Indian Polity Online Quiz

Q 1 - Who among the following was the President of the Constituent Assembly?

A - Baba Saheb Ambedkar

B - Mahatma Gandhi

C - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

D - Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Q 2 - Which one of the following sentences is not correct?

A - Government is responsible for administering and enforcing laws

B - Government is responsible for interpreting and enforcing laws

C - The government (or the executive) is one part of the State

D - The Indian State has a democratic form of government

Q 3 - Which among the following is incorrectly matched?

List AList B

A - The right to freedom of speech and expression1) 19(a)

B - The right to assemble peaceably and without arm2) 19(c)

C - The right to reside in any part of the country3) 19(e)

D - The right to practice any profession or occupation4) 19(g)

Q 4 - The general election (Lok Sabha election) in 2014 was held for

A - 14^th Lok Sabha

B - 15^th Lok Sabha

C - 16^th Lok Sabha

D - 17^th Lok Sabha

Q 5 - How many members of the Anglo-Indian Community can be appointed by the President in Lok Sabha of the parliament?

A - 2

B - 5

C - 7

D - 0

Q 6 - Which among the following statements is incorrect?

A - Punjab and Haryana share a common High Court at Chandigarh

B - North Eastern states of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh have a common High Court at Guwahati

C - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have a common High Court at Hyderabad

D - Recently three new High Courts have been set up in Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura

Q 7 - PIL is the mechanism which allows an individual or organization to file a case in the Supreme Court on behalf of those whose rights were being violated. What does PIL stand for?

A - Public Interest Litigation

B - Public Information Litigation

C - Publicity Importance Litigation

D - Private Interest Litigation

Q 8 - As per the recent report by the Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi, which one of the following is the major cause of Air pollution in Delhi?

A - Emissions from motor vehicles run on diesel

B - Emissions from motor vehicles run on petrol

C - Emissions from motor vehicles run on LPG

D - Emissions from motor vehicles run on CNG

Q 9 - In 1998, the Supreme Court of India, had ordered that all public transport vehicles in Delhi using diesel as fuel need to switch to

A - CNG

B - PNG

C - LPG

D - Unleaded petrol

Q 10 - Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A - State government governs on the subject mentioned in the State List only

B - Central government may rule on the subject mentioned in the Union List as well as subject in the Concurrent List

C - Central and State governments may make law on the subjects mentioned in the Concurrent List

D - The subject that is not mentioned in any of the three lists comes under the residuary powers and lies exclusive with the central government

Q 11 - Communal politics is based on the belief that is

A - One religion is superior to that of others

B - People belonging to different religious groups can live together happily as equal citizens

C - Followers of a particular religion constitute one community

D - State power cannot be used to establish the domination of one religious group over others.

Q 12 - Which one of the following political concepts was debated by the political thinker Karl Marx as a crucial right?

A - Equality

B - Freedom

C - Justice

D - Democracy

Q 13 - Who has discussed the Veil of Ignorance in political theory?

A - John Stuart Mill

B - John Rawl

C - Immanuel Kant

D - Aung San Suu Kyi

Q 14 - Which among of the following statement(s) is/are true about the Indian secularism?

a) The government has power to make law to provide equal right to all citizens even in the religious matter

b) The secular state will not intervene in the affairs of religion

c) If a matter related to the gender based inequality, the state has got every right to protect the rights of women in the religious affairs

d) A secular state should interfere in religion to bring about social reform

Choose the correct answer from codes given below:

A - a, b, c

B - b, c, d

C - a, c, d

D - a, d, b

Q 15 - Which one of the following statements is not related to the term Green Peace?

A - The movement is started to protect the environment

B - This is a movement against industrialization and indiscriminate use of natural resources

C - It emphasizes on conserving the natural resources and also to promote the use renewable resources of energy, such as solar energy, hydro power, and wind energy

D - It emphasizes to conserve water by using techniques of rain-water harvesting

Q 16 - Who was the first Law Minister of Independent India?

A - Vallabhbhai Patel

B - T. T. Krishnamachari

C - Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

D - K. M. Munshi

Q 17 - How many seats are reserved for Women in Lok Sabha election?

A - 47

B - 45

C - 33

D - 0

Q 18 - Which one of the following statements is not correct in Indian context.

A - Lok Sabha is the Lower House of India's bicameral Parliament

B - Rajya Sabha is the Upper House of Indias bicameral Parliament

C - Rajya Sabha can only be dissolves during emergency in the country

D - Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of states legislature

Q 19 - Which one of the following statements correctly explains the meaning of the term Secular?

A - Government will not favor any religion

B - People have liberty to practice the religion of their choice

C - People have liberty to propagate their religion

D - a, b, & c

Q 20 - Which one of the following countries is not the permanent member of UN Security Council?

A - Russia

B - Germany

C - France

D - China