1) IN TERMS OF PARLIAMENTARY TERMINOLOGY, WHAT DO WE CALL A RULE OF LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE UNDER WHICH A FURTHER DEBATE ON A MOTION CAN BE STOPPED ?
(a) Closure
(b) Gullitone
(c) Expunction
(d) Recess
Ans)(a) Closure
2) HOW MANY MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA ARE NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT OF INDIA ?
(a) 2
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 15
Ans)(c) 12
3) WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION GIVES RIGHT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIA TO SPEAK IN HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT OR THEIR COMMITTEE ?
(a) Article 76
(b) Article 86
(c) Article 96
(d) Article 106
Ans)(a) Article 76
4) HOW MANY FORMER PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED “BHARAT RATNA” TILL NOW ?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 5
Ans)(c) 6
5) TILL WHICH YEAR THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT WERE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA ?
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1992
(d) 1993
Ans)(d) 1993
6) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES HINTS “DOCTRINE OF PLEASURE” IN CONTEXT WITH SERVICES UNDER UNION OR STATES ?
(a) 308
(b) 310
(b) 312
(d) 314
Ans)(b) 310
7) THE REGISTRATION OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA IS DONE UNDER__?
(a) Constitution of India
(b) Representation of People Act, 1951
(c) Representation of People Act, 1950
(d) None of the above
Ans)(b) Representation of People Act, 1951
8) THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CAN REVIEW ITS OWN JUDGMENTS ON THE BASIS OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES ?
(a) Article 136
(b) Article 137
(c) Article 142
(d) Article 145
Ans)(b) Article 137
9) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES WAS ADDED TO THE FIRST OF THE REGIONAL LANGUAGES BY THE 21ST AMENDMENT ?
(a) Oriya
(b) Kashmiri
(c) Sindhi
(d) Assamese
Ans)(c) Sindhi
10) WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS THE BASIC TERRITORIAL UNIT OF ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA ?
(a) Revenue Division
(b) Tehsil
(c) District
(d) Village
Ans)(c) District
11) THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA EMPOWERS THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA TO ADJUDICATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE CENTRE AND THE STATES THROUGH:
(a) Appellate Jurisdiction
(b) Original Jurisdiction
(c) Advisory Jurisdiction
(d) Writ Jurisdiction
Ans)(b) Original Jurisdiction
12) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAS THE PROVISION TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT THE SOVEREIGNTY, UNITY AND INTEGRITY OF INDIA ?
(a) Directive Principles of State Policy
(b) Preamble to the Constitution
(c) Fundamental Duties
(d) Fundamental Rights
Ans)(c) Fundamental Duties
13) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE APPOINTMENT, DUTY AND TENURE OF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF STATE ?
(a) Article 155
(b) Article 160
(c) Article 162
(d) Article 165
Ans)(d) Article 165
14) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS HAS AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENT TO PUBLISH A AUTHORITATIVE HINDI TRANSLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ?
(a) The Constitution (55th Amendment) Act
(b) The Constitution (56th Amendment) Act
(c) The Constitution (57th Amendment) Act
(d) The Constitution (58th Amendment) Act
Ans)(d) The Constitution (58th Amendment) Act
15) THE FINAL AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER A MEMBER OF THE RAJYA SABHA HAS BECOME SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 102 (1), OR BASED ON “OFFICE OF PROFIT” AS A GROUND FOR DISQUALIFICATION, IS THE ___ ?
(a) Supreme Court
(b) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(c) Leader of the House
(d) President of India
Ans)(d) President of India
16) WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS THE EXECUTIVE HEAD OF STATE IN INDIA ?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Finance Secretary
(c) President
(d) Cabinet Secretary
Ans)(c) President
17) WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS A FEATURE COMMON TO BOTH THE INDIAN FEDERATION AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION ?
(a) A single citizenship
(b) Three lists in the Constitution
(c) Dual judiciary
(d) A federal Supreme Court to interpret the constitution
Ans)(d) A federal Supreme Court to interpret the constitution
18) PRESIDENT’S RULE IS IN ACTION IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA. WHICH ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITUTION HAS THE PROVISION OF PRESIDENT’S RULE ?
(a) Article 355
(b) Article 360
(c) Article 356
(d) Article 352
Ans)(c) Article 356
19) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMMISSIONS ACCEPTED LANGUAGE AS THE BASIS OF REORGANIZATION OF STATES ?
(a) Punchhi Commission
(b) JVP Committee
(c) Fazl Ali Commission
(d) SK Dhar Commission
Ans)(c) Fazl Ali Commission
20) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WRITS MEANS ‘TO HAVE THE BODY OF’ ?
(a) Habeas Corpus
(b) Mandamus
(c) Prohibition
(d) Quo-Warranto
Ans)(a) Habeas Corpus
21) WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS CORRECT ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA ?
(a) He cannot dismiss any of his ministers
(b) He is responsible to the Parliament
(c) Prime Minister is the nominal head of the Council of Ministers
(d) Prime Minister is the real head of the Council of Ministers
Ans)(d) Prime Minister is the real head of the Council of Ministers
22) WHICH COMMITTEE INQUIRED INTO WHETHER THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM SHOULD BE CONTINUED OR SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM ?
(a) Swaran Singh Committee
(b) Sarkaria Commission
(c) Punchi Commission
(d) Rajamannar Commission
Ans)(a) Swaran Singh Committee
23) WHO HAS THE POWER TO SUMMON OR PROROGUE THE PARLIAMENT AND DISSOLVE THE LOK SABHA ?
(a) The Chief Justice of India
(b) The Attorney General
(c) The President
(d) The Prime Minister
Ans)(c) The President
24) WHO CAN EXERCISE THE POWER OF JUDICIAL REVIEW AS PER THE CONSTITUTION ?
(a) Supreme Court
(b) High Court
(c) Both of them
(d) None of them
Ans)(c) Both of them
25) ZONAL COUNCILS ARE WHICH TYPE OF BODIES ?
(a) Constitution bodies
(b) Statutory bodies
(c) Non Statutory bodies
(d) Extra Constitutional bodies
Ans)(b) Statutory bodies
26) WHO DOES THE GOVERNOR CONSULT FOR THE DISQUALIFICATION OF A MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE ?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Chief Minister
(c) Election Commission
(d) Chief Justice of the state high court
Ans)(c) Election Commission
27) WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ?
(a) Chief Minister
(b) Speaker of legislative assembly
(c) Chairman of legislative council
(d) President
Ans)(a) Chief Minister
28) IN WHICH CASE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE WRIT JURISDICTION OF BOTH THE HIGH COURT AND THE SUPREME COURT CONSTITUTE A PART OF THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION ?
(a) S.R. Bommai case
(b) Chandra Kumar case
(c) Minerva Mills case
(d) Shankari Prasad case
Ans)(b) Chandra Kumar case
29) IN WHICH SCHEDULE OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION, THE TERRITORIAL EXTENT OF INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES IS PRESCRIBED ?
(a) 1st
(b) 2nd
(c) 3rd
(d) 4th
Ans)(a) 1st
30) IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DECADES INDIA SAW, MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PRIME MINISTERS ?
(a) 1961-70
(b) 1971-80
(c) 1981-90
(d) 1991-2000
Ans)(d) 1991-2000
31) WHO CAN FILE NOMINATION PAPERS FOR ELECTION TO LOK SABHA ?
(a) any citizen of India
(b) anyone residing in India
(c) a resident of a constituency from where the election is to be contested
(d) any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency
Ans)(d) any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency
32) ON WHOSE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION THE PRESIDENT CAN DECLARE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ACCORDING TO 42ND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Cabinet
(c) Parliament
(d) None of the above
Ans)(b) Cabinet
33) AGAINST WHICH JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT THE FIRST CASE OF IMPEACHMENT INITIATED ?
(a) V. Ramaswami
(b) Arun Mishra
(c) Uday Umesh Lalit
(d) Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Ans)(a) V. Ramaswami
34) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE CONSEQUENCE WHEN A NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION IS PASSED AGAINST THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ?
(a) The concerned minister resigns
(b) All the ministers have to resign
(c) Lok Sabha is dissolved
(d) None of the above
Ans)(b) All the ministers have to resign
35) HOW MANY STATES HAVE UNICAMERAL SYSTEM ?
(a) 20
(b) 22
(c) 24
(d) 26
Ans)(b) 22
36) IN HOW MANY STATES THE GOVERNMENT HEADED BY MORARJI DESAI IMPOSED PRESIDENT’S RULE IN 1977 ?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
Ans)(d) 9
37) WHO IS FINAL INTERPRETER OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ?
(a) Speaker
(b) President
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Chief Minister
Ans)(a) Speaker
38) CALCUTTA HIGH COURT WAS ESTABLISHED IN WHICH YEAR ?
(a) 1872
(b) 1862
(c) 1888
(d) 1890
Ans)(b) 1862
39) AT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LEVELS THE MEMBERS OF THE PANCHAYATI RAJ ARE ELECTED INDIRECTLY ?
(a) Village level
(b) Intermediate level
(c) District level
(d) None of the above
Ans)(d) None of the above
40) WHO APPOINTS THE CHAIRMAN OP UPSC ?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Parliament
(d) Cabinet
Ans)(a) President
41) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT REGARDING UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ?
(a) It’s recommendations are binding in nature
(b) It’s recommendations are advisory in nature
(c) It is a non government organisation.
(d) None of the above
Ans)(b) It’s recommendations are advisory in nature
42) WHO APPOINTS THE CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES ?
(a) Parliament
(b) Governor
(c) Cabinet
(d) President
Ans)(d) President
43) WHICH ACT PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FORMATION OF STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSIONS ?
(a) Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1991
(b) Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1993
(c) Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1995
(d) Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1998
Ans)(d) Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1998
44) WHERE IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Bhopal
(d) Mumbai
Ans)(a) New Delhi
45) WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO SUSPENDED OR REMOVE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF A JOINT STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (JSPSC) ?
(a) High Court
(b) Concerned State Legislatures
(c) President
(d) Governor
Ans)(c) President
46) THE PHRASE “EQUALITY BEFORE LAW” USED IN ARTICLE-14 OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN BORROWED FROM __:
(a) S.A.
(b) Germany
(c) Britain
(d) Greece
Ans)(c) Britain
47) THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT WAS PASSED IN WHICH YEAR ?
(a) 2011
(b) 2012
(c) 2013
(d) 2014
Ans)(c) 2013
48) UNDER WHICH PARDONING POWER OF THE PRESIDENT, DURATION OF SENTENCE IS REDUCED WITHOUT CHANGING ITS CHARACTER ?
(a) Commutation
(b) Remission
(c) Respite
(d) Reprieve
Ans)(b) Remission
49) WHO ADMINISTERS THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE PRESIDENT ?
(a) Chief Justice of India
(b) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(c) Vice-President
(d) Prime Minister
Ans)(a) Chief Justice of India
50) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA DEALS WITH THE UNIFORM CIVIL CODE ?
(a) Article 43
(b) Article 44
(c) Article 45
(d) Article 46
Ans)(b) Article 44
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