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This section includes 185 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. |
When did the Constituent Assembly approve the Constitution of India? |
| A. | 26 November 1949 |
| B. | 15 August 1947 |
| C. | 26 January 1850 |
| D. | 12 December 1976 |
| Answer» B. 15 August 1947 | |
| 2. |
He presided over the first day session of the Constituent Assembly of India? |
| A. | Dr. Satchidanand Sinha |
| B. | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 3. |
Indian Constitution was adopted? |
| A. | by the Constituent Assembly |
| B. | Indian Parliament |
| C. | by the Governor General |
| D. | by the British Parliament |
| Answer» B. Indian Parliament | |
| 4. |
The vacancy of the President should be filled? |
| A. | 30 months |
| B. | 6 months |
| C. | 9 months |
| D. | 8 months |
| Answer» C. 9 months | |
| 5. |
Which two members does the President have the right to nominate in the Lok Sabha? |
| A. | Anglo-Indian |
| B. | Individuals from a specific area |
| C. | Minorities |
| D. | dependent on the will of the President |
| Answer» B. Individuals from a specific area | |
| 6. |
Which is the right of the President to issue ordinances? |
| A. | Administrative |
| B. | Judge |
| C. | Legislative |
| D. | Individual |
| Answer» D. Individual | |
| 7. |
Whose advice is taken when there is a dispute in the election of the President? |
| A. | Vice President |
| B. | Supreme Court |
| C. | Election Commission |
| D. | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| Answer» C. Election Commission | |
| 8. |
Who will decide the office of profit? |
| A. | Federal Parliament |
| B. | President and Governor |
| C. | Supreme Court |
| D. | Union Public Service Commission |
| Answer» C. Supreme Court | |
| 9. |
Who is the constitutional head of the Government of India? |
| A. | President |
| B. | Prime Minister |
| C. | Chief Justice of India |
| D. | Attorney General |
| Answer» B. Prime Minister | |
| 10. |
How many members of Rajya Sabha can the President nominate in India? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 19 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first President of India? |
| A. | Parliament |
| B. | by the electoral college |
| C. | by the people of India |
| D. | by the Constituent Assembly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Which was the President of the Republic of India, who always called Indian secularism as Sarva Dharma Samabhav? |
| A. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| B. | Dr. S. radhakrishnan |
| C. | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| D. | Giani Zail Singh |
| Answer» C. Dr. Zakir Hussain | |
| 13. |
Parliament is not included in? |
| A. | Rajya Sabha |
| B. | President of India |
| C. | Lok Sabha |
| D. | Chief Election Commissioner |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Legally competent to declare war or decide peace? |
| A. | Prime Minister |
| B. | President |
| C. | Council of Ministers |
| D. | Parliament |
| Answer» C. Council of Ministers | |
| 15. |
Which veto power does the President of India have? |
| A. | Suspended Prohibition |
| B. | Complete prohibition |
| C. | |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who among the following does not participate in the election of the President of India? |
| A. | Rajya Sabha |
| B. | Lok Sabha |
| C. | Legislative Council |
| D. | Assembly |
| Answer» D. Assembly | |
| 17. |
How many times the same person can be made the President of India? |
| A. | many times |
| B. | twice |
| C. | three times |
| D. | only once |
| Answer» B. twice | |
| 18. |
Who is the leader of the Lok Sabha? |
| A. | Prime Minister |
| B. | President |
| C. | Vice President |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. President | |
| 19. |
In which house the no-confidence motion is brought? |
| A. | in either house |
| B. | Lok Sabha |
| C. | Rajya Sabha |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Rajya Sabha | |
| 20. |
How is the sitting of the Lok Sabha terminated? |
| A. | by adjournment |
| B. | by dissolution |
| C. | by prorogation |
| D. | by all of them |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
To whom do the members of the Lok Sabha submit their resignations? |
| A. | Prime Minister |
| B. | President |
| C. | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 22. |
Who decides on the questions related to the disqualification of the members of the Lok Sabha? |
| A. | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| B. | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
| C. | President |
| D. | Prime Minister |
| Answer» B. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| 23. |
At present, under the Constitution of India, is the right to property a? |
| A. | Fundamental Rights |
| B. | Statutory Right |
| C. | Moral Rights |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Moral Rights | |
| 24. |
In which Article of the Indian Constitution, the State Government directs the organization of Gram Panchayat? |
| A. | Article 32 |
| B. | Article 36 |
| C. | Article 40 |
| D. | Article 48 |
| Answer» D. Article 48 | |
| 25. |
According to the first article of the constitution, India is? |
| A. | Group of States |
| B. | Federation of States |
| C. | Union of States |
| D. | Confederation of States |
| Answer» D. Confederation of States | |
| 26. |
Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution is related to Anti-Defection Law? |
| A. | 8th |
| B. | 9th |
| C. | 10th |
| D. | 11th |
| Answer» D. 11th | |
| 27. |
In which year Indian states were reorganized on linguistic basis? |
| A. | 1951 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1999 |
| D. | 1988 |
| Answer» C. 1999 | |
| 28. |
How is the Vice President elected? |
| A. | directly |
| B. | indirectly |
| C. | by nomination |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. by nomination | |
| 29. |
The position of the Vice President of India can be compared with that of the Vice President of which country? |
| A. | France |
| B. | United States of America |
| C. | New Zealand |
| D. | Russia |
| Answer» C. New Zealand | |
| 30. |
What is the maximum number of members of Lok Sabha? |
| A. | 510 |
| B. | 540 |
| C. | 552 |
| D. | 570 |
| Answer» D. 570 | |
| 31. |
In which house the presiding officer is not a member of that house? |
| A. | Lok Sabha |
| B. | Rajya Sabha |
| C. | Legislative Council |
| D. | Assembly |
| Answer» C. Legislative Council | |
| 32. |
Who presides over the meetings of the Governor? |
| A. | Prime Minister |
| B. | President |
| C. | Vice President |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 33. |
What is the maximum delay that the Rajya Sabha can delay the passage of a Money Bill? |
| A. | 15 days |
| B. | 19 days |
| C. | 14 days |
| D. | 21 days |
| Answer» D. 21 days | |
| 34. |
By whom is the Vice President elected? |
| A. | Cabinet |
| B. | public |
| C. | Parliament |
| D. | President |
| Answer» D. President | |
| 35. |
No government expenditure is done in India without whose approval? |
| A. | President |
| B. | Prime Minister |
| C. | Supreme Court |
| D. | Parliament |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Which of the following is a directly elected house by the people? |
| A. | Lok Sabha |
| B. | Rajya Sabha |
| C. | both (A) and (B) |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Rajya Sabha | |
| 37. |
Who is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha? |
| A. | Vice President |
| B. | President |
| C. | Prime Minister |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. President | |
| 38. |
Which state has the largest number of representatives in the Rajya Sabha? |
| A. | Bihar |
| B. | Uttar Pradesh |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | Aandhra Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Madhya Pradesh | |
| 39. |
Who was the first Vice President of India? |
| A. | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| B. | Dr. S. radhakrishnan |
| C. | Gopal Swaroop Pathak |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Gopal Swaroop Pathak | |
| 40. |
Who was the Vice President of India for two consecutive terms? |
| A. | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
| B. | Gopal Swaroop Pathak |
| C. | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| D. | Dr. S. radhakrishnan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Who has the right to include a state in the Indian Union? |
| A. | Prime Minister |
| B. | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| C. | President |
| D. | Parliament |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
In which article of the Indian Constitution freedom of the press has been given? |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 17 A |
| C. | 19 (I) |
| D. | 22 |
| Answer» D. 22 | |
| 43. |
In which year the states were reorganized on a linguistic basis? |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1971 |
| D. | 1962 |
| Answer» C. 1971 | |
| 44. |
Which of the following can increase or decrease the area of a state? |
| A. | Parliament |
| B. | Regional Council |
| C. | Polity |
| D. | President |
| Answer» B. Regional Council | |
| 45. |
Who has the right to form a new state or change the boundary? |
| A. | cabinet |
| B. | Parliament |
| C. | Prime Minister |
| D. | President |
| Answer» C. Prime Minister | |
| 46. |
The policy of 'divide and rule' was adopted? |
| A. | Lord Mountbatten |
| B. | Lord William Bentinck |
| C. | Lord Minto |
| D. | Lord Cripps |
| Answer» D. Lord Cripps | |
| 47. |
Which of the following are known as Frontier Gandhi? |
| A. | Lord Mountbatten |
| B. | Sardar Patel |
| C. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| D. | Lord Dalhousie |
| Answer» D. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 48. |
By which amendment of the Indian Constitution, two words socialist and secular were added in the Preamble. |
| A. | 28th |
| B. | 40th |
| C. | 42nd |
| D. | 52nd |
| Answer» D. 52nd | |
| 49. |
Who is the guardian of the Indian Constitution? |
| A. | Supreme Court |
| B. | Election Commission |
| C. | Prime Minister |
| D. | President |
| Answer» B. Election Commission | |
| 50. |
Where is the headquarters of UNESCO located? |
| A. | New York |
| B. | Washington |
| C. | London |
| D. | Paris |
| Answer» E. | |