Top 25 Lucent gk MCQ Part:14


1) WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ACT, REDUCED THE AGE OF VOTING FROM 21 YEARS TO 18 YEARS?

(a) 59th Amendment Act

(b) 60th Amendment Act 

(c) 61st Amendment Act 

(d) 62nd Amendment Act 

Ans : (c) 61st Amendment Act 

2) SINDHI LANGUAGE WAS INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES  IN THE 8TH SCHEDULE OF OUR CONSTITUTION IN WHICH YEAR?

(a) 1957

(b) 1967

(c) 1969

(d) 1968

Ans : (b) 1967

3) WHAT FRACTION OF RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS RETIRE AFTER TWO YEARS?

(a) 2/3

(b) 1/3

(c) 1/2

(d) 1/6

Ans : (b) 1/3

4) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTS CREATED SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE AT FORT WILLIAM?

(a) The regulating Act 1773

(b) Indian Councils Act 1861

(c) Dundas Bill of 1783 

(d) Charter Act of 1833

Ans : (a) The regulating Act 1773

5) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING CAN SUSPEND THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ?

(a) Parliament 

(b) President 

(c) Prime minister 

(d) Supreme court 

Ans : (b) President

6) THE PART IX OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH DEALS WITH PANCHAYATS IS NOT APPLICABLE TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATES?

(a) Nagaland, Meghalaya & Mizoram 

(b) Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tribal Areas of Assam 

(c) Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tribal Areas of Assam and Tripura 

(d) Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tribal Areas of Assam, Tripura & Hill areas of Manipur 

Ans : (d) Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tribal Areas of Assam, Tripura & Hill areas of Manipur 

7) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT 1946-47?

(a) Moti Lal Nehru 

(b) Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru 

(c) Sardar Patel 

(d) C Rajgopalachari

Ans: (b) Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru 

8) WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS CORRECT IN CONTEXT WITH THE POWER OF THE PARLIAMENT IN ENACTING THE BUDGET?

(a) Parliament can increase tax but can not reduce or abolish it 

(b) Parliament can reduce or abolish tax but can not increase 

(c) Parliament can neither increase nor reduce or abolish a tax 

(d) Parliament can increase as well as reduce or abolish a tax 

Ans : (b) Parliament can reduce or abolish tax but can not increase 

9) WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS THE FIRST PROGRAMME LAUNCHED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO IMPLEMENT THE ARTICLE 47 OF THE DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY?

(a) Integrated rural development programme 

(b) Community development programme
 
(c) National Rural employment programme 

(d) Drought prone areas programme 

Ans : (b) Community development programme 

10) WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS ALSO CALLED AS LENGTHIEST AMENDMENT TO INDIAN CONSTITUTION?

(a) 24th 

(b) 30th

(c) 40th

(d) 42nd

Ans : (c) 40th

11) HOW MANY MEMBERS CAN BE NOMINATED TO THE LOK SABHA BY THE PRESIDENT?

(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 12

Ans : (a) 2

12) WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT IN THE STATE LIST ON THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA?

(a) Fisheries 

(b) Agriculture 

(c) Insurance 

(d) Betting and Gambling 

Ans : (c) Insurance

13) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS NEVER THE LOK SABHA SPEAKER ?

(a) K. V. K. Sundaram 

(b) G. S. Dhillon 

(c) Baliram Bhagat 

(d) Hukum Singh 

Ans : (a) K. V. K. Sundaram 

14) WHO HELD THE PORTFOLIO OF FINANCE IN THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF 1946?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 

(b) Liaquat Ali Khan 

(c) C. Rajgopalachari 

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 

Ans : (b) Liaquat Ali Khan 

15) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT REGARDING FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES?

1. Some of them are moral duties while others are civic duties 

2. Parliament is free to enforce them by suitable legislation 

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2

(c) Both 1&2

(d) Neither 1&2

Ans : (c) Both 1&2

16) THE UNITS OF A FEDERATION ARE KNOWN BY VARIOUS NAME IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CORRECTLY MATCHED?

      X.                                     Y
1. States.                               Us
2. Contons.                           Canada 
3. Republics.                       Russia 
4. Provinces                       Switzerland 

Select the correct option from the codes given below:

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 1&3

(c) Only 2&4

(d) All of the above 

17) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE INCORRECT REGARDING ELECTION TO LOK SABHA?

(a) The electoral rolls are prepared under the direction and control of President 

(b) The elections are on the basis of adult suffrage 

(c) On the request of Election Commission the President is required to make available such staff as me be necessary for discharge of functions 

(d) The Election Commission conducts the election 

Ans : (a) The electoral rolls are prepared under the direction and control of President
 
18) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CALLED AS THE LEADER OF LOK SABHA?

(a) Speaker 

(b) President 

(c) Prime minister 

(d) Deputy speaker 

Ans : (c) Prime minister 

19) WHICH AMENDMENT EMPOWERED THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE DIFFERENT PROCLAMATIONS OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON DIFFERENT GROUNDS SIMULTANEOUSLY?

(a) 38th Amendment Act, 1975

(b) 39th Amendment Act, 1975

(c) 40th Amendment Act, 1976

(d) 41st Amendment Act, 1976

Ans :  39th Amendment Act, 1975

20) WHICH PART OF THE CONSTITUTION DEALS WITH THE ORGANISATION, COMPOSITION, DURATION, OFFICERS, PROCEDURES, PRIVILEGES,POWER AND SO ON OF THE PARLIAMENT?

(a) Part IV

(b) Part V

(c) Part VI

(d) Part VII

21) WHO IS THE LEADER OF THE PARLIAMENT? 

(a) President 

(b) Vice president 

(c) Prime minister 

(d) Speaker

Ans : (b) President

22) THE REPORTS OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA RELATING TO THE ACCOUNTS OF THE STATES ARE SUBMITTED TO WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING?

(a) The President 

(b) The Governor

(c) The Parliament 

(d) The Chief Minister

Ans : (b) The Governor

23) "WE COMMAND" IS A LITERAL MEANING OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ERITS?

(a) Habeas corpus 

(b) Quo warranto

(c) Mandamus 

(d) Certiorari 

Ans : (c) Mandamus

24) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING COINED THE TERM ZERO HOUR?

(a) Constitution assembly 

(b) Dr. B R Ambedkar 

(c) Indira Gandhi 

(d) Press 

Ans: (d) Press

25) THE POWER OF CREATE OF ABOLISH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN STATES IS VESTED WITH WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING?

(a) Council of State Minister 

(b) Governor of the state 

(c) Legislative assembly of the state 

(d) President of India

Ans : (c) Legislative assembly of the state 

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