Top 1000+ Solved Indian Polity and Constitution (GK) MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The function of the pro-tam in the absence of Speaker is to -
a. conduct the proceedings of the House in the absence of speakers.
b. officiate as speaker when the speaker is to be elected
c. only check if the election certificates of the members are in order
d. None of the above
Q. Which of the following is the most appropriate tool to raise the issue of Naxalism activities in the Lok Sabha?
a. Calling attention motion
b. Discussion under Rule 377
c. Censure motion
d. Short duration discussion
Q. The word "Secular" was added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by which Constitutional Amendment?
a. 41st Constitutional Amendment
b. 42nd Constitutional Amendment
c. 43rd Constitutional Amendment
d. 44th Constitutional Amendment
Q. Which period below depicts internal emergency in India under article 352?
a. 26th June, 1974 to 23rd March, 1976
b. 25th June, 1975 to 21st March, 1977
c. 20th June, 1975 to 20th March, 1977
d. 21st June, 1976 to 21st March, 1974
Q. Which one of the following authorities recommends the principles governing the grants-in-aid of the revenues to the states out of the consolidated fund of India?
a. Finance Commission
b. Inter-State-Council
c. Union Ministry of Finance
d. Public Accounts Committee
Q. Which one of the following expenditure is not charged on the consolidated fund of India?
a. Salary and allowances of the President of India
b. Salary and allowances of the Vice President of India
c. Salary and allowances of the Justice of the Supreme Court of India
d. Salary and allowances of the speaker of the Lok Sabha
Q. What is ordinary Law?
a. Laws made by the High Court
b. Laws made by the Supreme Court
c. Laws made and enforced by the Government
d. Laws made by the common people.
Q. Which of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Court and the Supreme Court?
a. Disputes between the states inter se
b. Protection against the violation of the Constitution
c. Protection of Fundamental Rights
d. Disputes between Centre and the States
Q. The Supreme Court is empowered to settle election disputes of President and Vice- President. This is its –
a. Original Jurisdiction
b. Appellate Jurisdiction
c. Advisory Jurisdiction
d. Miscellaneous Jurisdiction
Q. Which two states have a common High Court?
a. Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana and Punjab
c. Gujarat and Maharashtra
d. Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Q. When a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the right to move a Court for the enforcement of all Fundamental Rights remains suspended, except -
a. Article 20 and Article 21
b. Article 21 and Article 22
c. Article 19 and Article 20
d. Article 25 and Article 16
Q. If a budget is defeated in the legislature of a state then –
a. The Finance Minister alone has to resign
b. The Finance Minister concerned has to be suspended
c. The council of Ministers along with the Chief Minister has to resign
d. Reelection have to be ordered
Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
a. Rights are claims of the State against the citizens.
b. Rights are privileges which are incorporated in the Constitution of a State.
c. Rights are claims of the citizens against the State.
d. Rights are privileges of a few citizens against the many.
Q. Formal or procedural democracy does not by any means guarantee -
a. political and civil rights
b. constitutionalism
c. the rule of law
d. absence of caste discrimination
Q. Despite being a Republican State, India is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations whose head is the British Monarch. This is because -
a. this membership does not affect the sovereign nature of the Indian Republic
b. this membership only shows that the British ruled over India
c. members of the association are sovereign and independent
d. it is a symbol of the unity among the members of the association