This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Indian Politics > Indian Politics – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Politics Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the chief source of political power in India? A) The People. B) The Parliament. C) The Parliament and State Legislatures. D) The Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The People. 2. How many times the same person can be made the President of India? A) Many times. B) Twice. C) Only once. D) Three times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many times. 3. What kind of right is right to vote? A) Natural right. B) Political right. C) Civil right. D) Human right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human right. 4. In India the recognition to a political party is accorded by: A) A Committee of Whips. B) The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. C) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the legislative assemblies in the case of regional parties. D) The Election Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Election Commission. 5. IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES ARE REDUCING IN CURRENT PHASE OF INDIAN POLITICS A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 6. Name the father of indian constitution? A) MK Gandhi. B) Nehru. C) Ambedkar. D) Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambedkar. 7. Who is the current Home Minister of Kerala? A) Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. B) AK Balan. C) EP Jayarajan. D) Pinarayi Vijayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pinarayi Vijayan. 8. The Union Executive of India Consists of ..... A) The president, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only. B) The president and the Council of Ministers only. C) The president, Vice-President, Council of Ministers and Lok Sabha Speaker. D) The president, Prime Minister, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The president, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only. 9. The oath of office is administered to the Governor by the A) President of India. B) Chief Justice of High Court. C) Prime Minister of India. D) Chief Justice of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chief Justice of High Court. 10. What is a Chief Minister? A) Businessman. B) Celebrity. C) Head of a State. D) A Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head of a State. 11. Who never became the Prime Minister of India? A) Indira Gandhi. B) Rajiv Gandhi. C) Sonia Gandhi. D) Atal Vajpayee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonia Gandhi. 12. Which of the following exercised the most profound influence in framing the Indian Constitution? A) US Constitution. B) Irish Constitution. C) British Constitution. D) The Government of India Act, 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Government of India Act, 1935. 13. To be eligible for election as President of India, a candidate must be A) Over 60 years of age. B) Over 55 years of age. C) Over 35 years of age. D) There is no age limit prescribed by the constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over 35 years of age. 14. Who was the first female PM of India? A) Sonia Gandhi. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Naizu during solo. D) I received the letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indira Gandhi. 15. What is the number of Lok Sabha in India now? A) 16th Lok Sabha. B) 17th Lok Sabha. C) 18th Lok Sabha. D) 19th Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 17th Lok Sabha. 16. The first general election under the Indian Constitution were held in india was: A) 1950. B) 1952. C) 1957. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1948. 17. Who led the coaliation in 1998to form the government A) Vp singh. B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee. C) Deve gowda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 18. When did national front government implemented Mandal commision A) Aug1990. B) Sep 1991. C) Oct 1990. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aug1990. 19. Which Indian Political Party has Yashwant Sinha affiliated to currently? A) Congress. B) Janta Party. C) AITC. D) BJP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AITC. 20. The legislative powers are vested in the India is: A) President. B) Prime Minister. C) Parliament. D) Governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliament. 21. India is a federal union comprising 28 state and how many union territories A) 6. B) 8. C) 9. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 22. Obc is ame as ST SC A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Which of these is NOT included as a Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution A) Right to equal wages for equal work. B) Right to Constitutional remedies. C) Right to freedom to speech. D) Right to equality before law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right to equal wages for equal work. 24. Which fundamental rights cannot be suspended even during an emergency? A) Right to speech. B) Right to life and Personal Liberty. C) Right to Equality. D) Right to Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to life and Personal Liberty. 25. The minimum age for being eligible to become the Prime Minister of India is A) 25 years. B) 21 years. C) 35 years. D) 30 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25 years. 26. The first citizen of India is the A) Prime Minister. B) Vice-President. C) Speaker. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President. 27. What is the meaning of coalition? A) When no party gets the majority seat. B) When there is no ruling party. C) An alliance of two or more parties to form a government. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An alliance of two or more parties to form a government. 28. The Oldest Political Party in India is A) You. B) BJP. C) INC. D) CPI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) INC. 29. THE united front included several regional parties and Janata party A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 30. The Parliament of India cannot be regarded as a sovereign body because A) It can legislate only on subjects entrusted to the Centre by the Constitution. B) It has to operate within the limits prescribed by the Constitution. C) The Supreme Court can declare laws passed by parliament as unconstitutional if they contravene the provisions of the Constitution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 31. Who is the father of politics A) Charlesbabbage. B) Rabindarnath tygore. C) ARISTOTLE. D) CV RAMAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ARISTOTLE. 32. Who is the current Vice president of India A) Hamid Ansari. B) Jagdeep Dhankhar. C) M. Venkaiah Naidu. D) Draupadi Murmu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jagdeep Dhankhar. 33. According to the first article of the constitution, India is? A) Union of States. B) Federation of States. C) Group of States. D) Confederation of States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Union of States. 34. Who is the present Finance Minister of India? A) JP Nadda. B) Nirmala Sitharaman. C) Harsh Vardhan. D) Anurag Thakur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nirmala Sitharaman. 35. 6 Who among the following can remove the governor of a state from office? A) President. B) Supreme Court. C) Legislative Assembly. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President. 36. Who is the current Speaker of Lok Sabha of India? A) Sumitra Mahajan. B) Jayaprakash Nadda. C) Om Prakash Birla. D) Meera Kumar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Om Prakash Birla. 37. Member of rajya sabha are elected by A) Member of legislative assembly. B) Lok Sabha. C) Elected by legislative council. D) The people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Member of legislative assembly. 38. INC party was formed in A) 1935. B) 1885. C) 1947. D) 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1885. 39. THE PERIOD OF 1990'S IS CONSIDERED AS THE PERIOD OF END OF THE CONGRESS SYSTEM A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 40. What are the two houses of Parliament? A) Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly. B) Legislative Assembly and Rajya Sabha. C) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 41. According to the Indian Constitution, who is the first citizen of the country? A) Lok Sabha. B) Vice President. C) Prime Minister. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President. 42. Which among the following political party is the second oldest party of India? A) INC. B) CPI. C) INC. D) BJP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CPI. 43. Who has coined the term the congress system? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Rajni Kothari. C) Indira Gandhi. D) Sonia gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajni Kothari. 44. HOW MANY SEATS WERE WON BY BJP IN 16TH LOK SABHA ELECTIONS A) 281. B) 284. C) 296. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 281. 45. Who is the custodian of indian constitution A) Parliament. B) President. C) Supreme Court. D) Cabinet Ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supreme Court. 46. The Governor of India is appointed by the A) Prime Minister. B) Chief Justice. C) Chief Minister. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President. 47. The Indian constitution was emended for the firs time in ..... ? A) 1980. B) 1976. C) 1951. D) 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1951. 48. Who becomes the ruling Party? A) The party who gets the least vote. B) The coalition party. C) The party who gets maximum vote. D) The party who gets the absolute majority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The party who gets the absolute majority. 49. How long did the Maurya Empire last A) 500 years. B) 100 days. C) One day. D) 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 500 years. 50. Who is the Current President of the Indian National Congress Party? A) The servant of the Prophet Azd. B) Captain Amarinder Singh. C) Rahul Gandhi. D) Sonia Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonia Gandhi. 51. Union Budget is always presented first in A) The Rajya Sabha. B) Meeting of the Union Cabinet. C) The Lok Sabha. D) Joint session of the Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lok Sabha. 52. The minimum age required to become a member of Rajya Sabha is A) 40. B) 25. C) 30. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 53. Maximum age limit of President of India A) 30. B) 35. C) 45. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 54. India is a diverse country because A) Existence of different culture, religion, caste, languages. B) India has large population. C) India is a large territory. D) Existence of different religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Existence of different culture, religion, caste, languages. 55. ..... makes laws. A) Legislature. B) Executive. C) Judiciary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legislature. 56. BAMCEF WAS AN ORGANISATION FORMED BY A) BR AMBEDKAR. B) RAM SELF. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RAM SELF. 57. In which year, Goa was formally assimilated in the territories of India by 12th Amendment Act, which made Goa, Daman & Diu a Union Territory? A) 1966. B) 1963. C) 1965. D) 1964. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1963. 58. The coaliational trend changed in 2014 A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. How many parties contested in Independent India's first General Elections? A) 2. B) 10. C) 3. D) 53. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 53. 60. Who have the power to decide an election petition? A) High Courts. B) Supreme Court. C) Election Commission. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High Courts. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesIndian Politics Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books