Indian Polity

GK Indian Polity Test - General Knowledge Indian Polity Practice and Preparation Test for UPSC, B.Ed and M.Ed and Bank PO Exams

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts added Fundamental Duties to the Chapter on Fundamental Rights?

  1. Thirty-eighth Amendment
  2. Forty-first Amendment
  3. Forty-second Amendment
  4. Forty-fourth Amendment
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not included in the 'Directive Principles of State Policy'?

  1. Right to equality
  2. Right to work
  3. Right to equal wages for equal work
  4. Right to free and compulsory education upto the age of fourteen
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following acquires natural citizenship in India?

  1. Either of whose parents is an Indian citizen
  2. Who obeys the laws of country
  3. Major children migrated from other country
  4. Who has acquired the citizenship by applying for it
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The implication of secularism in the Indian Constitution is

  1. opposition to all religions
  2. banning of religious conversion by law
  3. non-discrimination on the basis of one's creed
  4. legal prohibition of communal parties
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an essential attribute of the State?

  1. Democracy
  2. Socialism
  3. Nationalism
  4. Sovereignty
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following appoints the Chief Justice of the High Court of a State?

  1. President of India
  2. Governor of the concerned State
  3. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  4. Prime Minister of India
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On which of the following dates was the Constitution of India adopted in the Constituent Assembly?

  1. 29th August, 1947
  2. 17th October, 1949
  3. 26th November, 1949
  4. 26th January, 1950
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who certifies a bill as money bill?

  1. Finance Minister
  2. Prime Minister
  3. Chairman of the Council of States
  4. Speaker of the House of the People
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When did Indian Parliament pass National Women's Commission Act?

  1. 1990
  2. 1985
  3. 1988
  4. 1987
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following prorogues the State Legislature?

  1. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
  2. Chief Minister
  3. Governor
  4. Chairman of the Legislative Council
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a regional party?

  1. National Conference
  2. Akali Dal
  3. Asomgana Parishad
  4. Janta Dal
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following presides over the Joint Session of the Parliament?

  1. President of India
  2. Speaker of the House of the People
  3. Vice President of India
  4. Prime Minister of India
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following Indian Leaders advocated the idea of party less democracy?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Jayaprakash Narayan
  3. Ram Manohar Lohia
  4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are the essential feature(s) of the Parliamentary Government?

  1. Separation of powers
  2. Proportional representation
  3. Rule of Law
  4. Cabinet responsibility to legislature
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following systems was introduced by the Government of India Act 1919?

  1. Provincial Autonomy
  2. Federal System
  3. System of Separate Electorates
  4. Dyarchy
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following emergencies has never been proclaimed in India?

  1. Financial emergency due to economic instability
  2. National emergency due to external factors
  3. National emergency due to internal disturbances
  4. Constitutional breakdown in the states leading to President's rule
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following often talked of promoting scientific temper in India?

  1. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
  2. Lal Bahadur Shastri
  3. Vinoba Bhave
  4. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Prime Minister in India will have to resign when

  1. the Rajya Sabha passes a vote of no confidence against him
  2. the President loses his faith in him
  3. the Lok Sabha turns down his budget proposals
  4. the Cabinet is dissatisfied with some of his policies