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1.

Who among the following can participate in the proceedings of both the houses of parliament?

A. Vice-President
B. Solicitor General
C. Chief Justice
D. Attorney General
Answer» E.
2.

How are legislative excesses of parliament and state assemblies checked?

A. Intervention from President/Governor
B. No-Confidence motions
C. Judicial review
D. General elections
Answer» D. General elections
3.

Which of the following non-member of Parliament has the right to address it?

A. Attorney General of India
B. Solicitor General of India
C. Chief Justice of India
D. Chief Election Commissioner
Answer» B. Solicitor General of India
4.

What can be the maximum interval between two sessions of parliament?

A. 3 months
B. 4 months
C. 6 months
D. 9 months
Answer» D. 9 months
5.

In order to be recognized as an official Opposition Group in the parliament, how many seats should it have?

A. 1/3rd of the total strength
B. of the total strength
C. 1/6th of the total strength
D. 1/10th of the total strength
Answer» E.
6.

Which functionary can be invited to give his opinion in the parliament?

A. Attorney General of India
B. Chief Justice of India
C. Chief Election commission of India
D. Comptroller and auditor General of India
Answer» B. Chief Justice of India
7.

Which of the following is included in Art, 19 (1)(a):

A. Right to know.
B. Right to reply.
C. Right to silence.
D. All of the above.
Answer» E.
8.

Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds only of:

A. Religion, Race, Caste, Sex, Place of birth, Residence or any of them.
B. Religion, Race, Caste, Sex, Place of birth.
C. Religion, Race, Caste, Sex, Place of birth or any of them.
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
9.

Under the Constitution the Doctrine of eclipse applies

A. only to the pre-constitutional laws but only in respect of non-citizens.
B. to the post-constitutional laws but only in respect of non-citizens.
C. to the post-constitutional laws in respect of citizens only.
D. to all laws, pre-constitutional and postconstitutional.
Answer» E.
10.

Prohibition against discrimination under Article 15 is for:

A. Persons.
B. Citizens.
C. Citizens as well as non-citizens.
D. Persons except aliens.
Answer» C. Citizens as well as non-citizens.
11.

Age of a candidate to contest parliamentary election should not be lesser than:

A. 18 years
B. 21 years
C. 25 years
D. 26 years
Answer» D. 26 years
12.

The most important feature of the Indian Parliament is that:

A. It is the union legislature in India
B. It also comprises of the President
C. It is bicameral in nature
D. The upper house of the parliament is never
Answer» C. It is bicameral in nature
13.

Japan s Parliament is known as

A. Diet
B. Dail
C. Yuan
D. Shora
Answer» B. Dail
14.

The upper house of Indian Parliament is known as

A. The Rajya Sabha
B. The Lok Sabha
C. The national Assembly
D. The Indian Parliament
Answer» B. The Lok Sabha
15.

Right to Property in India is:

A. Fundamental Right.
B. Legal Right.
C. Constitutional Right.
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Constitutional Right.
16.

Indian Constitution came into force on:

A. 26 Jan 1949.
B. 26 Jan 1950.
C. 15 Nov 1950.
D. 15 Aug 1947.
Answer» C. 15 Nov 1950.
17.

The structure of the Indian Constitution is

A. federal in form and unitary in spirit.
B. unitary.
C. unitary in form and federal in spirit.
D. purely federal.
Answer» B. unitary.
18.

The Constitution of India is:

A. Partly rigid and partly flexible.
B. Rigid
C. Flexible.
D. Very rigid.
Answer» B. Rigid
19.

Fundamental rights are based on the:

A. Bill of Rights (U.S.A).
B. Bill of Rights (U.S.A.) with in-built limitations.
C. Bill of Rights (U.K.).
D. Bill of Rights (Canada).
Answer» C. Bill of Rights (U.K.).
20.

When an enactment is of such a nature that no separation is possible between inconsistent and consistent part:

A. Whole Act will be operative.
B. Whole Act will be inoperative.
C. The Act will neither be operative nor inoperative.
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. The Act will neither be operative nor inoperative.
21.

Fundamental Rights are:

A. Negative rights.
B. Restrictive rights.
C. Limited rights.
D. All of the above.
Answer» E.
22.

Where is Raisina Hill?

A. Where Rashtrapati Bhavan is situated
B. The Hill feature in Srinagar, otherwise known as Shankaracharya Hill
C. The place where the Dogra rulers Jammu and Kashmir built their fort in Jammu
D. The Rock feature at Knayakumari where Swami Vivekanad s stature was erected.
Answer» B. The Hill feature in Srinagar, otherwise known as Shankaracharya Hill
23.

Rashprapati Bhawan was desgined by

A. Edward Stone
B. Le Corbusier
C. Edwin Lutyens
D. Tarun Dutt
Answer» D. Tarun Dutt
24.

A President Ordinance can remain in force

A. For three months
B. For six months
C. For nine months
D. Indefinitely
Answer» C. For nine months
25.

Which is the House where the chair person is not the member of that House?

A. Rajya Sabha
B. Lok Sabha
C. Legislative Council
D. Legislative Assembly
Answer» B. Lok Sabha
26.

How many members are nominated by the President in the Rajya Sabha?

A. 2
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15
Answer» D. 15
27.

The speaker of Lok Sabha can resign his office by addressing his resignation to

A. The president
B. The prime Minister
C. The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
D. The chief justice of India
Answer» D. The chief justice of India
28.

Bill of which of the following categories can be initiated only in Lok Sabha?

A. Ordinary Bill
B. Private Members bill
C. Money bill
D. Constitution Amendment bill
Answer» D. Constitution Amendment bill
29.

What can be maximum interval between two sessions of Parliament?

A. 3montsh
B. 4 months
C. 6 months
D. 9 months
Answer» D. 9 months
30.

A money bill passed by the Lok Sabha is deemed to have been passed by the Rajya Sabha also when no action is taken by the Upper House (Rajya Sabha ) within

A. 10 days
B. 14 days
C. 20 days
D. 30 days
Answer» C. 20 days
31.

Who decides whether a bill is a money bill or not?

A. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
B. The President
C. The Prime Minister
D. The parliamentary select committee
Answer» B. The President
32.

Despotism is possible in a:

A. One party state
B. Two party state
C. Multi party state
D. Two and multi party state
Answer» B. Two party state
33.

Shakti-Sthal is related to whom?

A. Smt. Indira Gandhi
B. Rajiv Gandhi
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Answer» B. Rajiv Gandhi
34.

Karl Marx belonged to:

A. Germany
B. Holland
C. France
D. Britain
Answer» B. Holland
35.

Constitution is generally defined as:

A. Law of the land.
B. Fundamental law of the land.
C. Administrative law of the la
Answer» C. Administrative law of the la
36.

In Which one of the following Ministries, the Census Organization has been functioning on a permanent footing since 1961?

A. Home affairs
B. Health and family development
C. Human Resource Development
D. Social Justice and Empowerment
Answer» B. Health and family development
37.

Which provision relating to the Fundamental Right is directly related to the exploitation of children?

A. Article 17
B. Article 19
C. Article 23
D. Article 24
Answer» E.
38.

The item Education belongs to the

A. Union list
B. State list
C. Concurrent list
D. Residuary subjects
Answer» D. Residuary subjects
39.

AADHAR is a programme

A. To help senior citizens
B. To provide nutritional support to adolescent woman
C. To train people for social defence
D. To provide identity to Indian residents
Answer» E.
40.

Who is called the Father of Indian economic reform?

A. Jawahar Lal Nehru
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Manmohan Singh
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
41.

Who calls the joint session of the two Houses of the Parliament?

A. The President
B. The Prime Minister
C. The Lok Sabha Speaker
D. The vice President
Answer» B. The Prime Minister
42.

By which bill the Government propose collection of revenues for a year?

A. Economic Bill
B. Finance Bill
C. Supplementary Bill
D. None of these
Answer» C. Supplementary Bill
43.

Which of the following Ministries prepares its own budget and presents in the Parliament every year?

A. Finance Ministry
B. Railway Ministry
C. Ministry of Defence
D. Ministry of Home affairs
Answer» C. Ministry of Defence
44.

If a Minister loses a no- confidence motion, then

A. Lok Sabha is dissolved
B. Only Prime Minister and that Minister resigns.
C. The whole Council of Ministers resigns
D. The Minister resigns
Answer» D. The Minister resigns
45.

Who was the first Deputy Prime Minster of India?

A. L.K. Advani
B. Morarji Desai
C. Charan Singh
D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer» E.
46.

At which of its session, did the Congress officially accept the Socialistic Pattern of Society?

A. Bombay Session of 1953
B. Avadi Session of 1955
C. Calcutta Session of 1957
D. Nagpur Session of 1959
Answer» C. Calcutta Session of 1957
47.

Where was, the concept of written constitution, first born?

A. France
B. USA
C. Britain
D. Switzerland
Answer» B. USA
48.

Who called Indian Federalism as the Cooperative Federalism?

A. G. Austin
B. K.C. Wheare
C. Sir Ivor Jennings
D. D.D. Basu
Answer» B. K.C. Wheare
49.

The Indian President is

A. Fictional executive
B. Titular executive
C. Real executive
D. Real/Titular executive
Answer» C. Real executive
50.

The source of we the people in the Preamble is:

A. United States.
B. United Kingdom.
C. United Nations.
D. None.
Answer» D. None.