This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Polity > Indian > Indian Politics – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Politics Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among the following appointed by the Governor can be removed by only the President of India? A) Vice-Chancellor of a State University. B) Chief Minister of a State. C) Advocate-General. D) A member of the State Public Service Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A member of the State Public Service Commission. 2. Which one among the following statements in correct? A) Be free and impartial. B) Be committed to the policies of the government. C) Highlight the achievement of the government without criticising its policies. D) Criticise the policies of the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be free and impartial. 3. India's first non-Congress Prime Minister? A) Neelam Sanjeev Reddy. B) Atal Bihari Bajpai. C) Morarji Desai. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morarji Desai. 4. Mayor of a Muncipal Corporation holes the office for a period of A) 1 Year. B) 5 Year. C) 4 Year. D) 3 Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 Year. 5. The oath of office is conducted to the president by A) The speaker of Lok Sabha. B) The chief justice of India. C) The vice-president of India. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The chief justice of India. 6. Who among the following subjects comes under the Concurrent List? A) Inter-state rivers. B) Citizenship. C) Trade union. D) Local Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade union. 7. Who is commonly known as the Father of the Indian Constitution? A) Dr B R Ambedkar. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) VallabhbhaiPatel. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr B R Ambedkar. 8. Planning commission's chairman was A) Cabinet Secretary. B) Planning Minister. C) President. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prime Minister. 9. The president can expend out of the Contingency Fund of India A) Only with the approval of the Parliament. B) Without the approval of the Parliament. C) Only in the case of the national calamities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without the approval of the Parliament. 10. Under whose ambit, does the Inter-state Council Secretariat come? A) Ministry of Defence. B) Prime Minister' s office. C) Ministry of Home Affairs. D) National Development Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ministry of Home Affairs. 11. By which Constitutional Amendment, the subject of 'Education' was transferred from State list to concurrent list? A) 9th. B) 44th. C) 42nd. D) 5th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 44th. 12. The Parliament exercises control over council of ministers, the real executive, in several ways. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a method of control over executive? A) Questions. B) Supplementary questions. C) Adjournment motions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 13. The National Human Rights Commission is a A) Constitution body. B) Satutory body. C) The result of Cabinets resolution. D) Extra constitution body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satutory body. 14. The Speaker can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This is known as A) Interpretation. B) Yielding the floor. C) Crossing the floor. D) Decorum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yielding the floor. 15. In which case did the Supreme Court take the view that the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles are complementary to each other and there was no need to sacrifice one for the other? A) Golak Nath Case. B) Keshavananda Bharati Case. C) Minerva Mills Case. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minerva Mills Case. 16. Territorial waters of India extends upto how many nautical mines? A) 18. B) 12. C) 8. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 17. The phrase 'bicameral legislature' means A) A single assembly. B) An elected legislature. C) A legislature consisting of a lower and an upper chamber. D) Parliamentary system of government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A legislature consisting of a lower and an upper chamber. 18. Which of the following feature of the Constitution of India resemble the American Constitution? A) Integrated Judiciary. B) A written Constitution. C) Single citizenship. D) Parliamentary form of government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A written Constitution. 19. The Public Account Committee presents its report to the A) Finance Minister. B) President of India. C) Parliamentary Affairs Minister. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliamentary Affairs Minister. 20. Who among the following states and the year of their creation is incorrectly matched? A) Goa 1987. B) Maharashtra 1960. C) Sikkim 1975. D) Haryana 1962. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haryana 1962. 21. The National River Conservation Directorate is under A) Ministry of Agriculture. B) Ministry of Environment and Forests. C) Ministry of Earth Sciences. D) Ministry of Water Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ministry of Environment and Forests. 22. In India, who is the Chairman of the National Water Resources Council? A) Prime Minister. B) Minister of Water Resource. C) Minister of Environment and Forests. D) Minister of Science and Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minister of Science and Technology. 23. Which one among the following has the power to regulate the right of citizenship in India? A) The Union Cabinet. B) The Law Commission. C) The Parliament. D) The Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Law Commission. 24. Which one of the following is a Human Right as well as Fundamental Right under the Constitution of India? A) Right to Work. B) Right to Education. C) Right to Information. D) Right to Housing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to Education. 25. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion etc (Article 15 to the Constitution of India) is a Fundamental Right classifiable under A) The Right to Freedom of Religion. B) The Right against Exploitation. C) The Cultural and Educational Rights. D) The Right to Equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Right to Equality. 26. The term "Cabinet" is mentioned in which of the following articles of the Constitution? A) Not mentioned in the Constitution. B) Article 74. C) Article 75. D) Article 352. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 352. 27. The president can be removed from his office before the expiry of his normal term only on the recommendation of A) The Supreme Court. B) The two Houses of Parliament. C) The chief justice of India. D) Council of ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The two Houses of Parliament. 28. Which one of the following has the authority to constitute an area into a municipality or a municipal corporation or a panchayat? A) Central Government. B) District Collector. C) Divisional Commissioner. D) State Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State Government. 29. The Constitution of the India is republican because it A) Contains a bill of rights. B) Provides for an elected Parliament. C) Union of States. D) Provides for adult franchise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provides for an elected Parliament. 30. Which of the following plants is meant for constructing house for rural people? A) Indira Awaas Yojana. B) Ambedkar Awaas Yojana. C) Pura. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indira Awaas Yojana. 31. To have speedy justice' flows form which of the following Articles? A) Article 19. B) Article 22. C) Article 20. D) Article 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 21. 32. Which of these Commission had death with the issue of centre state relations recently? A) MM Punchchi Commission. B) Administrative Reforms Commission. C) Nanavati Commission. D) Shah Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MM Punchchi Commission. 33. How many articles in Indian A) 14. B) 12. C) 11. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 34. Which of the following states has Bicameral legislature? A) Haryana. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Himachal Pradesh. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh. 35. The office of the president can fall vacant due to A) Resignation. B) Death. C) Removal. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 36. Which of the following prefix President Pranab Mukherjee desires to be discontinued while interacting with Indian dignitaries as well as in official notings? A) His Excellency. B) Mahamahim. C) Hon'ble andShri/Smt. D) Both (A) and (B). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (A) and (B). 37. What is the maximum number of elected members in a State Assembly(Rajya Sabha)? A) 500. B) 600. C) 300. D) 250. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 500. 38. Which one of the following the Presidential Government? A) Federal form of government. B) Single judicialsystem. C) Separation of powers. D) Division of powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separation of powers. 39. A Uniform civil Code mentioned in the Directive Principles of State Policy ensures A) Economic equality. B) National security. C) Support for weaker sections of society. D) National integration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National integration. 40. One most be ..... to become the Vice-president of India. A) 40. B) 35. C) 25. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35. 41. According to the Constitution of the India, which of the following are fundamental for the government of the country? A) Fundamental Rights. B) Fundamental Duties. C) Directive Principles of State Policy. D) Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directive Principles of State Policy. 42. It There is a vacancy in the offices of both President and Vice-President, who has been empowered to function as President? A) Chief Justice of India. B) Chief of Army Staff. C) A person appointed by Parliament. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chief Justice of India. 43. Which one of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament? A) The Estimates Committee. B) The Public Accounts Committee. C) The Committee on Petitions. D) The Committee on Public Undertakings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Estimates Committee. 44. Who said Preamble is the keynote to the Constitution? A) B R Ambedkar. B) Ernest Barker. C) K M Munshi. D) D D Basu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ernest Barker. 45. Kanhaiya Kumar fights the election 2019 from which party A) Congress. B) TMC. C) CPI. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CPI. 46. Who was the President of India at the time of proclamation of emergency in the year 1976? A) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad. B) Shankar Dayal Sharma. C) V V Giri. D) Giani Zail Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad. 47. One feature distinguishing the Rajya Sabha form the Vidhan Parished is A) Tenure of membership. B) Power of impeachment. C) Indirect election. D) Nomination of members. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect election. 48. The authorisation for the withdrawal of funds form the Consolidated fund of India must come form A) The President of India. B) The Parliament of India. C) The Prime Minister of India. D) The Union Finance Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Parliament of India. 49. Total number of electorates for the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha elections in 2014 was A) 815 Million. B) 860 Million. C) 720 Million. D) 610 Million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 815 Million. 50. The Programme Evaluation Organization is an integral part of the A) Planning Commission. B) Department of Public Enterprises. C) Central Secretariat. D) National Development Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planning Commission. 51. Umar Abdullah belongs to which political party A) SP. B) PDP. C) JKNC. D) NCP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) JKNC. 52. The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the government of India was made through A) Indian Council Act, 1861. B) Indian Council Act, 1909. C) Indian Council Act, 1892. D) Government of India Act, 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Council Act, 1861. 53. Presidential form of government is based on the principle of A) Accountability of Executive to Judiciary. B) Independence of the Executive. C) Sovereignty of the Legislature. D) Separation of powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independence of the Executive. 54. The removal of the President from office is to be in accordance with Article ..... of the Constitution. A) 54. B) 61. C) 370. D) 72. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 61. 55. Who was the first Indian to join the Viceroy's Executive Council? A) KT Shah. B) Satyendra Prasad Sinha. C) AshutoshMukherjee. D) WC Mukherjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satyendra Prasad Sinha. 56. The name of a candidate for the office of president of India may be proposed by A) Any one member of the Electoral College. B) Any five members of the Parliament. C) Any five citizens of India. D) Any ten members of the Electoral College. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any ten members of the Electoral College. 57. In the integration of the princely states, the following played a major role A) Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Petal. B) Vallabhbhai Petal and V B Menon. C) Panikkar and kunzru. D) S K Dhar and Fezl Ali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Petal. 58. The first Chairman of Disinvestment Commission was A) GV Ramkrishna. B) Madhu Dandavate. C) C Rangarajan. D) Indira Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GV Ramkrishna. 59. ..... appoints the Chief Minister of a State. A) Governer of the State. B) Chief Justice of the High Court of the State. C) Prime Minister of the Country. D) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governer of the State. 60. The Constitution of India has borrowed, Fundamental Duties, from which of these Countries' Constitution? A) Erstwhile USSR. B) Canada. C) UK. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erstwhile USSR. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPolity QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesIndian Politics Quiz 1Indian Politics Quiz 3Indian Politics Quiz 4Indian Politics Quiz 5Indian Politics Quiz 6Indian Politics Quiz 7Indian Politics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books