MCQ on Indian Polity

1. Read the following statements and find the wrong one.
a) Advocate General of a State is appointed by President of India upon recommendation of Governor
b) Person with non-law background can’t be appointed as Advocate General.
c) During pleasure of Governor, Advocate General can hold his office.
d) Advocate General can take part in the proceedings of Legislative Assembly.

2. Who performs the duties of the office of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha when the Vice-President is acting as the President of India?
a) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
b) Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
c) Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
d) The post of Chairman remains vacant

3. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the States falls under its

a) advisory jurisdiction
b) appellate jurisdiction.
c) original jurisdiction
d) writ jurisdiction.

4. Which of the following powers is exclusively vested in the Rajya Sabha?

a) creation of new all India Services.
b) initiation of impeachment proceedings against the President.
c) legislation on subjects from the Union List
d) rejection of Money Bills.

5. The first Chairman of Rajya Sabha was

a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
c) Dr. Zakir Husain
d) G. V. Mavalankar

6. The Constituent Assembly was setup as per the proposal of

a) Cripps Mission Plan
b) Wavell Plan
c) Cabinet Mission Plan
d) Mountbatten Plan

7. Planning Commission was recently replaced by NITI AAYOG. Planning Commission was setup in 1950 -

a) As per provisions mentioned in the Article 315 of Constitution of India.
b) By a resolution of the Government of India.
c) As per the provisions of Government of India Act, 1935.
d) By a resolution of National Development Council

8. Which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides that ‘It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language’

a) Article 49
b) Article 149
c) Article 351
d) Article 355

9. Which constitutional amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?

a) 23rd

b) 52nd

c) 78th

d) 61st

10. A non-member of Parliament can be a minister for a maximum period of

a) 3 months

b) 6 months

c) 2 years

d) 1 year

11. What is 'Zero Hour' in Parliament?

a) When the proposal of the opposition is considered

b) When matters of utmost importance are raised

c) Interval between morning and afternoon session

d) None of these

12. Who appoints Ambassadors to foreign countries?

a) Prime minister

b) President

c) External affairs minister

d) Home minister

13. How many hours before actual polling, the election campaign has to stop in India?

a) 24 hours

b) 36 hours

c) 48 hours

d) 72 hours

14. Who fixes the salaries and allowances of the Speaker of LokSabha?

a) Council of ministers

b) Cabinet

c) Parliament

d) President

15. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha?

a) President

b) Prime minister

c) Vice President

d) Leader of Opposition

ANSWERS

1) a

2) c

3) c

4) a

5) b

6) c

7) b

8) c

9) d

10) b

11) b

12) a

13) c

14) c

15) c

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