Indian Polity & Constitution Objective- Multiple Choice (MCQs) Questions for Preparation of SSC-CGL, UPSC Civil Services, NDA, CDS, Railways and State Level Public Services Examinations.
Q.1. Under what circumstances can the President declare a National Emergency under Article 352 all over the country or in any part of it:
(a) external attack
(b) Armed Rebellion
(c) internal disturbance
(d) Both 1 and 2
(d) Both 1 and 2
Q.2. Which High Court has the largest judicial area?
(a) Bombay High Court
(b) Guwahati High Court
(c) Allahabad High Court
(d) Calcutta High Court
(b) Guwahati High Court
Q.3. 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
(b) Money Bill
Q.4. 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
(a) It is a constitutional body
Q.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
(d) India Independence Act 1947
Q.6. Which of the following languages is not in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution?
(a) Persian
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Kashmiri
(d) Nepali
(a) Persian
Q.7. 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
(a) 9 December, 1946
Q.8. 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
(c) 299
Q.9. Number of standing committees in the Indian Parliament
(a) 12
(b) 17
(c) 38
(d) 45
(d) 45
Q.10. Number of Constituencies in Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha election
(a) 66
(b) 55
(c) 80
(d) 92
(c) 80
Q.11. Present Lok Sabha is the
(a) 15th
(b) 17th
(c) 13th
(d) 14th
(a) 15th
Q.12. Who is the first Woman Governor in India?
(a) FathimaBeevi
(b) VijayalakshmiPandit
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Padmaja Naidu
(c) Sarojini Naidu
Q.13. Who is the first Woman Chief Minister in India?
(a) Janaki Ramachandran
(b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Shashikala Kakodkar
(d) Nandini Satpathy
(b) Sucheta Kriplani
Q.14. Where the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is located
(a) Shimla
(b) Delhi
(c) Ooty
(d) Mussoorie
(d) Mussoorie
Q.15. What is the intermediate tier of the Panchayati Raj system is called?
(a) Zila Parishad
(b) Taluka Pachayat
(c) Pachayat Samiti
(d) Gram Sabha
(c) Pachayat Samiti
Q.16. Which state first adopted the Pachayati Raj in India in 1959?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Karnataka
(c) Gujrat
(d) Punjab
(a) Rajasthan
Q.17. If both the office of President and Vice-President vacant, who has been empowered the President function
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Chief Justice
(c) Speaker of Loksabha
(d) Chief of Army Staff
(b) Chief Justice
Q.18. Who was the president of India at the time of emergency in 1975?
(a) Zail Singh
(b) VV Giri
(c) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(d) Shankar Dayal Sharma
(c) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Q.19. The Second largest judicial complex in the World
(a) Gauhati High Court
(b) Delhi High Court
(c) Madras High Court
(d) Bombay High Court
(c) Madras High Court
Q.20. When the first General Election held in India
(a) 1950
(b) 1951
(c) 1952
(d) 1955
(b) 1951