This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Constitutional Bodies > Psc > Public Service Commission – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Service Commission Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is responsible for the registration of voters? A) Government. B) Election Commission. C) Voters. D) Political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Election Commission. 2. The State Election Commission can be removed from office: A) Only by the Governor. B) In the same manner and on the same grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court. C) Only by the President on the advice of the Chief Justice of the concerned State. D) In the same manner as the Vice-President of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the same manner and on the same grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court. 3. When was Bureau of Indian police Research and development came into force? A) 1970 august 20. B) 1970 august 28. C) 1988 march 3. D) 1963 november 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1970 august 28. 4. In the discharge of his functions, the Attorney General is assisted by: A) A Solicitor General. B) Two Solicitors-General and four Additional Solicitors-General. C) A Solicitor General and two Additional Solicitors General. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two Solicitors-General and four Additional Solicitors-General. 5. Who among the following is known as father of civil services? A) Lord Bentick. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Lord Curson. D) Lord Conwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Conwallis. 6. What is the full form of UPSC A) United public Service Corporation. B) Union penal Service Commission. C) United Public Service Commission. D) Union Public Service Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Union Public Service Commission. 7. The Chief Election Commissioner, according to a recent judgement of the Supreme Court is: [CDS 1994] A) The final authority in matters to be decided by the Election Commission. B) To go by majority opinion prevailing among the .members of the Election Commission. C) Not bound by the Representation of the People Act which is amendable by Parliament. D) To share his authority with members of the Election Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To share his authority with members of the Election Commission. 8. What is the age limit for general category candidates for appearing Civil ServiceExams? A) 30. B) 33. C) 35. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32. 9. The declaration which outlines the future programme and policy of a political party issued on the eve of a general election is called: A) White paper. B) Manifesto. C) Yellow paper. D) Mandate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manifesto. 10. In which year was the rule that 'No Indian would be eligible for posts carrying £ 500 and above as salary' made A) 1793. B) 1773. C) 1784. D) 1799. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1793. 11. The composition of the UPSC is: A) Determined by the President. B) Laid down in the Constitution. C) Determined by the Chairman of the UPSC. D) Determined by Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Determined by the President. 12. When did Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy started functioning? A) 1966 nov 3. B) 1948 sep 23. C) 1952 nov 3. D) 1948 sep 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1948 sep 15. 13. First Indian Civil Servant A) Sathyendranath Tagore. B) Abareenthra Natha Tagore. C) Chaudari Bhattacharya. D) Pradeep Singh Kanjan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sathyendranath Tagore. 14. Finance Commission is constituted by the President every: A) Two years. B) Three years. C) Four years. D) Five years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five years. 15. Which of the following is not true regarding the Attorney General of India? A) He represents Government in any reference made by the President under Article 143. B) His consent is necessary for finalization of appointment of Judges to State High Courts. C) He appears in courts of law on behalf of the Houses of Parliament or the Speaker. D) His consent is necessary for initiating proceedings for contempt in certain cases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His consent is necessary for finalization of appointment of Judges to State High Courts. 16. Which of the following is an extra Constitutional and non-statutory body? A) Union Public Service Commission. B) Planning Commission. C) Election Commission. D) Finance Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planning Commission. 17. Finance Commission consists of: A) Five members. B) Four whole time members. C) Chairman and four members. D) A Chairman and three other members. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Chairman and three other members. 18. The main purpose of Zonal Councils is to: A) Settle disputes between States in a Zone. B) Ensure that laws passed by various States do not conflict with each other. C) Advise on matters of common interest to States in a Zone. D) Devise best ways of utilising available resources of States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advise on matters of common interest to States in a Zone. 19. The Election Commission does not conduct the elections to the: A) Local bodies. B) Lok Sabha. C) Rajya Sabha. D) President's elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local bodies. 20. The powers of the Election Commission are given in which of the following Articles of the Constitution? A) 324. B) 286. C) 382. D) 356. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 324. 21. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India? [CRPF 1990] A) Parliament. B) President. C) Prime Minister. D) Chief Justice of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President. 22. The functions of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India include auditing and reporting on the receipts and expenditure of: A) Union Government only. B) State Government only. C) Union and State Governments. D) Union and State Governments and companies substantially financed by both. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Union and State Governments. 23. The Congress lost its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections of: A) 1967. B) 1977. C) 1955. D) 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1967. 24. Full form of "IFS" A) Indian foreign services. B) Indian forgive services. C) Indian forest services. D) Indian firing services. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian foreign services. 25. The Attorney General of India has the right to audience in: A) Any Sessions Court. B) Supreme Court. C) Any Court of law within the territory of India. D) Any High Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any Court of law within the territory of India. 26. What is the age limit of OBC category candidate for appearing civil Service Examination? A) 35. B) 37. C) 33. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 35. 27. UPSC submits its annual report on its work to: A) The President. B) The Chief Justice of India. C) The Parliament. D) The Union Home Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Union Home Minister. 28. An Indian jurist, economist, Politician, who drafted Constitution was A) B.R. Ambedkar. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Rajendra Prasad. D) Lala Lajpat Roy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B.R. Ambedkar. 29. Members of the Union Public Service Commission can function as members up to the age of: [I. Tax 1989] A) 62 years. B) 65 years. C) 58 years. D) 60 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 65 years. 30. Only people nominated by the ..... of the company could enter the Civil services. A) General. B) Governor-general. C) East India Company. D) Directors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directors. 31. National Development Council is: A) Political body. B) Non-political body. C) Statutory body. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-political body. 32. Who is the Father of All India services? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Mahathma Gandhi. C) Lord Moundbatten. D) Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sardar Vallabhai Patel. 33. 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 of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person having experience in public affairs. 34. With which of the following is the comment, 'no vakil, no appeal, no dalil' associated and also known as 'Black William' A) Rowlatt Act, 1918. B) Rowlatt Act, 1930. C) Rowlatt Act, 1919. D) Rowlatt Act, 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rowlatt Act, 1919. 35. The control of the preparation of electoral rolls for Parliament and legislatures vests with the: [CBI 1993] A) President. B) Cabinet. C) Election Commission. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Election Commission. 36. Full form of "IPS" A) Indian penny services. B) Indian police services. C) Indian political services. D) Indian pollution services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian police services. 37. Pondichery Civil Service Comes Under? A) All India Service. B) Group A Service. C) Group B service. D) None Of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Group B service. 38. Who is the first lady IAS officer In India? A) Kanjan Choudary Bhattacharya. B) Anna Rajam Malhothra. C) R sreelekha. D) R Nishanthini. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anna Rajam Malhothra. 39. Full form of "IRS" A) Indian rarely services. B) Indian revenue services. C) Indian rainwater services. D) Indian rooster services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian revenue services. 40. Who was the first woman director of Sardar Vallabhai Patel Police Academy? A) Preethi Malik. B) Kiran Bedi K . C) Aruna M Bahuguna. D) Prithika Yashni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aruna M Bahuguna. 41. Who was the first Indian to raise National Flag on foreign soil? A) Madam Cama. B) Sardar Patel. C) Annie Besant. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madam Cama. 42. How many days-time is given for the candidates to file their nominations from the date of notification of the election? A) 4 days. B) 2 days. C) 8 Clays. D) 6 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 Clays. 43. Who is the highest Law Officer of a State? A) Secretary General Law Department. B) Solicitor General. C) Attorney General. D) Advocate General. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advocate General. 44. Who was proclaimed as the emperor of India during great Indian Mutiny (1857)? A) Rani Laxmi Bhai. B) Bahadur Shah II. C) Tantiya Tope. D) Nana Saheb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bahadur Shah II. 45. When did Civil Service started in India? A) 1990. B) 1864. C) 1858. D) 1869. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1858. 46. There port of the UPSC: A) Is to be accepted by the Government in to. B) Is presented to the President. C) Has to be discussed in Parliament before being accepted. D) May be ignored without explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has to be discussed in Parliament before being accepted. 47. Kerala's first Director General of police A) T Anantha Sankara Iyyer. B) N Chandrasekaran Nair. C) Oliver H Bensley. D) George Gunther. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T Anantha Sankara Iyyer. 48. The members of UPSC hold the office: A) For life or till they attain the age of 70 years. B) For the term of six years or till they attain the age of 65 years. C) During the pleasure of President. D) As long as they enjoy confidence in Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For the term of six years or till they attain the age of 65 years. 49. The Prime Minister, Union Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers and Council of Ministers are all members of: A) Zonal Council. B) Planning Commission. C) National Development Council. D) Regional Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National Development Council. 50. The jurisdiction of the Finance Commission does not extend to: A) Recommendation of the distribution between the Union and the States of the net proceeds of taxes. B) Recommendation of the allocation to the States of the respective shares of such tax proceeds. C) Recommendation of the allocation of funds among the various heads of expenditure in the Union and State budgets. D) Recommendation of the principles which govern the Grants-in-aid of the revenue of the States out of the . Consolidated Fund of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recommendation of the allocation of funds among the various heads of expenditure in the Union and State budgets. 51. Who among the following cannot be removed from office except in the manner prescribed in the Constitution of India? [NDA 2005] A) The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission. B) The Governor of a State. C) The Chief Election Commissioner. D) The Chairman, Finance Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Chief Election Commissioner. 52. Which one of the following is not a function of UPSC? A) It conducts examinations for the appointment to the services of the Union. B) It shall be consulted on all matters relating to methods of recruitment to civil services and posts. C) It shall be consulted on-all disciplinary matters affecting a person serving the Government of India. D) It shall be consulted as regards the reservation of posts for backward classes, scheduled castes and tribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It shall be consulted as regards the reservation of posts for backward classes, scheduled castes and tribes. 53. An Inter-State Council was set up in 1990 under Article 263 of the Constitution by the: A) President. B) Government. C) Planning Commission. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President. 54. Who is the current Vigilance director? A) R Nishanthini. B) Athul Karwal. C) S AnanthaKrishnan. D) Loknath Behra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S AnanthaKrishnan. 55. The Centre-State financial distribution takes place on the recommendation by the: A) Planning Commission. B) Finance Minister. C) Finance Commission. D) Sarkaria Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finance Minister. 56. Current kerala Excise Director A) S Ananthakrishnan. B) Bipin Rawath. C) B C Roy. D) Y B Chavan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S Ananthakrishnan. 57. The name of Independent India between 15th August 1947 to 26th January 1950 A) Republic of Bharath. B) State of Dominion of India. C) Domination of Bharath. D) Dominion of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dominion of India. 58. Which of the following does not come under the purview of the Election Commission? A) To assign election symbols to the political parties. B) To conduct the election of PM of India. C) To give recognition to the political parties. D) To conduct the election of President of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To conduct the election of PM of India. 59. Which of the service is one of the highest post of civil services A) Indian chemistry services. B) Indian commission services. C) Indian zoology services. D) Indian revenue services. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian revenue services. 60. When was first civil service exam conducted? A) 1855. B) 1863. C) 1868. D) 1867. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1855. Next →Related QuizzesConstitutional Bodies QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesPublic Service Commission Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books