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1) Part III oI the Indian Constitution which deals with Fundamental Rights, has been
described as

a) Magna Carta oI India b) Conscience oI the Constitution
c) Both (a) and (b) d) None oI the above

2) Which one oI the Iollowing Ieature oI the Ninety First Amendment Act, 2003 relating to
anti-deIection has been wrongly listed?

a) eIectors shall not be allowed to hold oIIice oI proIit till they win an election
b) Strength oI the Council oI Ministers shall be limited to 15 per cent oI the total members oI
Lok Sabha / Legislative Assembly
c) No split in parties shall be permitted, except on ideological issues


3) How many times Lok Sabha has been dissolved beIore the expiry oI its normal tenure.
a) 3 times b) 4 times c) 5 times d) 6 times.

4) The Lok Sabha can be dissolved beIore the expiry oI its normal term under
a) Article 85(2) b) Article 83(2) c) Article 81 d) None oI the above

5) II a member oI Lok Sabha is appointed ChieI Minister oI a State
a) He ceases to be a member oI the Lok Sabha aIter 14 days
b) He continues to be Member oI Lok Sabha Ior six months but cannot vote in the House
c) Must become a member oI the State Legislature within six months
d) None oI the above

6) In which oI the Iollowing states there is a no reservation oI seats Ior Scheduled Castes in
the Lok Sabha?
a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Goa
c) Arunachal Pradesh d) all the above

7) The House oI Peoples (Lok Sabha) can be adjourned sine-die by
a) The Speaker b) The Prime Minister
c) The President d) None oI the above

8) Which one oI the Iollowing parties was not associated with the Constituent Assembly
oI India?
a) Scheduled castes Federation b) Hindu Mahasabha
c) The Communist Party d) All the above

) An aggrieved public servant can make an appeal against the decision oI the
Administrative Tribunal beIore
a) The President b) The Supreme Court
c) The High Court d) Both (b) and (c)

10) Which one oI the Iollowing takes part in the election oI the President but has no role
in his impeachment?
a) Lok Sabha b) Rajya Sabha c) State Legislative assemblies d) State Legislative Councils


11) The Iinal authority to expound the meaning oI the Constitution oI India rests with

a) The Supreme Court
b) Attorney General oI India
c) The Solicitor General oI India
d) The Parliament

12) A political party is accorded status oI an Opposition Party in the
Lok Sabha iI it captures atleast

a) 10 per cent seats
b) 15 per cent seats
c) 20 per cent seats
d) None oI the above

13) Zero Hour is

a) An hour when money bills are introduced
b) The period immediately Iollowing the Question hour when the members voice their
concerns on various matters oI public importance
c) The period exclusively reserved Ior introduction oI private
Members bills
d) The period oI recess intervening between the two sessions oI the Parliament

14) Which one oI the Iollowing bodies is presided over by a Presiding OIIicer who is not
its member

a) Rajya Sabha c) Vidhan Sabha
b) Lok Sabha d) Vidhan parishad

15) How many states oI India have Legislative Councils?
a) 5 b)6 c)10 d)3

16) Which one oI the Iollowing statements is correct?

a) President is not a member oI Council oI Ministers but can attend its meetings.
b)President is a part oI the Council oI Ministers but is not permitted to attend its meetings.
c) President is not a part oI the Council oI Ministers and hence not permitted to attend its
meetings.
d)President can attend the meetings oI the Council oI Ministers during emergency.

17) A citizen can directly move the Supreme Court Ior any violation oI
Fundamental Right under
a) Article 31 b) Article 32
c) Article 33 d) Article34

18) The awards oI Bharat Ratna, Padma Shri etc have been instituted
Under
a) Articlel4 b) Article26 c) Article 31 d) None oI the above
1) Which one oI the Iollowing Iundamental rights cannot be suspended even during an
emergency?
a) Right to Equality
b) Right to Ireedom oI speech and expression
c) Right to constitutional remedies
d) Right to liIe

20) The Legislative Council oI a state can delay the enactment oI a Bill passed by the
Legislative Assembly Ior a maximum period oI
a) One month b) Two months
c) Three months d) Six months

21) Government oI India proposes to grant dual citizenship to the people oI Indian origin
settled in
a) Countries which have diplomatic relations with India
b) GulI region only
c) Only some oI the countries
d) All Ioreign countries

22) Which one oI the Iollowing has been wrongly listed as a principle oI panchsheel?
a) PeaceIul co-existence
b) Mutual respect Ior each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty
c) Non-interIerence in each other's internal aIIairs
d) Non-alignment

23) The chieI minister oI a state cannot take part in the election oI the President iI
a) He is a member oI the Legislative Council oI the state
b) He is heading a caretaker government in the state
c) He has not proved his majority in the Legislative Assembly
d) He is himselI a candidate Ior president ship

24) Which one oI the Iollowing power is enjoyed by the Supreme Court?
a) Political Review b) Judicial Review
c) Legal Review d) All the above

25) Joint sittings oI the two houses oI Parliament are held Ior
a) Resolution oI deadlock between the two houses on a non-money bill
b)Annual address by the President
c) Special address by the President
d)All the above purposes

26) Which kind oI veto the President can make use oI with regard to bills passed by the
Parliament?
a) QualiIied Veto b) Suspensive Veto
c) Pocket veto d) All the above

27) Which one oI the Iollowing has not been listed as a Fundamental Right by the
Constitution but articulated by the Supreme Court as a Fundamental Right?
a) Right to move Ireely throughout the territory oI India
b) Right to religious Ireedom
c) Freedom oI speech and expression
d) Right to protected environment


28) Which one oI the Iollowing is the most important item oI expenditure oI the
Government oI India on revenue account?
a) eIence b) Subsidies
c) Pensions d) Interest payments

2) The expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund oI India
a) Can be discussed and voted by the Lok Sabha only
b) Can be discussed but not voted by the Parliament
c) Can neither be discussed nor voted by the Parliament
d) Can be discussed and voted by both the Houses oI Parliament

30) The boundaries oI the Indian states can be changed by
a) The president with the consent oI the concerned states
b) The Parliament by two-third majority oI both the Houses oI Parliament
c) The Parliament by simple majority
d) The Parliament by two-thirds majority aIter taking the consent oI the concerned states

31) Consider the Iollowing statements about Fundamental Rights.
1) The Fundamental Rights are enIorceable
2) Fundamental Rights can be suspended only in a manner prescribed by the Constitution.
3) The Fundamental Rights are enIorceable against the State
4) The Fundamental Rights cannot be amended

Which oI the above statements are correct?
a) l and 4 b) 2and3
c) 1, 3 and 4 d) 2 and 3

32) Consider the Iollowing statements:

The Fundamental Rights granted under the Indian Constitution are Iundamental because
1. They are protected and enIorced by the Courts
2 They can be suspended only in the manner prescribed by the Constitution
3. They are enIorceable against the State
4. They cannot be amended

OI the above statements which are correct?
a) 1 and 4 b) 2 and 3 c) 1,3 and 4 d) 1,2 and 3

33) The State government does not enjoy any control over local bodies
a) In Iinancial matters
b) With regard to legislation
c) With regard to personnel matters
d) With regard to grievances oI citizens





34) Who oI the Iollowing became President oI India without serving as Vice President?

a) r. Zakir Hussain b) R. Venkataraman c) V.VGiri d) Sanjeeva Reddy

35) Who oI the Iollowing held the oIIice oI the Vice-president oI India Ior two Iull terms?

a) r. Zakir Hussain b) V.V.Giri
c) S. Radhakrishnan d) None oI the above

36) Which one oI the Iollowing is the largest Union Territory oI India?
a) Chandigarh b) Pondicherry
c) Lakshadweep d) aman and iu

37) Which one oI the Iollowing amendment passed by the Parliament requires ratiIication
by atleast halI oI the states?
a) Fundamental Rights
b) Fundamental uties
c) Representation oI states in the Parliament
d) All the above

38) Apart Irom Jammu and Kashmir, which oI the Iollowing states has been provided
special protection by the Constitution?
a) Nagaland b) Meghalaya c) Tripura d) A11 the above

3) When was the Public Service Commission, a Iore-runner oI Union Public Service
Commission, was Iirst oI all set up in India?
a) 126 b) 138
c) 147 d) 150

40) II a new state is to be created, which one oI the Iollowing schedules oI Constitution
will have to be amended?
a) First b) Third c) FiIth d) None oI the above

41) The Fundamental Rights granted under which oI the Iollowing Article oI the
Constitution cannot be suspended by the president even during emergency.
a) Article 1 b) Article 20
c) Article 21 d) Both (b) and (c)

42) A joint session oI Lok Sabha and Rajya sabha was summoned in 2002 to discuss the
issue oI

a) Grant oI more autonomy to the State oI Jammu and Kashmir
b) POTA
c) Grant oI greater powers to the Panchayats
d) None oI the above

43) National development council is mainly concerned with

a) The approval oI Five year plans
b) The implementation oI Rural evelopment Schemes
c) The Preparation oI evelopment Plans
d) Centre-State Iinancial relations

44) The Iirst Prime Minister oI India was appointed by
a) The Governor General b) The Viceroy
c) Mahatma Gandhi d) a committee headed by r. Rajendra Prasad

45) Lal Krishan Advani is
a) The Iirst eputy Prime Minister oI India
b) The third eputy Prime Minister oI India
c) The FiIth eputy Prime Minister oI India
d) The seventh eputy Prime Minister oI India

46) Who oI the Iollowing enjoys the distinction oI being the Iirst eputy Prime Minister
oI India?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai patel b) Jagjivan Ram C) Morarjiesai d) L.K. Advani

47) The oIIice oI the eputy prime Minister
a) Was created under the original constitution
b) Was created by 44lh Amendment carried out in 17
c) Is an extra-constitutional growth
d) Was created by the 85th Amendment carried out in 2002

48) Which one oI the Iollowing duties is not perIormed by the Comptroller and Auditor
General oI India
a) Audit and report on all expenditure Irom the Consolidated Fund oI India
b) Audit and report on all expenditure Irom the Contingency Fund and Public accounts.
c) Audit and report on all trading, manuIacturing, proIit and loss accounts.
d) Control the receipt and issue oI public money and to ensure that the public revenue is
lodged in the exchequer.

4) Who can dissolve the Rajya Sabha beIore the expiry oI its normal term?
a) Chairman oI Rajya sabha
b) The President
c) The Speaker oI Lok Sabha in consultation with the Chairman oI the Rajya Sabha
d) none oI the above

50) What is the implication oI grant oI 'special status' to a state?
a) Substantially large percentage oI Central assistance is provided to the state as grant-
in-aid
b) The quantum oI loan as percentage oI total assistance is quite
c) The Central Government bridges the current account budgetary deIicit oI the state
d) Both (a) and (b)

51) Which oI the Iollowing Standing Committees oI Parliament has no MP Irom Rajya
Sabha?
a) Public accounts Committee
b) Estimates Committee
c) Committee on Public Undertakings the above committees
d) All the Above Committee
52) Under which one oI the Iollowing situations the Rajya Sabha can be dissolved?
a) in case oI persistent diIIerences between the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
b) uring the Iinancial emergency in the country
c) On the recommendation oI the majority oI the state Legislative Assemblies
d) None oI the above

53) The salary oI the members oI Parliament is determined by
a) The President b) The Union Cabinet
c) The Speaker d) The Parliament

54) The gap between two sessions oI Parliament should not exceed six months is based on
a) British convention Iollowed in India.
b) Rules oI Parliamentary Practice and Procedure
c) Provisions oI the Constitution
d) None oI the above

55) Who oI the Iollowing is legally authorized to declare war or conclude peace treaty?
a) The Prime Minister b) The President
c) The Parliament d) The Council oI Ministers

56) Which amongst the Iollowing States/Union Territories has no identiIied tribal
community?
a) Rajasthan b) west Bengal c) Chandigarh d) Bihar


57) What is the chronological order in which the Iollowing states oI Indian Union were
created?
l.Goa 2.Uttaranchal 3.Jharkhand 4. Chattisgarh

a) 1,4,2,3 b) 1,2,3,4 c) 3, 4, 2 d) 1,3,2,4

58) Many High Courts are there in India at present?
a) 18 b) 1 c) 20 d) 21

5) II the Speaker asks a Member oI the House to stop speaking and let another member
speak, the phenomenon is known as
a) Regulation oI proceedings b) Yielding the Iloor
c) Interpellation d) Maintenance oI decorum

5) Consider the Iollowing statements about the Attorney General oI India.
1. He is appointed by the President oI India
2. He must possess the qualiIications required Ior a judge oI the Supreme Court.
3. He must be a member oI either houses oI the Parliament
4. He can be removed Irom oIIice through impeachment by Parliament

OI the above statements
a) 1 and 2 are correct b) 1 and 3 are correct
c) 2, 3 and 4 are correct d) 1 and 4 are correct




60) What was the correct chronological order in which the Iollowing occupied the oIIice
oI the Prime Minister oI India?
1. V.P.Singh 2. Charan Singh 3. Morarji esai 4. Chandra Shekhar

(a) 3, 4, 2, l b) 3,4,1,2 c) 4, 3, 2, l d) 3,2,1,4

61) The Parliament can make law Ior the whole or any part oI India Ior the
implementation oI international treaties
a) With the consent oI all the states
b) With the consent oI majority oI the states
c) With the consent oI the concerned state
d) Without the consent oI any state

Consider the Iollowing statements:
1. When the Vice-president discharges the Iunctions oI the President he is entitled to the same
emoluments, allowances and privileges which are available to president under the
Constitution.
2. Resignation oI the Prime Minister means the resignation oI the whole cabinet.
3. The President summons and prorogues the Parliament and dissolves and Lok Sabha on the
advice oI the Prime minister.
4. A vote oI no conIidence against one minister in Lok Sabha is taken as a vote against the
whole Cabinet.

Which oI the above statements are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 d) l and 4

The proceedings in the Lok Sabha cannot be conducted unless there is quorum. How this
quorum is ensured?

a) The Speaker counts the heads at the time oI commencement oI proceedings oI Iirst
session every day.
b) The Parliamentary Secretary keeps record oI attendance oI members and inIorms the
Speaker about lack oI quorum.
c) The attendance registered kept at the entrance is monitored.
d) The lack oI quorum is brought to the notice oI the Speaker by the members.

Which one oI the Iollowing is the largest contributor to the revenues oI the Central
Government?

a) Income Tax b) Wealth Tax
c) Excise d) Customs uty




Which oI the Iollowing are associated with the process oI planning in India?

1. Indian parliament 2. Planning Commission
3. National development Council 4. Finance Commission

a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 4
c) 2 and 3 d) 2 and 4

The eputy Chairman oI Rajya Sabha is
a) Nominated by the Chairman oI the Rajya Sabha
b) Nominated by the President
c) Elected by the members oI the two houses oI Parliament
d) Elected by the Rajya Sabha Irom amongst its own members


Which is the only state oI India to have the Common Civil Code?
a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Mizoram
c) Nagaland d) Goa

Which one oI the Iollowing is regarded as the guardian oI the Constitution oI India?

a) Parliament b) president c) Supreme court oI India d) All the above

The Comptroller and Auditor General oI India does not audit the accounts oI
a) State Government b) Government companies
c) Municipal bodies d) Union Government

Which one oI the Iollowing motion can be moved by the Government?
a) ConIidence Motion b) No ConIidence Motion
c) Gensure Motion d) one oI the above

Which State oI India has contributed the maximum Prime Ministers
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Gujarat d) both (a) and (b) equally.

In which one oI the Iollowing states there is no reservation Ior the Scheduled Castes Ior Lok
Sabha?
a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Meghalaya d) all the above

II the Finance Minister Iails to get the Annual Budget passed in the Lok Sabha, the Prime
Minister can
a) Compel the Finance Minister to resign
b) Submit resignation oI his cabinet
c) ReIer it to the joint session oI the two Houses oI parliament
d) Form another Cabinet with diIIerent members