

MCQOPTIONS
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. | |