NTSE political system

1. Rajya Sabha can delay the Finance bill sent for its
consideration by the Lok Sabha for a maximum
period of

A) Fourteen days
B) One month
C) Seven days
D) One Year

2. Who decides the office of profit?

A) President and Governor
B) Union Parliament
C) Union Public Service Commission
D) Supreme Court

3. The Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed
by the President. He can be removed

A) by the President
B) by CJI
C) on an address from both Houses of Parliament
D) on the recommendation of the President by the Supreme Court

4. To be officially recognized by the speaker of Lok
Sabha as an opposition group, a party or coalition
of parties must have at least

A) 80 members
B) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha
C) 50 members
D) 60 members

5. How many times has Financial Emergency been
declared in India so far?

A) once
B) Never
C) 4 times
D) 5 times

6. Which one of the following is the time limit for the
ratification of an emergency period by parliament?

A) 6 months
B) 3 months
C) 1 month
D) 14 days

7. The vacancy of the office of the President of India
must be filled up within

A) within the period decided by the Parliament
B) One year
C) 90 days
D) 6 months

8. Who has the right to seek advisory opinion of the
Supreme Court of India, on any question of law?

A) All of the above
B) Any of the high courts
C) President
D) Prime Minister

9. Which one of the following taxes is levied and
collected by the Union but distributed between
union and states?

A) Tax on railway fares and freights
B) Customs
C) Tax on income other than on agricultural income
D) Corporation tax

10. In which of the following houses the chairperson
is not the member of that house?

A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) Legislative Assembly
D) Legislative council

11. By which of the following can the President of
India be impeached?

A) The Lok Sabha
B) The Parliament
C) The Chief Justice of India
D) The Prime Minister

12. Which of the following subjects lies in the
concurrent list?

A) Police
B) Defence
C) Agriculture
D) Education

13. The state wise allocation of seats in Lok Sabha is
based on the 1971 census. Up to which year does
this remain intact?

A) 2011
B) 2031
C) 2021
D) 2026

14. How many members are nominated by the
president in the Rajya Sabha

A) 12
B) 2
C) 15
D) 10

15. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the

A) Both the state and Central government
B) None of them
C) State government
D) Central government

16. A bill presented in Parliament becomes an Act after

A) The Supreme Court has declared it to be within the competence of the Union Parliament
B) The Prime Minister has signed it
C) It is passed by both the Houses.
D) The president has given his assent

17. According to our Constitution, the Rajya Sabha

A) is not subject of dissolution
B) is dissolved every six years.
C) is dissolved every five years.
D) is dissolved once in two years.

18. As a non-member who can participate in the
proceedings of either House of Parliament

A) Chief Justice
B) Chief Election Commissioner
C) Attorney General
D) Vice President

19. In which house is the presiding officer not a
member of that house?

A) Vidhan-Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) Vidhan parishad
D) Rajya Sabha

20. If the position of President and Vice-President are
vacant, who officiates as the President of India?

A) The Prime Minister
B) The Chief Justice of India
C) The Speaker of Lok Sabha
D) None of these

21. Which one of the following statements about the
Parliament of India is not correct?

A) The Constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government
B) The membership of the cabinet is restricted to the lower house
C) The foremost function of the parliament is to provide a cabinet
D) The cabinet has to enjoy the confidence of the majority in the popular chamber

22. Voting right by the youth at the age of 18 years was
exercised for the first time in the general election
of

A) 1998
B) 1999
C) 1988
D) 1989

23. Sarkaria Commission was set up to review

A) the relation between the President and the Prime Minister
B) the relations between the Union and the State
C) the relations between the executive and the judiciary
D) the relation between the legislative and the executive

24. The ‘Contingency Fund’ of the state is operated
by

A) The Governor of the state
B) The State Finance Minister
C) The Chief Minister of the state
D) None of the above

25. The first speaker against whom a motion of non-
confidence was moved in the Lok Sabha was

A) Balram Jakhar
B) K.S. Hegde
C) Hukum Singh
D) G.V. Mavalankar

26. Indian Parliament consists of

A) Speaker and Lok Sabha
B) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister
C) President and both the Houses
D) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

27. Money bill is introduced in

A) Joint sitting of both the Houses
B) Lok Sabha
C) None of the above
D) Rajya Sabha

28. Who of the following Presidents of India was
associated with trade union movement?

A) N. Sanjiva Reddy
B) Zakir Hussain
C) K.R. Narayanan
D) V.V. Giri

29. State Governor is appointed by

A) Chief justice of Supreme Court
B) Central Cabinet
C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
D) President of India

30. The Parliament can legislate on a subject in the
state list

A) under any circumstances
B) by the wish of the president
C) if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution
D) by asking the legislature of the concerned state

31. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible
to which of the following?

A) Lok Sabha
B) Rajya Sabha
C) President
D) Prime Minister

32. The Council of Ministers has to resign if
no-confidence motion is passed by a majority of
members of

A) Lok Sabha
B) Rajya Sabha
C) Both the Houses in joint sitting
D) ) Both the Houses separately

33. What is the tenure of the Chief Election
Commissioner of India?

A) During the ‘pleasure’ of the President
B) Six years or till the age of 65 years whichever is earlier
C) Five years or till the age of 65 years whichever is earlier

34. In which of the following committees there is no
representation of Rajya Sabha?

A) Committee on Government Assurance
B) Committee on public undertaking
C) Public Account Committee
D) Estimate Committee

35. Parliamentary Supremacy isthe definite feature of
the political system in

A) UK
B) Canada
C) Australia
D) India

36. What is the maximum time interval permissible
between two successive sessions of the parliament?

A) 3 months
B) 6 months
C) 5 months
D) 4 months

37. In India partyless democracy was first advocated
by

A) Jai Prakash Narayan
B) Vinoba Bhave
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) M.N. Ray

38. The system of proportion of Representation as an
electoral mechanism ensures

A) Representation of minorities
B) Rule of majority
C) Stability in government
D) Common political thinking

39. Right to vote is a

A) Social right
B) Personal right
C) Legal right
D) Political right

40. Which one of the following is the basis of federal
government?

A) Supremacy of the parliament
B) single citizenship
C) Division of powers between federal and state government
D) Supremacy of Judiciary

41. Government is classified as parliamentary and
presidential on the basis of which of the following?

A) Relations between legislature and executive
B) Written or unwritten Constitutions
C) Rigid or Flexible Constitutions
D) Relations between politician and civil servants

42. The presidential system operates on the principle
of

A) Separation of powers
B) Fusion of powers
C) Balance of powers
D) Division of powers

43. The cabinet in the Parliamentary system is
accountable to

A) The Legislature
B) The President
C) Council of Ministers
D) The Prime Minister

44. The President of India enjoys emergency powers
of

A) Four types
B) Two types
C) Three types
D) Five types

45. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

A) The Vice-President
B) The President
C) The Speaker
D) The Prime Minister

46. The Council of Ministers does not include

A) Minister of state
B) Cabinet Secretary
C) Minister without portfolio
D) Cabinet Minister

47. Who is the highest civil servant of the Union
Government?

A) Principal Secretary of the P.M.
B) Attorney General
C) Home Secretary
D) Cabinet Secretary

48. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?

A) The joint session of Parliament
B) The Chairman of Rajya Sabha
C) The President
D) None of these

49. The speaker’s vote in the Lok Sabha is called

A) Sound vote
B) Direct vote
C) Indirect vote
D) Casting vote

50. The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as

A) Speaker
B) Vice President
C) President
D) Chairman

51. Who decides whether a Bill is a money Bill or not?

A) The President
B) The Parliamentary Select Committee
C) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
D) The Prime Minister

52. The Parliamentary Committee which scrutinizes
the report of the CAG of India is

A) None of these
B) Estimates Committee
C) Public Accounts Committee
D) Select Committee

53. Who held the office of the Vice-President of India
for two consecutive terms?

A) Dr. Radhakrishnan
B) Mr. V.V. Giri
C) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
D) Mr. R. Venkataraman

54. In India, the Prime Minister remains in office so
long as he enjoys the

A) Support of armed forces
B) Support of the people
C) Confidence of Lok Sabha
D) Confidence of Rajya Sabha

55. The Council of Ministers of Indian Union is
collectively responsible to the

A) Prime Minister
B) President
C) Lok Sabha
D) Rajya Sabha

56. What is the period of appointment of the Comptroller
and Auditor General of India?

A) 6 years or 65 years of age, whichever earlier
B) upto 64 years of age
C) upto 65 years of age
D) 6 years

57. In order to be recognised as an official opposition
group in the Parliament

A) 1/3rd of the total strength
B) 1/6th of the total strength
C) 1/10th of the total strength
D) 1/4th of the total strength

58. Rajya Sabha enjoys more power than the Lok
Sabha in the case of

A) Non-money bills
B) Setting up of new All India Services
C) Amendment of the Constitution
D) Money bills

59. The number of Anglo-Indians who can be
nominated by the president to the Lok Sabha is

A) 5
B) 3
C) 4
D) 2

60. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office
by addressing his resignation to

A) The Prime Minister
B) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) The President
D) The Chief Justice of India

61. The bill of which of the following categories can
be initiated only in Lok Sabha?

A) Private members Bill
B) Money Bill
C) Ordinary Bill
D) Constitution Amendment Bill

62. Who among the following forms the advisory
committee of the parliament?

A) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
B) Vice-President of India
C) President of India
D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

63. Which of the following appointments is not made
by the President of India?

A) Chief of Air Staff
B) Chief of Army
C) Speakers of the Lok Sabha
D) Chief Justice of India

64. The proposal relating to dismissal of the Vice-
President can be presented in

A) None of these
B) the Rajya Sabha
C) The Lok Sabha
D) Any House of the Parliament
E) any

65. Who among the following is the Chairman of the
National Integration Council?

A) The Chief Justice of India
B) The President
C) The Prime Minister
D) The Vice-President

66. Who advises the Government of India on legal
matters?

A) None of these
B) Chief justice of Supreme Court
C) Chairman, Law Commission
D) Attorney General

67. The most important feature of the Indian Parliament
is that

A) It is bicameral in nature
B) It also comprises of the President
C) The Upper House of the Parliament is never dissolved
D) It is the Union Legislature in India

68. The allocation of seats in the present Lok Sabha
is based on which one of the following census?

A) 2001
B) 1971
C) 1981
D) 1991

69. Who among the following was not elected for two
terms as the Speaker of Lok Sabha?

A) G.M.C. Balayogi
B) Baliram Bhagat
C) N. Sanjiva Reddy
D) Balram Jakhar

70. In case the President wishes to resign, to whom is
he to address his resignation letter?

A) Secretary of Lok Sabha
B) Chief Justice of India
C) Prime Minister
D) Vice President

71. Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers
resigned before facing a vote of no-confidence in
the Lok Sabha?

A) Chandra Shekhar
B) Morarji Desai
C) V.P. Singh
D) Chaudhary Charan Singh

72. Who is called the Guardian of public purse?

A) Council of Ministers
B) Controller and Auditor-General
C) Parliament
D) President

73. A proclamation of emergency must be placed
before the Parliament for its approval

A) Within 1 year
B) Within 2 months
C) Within 1 month
D) Within 6 months

74. ‘Zero Hour’ in political jargon refers to

A) Adjourned time
B) Question-answer session
C) Question hour
D) Suspended motion

75. Which one of the following is the largest committee
of the Parliament?

A) The Estimates Committee
B) The Public Accounts Committee
C) The Committee on Petition
D) The Committee on Public Undertakings

76. Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP)?

A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jyotiba Phule
C) Kanshi Ram
D) Sahu Maharaj

77. Which party has advocated the coming together
of all Left parties?

A) CPI
B) CPI (M)
C) INC
D) NCP

78. What is the term of a Member of the Rajya Sabha?

A) Six years
B) Four years
C) Three years
D) Five years

79. The Union Executive of India consists of:

A) The President; Vice-President, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Council of Ministers
B) The President, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only
C) The President, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Prime Minister
D) The President and the Council of Ministers only

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