Q.

1 The Constituent Assembly of India was constituted under:

(a) Cripps Mission

(b) Cabinet Mission Plan

© Mountbatten Plan

(d) Simon Commission

Answer: (b) Cabinet Mission Plan

Q.2 Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?

(a) B. R. Ambedkar

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

© Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(d) Sardar Patel

Answer: © Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Q.3 The Drafting Committee of the Constitution consisted initially of:

(a) 5 members

(b) 7 members

© 9 members

(d) 11 members

Answer: (b) 7 members

Q.4 The Preamble begins with the words:

(a) We the Citizens of India

(b) We the People of India

© Sovereign India

(d) Democratic Republic of India

Answer: (b) We the People of India

Q.5 Which word was added to the Preamble by the 42 nd Amendment?

(a) Republic

(b) Sovereign

© Socialist

(d) Justice

Answer: © Socialist

Q.6 Fundamental Rights are contained in:

(a) Part II

(b) Part III

© Part IV

(d) Part V

Answer: (b) Part III

Q.7 Directive Principles of State Policy are contained in:

(a) Part III

(b) Part IV

© Part IVA

(d) Part V

Answer: (b) Part IV

Q.8 Which Article is known as the Right to Constitutional Remedies?

(a) Article 14

(b) Article 19
© Article 21

(d) Article 32

Answer: (d) Article 32

Q.9 Fundamental Rights are enforceable by:

(a) Parliament

(b) President

© Courts

(d) Governor

Answer: © Courts

Q.10 The Constitution of India came into force on:

(a) 15 August 1947

(b) 26 January 1950

© 26 November 1949

(d) 24 January 1950

Answer: (b) 26 January 1950

Q.11 Constitutional Amendment procedure is provided under:

(a) Article 352

(b) Article 356

© Article 368

(d) Article 370

Answer: © Article 368

Q.12 India is described as a:

(a) Confederation

(b) Federation with a strong Centre

© Unitary State

(d) Presidential Federation

Answer: (b) Federation with a strong Centre

Q.13 Residuary powers in India belong to:

(a) States

(b) Local Bodies

© Union Government

(d) Supreme Court

Answer: © Union Government

Q.14 The Inter-State Council is related to:

(a) Judicial Affairs

(b) Centre-State Relations

© Election Reforms

(d) Defence

Answer: (b) Centre-State Relations

Q.15 Which Schedule divides powers between Centre and States?

(a) Sixth

(b) Seventh

© Eighth

(d) Ninth

Answer: (b) Seventh

Q.16 State autonomy is mainly associated with:

(a) Federalism

(b) Secularism

© Socialism

(d) Judicial Review

Answer: (a) Federalism

Q.17 The Union List contains:

(a) State subjects

(b) Concurrent subjects

© National subjects

(d) Local subjects

Answer: © National subjects

Q.18 The Concurrent List is borrowed from:

(a) USA

(b) Australia

© Canada

(d) France

Answer: (b) Australia

Q.19 Which body recommends Centre-State financial relations?

(a) Election Commission

(b) Finance Commission

© UPSC
(d) NITI Aayog

Answer: (b) Finance Commission

Q.20 The Sarkaria Commission was related to:

(a) Judiciary

(b) Election Reforms

© Centre-State Relations

(d) Panchayati Raj

Answer: © Centre-State Relations

Q.21 The President of India is elected by:

(a) Parliament only

(b) Electoral College

© Supreme Court

(d) State Legislatures only

Answer: (b) Electoral College

Q.22 The real executive in India is:

(a) President

(b) Vice-President

© Prime Minister

(d) Chief Justice

Answer: © Prime Minister

Q.23 The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to:

(a) Rajya Sabha

(b) President

© Lok Sabha

(d) Supreme Court

Answer: © Lok Sabha

Q.24 The maximum strength of Lok Sabha is:

(a) 545

(b) 552

© 560

(d) 500

Answer: (b) 552

Q.25 The Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of:

(a) Lok Sabha

(b) Rajya Sabha

© Supreme Court

(d) NITI Aayog

Answer: (b) Rajya Sabha

Q.26 The Governor of a State is appointed by:

(a) Prime Minister

(b) President

© Chief Minister

(d) High Court

Answer: (b) President

Q.27 The constitutional head of a State is:

(a) Chief Minister

(b) Speaker

© Governor

(d) Chief Secretary

Answer: © Governor

Q.28 The real executive of a State is:

(a) Governor

(b) Chief Minister

© Speaker

(d) Advocate General

Answer: (b) Chief Minister

Q.29 The Council of Ministers in a State is collectively responsible to:

(a) Governor

(b) Legislative Council

© Legislative Assembly

(d) President

Answer: © Legislative Assembly

Q.30 The Chief Minister is appointed by:

(a) President

(b) Chief Justice

© Governor

(d) Speaker
Answer: © Governor

Q.31 Which Article deals with the Governor?

(a) 153

(b) 163

© 356

(d) 370

Answer: (a) 153

Q.32 The minimum age for becoming a Governor is:

(a) 25 years

(b) 30 years

© 35 years

(d) 40 years

Answer: © 35 years

Q.33 A State Legislature may be:

(a) Unicameral only

(b) Bicameral only

© Unicameral or Bicameral

(d) Tricameral

Answer: © Unicameral or Bicameral

Q.34 The Legislative Council is:

(a) Permanent House

(b) Temporary House

© Judicial Body

(d) Executive Body

Answer: (a) Permanent House

Q.35 The Advocate General is appointed by:

(a) President

(b) Governor

© Chief Minister

(d) High Court

Answer: (b) Governor

Q.36 The Supreme Court was established in:

(a) 1947

(b) 1949

© 1950

(d) 1952

Answer: © 1950

Q.37 The Supreme Court is the:

(a) Highest Court

(b) District Court

© Tribunal

(d) Election Court

Answer: (a) Highest Court

Q.38 Judicial Review means:

(a) Reviewing elections

(b) Reviewing laws

© Reviewing budgets

(d) Reviewing policies only

Answer: (b) Reviewing laws

Q.39 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is associated with:

(a) Judicial Activism

(b) Federalism

© Secularism

(d) Socialism

Answer: (a) Judicial Activism

Q.40 The guardian of the Constitution is:

(a) Parliament

(b) President

© Supreme Court

(d) Prime Minister

Answer: © Supreme Court

Q.41 The power of Judicial Review was borrowed from:

(a) Britain

(b) USA

© Canada

(d) France

Answer: (b) USA

Q.42 The Chief Justice of India is appointed by:

(a) Prime Minister

(b) President

© Parliament

(d) Governor

Answer: (b) President

Q.43 Judicial Activism aims at:

(a) Passive judiciary

(b) Wider judicial intervention

© Executive dominance

(d) Legislative supremacy

Answer: (b) Wider judicial intervention

Q.44 PIL can be filed by:

(a) Only affected person

(b) Any public spirited citizen

© President only

(d) MPs only

Answer: (b) Any public spirited citizen

Q.45 Which writ protects personal liberty?

(a) Mandamus

(b) Certiorari

© Habeas Corpus
(d) Quo Warranto

Answer: © Habeas Corpus

Q.46 Caste plays an important role in:

(a) Electoral Politics

(b) Foreign Policy

© Judiciary only

(d) Defence

Answer: (a) Electoral Politics

Q.47 Caste-based mobilization is mainly seen during:

(a) Elections

(b) Budget Session

© Judicial Proceedings

(d) Foreign Visits

Answer: (a) Elections

Q.48 Reservation policy is related to:

(a) Social Justice

(b) Foreign Trade

© Defence

(d) Diplomacy

Answer: (a) Social Justice

Q.49 The Mandal Commission was associated with:

(a) Women Reservation

(b) OBC Reservation

© Judicial Reforms

(d) Panchayati Raj

Answer: (b) OBC Reservation

Q.50 Caste politics is most visible in:

(a) Voting Behaviour

(b) International Relations

© Defence Policy

(d) Judiciary

Answer: (a) Voting Behaviour

Q.51 India is a:

(a) Religious State

(b) Secular State

© Theocratic State

(d) Monarchy

Answer: (b) Secular State

Q.52 Secularism means:

(a) State religion

(b) Equal respect for all religions

© One religion only

(d) No religion allowed

Answer: (b) Equal respect for all religions

Q.53 The word “Secular” was added by:

(a) 42nd Amendment

(b) 44th Amendment

© 52nd Amendment

(d) 61st Amendment

Answer: (a) 42nd Amendment

Q.54 Religious freedom is guaranteed under:

(a) Fundamental Rights

(b) DPSP

© Fundamental Duties

(d) None

Answer: (a) Fundamental Rights

Q.55 Communalism affects:

(a) National Integration

(b) Foreign Trade

© Judiciary only

(d) Defence only

Answer: (a) National Integration

Q.56 Regionalism is based on:

(a) Regional Identity

(b) Foreign Influence

© Religion only

(d) Military Power

Answer: (a) Regional Identity

Q.57 Linguistic States were reorganized in:

(a) 1956

(b) 1947

© 1962

(d) 1975

Answer: (a) 1956

Q.58 The official language of the Union is:

(a) English

(b) Hindi

© Sanskrit

(d) Urdu

Answer: (b) Hindi

Q.59 The Eighth Schedule deals with:

(a) Languages

(b) Elections

© Courts

(d) Emergency

Answer: (a) Languages

Q.60 Language can become:

(a) A political issue

(b) An economic issue only

© A military issue

(d) None

Answer: (a) A political issue

Q.61 Universal Adult Franchise was adopted in:

(a) 1950

(b) 1947

© 1975

(d) 1989

Answer: (a) 1950

Q.62 The voting age was reduced to 18 years by:

(a) 42nd Amendment

(b) 61st Amendment

© 44th Amendment

(d) 73rd Amendment

Answer: (b) 61st Amendment

Q.63 India follows:

(a) Parliamentary Democracy

(b) Presidential Democracy

© Monarchy

(d) Dictatorship

Answer: (a) Parliamentary Democracy

Q.64 The Election Commission is:

(a) Constitutional Body

(b) Statutory Body

© Private Body

(d) Judicial Body

Answer: (a) Constitutional Body

Q.65 Free and fair elections are essential for:

(a) Democracy

(b) Monarchy

© Dictatorship

(d) Colonialism

Answer: (a) Democracy

Q.66 Coalition Governments became common after:

(a) 1967

(b) 1989

© 1952

(d) 1971

Answer: (b) 1989

Q.67 Anti-Defection Law was enacted in:

(a) 1985

(b) 1975

© 1992

(d) 2001

Answer: (a) 1985

Q.68 Political parties are essential for:

(a) Democracy

(b) Monarchy

© Judiciary

(d) Bureaucracy

Answer: (a) Democracy

Q.69 The largest democracy in the world is:

(a) USA

(b) India

© UK

(d) Japan

Answer: (b) India

Q.70 Democratic decentralization is associated with:

(a) Panchayati Raj

(b) Parliament

© Supreme Court

(d) President

Answer: (a) Panchayati Raj

Q.71 The Constitution of India is:

(a) Rigid

(b) Flexible

© Partly rigid and partly flexible

(d) Unwritten

Answer: © Partly rigid and partly flexible

Q.72 India adopted the Parliamentary system from:

(a) USA

(b) UK

© Canada

(d) Australia

Answer: (b) UK

Q.73 The emergency provisions were borrowed from:

(a) Germany

(b) France

© Russia

(d) USA

Answer: (a) Germany

Q.74 Fundamental Duties are found in:

(a) Part IVA

(b) Part IV

© Part III

(d) Part II

Answer: (a) Part IVA

Q.75 The Speaker presides over:

(a) Rajya Sabha

(b) Lok Sabha

© Supreme Court

(d) Cabinet

Answer: (b) Lok Sabha

Q.76 Money Bills can originate only in:

(a) Rajya Sabha

(b) Lok Sabha

© Joint Session

(d) State Legislature

Answer: (b) Lok Sabha

Q.77 Rajya Sabha is:

(a) Temporary House

(b) Permanent House

© Judicial Body

(d) Executive Body

Answer: (b) Permanent House

Q.78 The term of Lok Sabha is:

(a) 4 years

(b) 5 years

© 6 years

(d) 7 years

Answer: (b) 5 years

Q.79 The Vice-President is elected by:

(a) Parliament

(b) Electoral College of MPs

© People directly

(d) President

Answer: (b) Electoral College of MPs

Q.80 The Attorney General is appointed by:

(a) Prime Minister

(b) President

© Parliament

(d) Supreme Court

Answer: (b) President

Q.81 Fundamental Rights are:

(a) Justiciable

(b) Non-justiciable

© Advisory

(d) Moral

Answer: (a) Justiciable

Q.82 DPSPs are:

(a) Justiciable

(b) Non-justiciable

© Judicial Orders

(d) Constitutional Amendments

Answer: (b) Non-justiciable

Q.83 The Finance Commission is constituted every:

(a) 3 years

(b) 4 years

© 5 years

(d) 6 years

Answer: © 5 years

Q.84 The President can proclaim National Emergency under:

(a) Article 352

(b) Article 356

© Article 360

(d) Article 370

Answer: (a) Article 352

Q.85 Article 356 deals with:

(a) National Emergency

(b) State Emergency

© Financial Emergency

(d) Elections

Answer: (b) State Emergency

Q.86 Panchayati Raj was constitutionalized by:

(a) 42nd Amendment

(b) 73rd Amendment

© 74th Amendment

(d) 61st Amendment

Answer: (b) 73rd Amendment

Q.87 Urban Local Bodies are covered under:

(a) 73rd Amendment

(b) 74th Amendment

© 42nd Amendment

(d) 52nd Amendment

Answer: (b) 74th Amendment

Q.88 The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by:

(a) President

(b) Prime Minister

© Parliament

(d) Supreme Court

Answer: (a) President

Q.89 The Constitution describes India as:

(a) Union of States

(b) Federation of States

© Confederation

(d) Republic of Provinces

Answer: (a) Union of States

Q.90 The concept of Single Citizenship is borrowed from:

(a) UK

(b) USA

© Canada

(d) Australia

Answer: (a) UK

Q.91 The Indian Constitution is:

(a) Unwritten

(b) Written

© Partly Written

(d) Conventional

Answer: (b) Written

Q.92 The first general election was held in:

(a) 1951–52

(b) 1947

© 1955

(d) 1962

Answer: (a) 1951–52

Q.93 The Planning Commission was replaced by:

(a) Finance Commission

(b) NITI Aayog

© UPSC

(d) GST Council

Answer: (b) NITI Aayog

Q.94 The Anti-Defection Law is in:

(a) Ninth Schedule

(b) Tenth Schedule

© Eighth Schedule

(d) Fifth Schedule

Answer: (b) Tenth Schedule

Q.95 Constitutional amendments require:

(a) Judicial approval

(b) Parliamentary approval

© Governor’s approval

(d) Election Commission approval

Answer: (b) Parliamentary approval

Q.96 Secularism is part of:

(a) Basic Structure

(b) Directive Principles

© Emergency Provisions

(d) Schedules

Answer: (a) Basic Structure

Q.97 Judicial Activism became prominent through:

(a) PIL

(b) Ordinances

© Elections
(d) Censorship

Answer: (a) PIL

Q.98 Federalism promotes:

(a) Power sharing

(b) Centralization only

© Monarchy

(d) Dictatorship

Answer: (a) Power sharing

Q.99 Democracy requires:

(a) Accountability

(b) Participation

© Rule of Law

(d) All of these

Answer: (d) All of these

Q.100 The Indian political system is best described as:

(a) Parliamentary Democratic Republic

(b) Presidential Republic

© Constitutional Monarchy

(d) Dictatorship

Answer: (a) Parliamentary Democratic Republic