Indian Polity Online Quiz

Q 1 - Which one of the following terms is mentioned in Article 16, but not discussed in Article 15 of the Indian Constitution?

A - Religion

B - Descent

C - Gender

D - Place of birth

Q 2 - Which one of the following statements is incorrect in reference to the Right to Equality?

A - Only citizens of India are equal before the law.

B - No citizen can be discriminated against on the basis of their religion, caste or sex.

C - Every person has access to all public places including playgrounds, hotels, shops etc.

D - The State has removed the custom of keeping title.

Q 3 - Which among of the following rights is/are available under Article 25 to Article 28 of the Indian Constitution?

A - Cultural and Educational Rights

B - Right to Constitutional remedies

C - Right to Freedom of Religion

D - Right to Equality

Q 4 - Which among the following groups of Articles covers the Directive Principles of State Policy:

A - Article 14 to Article 32

B - Article 36 to Article 51

C - Article 45 to Article 55

D - Article 12 to Article 13

Q 5 - Which among the following statements is true about the Parliament?

A - The Lok Sabha of the Parliament is elected for a fixed term of six years

B - The Rajya Sabha is the permanent house of the Parliament

C - The president of India is also a part of the Parliament in law making process

D - Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage

Q 6 - What is the present strength of Judges in the Supreme court of India?

A - 27 + 1

B - 25 + 1

C - 26 + 1

D - 30 + 1

Q 7 - Which state in India has the highest number of Adivasi people?

A - Chhattisgarh

B - Jharkhand

C - Madhya Pradesh

D - Orissa

Q 8 - In which of the following years, the government of India had amended the Child Labor Prevention Act, banning employment of children under 14 years of age as domestic servant or as a worker in dhabas, restaurants, tea shops, etc.?

A - October 2006

B - November 2004

C - October 2010

D - December 2012

Q 9 - Right to health, Right to shelter etc. are the issues that were originally not mentioned in the Constitution of India that members of the Constituent Assembly had presented in 1949. But the Apex court in India has recently ruled that these rights come under the extended meaning of the “Right to life” and incorporated under …

A - Article 19

B - Article 21

C - Article 22

D - Article 16

Q 10 - Which one of the following statements is not true about the distinguishing feature of a federal government?

A - Governmental power is distributed among different tiers of the government

B - Central government gives some powers to the provincial governments

C - State government has powers of its own for which it is not answerable to the central government

D - Central government can pass on orders to the provincial government

Q 11 - Which one of the following statements is incorrect in respect of declining the sex ratio of the country?

A - The child sex ratio in the country is merely 914.

B - The killing of girl child in the womb itself because of having male child preference

C - The literacy rate among women is only 54 per cent compared with 76 per cent among men

D - Women are usually not given adequate care, nutrition, and health facility because of this, many women die during child birth

Q 12 - National Democratic Alliance was a coalition system of government at the Centre. Which one of the following was the largest party in the alliance?

A - Indian National Congress

B - Bharatiya Janata Party

C - Bahujan Samaj Party

D - Communist Party of India

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 one of the following statements does not explain the Inter-Religious Domination of the Indian secularism?

A - Thousands of Sikhs were massacred during riots in Delhi in 1984

B - Thousands of Hindu Kashmiri pundits have been forced to leave their homes in the Kashmir valley; they could not return to their homes for more than two decades.

C - Dalits were subjected to inhumane treatment like complete ban on entering temples and taking education

D - Thousands of Muslims, were massacred during the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002

Q 15 - Which among the following was the major reason of expansion of democracy in the world during 1950s?

A - End of Colonialism

B - End of Monarchies

C - Revival of democracy in several countries of Latin America

D - End of Soviet control on countries of Eastern Europe

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

A - Vallabhbhai Patel

B - T. T. Krishnamachari

C - R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty

D - K. M. Munshi

Q 17 - How many seats are reserved for Schedule Tribe category people in Lok Sabha election?

A - 47

B - 15

C - 45

D - 33

Q 18 - Which one of the following statements is not correct about the Prime Minister of India?

A - He is head of the central government

B - He is elected as a Member of Parliament, directly by the people

C - He is appointed by the President of India

D - He has a fixed term of six years after his appointment

Q 19 - Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution prohibits sale-purchase of human beings?

A - Article 24

B - Article 23

C - Article 22

D - Article 21

Q 20 - Which one of the following is taken from the French Constitution?

A - Principles of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

B - Parliamentary Form of Government

C - First Past the Post

D - The idea of the rule of law