This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Polity > Indian > 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. Which Constitutional amendment makes provision for the reservation of seats to SC's and ST's in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies? A) 79th. B) 76th. C) 78th. D) 77th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 79th. 2. ..... is the capital of Odisha A) Bhubaneshwar. B) Shilong. C) Patna. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhubaneshwar. 3. Which of the following can impose reasonable restrictions on the Fundamental Right of the Indian Citizens? A) Supreme Court. B) Parliament. C) President on the advice of the Council of Ministers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parliament. 4. Two independent states of India and Pakistan were created by A) The Cripps Proposal. B) The Cabinet Mission Plan. C) The Simla Conference. D) The Indian Independent Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Indian Independent Act. 5. Itanagar is the capital of ..... A) Bihar. B) Arunachal Pradesh. C) Chattisgarh. D) Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arunachal Pradesh. 6. The maximum strenght of Rajya Sabha is A) 275. B) 300. C) 260. D) 250. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 250. 7. Which of the following is not a Parliamentary Committee? A) Demands for Grants Committee. B) Committee on Public Accounts. C) Committee on Public Undertakings. D) Committee on Estimates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demands for Grants Committee. 8. The office of the prime minister of India A) Has a constitutional basis. B) Has a statutory basis. C) Has conventional basis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has a constitutional basis. 9. Which one of the following is suggested by the concept of universal citizenship? A) Identical rights for all persons. B) Identical rights for all citizens. C) Common rights for all with some special rights for minorities. D) Single citizenship in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Single citizenship in the world. 10. The 'Zero Hour' in the Parliament of India starts at A) At any time. B) Last hour of the sitting. C) At 12-00 Noon. D) First hour of the sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At 12-00 Noon. 11. The first women Governor of a State in a free India was A) Mrs Sarojini Naidu. B) Mrs Sucheta Kripalani. C) Mrs Indira Gandi. D) Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs Sarojini Naidu. 12. Who is the Chairman of the Kendriya Hindi Samti? A) Home Minister. B) President. C) Prime Minister. D) HRD Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Home Minister. 13. Under Whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1929 wherein a resolution for complete independence from the British was adopted? A) Motilal Nehru. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru. 14. Which one of (the following is rightly described as the Magna Carta of local government in India? A) Cr Formula, 1945. B) Mountbatten Plan, 1947. C) Montague's Declaration, 1917. D) Ripon's Resolution, 1882. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ripon's Resolution, 1882. 15. The following does not constitute an example of "beggar" ? A) Children working in hazardous. B) Forced. C) Compulsory social service. D) Trafficking in human beings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compulsory social service. 16. Who was the Speaker of the First Lok Sabha? A) UN Dhebar. B) KM Munshi. C) Hukam Singh. D) G V Mavalankar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G V Mavalankar. 17. Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution on the the recommendation of A) Santhanam Commission. B) Administrative Reform Commission. C) Swaran Singh Commission. D) Shah Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swaran Singh Commission. 18. Under which Article of the constitutional of India can the President of India be impeached? A) Article 75. B) Article 356. C) Article 61. D) Article 76. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 61. 19. The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on A) Recommendation of Lok Sabha. B) Advice of the prime minister. C) Recommendation of the Rajya Sabha. D) Advice of the chief justice of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advice of the prime minister. 20. The enforcement of Directive Principles depends mostly on A) Public cooperation. B) Resources available to the Government. C) An effective opposition in Parliament. D) The courts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resources available to the Government. 21. Under which of the following circumstances the President cannot declare an emergency? A) Armed Rebellion. B) Instability of Government. C) Financial Crisis. D) External Aggression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instability of Government. 22. Panchayati Raj was first introduced in India in October, 1959 in A) Rajasthan. B) Kerala. C) Karnataka. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajasthan. 23. The Generic Engineering Approval Committee, whose permission is required for cultivation of any genetically modified crop such as Bt-Cotton in India, is under the Union Ministry of A) Agriculture. B) Environment and Forests. C) Commerce and Industry. D) Rural Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment and Forests. 24. Which of the following is not involved in the preparation of budget? A) Finance of Ministry. B) Planning Commission. C) Comptroller and Auditor General. D) Finance Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finance Commission. 25. Who among the following can provide for the appointment of a joint Public Service Commission? A) President of India. B) UPSC. C) State Government. D) Parliament of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliament of India. 26. By which of these amendments, Dadra and Nagar Haveli was incorporated as a Union Territory? A) 10th. B) 13th. C) 12th. D) 11th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10th. 27. If a Panchayat is dissolved, election are to be held within A) 6 month. B) 1 month. C) 3 month. D) 1 year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 month. 28. In which year was "Jana Gana Mana" adopted as the National Anthem? A) 1950. B) 1951. C) 1949. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 29. Navin Patnayak is the CM of which state A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Chhattisgarh. C) Jharkhand. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 30. Which one of the following statements reflects the republic character of Indian democracy? A) Written Constitution. B) No State religion. C) Devolution of power to local Government institutions. D) Elected President and directly or indirectly elected Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elected President and directly or indirectly elected Parliament. 31. The total number of high courts in India upto July, 2016 were A) 22. B) 21. C) 24. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24. 32. Who is the present chief Election Commission of India? A) M S Gill. B) S Y Quereshi. C) Navin Chawla. D) V S Sampat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S Y Quereshi. 33. The members of Gram Sabha are A) Sarpanch, Upsarpanch and all elected Panchas. B) Sarpanch, Upsarpanch and Village level worker. C) Sarpanch, Gram Sevak and elected Panchas. D) Registered voters of Village Panchayat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Registered voters of Village Panchayat. 34. In which part of the Constitution, details of citizenship are mentioned? A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 35. Who of the following shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission to be laid before each House of Parliament? A) The President of India. B) The Union Finance Minister. C) The Speaker of Lok Sabha. D) The Prime Minister of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The President of India. 36. Who among the following was never a Deputy Prime Minister of India? A) Devi Lal. B) GL Nanda. C) LK Advani. D) YB Chavan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GL Nanda. 37. The president addresses both the Houses of Parliament assembled together A) During emergency session summoned for the purpose. B) Every session. C) First session after each general election and the first session of each year. D) Any session. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First session after each general election and the first session of each year. 38. The president can advance money to meet unforeseen expenses, pending authorization by Parliament, from A) The Consolidated Fund of India. B) The Contingency Fund. C) Both the above funds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Contingency Fund. 39. When and under whose Prime Ministership was the New Economic Policy first divised and implemented in India? A) 1970, Indira Gandhi. B) 1985, Rajiv Gandhi. C) 1989, VP Singh. D) 2010, Dr Manmohan Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1985, Rajiv Gandhi. 40. The President holds office for a term of five years A) Form the date specified in the Constitution. B) Form the date of his entering the office. C) Form a date notified by the Election Commission. D) Form the date of his election. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Form the date of his entering the office. 41. In Chameli Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh, 1996, the Supreme Court Included certain facilities in the Right to Life. One of the fallowing was not included A) Right to Food. B) Right to Shelter. C) Right to Education. D) Right to Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right to Work. 42. When citizenship cannot be terminated? A) When there is an war. B) When there are elections. C) When there is an emergency. D) It can be terminated regardless of the conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It can be terminated regardless of the conditions. 43. The objective of Audit is to examine and monitor the expenditure made by A) The executive. B) The Legislature. C) The Judiciary. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF EDUCATION IS NOT AFFECTED BY POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING? A) Educational Funds. B) Curriculum and textbook. C) Educational Policies. D) Classroom Teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classroom Teaching. 45. Who wrote the book-"The Story of the Integration of the Indian States" ? A) V P Menon. B) BN Rau. C) C Rajagopalchari. D) Krishna Menon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C Rajagopalchari. 46. When was NCERT established in India? A) 1961. B) 1963. C) 1960. D) 1962. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1961. 47. A bill presented in Parliament becomes an Act after A) It is passed by both the Houses. B) The President has given her/his assent. C) The Prime Minister has signed it. D) The Supreme Court has declared it to be within the competence of the Union Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The President has given her/his assent. 48. The Administrative Staff college of India was established in A) 1962. B) 1958. C) 1957. D) 1959. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1957. 49. The Indian Constitution has borrowed the idea of 'Suspension of Fundamental Rights during Emergency' from ..... . A) USA. B) Germany. C) Japan. D) U.K. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany. 50. The oath of office is administered to the members of state council of ministers by A) Chief justice of the state high court. B) Speaker of legislative assembly. C) The chief minister. D) The governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The governor. 51. Maximum strength of Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha respectively are A) 542 & 250. B) 552 & 250. C) 542 & 275. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 552 & 250. 52. Who among the following determines the authority who shall readjust the allocation and division of each State into territorial constituencies? A) The Parliament of India. B) The Lok Sabha alone. C) The President of India. D) The Chief Election Commissioner of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Parliament of India. 53. Which committee was set up to review the concept of the poverty line? A) WanchooCommittee. B) LakdawalaCommittee. C) DuttCommittee. D) S Tendulkar Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S Tendulkar Committee. 54. If any questionarise whether a bill is a Money Bill or not, whose decision shall be Final? A) The Supreme Court of India. B) The President of India. C) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha. D) Joint Parliamentary Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha. 55. "The Muslim majority provinces would be permitted to form a separate state and set up a separate assembly for framing a constitution for their state" . This declaration formed part of the A) June 3 Plan. B) Cripps Mission. C) Wavell Plan. D) Cabinet Mission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 3 Plan. 56. Who is the Union Minister for Human Resource Development? A) Arun Jaitley. B) Smriti Irani. C) Harsh Vardhan. D) Sushma Swaraj. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smriti Irani. 57. Which one of the following were Union Territories before becoming states? A) Sikkim. B) Manipur. C) Himachal Pradesh. D) Tripura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himachal Pradesh. 58. Fundamental Duties do not enjoy any A) Moral sanction. B) Legal sanction. C) Political sanction. D) Social sanction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legal sanction. 59. For Aristotle, the State should be governed by a political statesman having which one of the following virtues? A) Wealth. B) Knowledge. C) Reason. D) Prudence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prudence. 60. Who is the sovereign in India? A) President. B) Constitution. C) Parliament. D) Prime minister. 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