This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Overview > Basics > Indian Polity – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Polity Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The office of Governor General of India was created by A) Government of India Act, 1858. B) Charter Act, 1833. C) Charter Act, 1813. D) Government of India Act, 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government of India Act, 1858. 2. Who was the Chairman of the drafting committee of the constitution A) Nehru. B) B R Ambedkar. C) Gandhi. D) Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B R Ambedkar. 3. Who wrote the book "Communist Manifesto" ? A) Lenin. B) Stalin. C) Hitler. D) Marx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marx. 4. The Constitution officially opened on A) December 9, 1946. B) August 15, 1947. C) October 15, 1945. D) November 5, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) December 9, 1946. 5. According to the Constitution of India the maximum number of members representing the Union Territories in the Lok Sabha can not exceed? A) 15. B) 10. C) 20. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 6. Qualifications for The President of india. Choose incorrect statement A) Eligible to member of Loksabha. B) Indian citizens. C) Min 35years public service. D) There is no office of profit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Min 35years public service. 7. Who wrote the book " Politics" ? A) Plato. B) Aritotle. C) Rousseau. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aritotle. 8. How many member in lok sabha are elected from states only A) 535. B) 543. C) 525. D) 530. E) 540. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 530. 9. Which do you mean by the term pro bono? A) Without intention. B) In itself. C) All except one. D) Without any charge or free. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without any charge or free. 10. Longleng and Chiulan are the names of which migratory birds recently mentioned by the Union Environment Ministry? A) Caspian plover. B) Amur Falcon. C) Spotted kestrel. D) Eurasian hobby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amur Falcon. 11. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments banned the floor crossing in Parliament? A) 53rd. B) 56th. C) 52nd. D) 42nd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 52nd. 12. Which subject was transferred from State List to Concurrent List by the 42nd amendment of the Constitution? A) Education. B) Local Self Government. C) Irrigation. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education. 13. Father of local self government in India is .....? A) Lord Curzon. B) Lord Mayo. C) Lord William Bentinck. D) Lord Ripon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Ripon. 14. Which of the following statements is/are not correct about the Objectives Resolution? I. It was moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly.II. It called for just rights for minorities.III. It formed the basis for the chapter on Fundamental Rights.IV. It called for the establishment of a socialist and secular polity. A) I and II. B) I, II and III. C) III and IV. D) Only III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) III and IV. 15. In Indian constitution Provision of financial emergency in which article? A) 352. B) 360. C) 324. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 360. 16. In India general elections occur after ..... year. A) Six. B) Eight. C) Two. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five. 17. How many members of the Parliament are nominated by the President of India? A) 10. B) 14. C) 12. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 18. What describes the Indian Constitution best? A) Federal. B) Unitary. C) Federal in structure and unitary in spirit. D) Unitary in structure and federal in spirit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federal in structure and unitary in spirit. 19. As of 2020, which state has provided employment to highest number of labourers, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)? A) Tamil Nadu. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Rajasthan. D) Chhattisgarh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chhattisgarh. 20. The maximum number of additional members are of indian legislative council was increased from 16 to 60 by which indian council act A) 1885. B) 1905. C) 1909. D) 1919. E) 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1909. 21. What was the last working day of the assembly A) 15th August, 1947. B) 24th Jan, 1950. C) 5th Feb, 1947. D) 26th Jan, 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24th Jan, 1950. 22. According Indian constitution "Magna carta of India" denotes A) Fundamental Rights. B) Fundamental duty. C) Emergency Provisions. D) DPSP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fundamental Rights. 23. Which of the following was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of Government of India? A) Words 'Satyameva Jayate'. B) Chariot wheel. C) Four lions. D) Horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Four lions. 24. Who will decide that a financial bill will be a money bill A) Speaker of lok sabha. B) Rajya sabha speaker. C) President. D) Vice president. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker of lok sabha. 25. Which Indian state has introduced a scheme to levy COVID-19 cess for diesel, petrol and motor spirit? A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Karnataka. C) Assam. D) Nagaland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nagaland. 26. Which of the following article deals with the election of the Vice-president? A) Article 62. B) Article 68. C) Article 66. D) Article 64. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 66. 27. Which of the following provisions of the Constitution came into force from November 26, 1949? I. Provisions relating to citizenship.II. Provisions relating to elections.III. Provisions relating to provisional Parliament.IV. Fundamental Rights. A) I and II. B) I, III and IV. C) I, II and III. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I, II and III. 28. The quorum required to hold meetings of the legislative chambers is what fraction of the total membership of the House? A) 1/6. B) 1/4. C) 1/3. D) 1/10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1/10. 29. Which one is incorrect statement about Lok Sabha speaker A) Money bill Art110. B) Veto power 111. C) Joint sitting. Art 108. D) Casting vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veto power 111. 30. The Cabinet Mission to India was headed by A) Stafford Cripps. B) A.V. Alexander. C) Lord Pethick Lawrence. D) Hugh Gaitskell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Pethick Lawrence. 31. Free and fair elections are the key to functioning of a vibrant democracy. Consider the following statements regarding elections in India and identify the correct ones.1. Ballot papers with name of all candidates in a constituency were used for elections in India since Independence.2. This method was replaced by Electronic Voting machines starting from end of 1990s.3. Independent India's first election was the largest of such an exercise in the world till then A) 1 and 2 only. B) 1 and 3 only. C) 2 and 3 only. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 and 3 only. 32. Consider the following statements. The Indian Constitution is:(1) unwritten Constitution.(2) written Constitution.(3) largely based on Government of India Act, 1935. A) 2 and 1 are correct. B) 2 and 3 are correct. C) 1 and 2 are correct. D) 1 and 3 are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 and 3 are correct. 33. Who was chairamn of drafting committee of indian constitution A) Pandit jawahar lal nehru. B) Dr br ambedkar. C) Km munshi. D) Dr rajender parsad. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr br ambedkar. 34. Who was the first deputy prime minister of india A) Sardar patel. B) Nawab salimullah. C) Maulana abdul kalam azad. D) Jagjivan ram. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sardar patel. 35. Indian constitution PREAMBLE the word " We the People " that word derived from which country A) USA. B) French revolution. C) Quba. D) Russian revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 36. Which term means 'a representative form of government'? A) Propose. B) Federalism. C) Execute. D) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republican. 37. The only President of India who was elected unopposed is? A) S.Radhakrishnan. B) Zakir Hussain. C) V. V. Giri. D) N. S. Reddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) N. S. Reddy. 38. Delimitation of constituencies during elections is done by ..... A) National commission on cattle. B) University grants commission. C) Union public service commission. D) Election commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Election commission. 39. What is age criteria for universal adult franchise in India? A) 20. B) 16. C) 54. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18. 40. Who was the president of india during bangladesh liberation war A) V.v. giri. B) Fakrudin ali ahmed. C) Neelam sanjeeva reddy. D) Giani zail singh. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V.v. giri. 41. Which term means 'system where the national government shares power with state governments'? A) Execute. B) Propose. C) Federalism. D) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federalism. 42. Which branch of government writes the bills that become laws? A) Judicial. B) Legislative. C) Executive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legislative. 43. Article 300A expresses what? A) Right to equality. B) Right to property. C) Right to education. D) Right to liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to property. 44. Which of the following is not a Directive Principle of the State Policy? A) To develop the scientific temper. B) To separate the Judiciary from the Executive. C) To promote economic interests of weaker sections. D) To raise the level of nutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To develop the scientific temper. 45. Which of the following rights was described by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as The Heart and Soul of the Constitution'? A) Right to Equality. B) Right to Constitutional Remedies. C) Right to Property. D) Right of Freedom of Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to Constitutional Remedies. 46. Which writ may be used to transfer a case from one court to another competent court? A) Certiorari. B) Mandamus. C) Habeas corpus. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandamus. 47. What is the salary of comptroller auditor genral of india A) Equal to cji. B) Equal to sate high court cji. C) Equal to a session judge. D) Equal to supreme court judge. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equal to supreme court judge. 48. How many members are required to form the quorum of the parliament? A) 1/4. B) 1/10. C) 1/6. D) 1/2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1/10. 49. Where was the first Municipal Corporation in India set up? A) Bombay. B) Calcutta. C) Delhi. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcutta. 50. Which of the following was NOT going to be a part of the Constitution A) Republic Nation. B) Democratic Nation. C) Presidential form of Government. D) Sovereign Nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presidential form of Government. 51. Who was the adviser of the drafting committee A) Nehru. B) B N Rau. C) B R Ambedkar. D) Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B N Rau. 52. Indian constitution derived from many country.Choose incorrectly matched statement A) Suspension of FR during emergency-German constitution. B) Rule of Law-British constitution. C) DPSP-Irish constitution. D) Concurrent list-USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concurrent list-USA. 53. N spite of all this, somewhere along the way, the 'anti-corruption agenda' has disappeared from the public domain. We have not seen public opinion being mobilised to demand action against corruption in public life. Instead, one after the other, insti ..... which right is required to ensure crystalline functioning of government .....? A) Right to privacy. B) Right to equality. C) Right to information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to information. 54. Which Article of Indian Constitution prescribes Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union? A) Article 346. B) Article 243. C) Article 344. D) Article 343. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 343. 55. Which country announced to provide $ 3 million assistance to India, through its 'Partnerships for Affordable Healthcare Access and Longevity (PAHAL)' project? A) Japan. B) United States. C) Germany. D) United Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States. 56. Who illustrated the cover page of the Constitution of India A) Satyajit Ray. B) Baburao Painter. C) Raja Ravi Verma. D) Nandalal Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nandalal Bose. 57. What is the meaning of Solus populi suprema est lex? A) The welfare of the people is the supreme law. B) The voice of the people is the voice of God. C) Ignorance of the law excuses no one. D) Law is law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The welfare of the people is the supreme law. 58. What is the maximum number of elected members in a State Assembly? A) 350. B) 500. C) 600. D) 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 500. 59. Guess the voice? A) Lal Krishan Advani. B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee. C) Manmohan Singh. D) Narender Modi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 60. Who wrote the book "Mein Kampf" ? A) Russwelt. B) Marx. C) Hitler. D) Mussolilni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hitler. Next →Related QuizzesOverview QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesIndian Polity Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books