Practice Quiz set 5 - indian polity mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which of the following is not associated with Parliament?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Prorogue: To discontinue a session of Parliament; Adjournment: suspension of parliamentary proceedings to another time or place; and Dissolution: end or termination of the Lower House of the Parliament.
Q-2) All proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court will be in:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The constitution provides that all proceedings in the Supreme Court of India, the country’s highest court and the High Courts, shall be in English. Parliament has the power to alter this by law, but has not done so.
Q-3) Which of the following condition may lead to the resignation of the government:
- The defeat of an ordinary bill introduced by a minister.
- The defeat of a money bill.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q-4) With reference to the Union Government consider the following statements:
- The constitution of India provides that all cabinet ministers shall be compulsorily the sitting members of Lok Sabha only.
- The Union cabinet secretariat operates under the direction of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the president and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the president on the advice of the PM (Article 75(1)). The cabinet secretariat is under the direct charge of the P.M.
Q-5) Match list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I
List II
(Functionaries)
(Oaths or affirmations)
A. President of India
1. Secrecy of Information
B. Judges of Supreme Court
2. Faithful discharge of duties
C. Members of Parliament
3. Faith and Allegiance to the constitution of India
D. Minister for the Union
4. Upholding the constitution and the law
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| (Functionaries) | (Oaths or affirmations) |
| A. President of India | 1. Secrecy of Information |
| B. Judges of Supreme Court | 2. Faithful discharge of duties |
| C. Members of Parliament | 3. Faith and Allegiance to the constitution of India |
| D. Minister for the Union | 4. Upholding the constitution and the law |
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The President of India takes the oath of upholding the constitution and the law. The judges of the Supreme Court affirm to take faith in and swear allegiance to the Indian Constitution. The MPs or the members of Parliament swear to faithfully discharge their duties.
The Ministers for the Union take an oath towards secrecy of information.
Q-6) If the Union Parliament is to assume legislative power over-and subject included in the State List, the resolution to the effect has to be passed by which of the following ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
If the Rajya Sabha declares that it is necessary in the national interest that Parliament should make laws on a matter in the State List, then the Parliament becomes competent to make laws on that matter. Such a resolution must be supported by two-thirds of the members present and voting. The resolution remains in force for one year.
Q-7) Consider the following: Conditions, which debar any eligible citizen from contesting the presidential elections are:
- The President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a house of the legislature of any state.
- The President shall not hold any other office of profit.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The executive powers of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised either directly or through subordinate officers, in accordance with the Constitution.
Q-8) The system of Judicial Review exists in
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The system of judicial review exists in India and U.S.A. Judicial review is the power of a court to review the constitutionality of a statute or treaty, or to review an administrative regulation for consistency with either a statute, a treaty, or the Constitution itself.
In U.K. tribunal system is part of the administrative justice.
Q-9) Parliament's expenditure is controlled by :
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q-10) In which of the following houses the chairperson is not the member of that house?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The chairperson of Rajya sabha in not the member of house. Presently vice president of India Venkaiah Naidu is the chairman of upper house.