General Knowledge

Indian Polity
(Practice Assignment 03)

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 Indian Polity Practice Assignment 03

DIRECTIONS for questions 1-40: Mark the best option:

1. What is the highest position/post that an IAS
officer in the country can be promoted to?
A) Governor of RBI
B) Cabinet Secretary
C) Home Secretary
D) Foreign Secretary DIRECTIONS for the question:
Mark the best option:
2. Which of the following systems is used as a
synonym of the Hare System?
A) Single transferable vote system
B) List system
C) Limited vote system
D) Single non-transferable vote system
3. The proposal for the creation of new All-India
Services can be considered only:
A) if majority of State Legislatures make such
demand

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 B) if Lok Sabha passes a resolution by two-thirds
majority
C) if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by two-
thirds majority
D) None of the above
4. The authority to specify which castes shall be
deemed to be scheduled castes rests with the:
A) Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes
B) Prime Minister
C) President
D) Governor
5. Cheif minister is appointed by
A) State governor
B) Chief justice of Supreme Court
C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
D) President of India

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6. The main reason for the growth of communalism in
India is
A) Educational and economic backwardness of
minority groups
B) Political consciousness
C) Social inequalities
D) Imposing ban on communal organizations
7. A retired Judge of a High Court is not permitted to
practice as a lawyer in
A) Supreme Court
B) Any Court in India
C) High Courts
D) The High Court from where he retired
8. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A) Article 14 — Equality before law
B) Article 16 — Equal opportunities
C) Article 17 — Abolition of titles
D) Article 18 — Permission of military titles

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9. Which of the following Presidents held office for
two consecutive terms?
A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) Both (1) and (3)
10. When was the only time that Indira Gandhi was
historically defeated in the Lok Sabha elections by
Raj Narain?
A) 1976 B) 1977 C) 1973 D) 1970
11. Which kind of veto can the President make use of
with regard to bills passed by the Parliament ?
A) Suspensive B) Pocket
C) Absolute D) All of the above
12. In which country does the Speaker, soon after
getting elected, sever all kinds of relations with his
party?
A) France B) Canada
C) U.S.A. D) England

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13. Which country's Constitution is a mixture of both
Parliamentary and Presidential forms of
Governments ?
A) U.S.A. B) Germany
C) France D) Great Britain
14. That India is a secular state is implied in the
phrase
A) Social justice
B) Dignity of the individuals
C) Equality of status
D) Liberty of faith and worship
15. The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was
A) T. Swaminathan B) Sukumar Sen
C) K.V.K. Sundaram D) S.P. Senvarma
16. Which is the most effective means of executive
control of administration ?
A) Financial administration
B) Political direction
C) Appointment and removal of top officials
D) Subordinate legislation

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17. Violation of'Rule of Law' arises mostly from
A) Lack of Checks and Balances
B) Executive's Quasi-Judicial Powers
C) Limited Franchise
D) Delegated Legislation
18. Who is the Chairman of National Development
Council?
A) Finance Minister B) Prime Minister
C) Planning Minister D) Lok Sabha Speaker
19. Who of the following was not the acting president
of India?
A) V V Giri B) B D Jatti
C) Hidayatullah D) Zakir Hussain
20. The special reservation of 4% in favour of Muslims
was struck down as unconstitutional by
A) High Court of Madras
B) High Court of Andhra Pradesh
C) High Court of Delhi
D) High Court of Kerala

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21. National Judicial Council is headed by _______?
A) Chief Justice of India
B) President of India
C) Vice-President of India
D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
22. State Governors are responsible to for_______ their
actions .
A) Lok Sabha B) State Legislature
C) President D) Prime Minister
23. Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General ( CAG)
of India?
A) Priyank Sharma B) Rishabh Jain
C) Rajiv Mehrishi D) A K Mittal
E) Shashikant Sharma
24. The Indian Parliament is a mortal of the ?
A) Constitution B) President
C) Prime Minister D) British Government

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25. Out of which of the following states, has voting
been made compulsory with regard to Voting in
local bodies elections?
A) Delhi B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala D) Gujarat
26. The first National Emergency declared in October
1962 lasted till which particular year ?
A) 1965 B) 1966 C) 1967 D) 1968
27. Who is empowered to decide the disputes arising
out of the election of the VicePresident?
A) President
B) Election Commission
C) Supreme Court
D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
28. Which Constitution Amendment Act facilitated
rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in
India?
A) 102nd B) 101st C) 99th D) 103rd

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29. Match the Prime Ministers and Presidents of India
who have been contemporaries in Office
Prime Minister President
I. Indira Gandhi a. Shankar Dayal Sharma
II. Rajiv Gandhi b. V.V.Giri
III. I.K.Gujral c. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
IV. Manmohan Singh d. Giani Zail Singh
A) I-a; II-b; III-c; IV-d B) I-b; II-a; III-d; IV-c
C) I-a; II-c; III-b; IV-d D) I-b; II-d; III-a; IV-c
30. What is the new date for presenting the Union
Budget as decided by the government of India?
A) February 20 B) March 1
C) February 28 D) February 1
31. The Nation’s First Non-Congress central
government was lead by which of the following
prominent leaders ?
A) Chandrasekhar B) Morarji Desai
C) Charan Singh D) VP Singh

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32. Which committee has been formed recently on
black money?
A) Justice BM Shah committee
B) Justice CS Dharmadhikari Committee
C) Gopalakrishna Committee
D) A K Khandelwal
33. Which committee was formed on black money?
A) Justice BM Shah committee
B) Justice CS Dharmadhikari Committee
C) opalakrishna Committee
D) A K Khandelwal
34. What is the new date for presenting the Union
Budget as decided by the government of India?
A) February 20 B) March 1
C) February 28 D) February 1
35. Constitution Day or Samvidhan Divas is celebrated
every year in India on which day to honor our
Constitution and its promulgation ?
A) November 25 B) November 26
C) November 27 D) November 29

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36. Who /which among the following decides whether
a bill is a money bill or not?
A) Finance Minister
B) Speaker, Lok Sabha
C) Chairman, Rajya Sabha
D) President
37. A Financial Emergency may be declared by the
President of India in line with
A) Article 360 B) Article 352
C) Article 370 D) Article 356
38. Government is planning to merge various tribunals
functioning under different heads to reduce the
number of identical functions performed by each
tribunal. Which among the following is true
regarding the merger?
i. Government has decided to merge Cyber
Appellate Tribunal (CyAT) with the Telecom
Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
(TDSAT)
ii. There are 36 tribunals which would be merged to
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 iii. The Department of Legal Affairs in the Law
ministry will be the nodal agency for administration
of various tribunals
A) Only i B) Only i & ii
C) Only ii & iii D) All i, ii, iii
39. Who said “Parliamentary system provides a daily
as well as a periodic assessment of the
Government” ?
A) J.L. Nehru
B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C) B.R. Ambedkar
D) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
40. The Union ___________ issued food safety and
hygiene guidelines to prevent contamination of
supplementary nutrition provided to pregnant
women and children under the ICDS scheme.
A) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
B) Ministry of Women and Child Development
C) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
D) Ministry of Home Affairs

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 Answer Key

Q. No. Key Q. No. Key

1. B 21. A
2. A 22. C
3. C 23. C
4. C 24. A
5. A 25. D
6. A 26. D
7. D 27. C
8. C 28. B
9. C 29. D
10. B 30. D
11. D 31. B
12. D 32. A
13. C 33. A
14. D 34. D
15. B 35. B
16. C 36. B
17. A 37. A
18. B 38. D
19. D 39. C
20. B 40. B

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