GK - Indian polity 9

1. Which article of our constitution empowers the Supreme Court to review any judgment or order made by it previously?

a) Article 137
b) Article 140
c) Article 256
d) Article 356

2. From which constitution did our constitution borrow the concept of Fundamental duties of citizens?

a) United States of America
b) Germany
c) Ireland
d) France

3. Who was the Prime Minister of India when the Right to Property was excluded from the list of Fundamental Rights?

a) Indira Gandhi
b) Morarji Desai
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Lal Bahadur Shastri

4. How many fundamental rights are guaranteed by our constitution?

a) five
b) six
c) seven
d) eight

5. By which amendment was the right to property excluded from the list of Fundamental rights?

a) 42nd amendment
b) 44th amendment
c) 43rd amendment
d) 45th amendment

6. Who was the Chairman of the first official language commission constituted by the President in 1955?

a) KM Munshi
b) BG Kher
c) MC Chhagla
d) Humayun Kabir

7. Which article of our constitution requires the constitution of official language commission?

a) Article 344
b) Article 356
c) article 250
d) article 256

8. Whom should an Indian citizen approach for securing his Fundamental right of personal freedom?

a) The President
b) Governor
c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
d) Supreme Court or High Court

9. The system of proportional representation is used in the election of

a) The President
b) speaker of Lok Sabha
c) Members of Lok Sabha
d) Members of State Assembly

10. What are the constituents of the Indian Parliament as mentioned in the constitution?

a) President, Lok Sabha and the Council of Ministers
b) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
c) President, Vice President and the two houses of Parliament
d) President and the two houses of the Parliament

11. Who is the Chairman of Lok Sabha?

a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Speaker
d) Home Minister

12. The Constitutional Amendment removing the right to property from the list of fundamental rights came in

a) 1978
b) 1972
c) 1976
d) 1975

13. In 1921 the Congress session was held when its President was in jail. Who was the President in question?

a) CR Das
b) Subash Chandra Bose
c) Pattabhi Ramayyah
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

14. Which of the following was the objective of the Minto-Morley reforms?

a) Extension of Provincial Assemblies
b) to give more power to local government
c) to abolish the post of secretary of state for India
d) to establish diarchy in provinces

15. Which of the following states was not annexed by Lord Dalhousie using the Doctrine of Lapse?

a) Nagpur
b) Udaipur
c) Mysore
d) Satara

16. Who formed the Indian National Union in 1854?

a) AO Hume
b) Henry Cotton
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Badruddin Tyabji

17. Following the famous Quit India resolve, the top Congress leaders were arrested on

a) August 9, 1942
b) August 8, 1942
c) August 10, 1942
d) August 11, 1942

18. Who headed the Cabinet Mission to India?

a) AV Alexander
b) Hugh Gaitskell
c) Stafford Cripps
d) Lord Penthick Lawrence

19. How many persons have so far been the Presidents of India?

a) 10
b) 11
c) 12
d) 13

20. Which article empowers the High Courts to issue writs for the empowerment of Fundamental Rights?

a) Article 226
b) Article 214
c) Article 256
d) Article 318

21. Which of the following Acts envisaged the Federal form of government?

a) Govt of India Act 1909
b) Govt of India Act 1935
c) Govt of India Act, 1919
d) None of these

22. Which one of the following is not a Financial Committee of Parliament in India?

a) Public Accounts Committee
b) Estimates Committee
c) Finance Commission
d) Committee on public undertakings

23. The Union Territory of Mizoram was formed out of the north eastern territories of Assam in 1962. In which year was full status of State conferred upon it?

a) 1972
b) 1975
c) 1982
d) 1985

24. By which of the following writs can the High Court or the Supreme Court secure the body of a person who has been imprisoned to be brought before it?

a) Mandamus
b) Habeas Corpus
c) Certiorary
d) Prohibition

25. Which of the following is the competent authority to verify the validity of an Act of Parliament?

a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Supreme Court
d) Speaker of Lok Sabha

Answers

1. Article 137
2. United States of America
3. Morarji Desai
4. six
5. 44th amendment
6. BG Kher
7. Article 344
8. Supreme Court or High Court
9. The President
10. President and the two houses of the Parliament
11. Speaker
12. 1978
13. CR Das
14. Extension of Provincial Assemblies
15. Mysore
16. AO Hume
17. August 9, 1942
18. Stafford Cripps
19. 13
20. Article 226
21. Govt of India Act 1935
22. Finance Commission
23. 1985
24. Habeas Corpus
25. Supreme Court