Explore topic-wise MCQs in Basic GK.

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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. Pocket
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.