Practice Quiz set 10 - indian polity mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) The position of the Vice-President of India resembles, to a great extent, the position of the Vice-President of:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q-2) Who, according to the Anti-Defection Act, is the final authority to decide whether a member of Lok Sabha has incurred disqualification due to defection?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q-3) A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha has to be passed/returned by Rajya Sabha within:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q-4) Consider the following statements
- The Ministries Departments of the Union Government is created by the Prime Minister.
- The Cabinet Secretary is the Ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 are made by the President of India under Article 77 of the Constitution for the allocation of business of the Government of India.
The Ministries/Departments of the Government are created by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister under these Rules. The Cabinet Secretary is the ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board of the Republic of India.
Q-5) Who among the following was never a Deputy Prime Minister of India?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Gulzarilal Nanda became the Prime Minister of India for two short periods following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.
Q-6) The Union Territories get representation in:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q-7) Which of the following is true regarding ‘No Confidence Motion’ in Parliament?
- There is no mention of it in the Constitution
- A period of six months must elapse between the introduction of one ‘No Confidence Motion’ and another.
- At least 100 persons must support such a motion before it is introduced in the House.
- It can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Unlike censure motion, a no-confidence motion does not require any specific ground.
Once admitted in the House, it takes precedence over all the pending business of the House. No conditions of admissibility of a motion of no-confidence are laid down in the Rules, except that once a decision, after discussion, is taken by the House on such a motion, no motion raising an identical matter can be moved in the same session.
In view of the express constitutional provision regarding collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers to the Lok Sabha, a motion expressing want of confidence in an individual Minister is out of order; under the Rules, only a motion expressing want of confidence in the Council of Ministers as a body is admissible.
Q-8) A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The Constitution provides that if for a period of sixty days a member of either House of Parliament is without permission of the House absent from all meetings thereof, the House may declare his seat vacant. In computing the said period of sixty days, however, no account is taken of any period during which the House is prorogued or is adjourned for more than four consecutive days.
The period of sixty days referred to in the Constitution means a single unbroken period of sixty days and for invoking the provision of the Constitution, the absence has to be continuous.
Q-9) The Members of Rajya Sabha are elected for a term of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Rajya Sabha is a permanent House and is not subject to dissolution. However, one-third Members of Rajya Sabha retire after every second year. A member who is elected for a full term serves for a period of six years.
Q-10) The minimum age for a person to seek election to Lok Sabha is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The minimum age for a person to become a member of the Rajya Sabha is 30 years. The minimum qualifying age for membership of the Lok Sabha is 25 years.
Note: Dushyant Chautala is the Youngest Member of Parliament to date. He is the youngest ever elected member of Parliament in the history of India and holds a record in the Limca Book of Records.