This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Polity > Indian > Indian Politics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Politics Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following amendment curtailed the power of judicial review of the Supreme Court and High Court? A) 26th. B) 24th. C) 42nd. D) 44th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 42nd. 2. When the offices of both the President and the Vice-President of India are vacant, who performs their function? A) Lok Sabha Speaker. B) Home Minister. C) Chief Justice of India. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chief Justice of India. 3. The electoral list with photograph is introduced in Tamil Nadu during the year A) 2005. B) 2006. C) 2000. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2006. 4. In which of the following years the Fundamental Duties have been added to existent Fundamental Right in the Constitution of India? A) 1976. B) 1979. C) 1965. D) 1982. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1976. 5. By which of these amendments, Nagaland become a state? A) 12th. B) 14th. C) 11th. D) 13th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13th. 6. Poorna Swaraj Diwas was celebrated on the following day A) 26th January, 1950. B) 26th January, 1930. C) 26th January, 1929. D) 26th January, 1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26th January, 1930. 7. The president can be impeached for A) Violating the constitution. B) Disregarding Parliament. C) For not taking the prime minister's advice. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Violating the constitution. 8. When was the Youth Parliament Competition introduced? A) 1967-68. B) 1965-66. C) 1966-67. D) 1968-69. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1966-67. 9. The preamble to our constitution provided that India is A) A sovereign, socialist and democratic republic. B) A sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic. C) A sovereign republic with a socialist pattern of society. D) A socialist, secular and democratic republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic. 10. Under which Act, The councils were having a power to discuss the budget and addressing questions to the executive. A) Government of India Act, 1861. B) Government of India Act, 1915. C) Government of India Act, 1858. D) Government of India Act, 1892. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Government of India Act, 1892. 11. In India, the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following? A) Delhi. B) Chennai. C) Mumbai. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chennai. 12. The position of the prime minister of India is superior to that of his counter-part in Britain because A) India has a written constitution. B) His office enjoys constitutional basis. C) India has adopted the federal system. D) India is the biggest democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His office enjoys constitutional basis. 13. The power of the Supreme Court of India to Decide disputes between the Centre and the States falls under its A) Advisory jurisdiction. B) Constitutional jurisdiction. C) Original jurisdiction. D) Appellate jurisdiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Original jurisdiction. 14. Which of these countries have Bi-party system? A) India. B) England. C) France. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England. 15. The Muslim League as a political party was founded in A) 1909. B) 1906. C) 1919. D) 1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1906. 16. The name of the union given in the Constitution is A) India or Bharat. B) Bharatadesh or India. C) Hindustan or Bharatavarsha. D) India or Hindustan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India or Bharat. 17. Who was the Finance Minister during the New Economic Policy (1991)? A) Jaswant Singh. B) Uma Kapila. C) Pranab Mukherjee. D) Manmohan Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manmohan Singh. 18. The Unique Identification Authority of India comes under which department? A) Health Ministry. B) Ministry of Defence. C) Home Ministry. D) Planning Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planning Commission. 19. The Indian parliamentary system is different from the British parliamentary system in that India has A) Both a real and a nominal executive. B) A system of collective responsibility. C) Bicameral legislature. D) The system of judicial review. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The system of judicial review. 20. Since when the Governor General came to be called the Viceroy of India A) The Act of 1861. B) The Act of 1892. C) The Act of 1858. D) The Act of 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Act of 1858. 21. The first 'Lokpal Bill' was introduced in the Parliament of India in A) 1977. B) 1972. C) 1961. D) 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1968. 22. The Executive in Presidential form of government is powerful because A) The procedure of impeachment is cumbersome. B) The Legislature is weak. C) Judges are appointed by the President. D) It enjoys the fixity of tenure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It enjoys the fixity of tenure. 23. Number of schedules in Indian constitution A) 12. B) 8. C) 9. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 24. Freedom of the press in India is A) Available to the people under the law of the Parliament. B) Specifically provided in the Constitution. C) Implied in the Right to Freedom of Expression. D) Available to the people to India under Executive order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implied in the Right to Freedom of Expression. 25. The National Commission for women was set up in A) 1994. B) 1993. C) 1991. D) 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1992. 26. Comptroller and Auditor General of India is a friend and a guide of A) Select Committee. B) Prime Minister. C) Public Account Committee. D) Estimate Committe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public Account Committee. 27. The conditions of service and tenure of the chief Election Commissioner is prescribed by A) The President. B) The Parliament. C) Government. D) The Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Parliament. 28. The State in India can borrow from the market A) Under no circumstance. B) Only with the consent of the Center. C) At their discretion. D) Only through the Center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only with the consent of the Center. 29. Who of the following considered the Preamble as the 'horoscope of our sovereign, democratic and republic'? A) Dr BR Amebedkar. B) DD Basu. C) Sir Ernest Barker. D) KM Munshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) KM Munshi. 30. The number of writs that can be prayed for and issued by the Supreme Court and/or a High Court is A) 3. B) 6. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 31. The members of the panchayat are A) The electorates of the respective territorial constituencies. B) Nominated by local self-government minister of the state. C) Nominated by the district officer. D) Nominated by the block development organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The electorates of the respective territorial constituencies. 32. The power to enlarge the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India with respect to any matter included in the Union List of Legislative powers rests with A) The President of India. B) The Chief Justice of India. C) The Parliament. D) The Union Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parliament. 33. Till which year, the strength of the State Legislative Assemblies has been fixed? A) 2023. B) 2026. C) 2017. D) 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2026. 34. The signatories to Panchshseel declaration were A) India and Myanmar. B) India and Pakistan. C) India and Sri Lanka. D) India and China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India and China. 35. The Government of india Act, 1935 had A) 451 Clauses and 15 Schedules. B) 401Clauses and 15 Schedules. C) 301Clauses and 15 Schedules. D) 421Clauses and 15 Schedules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 451 Clauses and 15 Schedules. 36. What dose Secularism imply? A) Suppression of all religions. B) Giving minorities more freedom for their religion. C) Seperation of religion from the state. D) Not favouring any particular religion/faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not favouring any particular religion/faith. 37. One of the following is a law that favours women's interests A) Equal Remuneration Act. B) Protection of Civil Rights. C) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. 38. In which one the following years did the Right to Information Act come into force? A) 2003. B) 2005. C) 2006. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2005. 39. The position of the president which was undermined by the 42nd amendment was sub-sequently somewhat retrieved by the A) 44th amendment. B) 45th amendment. C) 26th amendment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 44th amendment. 40. Constitution of India was adopted by constituent assembly on? A) 25 October, 1949. B) 25 October, 1948. C) 26 November, 1948. D) 26 November, 1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26 November, 1949. 41. Ministers in a State get salaries as determined by A) Parliament. B) The Governor. C) State Legislature. D) The Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) State Legislature. 42. Which one of the following High Courts has the territorial jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar Islands? A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Kolkata. C) Chennai. D) Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kolkata. 43. During the Indian Freedom struggle, who of the following raised an army called" free Indian Legion" ? A) Lala Hardyal. B) Rashbehari Bose. C) Subhash Chandra Boes. D) V D Savarkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subhash Chandra Boes. 44. Which one of the following President held office for two consecutive terms? A) Dr Rajendra Prasad. B) Dr S Radhakrishnan. C) Dr Zakir Hussain. D) Both 'a' and 'b'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr Rajendra Prasad. 45. District Judges in a state are appointed by the A) Governor. B) Advocated General of the State. C) Council of Ministers of the State. D) Chief Justice of High Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governor. 46. India is the only neighbour of this country, separated by the Palk Strait! A) Lakshadweep Islands. B) Sri Lanka. C) Port Blair. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sri Lanka. 47. The President of India addresses his resignation letter to the A) Prime Minister. B) Chief Justice of India. C) Vice-President. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vice-President. 48. In which year of these articles, chairman and members of UPSE can be removed form their post? A) 1991. B) 1993. C) 1992. D) 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1993. 49. Who was the Chief Justice of India when Public Interest Litigation was introduced to the Indian Judicial System? A) M Hidayatullah. B) AM Ahmadi. C) AS Anand. D) PN Bhagawti. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PN Bhagawti. 50. The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for Railway Zones is constituted by the A) Ministry pf Transport Affairs. B) Ministry of Parliamentary affairs. C) Ministry of Railways. D) President of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ministry of Parliamentary affairs. 51. Which one of the following did India acquire form France? A) Yanam. B) Mahe. C) Karaikal. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 52. Preamble enshrines the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity - ideals inspired by the A) Russian Revolution. B) French Revolution. C) US Constitution. D) Irish Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French Revolution. 53. Which one of the following Schedules of the Indian Constitution lists the names of the states and specifies their territories? A) First. B) Second. C) Fourth. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First. 54. The Area of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha Constituency for the purpose of elections is determined by the A) President. B) Election Commission. C) Delimitation Commission. D) Census Commissioner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delimitation Commission. 55. First Prime Minister of India A) Shri Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. C) Morarji Desai. D) Indira Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shri Jawaharlal Nehru. 56. Which of the following powers, NOT the President has in relation to Lok Sabha? A) Dissolution. B) Summoning. C) Adjournment- sine die. D) Prorogation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissolution. 57. The state which has the largest number of seats reserved for scheduled tribes in the Lok Sabha A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Bihar. C) Gujarat. D) Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madhya Pradesh. 58. Which one of the following is responsible for the preparation and presentation of Union Budget to the Parliament? A) Department of Financial Services. B) Department of Revenue. C) Department of Economic Affairs. D) Department of Expenditure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Department of Economic Affairs. 59. In which one of the following ministries the census organisation has been functioning on a permanent footing since 1961? A) Health and Family Welfare. B) Home Affairs. C) Social Justice and Empowerment. D) Human Resource Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Home Affairs. 60. Socialism refers to A) Removal of the peasantry from administration. B) State-controlled economy. C) Liquidation of the bourgeoisie. D) Establishment of military dictatorship. 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