This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Anti Corruption > Institutions > Lokpal And Lokayuktas – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Lokpal And Lokayuktas Quiz 1 (21 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who coined the word 'Lokpal' A) LM Singhvi. B) Justice krishna Iyer. C) Shanti Bhushan. D) PN Bhagwati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LM Singhvi. 2. Regarding Lokayukta, Every State shall establish a body to be known as the Lokayukta for the State, within ..... commencement of the Act A) 3 years. B) 2 year. C) 6 months. D) 1 year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 year. 3. The source of salary for Lokpal and Members is A) Contingency fund of India. B) Consolidated fund of India. C) Consolidated fund of State. D) Contingency fund of State. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consolidated fund of India. 4. The first lokpal of India is? A) Retd. Justice Pinari Chandra Dey. B) Retd. Justice Pinaki Chandra Das. C) Retd. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh. D) Retd. Justice Pinaki Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retd. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh. 5. Indian lokpal is synonymous to the institution of Ombudsman existing the ..... countries? A) Common law. B) Civil law. C) Scandinavian. D) Benelux. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scandinavian. 6. Which one of the following committees recommended the establishment of the institutions of Lokpal and Lokayukta? A) Gorwala Committee. B) Administrative reforms committee. C) Ashok mehta committee. D) Appleby committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Administrative reforms committee. 7. The salary and emoluments of the LOKPAL shall be equivalent to ..... and of members would be equivalent to ..... ? A) CJI, High court judge. B) CJI, Supreme Court judge. C) President, Supreme court judge. D) CJ high Court, High court judge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CJI, Supreme Court judge. 8. The Act states that not less than 50% of the members of the Lokpal should be from among persons belonging to the ..... ? A) SCs and STs. B) SC, ST and minorities. C) SC, ST, OBC. D) SC, ST, OBC, women and minorities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SC, ST, OBC, women and minorities. 9. The term of the office of the LOKPAL and the members is? A) 60 years or 6 years. B) 65 years or 5 years. C) 70 years or 5 years. D) 70 years or 6 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70 years or 5 years. 10. The institution of Lokpal and Lokayukta is a A) Executive body. B) Constitutional body. C) Legal body. D) Statutory body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statutory body. 11. The minimum age to become LOKPAL is A) 48 years. B) 40 years. C) 45 years. D) No age bar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 45 years. 12. Which is the oldest known system designed for the redressal of citizen's grievance? A) Ombudsman System. B) Lokpal. C) Lokayukta. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ombudsman System. 13. Who appoints the Lokayukta and Upalokayukta? A) Judge of High Court. B) Prime Minister. C) Chief Minister. D) Governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Governor. 14. The lokpal is ..... member body A) One chairman plus 7 members. B) One chairman plus 8 members. C) One chairman, vice chairman and 8 members. D) One chairman, vice chairman and 9 members. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One chairman plus 8 members. 15. A person "Who is or has been a ....., is or has been a ..... is eligible to become LOKPAL A) CJI, HC judge. B) Judicial officer, public servant. C) CJI, SC judge. D) CJ, Judicial officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CJI, SC judge. 16. The seat of the Lokpal shall be? A) New Delhi. B) Bhopal. C) Calcutta. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Delhi. 17. Which of the following are major features of the institutions of Lokpal and Lokayukta as recommended by the Administrative Reforms Commission? 1. They should be demonstrably independent and impartial. 2. They should compare with the highest judicial functionary in the country. 3. They should be directly accountable to Parliament. 4. Their appointments should as far as possible be non-political. A) 1 and 4. B) 1, 2, and 4. C) 1, 2, 3, 4. D) 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1, 2, and 4. 18. Assertion (A):Lokayuktas have been appointed in all the States of India.Reason (R):An independent institution is required to redress the grievances of the people against the actions of civil servants. A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A is false but R is true. 19. When did The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 came into force? A) January 2013. B) December 2013. C) May 2013. D) February 2013. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) January 2013. 20. Which was the first Indian state to establish the institution of Lokayukta? A) Bihar. B) UP. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maharashtra. 21. The following would not come under the lokpal A) Prime Minister. B) Armed forces personnel. C) CAG. D) Supreme court judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Armed forces personnel. Related QuizzesAnti Corruption QuizzesIndian Polity Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books