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) One month
B) Fourteen days
C) Seven days
D) One Year
  • 2. Who decides the office of profit?
A) Union Parliament
B) Union Public Service Commission
C) Supreme Court
D) President and Governor
  • 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) 60 members
B) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha
C) 80 members
D) 50 members
  • 5. How many times has Financial Emergency been
    declared in India so far?
A) Never
B) 5 times
C) once
D) 4 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) 14 days
D) 1 month
  • 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) Prime Minister
B) All of the above
C) Any of the high courts
D) President
  • 9. Which one of the following taxes is levied and
    collected by the Union but distributed between
    union and states?
A) Corporation tax
B) Tax on railway fares and freights
C) Customs
D) Tax on income other than on agricultural  income
  • 10. In which of the following houses the chairperson
    is not the member of that house?
A) Rajya Sabha
B) Legislative council
C) Legislative Assembly
D) Lok Sabha
  • 11. By which of the following can the President of
    India be impeached?
A) The Prime Minister
B) The Parliament
C) The Lok Sabha
D) The Chief Justice of India
  • 12. Which of the following subjects lies in the
    concurrent list?
A) Agriculture
B) Education
C) Defence
D) Police
  • 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) 2031
B) 2011
C) 2026
D) 2021
  • 14. How many members are nominated by the
    president in the Rajya Sabha
A) 10
B) 2
C) 15
D) 12
  • 15. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the
A) Central government
B) State government
C) None of them
D) Both the state and Central government
  • 16. A bill presented in Parliament becomes an Act after
A) The Prime Minister has signed it
B) The Supreme Court has declared it to  be within the competence of the Union  Parliament
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 dissolved every six years.
B) is dissolved once in two years.
C) is dissolved every five years.
D) is not subject of dissolution
  • 18. As a non-member who can participate in the
    proceedings of either House of Parliament
A) Vice President
B) Chief Election Commissioner
C) Attorney General
D) Chief Justice
  • 19. In which house is the presiding officer not a
    member of that house?
A) Lok Sabha
B) Vidhan-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 Speaker of Lok Sabha
B) The Prime Minister
C) None of these
D) The Chief Justice of India
  • 21. Which one of the following statements about the
    Parliament of India is not correct?
A) The membership of the cabinet is restricted  to the lower house
B) The foremost function of the parliament is to  provide a cabinet
C) The cabinet has to enjoy the confidence of the majority in the popular chamber
D) The Constitution provides for a parliamentary  form of government
  • 22. Voting right by the youth at the age of 18 years was
    exercised for the first time in the general election
    of
A) 1989
B) 1988
C) 1998
D) 1999
  • 23. Sarkaria Commission was set up to review
A) the relation between the legislative and the  executive
B) the relation between the President and the  Prime Minister
C) the relations between the Union and the State
D) the relations between the executive and the  judiciary
  • 24. The ‘Contingency Fund’ of the state is operated
    by
A) None of the above
B) The State Finance Minister
C) The Governor of the state
D) The Chief Minister of the state
  • 25. The first speaker against whom a motion of non-
    confidence was moved in the Lok Sabha was
A) K.S. Hegde
B) Hukum Singh
C) G.V. Mavalankar
D) Balram Jakhar
  • 26. Indian Parliament consists of
A) Speaker and Lok Sabha
B) President and both the Houses
C) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
D) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister
  • 27. Money bill is introduced in
A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) None of the above
D) Joint sitting of both the Houses
  • 28. Who of the following Presidents of India was
    associated with trade union movement?
A) K.R. Narayanan
B) Zakir Hussain
C) V.V. Giri
D) N. Sanjiva Reddy
  • 29. State Governor is appointed by
A) President of India
B) Central Cabinet
C) Chief justice of Supreme Court
D) Speaker of Lok Sabha
  • 30. The Parliament can legislate on a subject in the
    state list
A) if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution
B) by the wish of the president 
C) under any circumstances
D) by asking the legislature of the concerned  state
  • 31. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible
    to which of the following?
A) President
B) Lok Sabha
C) Rajya Sabha
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) Public Account Committee
B) Estimate Committee
C) Committee on public undertaking
D) Committee on Government Assurance
  • 35. Parliamentary Supremacy isthe definite feature of
    the political system in
A) Canada
B) UK
C) India
D) Australia
  • 36. What is the maximum time interval permissible
    between two successive sessions of the parliament?
A) 6 months
B) 5 months
C) 3 months
D) 4 months
  • 37. In India partyless democracy was first advocated
    by
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) M.N. Ray
C) Vinoba Bhave
D) Jai Prakash Narayan
  • 38. The system of proportion of Representation as an
    electoral mechanism ensures
A) Rule of majority
B) Representation of minorities
C) Common political thinking
D) Stability in government
  • 39. Right to vote is a
A) Political right
B) Legal right
C) Social right
D) Personal right
  • 40. Which one of the following is the basis of federal
    government?
A) single citizenship
B) Division of powers between federal and state government
C) Supremacy of the parliament
D) Supremacy of Judiciary
  • 41. Government is classified as parliamentary and
    presidential on the basis of which of the following?
A) Relations between politician and civil  servants
B) Rigid or Flexible Constitutions
C) Written or unwritten Constitutions
D) Relations between legislature and executive
  • 42. The presidential system operates on the principle
    of
A) Separation of powers
B) Balance of powers
C) Division of powers
D) Fusion of powers
  • 43. The cabinet in the Parliamentary system is
    accountable to
A) Council of Ministers
B) The Prime Minister
C) The Legislature
D) The President
  • 44. The President of India enjoys emergency powers
    of
A) Three types
B) Five types
C) Four types
D) Two types
  • 45. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
A) The President
B) The Speaker
C) The Prime Minister
D) The Vice-President
  • 46. The Council of Ministers does not include
A) Minister without portfolio
B) Minister of state
C) Cabinet Secretary
D) Cabinet Minister
  • 47. Who is the highest civil servant of the Union
    Government?
A) Attorney General
B) Principal Secretary of the P.M.
C) Cabinet Secretary
D) Home Secretary
  • 48. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?
A) The joint session of Parliament
B) The President
C) None of these
D) The Chairman of Rajya Sabha
  • 49. The speaker’s vote in the Lok Sabha is called
A) Indirect vote
B) Direct vote
C) Casting vote
D) Sound vote
  • 50. The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as
A) Chairman
B) President
C) Speaker
D) Vice President
  • 51. Who decides whether a Bill is a money Bill or not?
A) The Parliamentary Select Committee
B) The President
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) Select Committee
C) Estimates Committee
D) Public Accounts 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) Mr. R. Venkataraman
D) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
  • 54. In India, the Prime Minister remains in office so
    long as he enjoys the
A) Support of the people
B) Support of armed forces
C) Confidence of Rajya Sabha
D) Confidence of Lok Sabha
  • 55. The Council of Ministers of Indian Union is
    collectively responsible to the
A) Rajya Sabha
B) Prime Minister
C) President
D) Lok Sabha
  • 56. What is the period of appointment of the Comptroller
    and Auditor General of India?
A) 6 years
B) 6 years or 65 years of age, whichever earlier
C) upto 64 years of age
D) upto 65 years of age
  • 57. In order to be recognised as an official opposition
    group in the Parliament
A) 1/6th of the total strength
B) 1/10th of the total strength
C) 1/3rd 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) 4
C) 2
D) 3
  • 60. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office
    by addressing his resignation to
A) The Prime Minister
B) The Chief Justice of India
C) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
D) The President
  • 61. The bill of which of the following categories can
    be initiated only in Lok Sabha?
A) Money Bill
B) Ordinary Bill
C) Private members Bill
D) Constitution Amendment Bill
  • 62. Who among the following forms the advisory
    committee of the parliament?
A) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) President of India
D) Vice-President of India
  • 63. Which of the following appointments is not made
    by the President of India?
A) Chief of Air Staff
B) Chief Justice of India
C) Speakers of the Lok Sabha
D) Chief of Army
  • 64. The proposal relating to dismissal of the Vice-
    President can be presented in
A) Any House of the Parliament
B) the Rajya Sabha
C) None of these
D) The Lok Sabha
E) any
  • 65. Who among the following is the Chairman of the
    National Integration Council?
A) The Chief Justice of India
B) The Vice-President
C) The Prime Minister
D) The President
  • 66. Who advises the Government of India on legal
    matters?
A) Attorney General
B) Chief justice of Supreme Court
C) Chairman, Law Commission
D) None of these
  • 67. The most important feature of the Indian Parliament
    is that
A) It also comprises of the President
B) The Upper House of the Parliament is never  dissolved
C) It is bicameral in nature
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) 1991
B) 2001
C) 1981
D) 1971
  • 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) Balram Jakhar
D) N. Sanjiva Reddy
  • 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) Vice President
D) Prime Minister
  • 71. Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers
    resigned before facing a vote of no-confidence in
    the Lok Sabha?
A) Chandra Shekhar
B) V.P. Singh
C) Morarji Desai
D) Chaudhary Charan Singh
  • 72. Who is called the Guardian of public purse?
A) Council of Ministers
B) President
C) Controller and Auditor-General
D) Parliament
  • 73. A proclamation of emergency must be placed
    before the Parliament for its approval
A) Within 2 months
B) Within 6 months
C) Within 1 year
D) Within 1 month
  • 74. ‘Zero Hour’ in political jargon refers to
A) Suspended motion
B) Question hour
C) Question-answer session
D) Adjourned time
  • 75. Which one of the following is the largest committee
    of the Parliament?
A) The Committee on Petition
B) The Estimates Committee
C) The Committee on Public Undertakings
D) The Public Accounts Committee
  • 76. Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party
    (BSP)?
A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Sahu Maharaj
C) Jyotiba Phule
D) Kanshi Ram
  • 77. Which party has advocated the coming together
    of all Left parties?
A) INC
B) CPI
C) NCP
D) CPI (M)
  • 78. What is the term of a Member of the Rajya Sabha?
A) Six years
B) Five years
C) Three years
D) Four 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 and the Council of Ministers  only
C) The President, Vice-President and the Council  of Ministers only
D) The President, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya  Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Prime  Minister
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