Deck 6: Indian Constitution and Political System

Question 1

Why was the Vohra Committee constituted?

A)to study the relation between crime and politics.
B)to study the working of panchayati raj institutions.
C)to study the role of caste in indian politics.
D)none of the above.

Answer 1

to study the relation between crime and politics.

Question 2

Which year was the Vohra Committee constituted?

A)1991
B)1992
C)1995
D)1993

Answer 2

1993

Question 3

What does the word Lokpal mean?

A)protector of the people.
B)representative of the people.
C)protector of law.
D)leader of the masses.

Answer 3

protector of the people.

Question 4

Whose words are these, "communalism is a challenge to Indian nationhood and Indian nationalism."?

A)m.k gandhi
B)jawaharlal nehru
C)motilal nehru
D)kamala nehru

Question 5

How many languages are recognized by the Constitution of India?

A)25
B)28
C)22
D)15

Question 6

Which schedule of the Constitution lists out the recognized languages?

A)8th schedule
B)12th schedule
C)4th schedule
D)7th schedule

Question 7

What is the significance of the 95th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2009?

A)lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18 years
B)extending the reservation of seats for sc/st by ten years.
C)emergency powers of the president
D)none of the above.

Question 8

Constitution provides for special grants to _____________.

A)jammu& kashmir for silk products
B)assam for jute and jute products.
C)punjab for hosiery and sports goods
D)all states for exports.

Question 9

Which Amendment of the Constitution relates to admissions of socially and economically backward classes to educational institutions?

A)42nd constitutional amendment act,1976
B)61st constitutional amendment act, 1988
C)73rd constitutional amendment act, 1992
D)93rd constitutional amendment act, 2005

Question 10

Which article deals with reservation for SC/ST for jobs in the Civil Service?

A)art. 332
B)art.335
C)art.338
D)art. 342

Question 11

What are the emergency provisions in the Indian Constitution?

A)national emergency
B)state emergency
C)financial emergency
D)all of the above

Question 12

The President can declare financial emergency according to-

A)art.352
B)art.356
C)art. 360
D)art. 362

Question 13

Which of the following services did not exist at the time of independence?

A)indian administrative service
B)indian forest service
C)indian police service
D)all of the above

Question 14

The All India Muslim League was founded in the year-

A)1885
B)1902
C)1905
D)1906

Question 15

Which of the following is not a feature of the Indian Constitution?

A)presidential
B)democratic
C)secular
D)federal

Question 16

Point out the unitary feature of the Indian Constitution.

A)an elected president
B)parliamentary system of government
C)bicameral legislature at the centre
D)single citizenship

Question 17

Which Article gives a special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir?

A)170
B)270
C)370
D)none of the above

Question 18

The word 'union' in Art.1 of the Constitution has been borrowed from-

A)american constitution
B)canadian constitution
C)japanese constitution
D)irish constitution

Question 19

By which amendment the words 'socialist' and 'secular' were added to the Constitution?

A)24th amendment
B)42nd amendment
C)44th amendment
D)52nd amendment

Question 20

'Right to property' was omitted by which Constitutional Amendment?

A)24th amendment
B)31st amendment
C)42nd amendment
D)44th amendment

Question 21

Function of a political party includes-

A)building party cadres
B)the selection of candidates for election.
C)provide leadership to the people.
D)all of the above

Question 22

What do you mean by 'hung parliament'?

A)passing a bill by the two houses of the parliament
B)political party seeking confidence vote in the parliament
C)no political party getting clear cut majority in the parliament
D)disagreement between the two houses regarding a bill

Question 23

A Government formed by the alliance of several political parties is known as _______ Government.

A)presidential
B)coalition
C)federal
D)unitary

Question 24

Political parties need to win at least _____percent of valid votes polled in any four or more States at the general elections to the Lok Sabha to be recognized as National parties.

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)six

Question 25

Telugu Desam is the political party of which state?

A)assam
B)andhra pradesh
C)orissa
D)punjab