semang
B) bushman
C) beddo
D) massai
Ans- (D) Massai
22. optimum population theory is propounded by-
A) Talber
B) Edwin canon
C) Malthus
D)none of the above
Ans-(b)Edwin canon
23. what is Karaganda-
A) An animal
B) A mountain
C) A coalfield
D) none of the above
Ans(c)a coal field
24. What is habrew
A) An animal
B) a plant
C) a language
D) none of the above
Ans (C) a language
25. Ten-degree channel is between
A) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
B) Dover and Calais
C) Alaska and Russia
D) none of the above
Ans(A) Little Andaman And Car Nicobar
26. The Lakhyadeeps islands are situated in
A) Arabian sea
B) Indian ocean
C) Atlantic ocean
D) none of the above
Ans(A)Arabian sea
27. The largest ocean in the world is-
A) Arctic ocean
B) Indian ocean
C) Pacific ocean
D) none of the above
Ans-(C)pecific ocean
28. Which foreign country is closest to the Andaman islands
A) Pakistan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Myanmar
D) Indonesia
Ans- (d) Indonesia
29. The highest peak of the Himalays in India is in-
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Himachal Pradesh
C)Kashmir
D)Sikkim
Ans(D)Sikkim
Most-Important Indian Polity Questions & Answers
1. Which among the following write comes into the category of public litigation petition before High Court or Supreme Court?
1) A Challenge to elections of the office bearers of a political party
2) Against political interference
3) Against the decisions of the lower court
4) Against a general topic
Against a general topic
2. What was the exact constitutional condition/position of Indian republic when the Constitution was brought into force with effect from 26th January 1950?
1) A democratic republic
2) A sovereign democratic republic
3) A sovereign secular democratic republic
4) A sovereign secular socialist democratic republic
A sovereign democratic republic
3. Which writ is issued by the High Court
or the Supreme Court to compel an authority to perform a function that it was not performing?
1) Writ of Certiorari
2) Writ of Habeas Corpus
3) Writ of Mandamus
4) Writ of Quo Warranto
Writ of Mandamus
4. Separation of the Judiciary from the executive has been provided in one of the following parts of the Indian Constitution?
1) The Preamble
2) The Fundamental Rights
3) The Directive Principles of State Policy
4) The Seventh Schedule
The Directive Principles of State Policy
5. Which of the following categories of citizens of the prescribed age may be registered as a voter?
1) Bankrupt
2) Convicted for certain crimes or corruption
3) Non-resident citizens
4) Mentally unsound
Non-resident citizens
6. Bills of which of the following categories can be initiated only in Lok Sabha?
1) Ordinary Bill
2) Private Member Bill
3) Money Bill
4) Constitution Amendment Bill
Money Bill
7. 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
A writ
8. Under the Directive Principles of State Policy, up to what age of the children, they are expected to be provided free and compulsory education?
1) Fourteen years
2) Fifteen years
3) Sixteen years
4) Eighteen years
Fourteen years
9. The term āsecularā was added in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution by
1) 41stAmendment
2) 42ndAmendment
3) 43rd Amendment
4) 44th Amendment
42nd Amendment
10. Civil Equality means
1) Equality before law
2) Equality of opportunity
3) Equal distribution of wealth
4) Equal rights to participate in the affairs of the state
Equality of opportunity
11. Indian parliament can rename or redefine the boundary of a State by
1) A simple majority
2) Absolute majority
3) 2/3rdmajority of the members voting
4) 2/3rdmajority of the members voting and an absolute majority of its total membership
A simple majority
12. Fundamental Rights in India are guaranteed by it through
1) Right to Equality
2) Right against Exploitation
3) Right to Constitutional Remedy
4) Educational and Cultural Rights
Right to Constitutional Remedy
13. To which of the following Bills the President must accord his sanction without sending it back for fresh consideration?
1) Ordinary Bills
2) Money Bills
3) Bills passed by both Houses of the Parliament
4) Bill Seeking amendment to the Constitution
Money Bills
14. Where in the Indian Constitutio
n has āeconomic justiceā been provided as of the objectives ?
1) Mental Rights
2) Directive Principles of State Policy
3) Fundamental Rights
4) Both Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Rights
Directive Principles of State Policy
15. Which one of the following is not mentioned in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution ?
1) Justice
2) Fraternity
3) Adult Franchise
4) Equality of Position
Adult Franchise
16. Indian Constitution recognizes minority on the basis of
1) Religion
2) Caste
3) Percentage of the population of the group to the total population
4) Colour
Percentage of the population of the group to the total population
17. How many Fundamental duties are included in the Indian Constitution?
1) Nine
2) Ten
3) Eleven
4) Twelve
Eleven
18. By which of the following modes can citizenship be acquired?
i. By Birth
ii. Hereditary
iii. By registration
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p; iv. By request
1) Option i and ii
2) Options i, ii and iii
3) Options ii and iii
4) Options iv, ii and iii
Options i, ii and iii
19. Right to Property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights during the rule of
1) Indira Gandhi Government
2) Morarji Desai Government
3) Narasimha Rao Government
4) Vajpayee Government
Morarji Desai Government
20. Which one of the following fundamental rights is available to Indian Citizens only ?
1) Equality Before Law
2) Protection of Life and personal liberty against any action without authority of law
3) Protection from discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
4) Freedom of religion
Protection from discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
21. Freedom of the press is implied in the right to
1) Equal protection of the laws
2) Freedom of speech
3) Freedom of association
4) Work and material security
Freedom of speech
22. Fundamental Rights granted to the citizens
1) Cannot be suspended
2) Can be suspended
3) Can never be suspended under any circumstances
4) None
Can be suspended
23. No person shall be a citizen of India if he has
1) Lived in a foreign country for more than five years
2) Have been convicted by a foreign court of law
3) Voluntarily acquired citizenship of another country
4) Accepted employment in another country
Voluntarily acquired citizenship of another country
24. Right to free education within certain limits is
1) Guaranteed as a fundamental right
2) Enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy
3) Outlined in the Preamble of the Constitution
4) Ignored by the Constitution
Guaranteed as a fundamental right
25. Which one of the following writs literally means āwhat is your authorityā ?
1) Habeas Corpus
2) Certiorari
3) Quo Warranto
4) Prohibition
Quo Warranto
26. āThe Right to Public Officeā is a
1) Civil Right
2) Economic Right
3) Moral Right
4) Political Right
Civil Right
27. āNot to destroy the Government propertyā is a
1) Positive duty
2) Legal duty
3) Civil duty
4) Negative duty
Civil duty
28. Which case is related to Fundamental Rights ?
1) Golakhnath vs State of Punjab (1967 )
2) West Bengal vs Union of India (1963 )
3) Sharma vs Krishna (1959 )
4) State of Bombay vs Balsara (1951 )
Golakhnath vs State of Punjab (1967 )
29. The success of democracy depends upon the
1) Right to criticise
2) Right to association
3) Right to personal liberty
4) Right to property
Right to personal liberty
30. Citizens of India can vote at the age of
1) 18 years
2) 21 years
3) 22 years
4) 25 years
18 years
31. Dual Citizenship is an important feature in which form of government ?
1) Parliamentary
2) Federal
3) Unitary
4) Authoritarian
Federal
32. Who can impose reasonable restrictions over fundamental rights ?
1) Council of Ministers
2) Parliament
3) People
4) Cabinet
Parliament
33. Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution became applicable in
1) 1950
2) 1949
3) 1951
4) 1952
1950
34. What is meant by social justice?
1) All should have same economic rights.
2) All should have same political rights
3) All kinds of discrimination based on caste, creed, colour and sex should be eliminated.
4) All should be granted freedom of religion.
All kinds of discrimination based on caste, creed, colour and sex should be eliminated.
35. What is essential for liberty?
2) Rights
36. Fill up: ‘Right________duties’
3) implies
37. Most important safeguard of liberty is:
1) bold and impartial judiciary
38. In which of the following articles, citizenship rights of people who migrated from Pakistan to India is mentioned?
3) Article 6
39. Which of the following attribute in the Preamble states that ‘No one should treat a fellow citizen as inferior’ ?
4) Fraternity
40. Right to Constitutional Remedies comes under_______
2) Fundamental Rights
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