

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 82 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Basic GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Which one of the Directive Principles of State Policy deals with the promotion of international peace and security? |
A. | Article 32 |
B. | Article 67 |
C. | Article 51 |
D. | Article 55 |
Answer» D. Article 55 | |
2. |
A result of the reorganization, what was the number of members of the Constituent Assembly in the year 1947? |
A. | 450 |
B. | 572 |
C. | 299 |
D. | 272 |
Answer» D. 272 | |
3. |
Which was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held? |
A. | 9 December, 1946 |
B. | 26 January 1950 |
C. | 20 July 1950 |
D. | 26 January 1950 |
Answer» B. 26 January 1950 | |
4. |
Which of the following languages is not in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution? |
A. | Persian |
B. | Sanskrit |
C. | Kashmiri |
D. | Nepali |
Answer» B. Sanskrit | |
5. |
Many key features of the constitution such as federal structure, provincial autonomy, a bicameral central legislature and the principle of separation of powers are derived from where? |
A. | Nehru Report of 1928 |
B. | Government of India Act 1919 |
C. | Government of India Act 1935 |
D. | India Independence Act 1947 |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
Which statement about Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is untrue? |
A. | It is a constitutional body. |
B. | It is a staffing agency for the Prime Minister. |
C. | It has been given the status of a department |
D. | There is no attached and subordinate office under it |
Answer» B. It is a staffing agency for the Prime Minister. | |
7. |
For which of the following bills, there is no constitutional provision to resolve the deadlock by holding a joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament? |
A. | Ordinary Bill |
B. | Money Bill |
C. | Constitution Amendment Bill |
D. | 2 and 3 |
Answer» E. | |
8. |
Which High Court has the largest judicial area? |
A. | Bombay High Court |
B. | Guwahati High Court |
C. | Allahabad High Court |
D. | Calcutta High Court |
Answer» C. Allahabad High Court | |
9. |
Which among the following authorities decides , how far the fundamental rights can apply to the members of the armed forces in India? |
A. | President of India |
B. | Parliament of India |
C. | Arms Forces themselves |
D. | Arms Forces Tribunal |
Answer» C. Arms Forces themselves | |
10. |
Which of the following statements is not correct about the Rajya Sabha? |
A. | Rajya Sabha is a permanent body |
B. | It was duly constituted for the first time on April 3, 1952 |
C. | Twelve of Rajya Sabha members are nominated by the President |
D. | One-third of its members retire every year |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for Vice-President of India? |
A. | Article 61 |
B. | Article 61 |
C. | Article 63 |
D. | Article 65 |
Answer» D. Article 65 | |
12. |
Which among the following is the constitutional body appointed by the president, every five years to review centre state financial relationships? |
A. | Finance Commission |
B. | Inter State Commission |
C. | Inter State Council |
D. | Zonal Council |
Answer» B. Inter State Commission | |
13. |
How many members of Rajya Sabha are nominated by President of India? |
A. | 2 |
B. | 10 |
C. | 12 |
D. | 15 |
Answer» D. 15 | |
14. |
The ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble are borrowed from the Constitution of which country? |
A. | French Constitution |
B. | Australian Constitution |
C. | British Constitution |
D. | USSR Constitution |
Answer» B. Australian Constitution | |
15. |
Which among the following was the first attempt to regulate the affairs of English East India Company in India? |
A. | Pitts India Act 1784 |
B. | Charter Act 1833 |
C. | The Regulating Act 1773 |
D. | Charter Act of 1813 |
Answer» D. Charter Act of 1813 | |
16. |
The territories of Goa, Daman & Diu were incorporated in the Indian Constitution by which amendment bill? |
A. | Tenth Amendment 1961 |
B. | Twelfth Amendment 1962 |
C. | Fourteenth Amendment 1962 |
D. | Fifteenth Amendment 1963 |
Answer» C. Fourteenth Amendment 1962 | |
17. |
Which among the following is the most appropriate definition of Political liberty of Citizens of India ? |
A. | Right to participate in the government and assume equal opportunity to assume highest office |
B. | right to cast vote and participate in the election process |
C. | Equal opportunity to freely move in the Political territories of India |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. right to cast vote and participate in the election process | |
18. |
Which among the following fundamental rights is available to Indian Citizens but not to aliens? |
A. | Freedom of expression and speech |
B. | Equality before Law |
C. | Protection of life & liberty |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Equality before Law | |
19. |
Which of the following is the main Standing Committee of Lok Sabha? |
A. | Committee on Public Accounts |
B. | Estimates Committee |
C. | Committee on Public Undertaking |
D. | All the Above |
Answer» E. | |
20. |
To whom the General Purpose Committee advises? |
A. | The president |
B. | The vice-president |
C. | The speaker |
D. | The Prime Minister |
Answer» D. The Prime Minister | |
21. |
Mr. Narendra Modi is the--------- Prime Minister of India. |
A. | 7th |
B. | 5th |
C. | 6th |
D. | 14th |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
Which amendment of the constitution was offered full statehood to Arunachal Pradesh? |
A. | 55th |
B. | 16th |
C. | 44tnh |
D. | 65th |
Answer» B. 16th | |
23. |
Who among the following appointed the Governor of the states in India? |
A. | Prime Minister |
B. | Parliament |
C. | Chief Ministers |
D. | President |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
How many Schedules are contained in the Constitution of India? |
A. | 12 schedules |
B. | 20 schedules |
C. | 10 schedules |
D. | 25 schedules |
Answer» B. 20 schedules | |
25. |
Whch one of the following State Legislature does not have two houses? |
A. | Karnataka |
B. | Maharastra |
C. | Tamil Nadu |
D. | Jammu and Kashmir |
Answer» D. Jammu and Kashmir | |
26. |
Who is empowered to declare National Emergency? |
A. | Prime Minister of India |
B. | President of India |
C. | Governors of State |
D. | Parliament |
Answer» C. Governors of State | |
27. |
Who appointed the Chief Justice and Other Judges of the Supreme Court of India? |
A. | Prime Minister of India |
B. | The Governor of the concerning State |
C. | The C.M of the concerned State |
D. | President of India |
Answer» E. | |
28. |
Before the independence of India, Dadra and nagar haveli were under the administrative control of ? |
A. | English |
B. | French |
C. | Portuguese |
D. | Afgans |
Answer» D. Afgans | |
29. |
Who among the following was the first chief Justice of India and assumed office on 26th Jan. 1950 ? |
A. | Meher Chand mahajan |
B. | Patanjali sastri |
C. | Harilal Kania |
D. | BK Mukherjea |
Answer» D. BK Mukherjea | |
30. |
Which Constitutional Article lays down the provision for a National Commission for SC and ST ? |
A. | Article 337 |
B. | Article 334 |
C. | Article 338 |
D. | Article 339 |
Answer» D. Article 339 | |
31. |
Which community gets special provision for Central Services in Article 336 ? |
A. | Sikh Community |
B. | Muslim Community |
C. | Hindu Community |
D. | Anglo-Indian Community |
Answer» E. | |
32. |
National Commission for SC and ST shall be made by which constitutional institution ? |
A. | Parliament |
B. | Executive |
C. | Judiciary |
D. | State Legislature |
Answer» B. Executive | |
33. |
The Constitution of India empowers the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Center and the States under which field? |
A. | Appellate jurisdiction |
B. | Actual jurisdiction |
C. | Advisory Jurisdiction |
D. | Writ jurisdiction |
Answer» C. Advisory Jurisdiction | |
34. |
The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in which four states? |
A. | Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland |
B. | Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram |
C. | Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland |
D. | Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland |
Answer» C. Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland | |
35. |
Following part of the constitution cannot be amended? |
A. | Preface |
B. | Directive Principles of State Policy |
C. | Fundamental Rights |
D. | Judicial review |
Answer» E. | |
36. |
Article 123 of the Constitution is related to? |
A. | Presidential Ordinances |
B. | Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court |
C. | Special status of Jammu and Kashmir |
D. | Election Commission |
Answer» B. Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court | |
37. |
106th Constitutional Amendment and 111th Constitutional Amendment respectively are related to? |
A. | Panchayat, Co-operative Society |
B. | Co-operative society, Panchayat |
C. | Panchayat, Panchayat |
D. | Co-operative Society |
Answer» E. | |
38. |
In which article of the constitution there is a provision for a joint sitting of both the houses? |
A. | 108 |
B. | 110 |
C. | 173 |
D. | 166 |
Answer» B. 110 | |
39. |
In the Constitution of India, how many people have been nominated by the President to the Parliament? |
A. | 12 |
B. | 14 |
C. | 2 |
D. | 24 |
Answer» C. 2 | |
40. |
Who presided over the first-day session of the Constituent Assembly of India? |
A. | Rajendra Prasad |
B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
C. | B. R. Ambedkar |
D. | Sachchidanand Sinha |
Answer» E. | |
41. |
The President dissolves the Lok Sabha? |
A. | Under Article 81 on the advice of the Prime Minister |
B. | Under Article 81 on the advice of the Vice President |
C. | Under Article 85 on the advice of the Prime Minister |
D. | Under 85 on the advice of the Vice President |
Answer» D. Under 85 on the advice of the Vice President | |
42. |
The proposal to give a constitution to India was passed by the Constituent Assembly? |
A. | January 22, 1946 |
B. | January 22, 1947 |
C. | January 20, 1947 |
D. | July 26, 1946 |
Answer» C. January 20, 1947 | |
43. |
On which day did the Constituent Assembly finally pass the Constitution? |
A. | 15th August, 1947 |
B. | 15th December, 1948 |
C. | 26 November, 1949 |
D. | 26 January 1950 |
Answer» D. 26 January 1950 | |
44. |
Who is considered the constitutional head of any state? |
A. | Governor |
B. | Prime Minister |
C. | Council of Ministers |
D. | President |
Answer» B. Prime Minister | |
45. |
For whom are the Directive Principles of Policy in the Indian Constitution? |
A. | High Court |
B. | Indian citizens |
C. | government |
D. | President |
Answer» D. President | |
46. |
Whom does the Lok Sabha represent in India? |
A. | State Legislatures |
B. | Indian people |
C. | States and Union Territories |
D. | Political parties |
Answer» C. States and Union Territories | |
47. |
According to the Constitution Article 74, there will be a Council of Ministers to carry out the work of the President and who has been made it's head? |
A. | Prime Minister |
B. | President |
C. | Cabinet Minister |
D. | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Answer» B. President | |
48. |
Who has the right to seek advice from the Supreme Court for any law? |
A. | President |
B. | Prime Minister |
C. | both of the above |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. Prime Minister | |
49. |
The vacancy of the President is to be filled by___? |
A. | 1 month |
B. | 3 months |
C. | 14 days |
D. | 6 months |
Answer» E. | |
50. |
Who among the following was not a member of the Drafting Committee? |
A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
B. | Mohd. Sadaullah |
C. | K. M. Munshi |
D. | Gopalaswami Iyengar |
Answer» B. Mohd. Sadaullah | |