Saturday, 21 May 2016


1.   In a election, electronic has to cease in a Constituency
(a) 2 days before the poll   
(b) 48 hours before the hour of commencement of polling
(c) 48 hours before the poll in the Constituency        
(d) 48 hours before the closing hour of polling in the constituency
2.   In each house of Parliament, an ordinary bill has to pass through the following states
(a) First reading, second reading, committee    
(b) First reading, committee stage, second reading and third reading
(c) First reading, report stage, final reading, president’s assent        
(d) Introduction, discussion, voting and approval
3.   In Indian Polity the ultimate sovereignty rests with the
(a) President   
(b) People
(c) Parliament       
(d) The Constitution
4.   In the election to the post of the president
(a) All MPs and MLAs have one vote each   
(b) Each elected MP or MLA has an equal member
(c) MLAs of different states have different number of votes        
(d) MPs and MLAs of a states have the same number of votes
5.   In the Indian Constitution, the word ‘we’ appears In the Preamble which, in fact, means
(a) The people of India   
(b) The people of England
(c) The members of the Constituent assembly        
(d) The selected institution of the country
6.   In the Parliament from of democracy
(a) The executive controls legislature    
(b) The executive controls the judiciary
(c) The judiciary controls the executive       
(d) The legislature controls the executive
7.   In the three-tier Panchayati Raj structure, the Block is
(a) The lowest structure     
(b) The intermediary structure
(c) The highest structure         
(d) None of these
8.   In which of the following does the Rajya Sabha enjoy exclusive right ?
(a) Initiating impeachment proceeding against the President    
(b) Taking Initiative for the removal of the Vice-President
(c) Recommending creation of new All India Services.        
(d) In all the above matters
9.   In which of the following legislature can a nonmember be the president officer?
(a) Lok Sabha   
(b) Vidhan Sabha
(c) Rajya Sabha       
(d) None of these
10.                In which of the following points is the Indian Constitution similar to that of USA?
(a) Rule of law   
(b) Fundamental right
(c) Directive Principles of State Policy       
(d) Right Constitution
11.                In which part of the  Constitution is the state enjoined to establish Panchayati Raj institution ?
(a) Preamble    
(b) Directive Principles
(c) Fundamental rights        
(d) Seventh Schedule
12.                In which schedule of the Constitution are land reform laws included ?
(a) Seventh    
(b) Eighth
(c) Ninth        
(d) Tenth
13.                In which of the following ways can Indian citizenship be acquired?
(a) By descent   
(b) By naturalization
(c) By registration       
(d) All of these
14.                India has a parliamentary democracy system as the
(a) Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by the people.    
(b) Council of Ministers is responsible to Parliament
(c) Powers are distributed between the Centre and the states       
(d) Constitution has a single-framework
15.                India is federal state because its Constitution provide for
(a) Dual citizenship    
(b) Dual judiciary
(c) Sharing powers between states and centre        
(d) A written constitution
16.                India is a republic because
(a) Its head of the state is elected for a fixed period    
(b) There is Parliamentary rule
(c) It is completely free       
(d) It prescribes democratic government
17.                India is a secular state because
(a) All religions are equally protected   
(b) The state has no religion of its own
(c) There will be no discrimination on grounds of religion or caste       
(d) All of the above
18.                India, that is Bharat, shall be a ‘Union of States’ occurs in which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution?
(a) 8   
(b) 7
(c) 6       
(d) 1
19.                It is often said that the key to the minds of the makers of our Constitution lies in the
(a) Preamble   
(b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Fundamental Duties       
(d) Directive Principles
20.                Judges of the High Court are appointed by the President with the consent of the
(a) Governor with the state concerned   
(b) Governor and the Chief Justice of the High Court concerned
(c) Governor and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court        
(d) Governor, the Chief Justice of the High Court concerned and the chief justice of India
21.                The judges of the Supreme Court can hold office up to the age of
 (a) 56 years   
(b) 54 years
(c) 60 years        
(d) 65 years
22.                Legislative powers are vested with the
(a) President   
(b) Parliament
(c) Prime Minister       
(d) Governor
23.                Mark the true statement
(a) The High Court is the highest Court of Law and Appeal in the state   
(b) Appeals from all the lower courts need not be taken to the High Court, but directly to the Supreme Court
(c) High Courts are not establishes in all states       
(d) All the above are true
24.                Money bills can only be introduced in the
(a) Lok Sabha   
(b) Rajya Sabha
(c) Joint session of both houses       
(d) None of the above
25.                 Money can be spent out of the Contingency Found of India to meet unforeseen expenditure
(a) And the same need not be replenished    
(b) And the same must be recouped through additional or excess grants
(c) And the same is recouped by transferring the savings of budget in the Fund        
(d) In none of the above ways
26.                No money bill can be introduced in the legislative assembly of the state, except on the recommendation of
(a) The Parliament   
(b) The Governor of the state
(c) The President of India       
(d) A special committee of MPs
27.                 The Parliament can legislate matters in the state list
(a) By the wish of the President   
(b) If the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution
(c) Under any circumstances        
(d) By asking the legislation of the concerned state
28.                Nyaya Panchayats are expected to
(a) Deal with all crimes committed in villages  
(b) Mete out justice to villagers so that litigation is minimized
(c) Settle disputes through persuasion       
(d) Try petty civil suit and minor offences




29.                Of the following methods, which can be adopted by the Chief Minister to get rid of a Minister who has lost his confidence?
(a) Ask him to give his resignation    
(b) Drop him from the Council while reshuffling it
(c) Ask the Governor to dismiss him        
(d) All the above
30.                Panchayati Raj has received constitutional status with the____Amendment Act.
(a)  72nd     
(b) 73rd
(c) 74th        
(d) 75th
31.                Panchayati Raj is
(a) The functioning of village republics in democracy    
(b) The self-government of the villagers in India
(c) A complex system of rural local government        
(d) A hierarchical set up for rural administration
32.                Part VI of the Constitution lays down a uniform structure for state governments, which is applicable
(a) To all states   
(b) To all states with slight modification
(c) To all states and union territories        
(d) To all states except that of Jammu and Kashmir

33.                Political democracy is guaranteed to the Indian people by the
(a) Independence of the Judiciary    
(b) Directive Principles of state Policy
(c) Federal set up in the Constitution       
(d) Fundamental rights
34.                 President’s rule can be imposed on the state when
(a) The Chief Minister loses the confidence of the assembly   
(b) A money bill has been defeated
(c) There is constitutional breakdown in the state       
(d) Large scale defections have taken place
35.                Proclamation of emergency must be submitted to the parliament for approval within
(a) 1 month   
(b) 2 month
(c) 6 month       
(d) 1 year
36.                Rajya Sabha can delay a money bill passed by the Lok Sabha for a period not exceeding
(a) 1 week   
(b) 14 days
(c) 1 month       
(d) 3 month




37.                Reasonable restrictions on the rights of Indian citizen can be imposed by
(a) The president   
(b) The parliament
(c) The Supreme Court        
(d) None of the above
38.                 Regarding Directive Principles of State Policy, it is not correct to say that
(a) It is the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws   
(b) They are fundamental in the governance of the country
(c) They impose a legal duty upon the state       
(d) They are merely instructions or directives issued to the legislature and the executives of the country
39.                 Regarding India’s Constitution we may say it is
(a) More rigid than flexible   
(b) Very rigid
(c) More flexible than rigid        
(d) Very flexible
40.                Representation of any state in he Rajya Sabha is according to the
(a) Area of the state   
(b) Population of the state
(c) Number of representatives in Lok Sabha from that state       
(d) Fixed number of candidates for each state



41.                Right to freedom of Religion is guaranteed under the Constitution in Articles
(a) 12-19   
(b) 19-21
(c) 25-28        
(d) 21-28
42.                Right to property is a
(a) Fundamental right   
(b) Directive principle
(c) Legal right       
(d) Social right
43.                Satyameva Jayate has been taken from the
(a) Mandek Upnished   
(b) Rig Veda
(c) Natya Sutra       
(d) none of these
44.                Sikkim became a new state in the Union by which Amendment Act and in which year
(a) 32nd ; 1974    
(b) 35th;  1975
(c) 36th;   1975       
(d) 37th;   1975
45.                Simple majority in voting is enough to amend provisions relating to
(a) Citizenship  
(b) Creation and abolition of a state
(c) Administrations of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes       
(d)  All the above
46.                 The 45th amendment to the Indian Constitution relates to the
(a) Minorities Commission   
(b) Commission for Scheduled castes and Tribes
(c) Extensions of reservation of seats for SC and ST        
(d) None of the above
47.                The 7th scheduled of the Constitution of India contains
(a) States and union territories   
(b) Salaries of President, Vice-President, etc
(c) Union List, State List and Concurrent List       
(d) Allocation of seats in the Raja Sabha
48.                The Eights Scheduled of the Constitution deals with
(a) The list of 18 regional languages   
(b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Directive Principles of State Policy       
(d) All the above
49.                The amendment of the Constitution can be initiating in
(a) The Lok Sabha only   
(b) The Rajya Sabha only
(c) The Legislature Assemblies of States       
(d) Either house of the Parliament
50.                The authority to restrict or extend the jurisdiction of the state High Courts rests with
(a) The president of India   
(b) The Governor
(c) The Supreme Court       
(d) The State Legislature
51.                The Central Government can assign any function to the states
(a) On the directive of the President  
(b) On the recommendation of Parliament
(c) Any time it wishes to do so       
(d) With the consent of the state government
52.                The chairman of the Finance Commission must be
(a) Qualified to be a High Court judge   
(b) A person having special knowledge of economics
(c) A person having experience in public affairs      
(d) All the above
53.                The chairmen of the Rajya Sabha is
(a) The Prime Minister   
(b) The Vice-President
(c) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha       
(d) The Leader of the Opposition
54.                The Chairmen of the UPSC is appointed by the
(a) President   
(b) Parliament
(c) Union Home Minister          
(d) None of the above




55.                The Chief Election Commissioner is the
(a) Governor    
(b) President
(c) Chief minister       
(d) Prime minister
56.                T5he chief executive head of state is the
(a) Governor   
(b) President
(c) Chief minister       
(d) Prime minister
57.                The chief justice of a high court is appointed by the president after consultation with
             I.        The chief justice of India
           II.        The governor of the state
         III.        The chief minister of the state
(a) I only   
(b) I and II
(c) III only        
(d) I, II and III
58.                The chief justice of the high court is appointed by
(a) The governor of the state   
(b) The president of india
(c) The chief minister of the state       
(d) The chief justice of India
59.                The chief minister of a state is
(a) Elected by the state legislature    
(b) Appointed by the governor
(c) Appointed by the president        
(d) None of the above

60.                The composition of the upsc is
(a) Laid down in the constitution    
(b) Determined by the parliament
(c) Determined by the president       
(d) Determined by the chairman of the upsc




































                  INDIAN POLITY II
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32
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34
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35
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36
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37
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38
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39
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10
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40
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11
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41
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12
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42
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13
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43
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14
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45
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46
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18
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48
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49
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50
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25
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55
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26
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56
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27
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57
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28
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58
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29
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59
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30
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60
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