Top 1000+ Solved Indian Polity and Constitution (GK) MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Vice-President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of -
a. members of both Houses of Parliament
b. members of Rajya Sabha only
c. elected members of both Houses of Parliament
d. elected members of Lok Sabha only
Q. Department of official languages is subordinate office of which ministry?
a. Ministry of social justice and Empowerment
b. Ministry of Home Affairs
c. Ministry of Rural Development
d. Ministry of Culture
Q. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the -
a. State government
b. Central government
c. Both the state and Central government
d. None of them
Q. If the position of President and Vice- President are vacant, who officiates as the President of India?
a. The Prime Minister
b. The Chief Justice of India
c. The Speaker of Lok Sabha
d. None of these
Q. Which one of the following was not the basis invoked by the US for attacking Iraq in March 2003?
a. Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction
b. Saddam Hussain had links with Al Quaeda
c. Regime Change in Iraq
d. Iraq had not withdrawn from Kuwait complety
Q. Which of the following Republic/Republics was/were supported by Russia in Georgia war of 2008?
a. South Ossettia
b. South Ossettia and Abkhazia both
c. Abkhazia
d. Nogorno Karabakh
Q. The proposal for framing of the Constitution of India by an elected Constituent Assembly was made by -
a. Simon Commissions
b. Government of India Act, 1935
c. Cripps Mission
d. British cabinet Delegation
Q. As per United Nations Convention on the Law of sea (UNCLOS) states are entitled for Jurisdiction over sea water as under —
a. three miles from sea shore as territorial waters
b. twelve miles from the shore for shipping
c. two hundred miles as Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
d. all the three jurisdictions
Q. Under Bush Doctrine, the USA held states responsible for activities inside their territor and thus acquired the right to -
a. act unilaterally against rogue and failed states
b. act against states which were opposed to it ideologically
c. move against states which refused to join in drive for NATO expansion
d. intervene institutions of ethnic cleansing
Q. The US stopped cultivating ties with Taliban regime in Afghanistan after—
a. 9/11 attacks in the US
b. attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
c. attack on US military mission headquarter in Riyadh
d. failures of talks on gas pipeline through Afghanistan
Q. With reference to India polity, which one of the following statements is correct?
a. Planning commission is accountable to parliament.
b. President can make ordinance only when either of the two houses of parliament is not in session.
c. The minimum age prescribed for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court is 40 years.
d. NDC is constituted of Union Finance Minister and the Chief Ministers of all the states.
Q. Department of Border management is a department of which one of the following Union Ministers?
a. Ministry of Defense
b. Ministry of Home Affairs.
c. Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
d. Ministry of Environment and Forest.
Q. If the Prime Minister is a member of the Rajya Sabha -
a. He/she has to get elected to the Lok Sabha within 6 months
b. He/she can declare the government's policies only in the Rajya Sabha
c. He/she cannot take part in the voting when a vote of no confidence is under consideration
d. He/she cannot take part in the budget deliberation in the Lok Sabha
Q. Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers resigned before facing a vote of no- confidence in the Lok Sabha?
a. Chandra Shekhar
b. Morarji Desai
c. Chaudhary Charan Singh
d. VP Singh
Q. The impeachment of the President of India can be initiated in -
a. either house of the Parliament
b. a joint siting of both houses of the Parliament
c. the Lok Sabha alone
d. the Rajya Sabha alone