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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission? |
| A. | planning minister |
| B. | Reserve Bank Governor |
| C. | President |
| D. | Prime minister |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
In which year provision was made regarding the formation of regional councils? |
| A. | 1950 AD |
| B. | 1952 AD |
| C. | 1956 AD. |
| D. | 1990 AD |
| Answer» D. 1990 AD | |
| 3. |
Planning Commission? |
| A. | a government department |
| B. | a ministry |
| C. | consultancy body |
| D. | Autonomous Corporation |
| Answer» D. Autonomous Corporation | |
| 4. |
Which of the following has been termed as 'Super Cabinet'? |
| A. | Planning Commission |
| B. | National Development Council |
| C. | regional council |
| D. | interstate council |
| Answer» B. National Development Council | |
| 5. |
When was the Inter-State Council established? |
| A. | 28 May 1989 |
| B. | 28 May 1990 |
| C. | May 28, 1991 |
| D. | May 28, 1992 |
| Answer» C. May 28, 1991 | |
| 6. |
Regional councils have been created? |
| A. | By the Constitution |
| B. | by National Development Council |
| C. | By government resolution |
| D. | By parliamentary law |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Which one of the following is not a part of the constitution? |
| A. | Election Commission |
| B. | Inter-State Council |
| C. | Planning Commission |
| D. | Finance Commission |
| Answer» D. Finance Commission | |
| 8. |
Who appoints the Inter-State Council? |
| A. | Prime minister |
| B. | President |
| C. | Speaker of Lok Sabha |
| D. | Union Home Minister |
| Answer» C. Speaker of Lok Sabha | |
| 9. |
By what name is the administrator of the National Capital Region known? |
| A. | Governor |
| B. | Chief Secretary |
| C. | lieutenant governor |
| D. | administrator |
| Answer» D. administrator | |
| 10. |
Which of the following union territories are called administrators? |
| A. | Lakshadweep |
| B. | Delhi |
| C. | Chandigarh |
| D. | Pondicherry |
| Answer» B. Delhi | |
| 11. |
Who usually presides over a regional council? |
| A. | Speaker of Lok Sabha |
| B. | Deputy Prime Minister |
| C. | Union Home Minister |
| D. | Prime minister |
| Answer» D. Prime minister | |
| 12. |
By whom are the regional councils constituted? |
| A. | Prime minister |
| B. | home Minister |
| C. | Speaker of Lok Sabha |
| D. | President |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Which union territory of India has its own High Court? |
| A. | Lakshadweep |
| B. | Delhi |
| C. | Chandigarh |
| D. | Pondicherry |
| Answer» C. Chandigarh | |
| 14. |
What is a feature of party system in India? |
| A. | bipartisan system |
| B. | lack of regional parties |
| C. | lack of communal parties |
| D. | multi party system |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
What is the party system in India? |
| A. | bipartisan |
| B. | multi party |
| C. | Unilateral |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Unilateral | |
| 16. |
What is the tenure of the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir? |
| A. | 4 years |
| B. | seven years |
| C. | six years |
| D. | five years |
| Answer» D. five years | |
| 17. |
When was the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir adopted? |
| A. | 1955 AD. |
| B. | 1951 AD. |
| C. | 1957 AD. |
| D. | 1954 AD |
| Answer» D. 1954 AD | |
| 18. |
When was the designation 'Sadar-e-Riyasat' of Jammu and Kashmir changed to 'Governor'? |
| A. | 1949 AD. |
| B. | 1950 AD |
| C. | 1952 AD |
| D. | 1965 AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Article 370 of the constitution applies to which state? |
| A. | Jammu and Kashmir |
| B. | Nagaland |
| C. | Manipur |
| D. | Assam |
| Answer» B. Nagaland | |
| 20. |
Which of the following states is the only state to have its own constitution? |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Sikkim |
| C. | Jammu and Kashmir |
| D. | Manipur |
| Answer» D. Manipur | |
| 21. |
Who recognizes a political party as a national party or a regional party? |
| A. | President |
| B. | law minister |
| C. | Election Commission |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 22. |
Which one of the following election symbols is reserved by the Election Commission for more than one political party in the Lok Sabha/Assembly elections? |
| A. | Lotus |
| B. | hand claw |
| C. | wheel |
| D. | elephant |
| Answer» B. hand claw | |
| 23. |
In whose absence the functioning of democracy is impossible? |
| A. | of bureaucracy |
| B. | of Panchayati Raj |
| C. | of political party |
| D. | of plan |
| Answer» D. of plan | |
| 24. |
Which of the following political parties has not been recognized as a national party by the Electoral Commission of India? |
| A. | Nationalist Congress Party |
| B. | Samajwadi Party |
| C. | Bahujan samaj party |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Bahujan samaj party | |
| 25. |
What is the election symbol of Congress? |
| A. | Lotus |
| B. | torch |
| C. | Claw |
| D. | wheel |
| Answer» D. wheel | |
| 26. |
What is the election symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party? |
| A. | Lotus |
| B. | hand claw |
| C. | wheel |
| D. | elephant |
| Answer» B. hand claw | |
| 27. |
In which year the Indian Communist Party was born after the partition of the Indian Communist Party? |
| A. | 1962 AD. |
| B. | 1964 AD. |
| C. | 1967 AD. |
| D. | 1970 AD |
| Answer» C. 1967 AD. | |
| 28. |
Which of the following is a regional political party? |
| A. | Congress |
| B. | Akali Dal |
| C. | c.p.i |
| D. | B J P |
| Answer» C. c.p.i | |
| 29. |
Which of the following is a regional party? |
| A. | Congress |
| B. | Janata Dal |
| C. | B J P |
| D. | Akali Dal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
When was the Muslim League established in India? |
| A. | in 1907 AD |
| B. | in 1908 AD |
| C. | in 1909 AD |
| D. | in 1906 AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Which of the following was established |
| A. | Swaraj Party Society |
| B. | independent labor force |
| C. | All India Council for Scheduled Castes |
| D. | Samta Party |
| Answer» C. All India Council for Scheduled Castes | |
| 32. |
Who was in favor of partyless democracy? |
| A. | Bhupendra Nath Dutt |
| B. | M. N. opinion |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
The symbol of which political party has remained unchanged since the general election of 1952? |
| A. | CPM |
| B. | CPI |
| C. | SP |
| D. | BJP |
| Answer» C. SP | |
| 34. |
What is the election symbol of Telugu Desam Party? |
| A. | Lion |
| B. | cycle |
| C. | two leaves |
| D. | elephant |
| Answer» C. two leaves | |
| 35. |
In which year the Communist Party of India came into existence? |
| A. | In 1912 AD |
| B. | In 1915 AD |
| C. | in 1918 AD |
| D. | In 1921 AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Which is the Indian political party which was founded in Tashkent? |
| A. | Indian National Congress |
| B. | Communist Party of India |
| C. | Ghadar Party |
| D. | Peasant and Labor Party |
| Answer» C. Ghadar Party | |
| 37. |
Which political party was established before independence? |
| A. | Mass |
| B. | Indian Communist Party |
| C. | independent party |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. independent party | |
| 38. |
Which one of the amendments to the Indian Constitution limits the size of the Union Cabinet? |
| A. | 78th Amendment |
| B. | 91st Amendment |
| C. | 90th Amendment |
| D. | 92nd Amendment |
| Answer» C. 90th Amendment | |
| 39. |
Who constitutes the Backward Classes Commission? |
| A. | Prime minister |
| B. | home Minister |
| C. | President |
| D. | Vice President |
| Answer» D. Vice President | |
| 40. |
When was the first Backward Classes Commission constituted? |
| A. | 1950 AD |
| B. | 1951 AD. |
| C. | 1953 AD |
| D. | 1957 AD. |
| Answer» D. 1957 AD. | |
| 41. |
Which of the following is not a political party of India? |
| A. | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| B. | National Democratic Alliance |
| C. | Janta Dal United |
| D. | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Answer» C. Janta Dal United | |
| 42. |
Political parties are necessary for which of the following? |
| A. | for dictatorship |
| B. | for democracy |
| C. | for military rule |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. for military rule | |
| 43. |
What was the date on which the Anti-Defection Act was passed? |
| A. | 17 January 1985 |
| B. | 30 March 1985 |
| C. | 21 April 1985 |
| D. | 15 February 1985 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Who has the right to determine whether a person is a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Tribe? |
| A. | President |
| B. | Vice President |
| C. | Governor |
| D. | Prime minister |
| Answer» B. Vice President | |
| 45. |
Which is the constitutional amendment by which political defection was banned? |
| A. | 50th Amendment of 1984 |
| B. | 53rd Amendment of 1986 |
| C. | 52nd Amendment of 1985 |
| D. | 54th Amendment of 1986 |
| Answer» D. 54th Amendment of 1986 | |
| 46. |
In how many ways can the Constitution be amended? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 47. |
In which manner the voting age in India was reduced from 21 to 18 years? |
| A. | by executive order |
| B. | By parliamentary order |
| C. | By constitutional amendment |
| D. | By Presidential Ordinance |
| Answer» D. By Presidential Ordinance | |
| 48. |
By which Constitutional Amendment Act the age limit of adult franchise was reduced from 21 years to 18 years? |
| A. | 42nd |
| B. | 44th |
| C. | 61st |
| D. | 75th |
| Answer» D. 75th | |
| 49. |
The new article added by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment is related to? |
| A. | by property right |
| B. | by land reform |
| C. | from fundamental duties |
| D. | by business |
| Answer» D. by business | |
| 50. |
Panchayati Raj was started in India? |
| A. | 1956 AD. |
| B. | 1957 AD. |
| C. | 1958 AD. |
| D. | 1959 AD. |
| Answer» E. | |