1. In case a President dies while in office, the Vice-President 15.

Impeachment of the President of India can be initiated _

can act as President for a maximum period of (A) only in the Lok Sabha (B) only in the Rajya Sabha
(A) 1 year (B) 3 months (C) in either House of Parliament (D) in the Supreme Court
(C) 6 months (D) 2 years 16. How many times can the President of India seek re-
2. Which of the following official documents is related with election to his post?
India? (A) Once (B) 3 times
(A) White Paper (B) Green Paper (C) 2 times (D) Any number of times
(C) Yellow Paper (D) Blue Book 17. What is the maximum life of an ordinance promulgated
3. Who was the Prime Minister of India when a by President of India?
Constitutional status for the Panchayati Raj and Urban Self- (A) 7 months and 5 weeks (B) 8 months
Governing Institutions was accorded? (C) 6 months and 6 weeks (D) 1 year
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Rajeev Gandhi 18. For the Members of Parliament in India, who determines
(C) P. V. Narasimha Rao (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee the salaries and allowances from time to time?
4. The administrative and operational control of the Armed (A) Union Cabinet (B) Ministry of Parliament Affairs
Forces is exercised by the (C) Cabinet Secretariat (D) Parliament by Law
(A) Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs with Prime 19. Who acts as the President of India when the President
Minister as the Chairman (B) Ministry of Defence nor the Vice President is available?
(C) Three Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force Staff (A) Senior most Governor of a State (B) Chief Justice of India
(D) President (C) Speaker of Lok Sabha (D) Auditor General of India
5. The Panchayat System was introduced after this 20. Which Article provides for procedure in Parliament with
Amendment of the Constitution: respect to Estimates?
(A) 65th Amendment (B) 68th Amendment (A) Article 110 (B) Article 111
(C) 72nd Amendment (D) 73rd Amendment (C) Article 113 (D) Article 114
6. How many Indian States have both the House of 21. The first woman Governor of a State in free India was
Parliament? (A) Mrs. Indira Gandhi (B) Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
(A) 9 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 6 (C) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (D) Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
7. The Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of the 22. Who administers the oath of office to the President of
(A) Rajya Sabha (B) Lok Sabha India before he enters upon the office?
(C) Planning Commission (D) National Development Council (A) Chief Justice (B) Speaker
8. Chief Minister of all States are ex-officio members of the (C) Vice-President (D) Prime Minister
(A) Planning Commission (B) National Development Council 23. Union Territory is administered by
(C) Inter-State Council (D) Finance Commission (A) The Governor of the territory
9. Who among the following has the Constitutional authority (B) The President of India directly
to make rules and regulations fixing the number of (C) The President of India through an administrator
members of the UPSC? appointed by him called the Lieutenant Governor
(A) Vice-President (B) President (D) The Chief Minister of the territory and his Council of
(C) Home Ministry (D) Cabinet Secretary Ministers
10. Which Article of the Constitution of India envisages that 24. Who administers the oath of office to the President of
there shall be an Attorney General of India? India before he enters upon the office?
(A) Article 78 (B) Article 76 (A) Chief Justice (B) Speaker
(C) Article 67 (D) Article 113 (C) Vice-President (D) Prime Minister
11. Under whose direct supervision is the Lok Sabha 25. Which Constitutional Amendment shifted subject like
Secretariat? education from state list to concurrent list?
(A) Cabinet Secretary (B) Ministry of Parliament Affairs (A) 40th (B) 41st (C) 42nd (D) 46th
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha (D) Prime Minister of India 26. Which High Court was established on 1st January, 2019?
12. Who becomes empowered to make laws when the (A) Tripura High Court (B) Telangana High Court
President’s rule is imposed in a State? (C) Manipur High Court (D) Jammu and Kashmir High Court
(A) The Governor (B) The President 27. The President nominates 12 Members of the Rajya
(C) The Prime Minister (D) The Parliament Sabha according to
13. Article 78 of the Constitution deals with (A) their performance as office bearers of cultural societies
(A) President’s power to get information from the Council of (B) the recommendations made by the Vice-President
Minsters (C) their role played in political set up the country
(B) Prime Minister’s duty regarding keeping the President (D) their distinction in the fields of science, art, literature
informed about the government’s decisions and policies and social service
(C) emergency powers of the President 28. A Bill cannot become an Act of Parliament in India,
(D) President’s power to send advisory messages to the unless and until
Parliament (A) it is passed by the Lok Sabha
14. Which of the following statements is not correct? (B) it is passed by the Rajya Sabha
(A) The President is the head of military forces in India (C) it is passed by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(B) The President can appoint a Commission to investigate (D) The President of India gives his assent to the Bill
into the conditions of SCs and STs 29. The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and
(C) The President can declare any area as a Scheduled Area Regulation) Act, 2016
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(A) prohibits the employment of children under 14 years in (A) 18 years (B) 25 years (C) 30 years (D) 35 years
all occupations [Link] sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is provided
(B) prohibits the employment of adolescent labour under 18 in the Constitution of India under
years in all hazardous occupations (A) Article 101 (B) Article 108
(C) prohibits the use of child labour in domestic work (C) Article 133 (D) Article 102
(D) All of the above [Link] many times have the Financial Emergency imposed
30. Who advocated “Panchayati Raj” system for India? in India?
(A) J. L. Nehru (B) M. K. Gandhi (A) Only once (B) Twice (C) Thrice (D) Never
(C) V. K. R. V. Rao (D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel [Link] members of the Council of Ministers are collectively
[Link] of the President to consult Supreme Court has responsible to
been stated under (A) Judiciary (B) House of the People
(A) Article 144 (B) Article 142 (C) Council of States (D) The President
(C) Article 143 (D) Article 141 [Link] of the following is a part of the electoral college
[Link] can legislate on those residual matters which are for the Election of the President but does not participate in
not mentioned in union/state/concurrent list? the proceedings for his/her impeachment?
(A) State Legislature exclusively (A) Lok Sabha (B) Rajya Sabha
(B) Parliament alone (C) State Legislative Assemblies
(C) Parliament after consultation with state legislatures (D) State Legislative Councils
(D) Parliament or state legislature as adjudicated by the [Link] of the following Indian States does not have a
Supreme Court of India Bicameral Legislature?
[Link] President can issue proclamation of emergency (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
(A) on the advice of the Prime Minister (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) on the advice of Council of Ministers [Link] number of the Anglo Indians nominated to the
(C) on the request of the Vice-President House of People is
(D) when the decision of the Union Cabinet for the issuance (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
of such proclamation is communicated to the President in [Link] has the right to decide that who will be included in
writing the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?
34.A Money Bill can originate (A) Parliament (B) President
(A) Only in the Lok Sabha (B) Only in the Rajya Sabha (C) Governor of the State (D) Supreme Court
(C) In both the Houses simultaneously [Link] of the following Article deals with the election of
(D) At the joint session of both the Houses the Vice-President?
[Link] one of the following items/subjects belongs to the (A) 62 (B) 64 (C) 66 (D) 68
Concurrent List of the VIIth schedule of the Indian [Link] Council of States in India has how many elected
Constitution? members?
(A) Public Health and Sanitation (B) Forests (A) 250 (B) 238 (C) 245 (D) 230
(C) Stock Exchanges (D) Agriculture [Link] resolution to remove the Vice-President of India can
[Link] soon imposition of National Emergency should be be moved by
approved by the Parliament? (A) Lok Sabha (B) Rajya Sabha
(A) 1 month (B) 2 months (C) Any State Legislature (D) Either House of the Parliament
(C) 3 months (D) 6 months [Link] reference to election of the President under Article
37.“Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and 55 of the Constitution of India, every elected member of the
procedure therefore” is laid down in the legislative assembly shall have as many votes as there are
Constitution in— multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by
(A) Part XX (B) Part XXI dividing the population of the State by
(C) Part XXII (D) Part XXIII (A) Total number of the elected members of the assembly
[Link] of membership of either House of the (B) Total number of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha
Parliament is provided under (C) Total number of the elected members of both the
(A) Article 100 (B) Article 101 Houses (D) None of the above
(C) Article 102 (D) Article 103 [Link] maximum number of seats for Lok Sabha may go up
[Link] presides over the joint sitting of the Parliament? to
(A) President (B) Speaker (C) Vice-president (A) 542 (B) 545 (C) 552 (D) 567
(D) Chief Justice of Supreme Court [Link] which Article of the Constitution of India Financial
[Link] Parliament of India consists of Emergency can be proclaimed?
(A) President, House of the People and Council of States (A) Article 323 (B) Article 356
(B) House of the People and Council of States (C) Article 352 (D) Article 360
(C) Vice-President, House of the People and Council of [Link] the announcement of National Emergency has been
States approved by both Houses of parliament, how long will it be
(D) President, Vice-President, House of the People and effective?
Council of States (A) 1 month (B) 2 months
[Link] maximum age prescribed for election of President in (C) 3 months (D) 6 months
India is 59.A proposal to prefer the charge of impeachment of the
(A) 35 years (B) 60 years (C) 65 years (D) No such limit President of India has to be moved after prior notice of
[Link] number of nominated members to the Council of (A) 7 days (B) 14 days (C) 21 days (D) 30 days
States is [Link] Part of the Constitution of India deals with
(A) 18 (B) 12 (C) 20 (D) 16 “Emergency Provisions”?
[Link] Indian State has the largest number of seats (A) Part IX (B) Part XVIII
reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha? (C) Part XXII (D) Part XVI
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Rajasthan [Link] of the following Constitutional Amendments
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Arunachal Pradesh equipped President to impose National
[Link] age required to become a member of Council Emergency on any particular part of India?
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(A) 38th Amendment (B) 40th Amendment (A) elected by Members of Parliament. (B) Prime Minister.
(C) 42nd Amendment (D) 62nd Amendment (C) elected by majority party in the Lok Sabha. (D) None
62. The system of Panchayati Raj involves [Link] Article was given effect to by the 73rd
(A) Village, State and Union levels Amendment?
(B) Village, District and State levels (A) Article 47 (B) Article 40
(C) Village and State levels (C) Article 45 (D) Article 46
(D) Village, Block and District levels [Link] Council of Ministers in a Parliamentary type of
[Link] is a Republic in the sense that Government can remain in office till it enjoys the support of
(A) it has an elected Head of the state the ________.(Article 74)
(B) parliamentary form of government (A) Minority of Members of the Upper House of Parliament
(C) it has an elected government (B) Majority of the Members of the Upper House of
(D) it has a Prime Minister Parliament
[Link] _______ pertains to the amendment of the (C) Minority of the Members of the Lower House
Constitution of India. (D) Majority of the Members of the Lower House of
(A) 365 (B) 372 (C) 368 (D) 268 Parliament
[Link] was the First Deputy Prime Minister of India? [Link] Schedule of the Indian Constitution prescribes the
(A) V. R. Gill (B) R. N. Shukla distribution of seats in Rajya Sabha?
(C) Chaudhary Devi Lal (D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (A) 10th Schedule (B) 4th Schedule
[Link] Tenth Schedule to the Constitution is related to (C) 8th Schedule (D) 2nd Schedule
(A) provisions for administration of Tribal Areas in Assam, [Link] can initiate impeachment proceedings against the
Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. President of India?
(B) provisions regarding disqualification on ground of (A) Either House of Parliament (B) Any Vidhan Sabha
defection. (C) Only Lok Sabha (D) Only Rajya Sabha
(C) provisions in relation to the allocation of seats for States [Link] tax is not levied in which of the states?
and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha. (A) Nagaland (B) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) provisions as to the Administration and Control of (C) Mizoram (D) Jammu and Kashmir
Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes. [Link] power of ‘amnesty’ in India is given to the
[Link] Commission has examined the Centre-State (an official pardon for people)
relations? (A) President (B) Prime Minister
(A) Sarkaria Commission (B) Sri Krishna Commission (C) Chief Minister (D) Parliament
(C) Rajamannar Commission (D) Kher Commission [Link] administers Oath to the Governor of a State?
[Link] which Article of the Constitution is the President’s (Article 159)
Rule promulgated in any state in India? (A) President (B) Chief Justice of India
(A) Article 326 (B) Article 370 (C) Chief Justice of High Court (D) Vice-President
(C) Article 380 (D) Article 356 [Link] does not constitute the electoral college for electing
[Link] Emergency is contained in Article the President of India?
(A) 352 (B) 360 (C) 356 (D) All of the above (A) Elected Members of Lok Sabha
[Link] Accounts Committee has Members from (B) Elected Members of Legislative Assembly of each State
(A) House of the People (B) Council of States only (C) Elected Members of Legislative Council
(C) State Legislatures (D) Both Houses of Parliament (D) Elected Members of Rajya Sabha
[Link] of the Lists are in the Constitution of India? [Link] Union Council of Ministers are collectively
(A) State List (B) Union List responsible to[Article 75(3)]
(C) Concurrent List (D) All of the above (A) Judiciary (B) House of the People
[Link] Committee made recommendations for local Self (C) Council of States (D) The President
Government? [Link] Members of the Council of States in India are elected
(A) Kothari Commission (B) Sarkaria Commission for a period of
(C) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (A) 4 years (B) 5 years (C) 6 years (D) Lifetime
(D) Venkatachaliah Commission [Link] Bill is given under which Article of the
[Link] of the House means Mode Constitution of India?
(A) The House has been brought into Session (A) Article 110 (B) Article 210
(B) The House itself stands terminated (C) Article 101 (D) Article 201
(C) The Session of the House has been terminated [Link] acts as the President of India in the absence of both
(D) None of the above the President and Vice-President?
[Link] is the minimum age for appointment as a (A) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Governor?(Article 153-162) (B) Comptroller and Auditor General
(A) 30 years (B) 40 years (C) Cabinet Secretary (D) Chief Justice of India
(C) 35 years (D) 45 years [Link] maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is
[Link] Article relates to the Panchayati Raj in India? (A) 220 (B) 250 (C) 230 (D) 240
(A) Article 243 (B) Article 245 [Link] of the following appointments is not made by the
(C) Article 242 (D) Article 244 President of India?
[Link] Minister of a State is responsible to ______. (A) Chief of the Army (B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(A) Prime Minister (B) Rajya Sabha (C) Chief Justice of India (D) Chief of the Air force
(C) Legislative Assembly (D) Governor [Link] 352 of the Indian Constitution relates to
[Link] Schedule contains the Union List? (A) Centre-State relations (B) Supreme Court jurisdiction
(A) Fourth Schedule (B) Fifth Schedule (C) State Emergency (D) National Emergency
(C) Seventh Schedule (D) None of the above [Link] President of India has almost the same
[Link] is the Legal Advisor of the Government of a State in Constitutional authority as the
India?(Article 165) (A) President of USA (B) British Monarch
(A) The Advocate General (B) Chief Justice of India (C) President of Russia (D) President of China
(C) Judges of Supreme Court (D) Vice-President [Link] is the term of a Vice-President of India?
[Link] Speaker of Lok Sabha is (A) 4 years (B) 5 years (C) 65 years (D) 6 years

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[Link] promulgates ordinance in the States of India? (c) He is a member of the Rajya Sabha.
(Article 213) (B) No person shall be eligible for election as President
(A) Governor (B) Chief Minister unless —
(C) President (D) Chief Justice (a) He is a citizen of India.
[Link] can a President use his discretion in appointing the (b) He has completed the age of thirty years.
Prime Minister? (c) He is a member of the Lok Sabha.
(A) When no political party enjoys a clear majority in Lok (C) No person shall be eligible for election as President
Sabha unless —-
(B) Only when the Lok Sabha has been dissolved (a) He is a citizen of India.
(C) Under all circumstances the President faces (b) He has completed the age of forty years.
(D) Under no circumstances (c) Unless he holds any office of profit under the
[Link] President can proclaim emergency on the written Government of India or under the Government of the
advice of the states.
(A) Speaker of Lok Sabha (B) Prime Minister (D) No person shall be eligible for election as President
(C) Chief Justice of India (D) Union Cabinet unless —
[Link] Sabha can delay the Money Bill for (a) He is a citizen of India.
(A) Indefinite period (B) 6 months (b) He has completed thirty five years of age.
(C) 30 days (D) 14 days (c) He is qualified to become a member of the Lok Sabha.
[Link] 80 deals with [Link] many members are nominated by the President of
(A) composition of Lok Sabha India to the Rajya Sabha ?
(B) composition of Rajya Sabha (A) 20 (B) 18 (C) 15 (D) 12
(C) composition of State Legislative Assembly [Link] Article of the Constitution of India envisages that
(D) composition of State Legislative Council there shall be an Attorney General of India ?
[Link] is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha? (A) Article 78 (B) Article 76
(A) President (B) Vice-President (C) Article 67 (D) Article 113
(C) Prime Minister (D) None of the above [Link] Article in the Indian Constitution contains
[Link] is the Council of States known in India? provisions dealing with a Money Bill ?
(A) Lok Sabha (B) Parliament (A) Article 100 (B) Article 110
(C) Rajya Sabha (D) Vidhan Sabha (C) Article 122 (D) Article 125
[Link] Indian Budget includes [Link] 73rd Constitution Amendment Act, 1992 has
(A) revised estimates for the current year. introduced
(B) budget estimates for the following year. (A) a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all States,
(C) actual figures of the preceding year. having population of over 20 lakh.
(D) All of the above (B) a federal form of Government.
[Link] financial system has provided for the transfer of (C) the term ‘Socialist’ in the Preamble to the Indian
resources from the centre to the states; the important Constitution.
means of resource transfer are (D) reservation of seats for the Anglo-Indian Community in
(A) tax sharing (B) grant-in aids the Parliament.
(C) loans (D) All of the above [Link] the Indian Constitution it is necessary to be a
[Link] appoints the Governor of a State? member of a house after 6 months of becoming a minister.
(A) Prime Minister (B) The President of India In what way should a minister become a member of the
(C) Vice-President (D) Chief Minister house ?(Article 75 (5))
[Link] is a Pro-tem Speaker in the Lok Sabha ? (A) By nomination (B) By election
WBCS revision notebooks (C) Either by election or nomination (D) None of the above
(A) The first meeting after the general election in which the [Link] is the highest law officer of India under Article 76
Speaker is elected by the members of Lok Sabha, is held of the Constitution of India ?
under the senior most member of Parliament is commonly (A) The Solicitor General of India
known as Pro-tem Speaker. (B) The Secretary General of the Dept. of Law in Centre
(B) A temporary Speaker elected by the House when the (C) The Attorney General of India
Speaker has taken a leave of absence. (D) The Vice-President of India
(C) The Speaker elected by the House when both the [Link] the correct alternative :
Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are absent. The President of India is elected by the electoral college.
(D) The Speaker who presides over a joint session of The electoral college consists of –(Article 54)
Parliament. (A) (a) the elected members of both Houses of Parliament,
[Link] office of the President of India can fall vacant ___ . and
(A) in case of death of a President (b) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of
(B) if a President resigns from his post the States.
(C) on the commencement of impeachment in the Lok (B) (a) all the members of both the Houses of Parliament,
Sabha (D) Only (A) and (B) and
[Link] is the highest law officer in the States of India (b) all the members of the Legislative Assemblies of the
under Article 165 ? States.
(A) Secretary General of the State (B) Advocate General (C) (a) the elected members of the Lok Sabha,
(C) Chief Justice of the State High Court (b) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies.
(D) The Governor of the State (D) (a) the members of the Rajya Sabha,
[Link] are the qualifications for election as President of (b) the members of the Legislative Assemblies.
India ? Choose the correct answer: [Link] members of Rajya Sabha are elected for a term
(A) No person shall be eligible for election as President consisting of how many years ?
unless — (A) 3 years (B) 4 years (C) 5 years (D) 6 years
(a) He is a citizen of India,
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