Explore topic-wise MCQs in Basic GK.

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