Indian Polity and Governance

1. Habeas Corpus means:
(a) an order from a court to free a person who had been illegally detained by the police or any other person
(b) an order from a superior court calling up the record of a proceeding in an inferior court for review
(c) an order from the superior court to an official to show his right to the office
(d) an order from a higher court to stop proceedings in a certain case
Answer: (A)

2. Writ of Certiorari means
(a) an order to produce the body of a person
(b) a writ issued by a superior court calling up the record of a proceeding in an inferior court for review
(c) an order from the superior court to any official to show his right to the office
(d) an order from a higher court to stop proceedings in a certain case
Answer: (B)

3. Which of the following is not included in the list of Fundamental Duties (Article 51A) in the Constitution?
(a) To safeguard public property and to abjure violence
(b) Secularism
(c) To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India
(d) to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals
Answer: (B)

4. Regarding the powers and functions of the President it is not correct to say that
(a) all legislative proposals involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India have to be recommended by the President to the Parliament for consideration
(b) no money bill or demand for grant can be introduced or moved in the Parliament unless it has been recommended by the President
(c) The may direct the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to take over a particular case for disposal
(d) he calls upon the party enjoying majority in the Lok Sabha to choose its leader who is then appointed as the Prime Minister
Answer: (C)

5. Which one of the following is not a judicial power of the President of India?
(a) He appoints the Chief Justice and other judges of the Supreme Court
(b) He can remove the judges of the Supreme Court on grounds of misconduct
(c) He can consult the Supreme Court on any question of law or fact which is of public importance
(d) He can grant pardon reprieves and respites to persons
Answer: (B)

6. Which one of the following is not a function of the Vice­President as ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
(a) He presides over the meetings of the Rajya Sabha and conducts its business
(b) He protects the privileges of the members of Rajya Sabha
(c) He dissolves the Raja Sabha
(d) He acts as the spokesman of Rajya Sabha before the President and the Lok Sabha
Answer: (C)

7. The Comptroller and Auditor General exercises control over state finances through its power to:
(a) Recommended allocation of grants-in-aid to the States
(b) Re-allocation of revenues between the centre and the States from time to time
(c) Make suggestions for affecting economies in expenditure of the state
(d) Prescribe the forms in which the accounts etc. of the State have to be maintained.
Answer: (D)

8. Questions of disqualification of Members of Parliament have to be decided by:
(a) the Speaker or the Chairman of the respective House
(b) the President, according to the opinion of the Election Commission
(c) the Election Commission, in consultation with the President
(d) the Supreme Court
Answer: (B)

9. The members nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha are from amongst persons:
(a) who are members of Lok Sabha
(b) who suffered imprisonment during freedom movement
(c) who are seasoned politicians
(d) none of the above
Answer: (D)

10. Which of the following is not one of the three standing Joint­Committees of the two Houses?
(a) Committee on Government Assurances
(b) Committee on Offices of Profit
(c) Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
(d) Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Answer: (A)

11. Which one of the following statements about the Parliamentary committee on Public Sector Undertakings is not true?
(a) It examines the reports and accounts of certain specified public sector undertakings and the reports of the Auditor General
(b) It approves the appointments of Chairman of certain specified public sector undertakings
(c) It examines whether public undertakings are being run efficiently
(d) It also examines whether they are being managed in accordance with sound business
Answer: (B)

12. The functions of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament do not include which one of the following?
(a) It scrutinises the Appropriation Accounts of the Government of India and the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
(b) It ensures that public money is spent in accordance with Parliament’s decision and calls attention to cases of waste, extravagance and loss
(c) It is concerned with the formality of expenditure and not with the economy or wisdom of use
Answer: (C)

13. What is the maximum period upto which the Legislative Councils can delay the consideration of a Bill that has been already passed once by State Assembly of the State?
(a) One month (b) Two months
(c) Three months (d) Six months
Answer: (A)

14. Who can be appointed as an ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court?
(a) A retired judge of the Supreme Court
(b) A sitting judge of a Hight Court duly qualified for appointment as a Supreme Court Judge
(c) An acting judge of the Supreme Court
(d) A person fully qualified for appointment as a judge to the Supreme Court
Answer: (B)
 

15. In India the superintendent, direction and control of the conduct of elections is vested in
(a) Parliament
(b) District Administration
(c) State Government working through the District-Magistrates
(d) Election Commission
Answer: (D)
 

16. Consider the following statements:
1. The national Political Parties in India are truly speaking not national in character because most of the national parties are not spread over the entire country.
2. On account of multi-party system in India we find a close resemblance in the policies and programmes of various Political Parties.
3. Of late the regional Political Parties are planning more important role in the India polity than the national Political Parties.
4. The Political Parties in India have tended of suborging their narrow interests to national interests due to development of nationalists sprit.
Code:
(a) 1, 2, and 3 are correct
(b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(c) 1, 2 and 4 are correct
(d) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
Answer: (D)

17. The members of the Panchayat Samiti are
(a) directing elected by the people
(b) elected by the members of the panchayats
(c) nominated by the district officer
(d) recruited through an open competition.
Answer: (B)

18. Which of the following statements are true about the Chief Secretary?
1. he acts as the Chief Public relations officer of the govt.
2. He acts as the Channel of Communications in intergovernmental matters
3. he is the only advisor to the CM
4. In 1974, the past of Chief secretary was brought and par with that of the secretary to the Government of India.
(a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 day
Answer: (C)

19. Who of the following act as the returning officer for elections to parliamentary and assembly constituencies?
(a) Superintendent of Police
(b) District Judge
(c) Divisional Commissioner
(d) District Collector.
Answer: (D)

20. Which of the following Art. of the Directive Principles of State policy deals with the promotion to international peace and security ?
(a) 51 (b) 48 A
(c) 43 A (d) 41
Answer: (A)

21. Which of the following is/are the provisions of Article 18 of the Constitution of India pertaining to the right to Equality to the citizens of India?
(a) No title, not being military or academic distinction, shall be conferred by the state.
(b) No citizen of India shall accept any title from any foreign state.
(c) No Person holding his office of profit, shall without the consent of the President, accept any emolument or office of any kind from or any foreign state.
(d) all the above
Answer: (D)

22. The main object of the Art. 13 of the constitution is to secure the paramountancy of the constitution in regard to
(a) Directive Principle of State Policy
(b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Fundamental Duties
(d) All the above.
Answer: (B)

23. Instill into the vast millions of the workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of co-operative performance.
The above passage related to
(a) Planned development
(b) Community development
(c) Panchayati Raj system
(d) Integrated development Programme
Answer: (B)

24. If a new state is to be created, which one of the following schedules of the constitution will have to be amended ?
(a) First (b) Third
(c) Fifth (d) None of the above
Answer: (A)

25. Which article of the Constitution applied when there is failure of Constitutional machinery in the state ‘?
(a) Act. 356 (b) Act. 350
(c) Act. 350 A (d) Act. 351
Answer: (A)

26. Which of the following has dealt with floor crossing by the members elected on a party ticket to the legislative’?
(a) 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act
(b) Peoples Representation Act
(c) National Security Act
(d) Maintenance of Internal Security Act
Answer: (A)

27. Which article of Constitution of India deals with the appellate jurisdiction of the S.C. in connection with constitutional cases.
(a) Art. 131 (b) Art. 132
(c) Art. 132 read with Art. 134 A
(d) Art. 133 read with Art. 134
Answer: (D)

28. According to law enacted by Parliament in December 1999, the legal age for a citizen to became major is
(a) 23 years (b) 22 years
(c) 20 years (d) 18 years
Answer: (D)

29. Among which of the following sets of Social/Religious groups is the extent of poverty is the highest, as per Govt. Statistic for the nineties.
(a) Muslim’s in Kerela. Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tribals in Bihar, Orissa, M.P. & Maharashtra.
(c) Supreme Court in Punjab. Western Uttar Pradesh, Northern Rajasthan & Tamil Nadu
(d) Christians in Gujrat, Maharastra & Assam
Answer: (B)

30. The govt. of India proposes to grant dual citizenship to the people of India origin settled in
(a) Countries which have diplomatic relations with India
(b) Gulf region only
(c) Only some of the countries
(d) All foreign countries
Answer: (C)