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

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

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

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) once
B) 5 times
C) Never
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) 6 months
B) within the period decided by the Parliament
C) 90 days
D) One year

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) 2021
C) 2026
D) 2011

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

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

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

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

16. A bill presented in Parliament becomes an Act after

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

17. According to our Constitution, the Rajya Sabha

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

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

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

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

A) Rajya Sabha
B) Vidhan parishad
C) Vidhan-Sabha
D) Lok 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 Chief Justice of India
C) The Prime Minister
D) None of these

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

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

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

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

23. Sarkaria Commission was set up to review

A) the relations between the Union and the State
B) the relations between the executive and the judiciary
C) the relation between the President and the Prime Minister
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) None of the above
C) The State Finance Minister
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) G.V. Mavalankar
B) Balram Jakhar
C) Hukum Singh
D) K.S. Hegde

26. Indian Parliament consists of

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

27. Money bill is introduced in

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

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

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

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 asking the legislature of the concerned state
C) by the wish of the president
D) if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. In India partyless democracy was first advocated
by

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

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

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

39. Right to vote is a

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

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

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

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

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

42. The presidential system operates on the principle
of

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

43. The cabinet in the Parliamentary system is
accountable to

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

44. The President of India enjoys emergency powers
of

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

45. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

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

46. The Council of Ministers does not include

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

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

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

48. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?

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

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

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

50. The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) Mr. V.V. Giri
B) Dr. Radhakrishnan
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) Confidence of Rajya Sabha
B) Support of the people
C) Confidence of Lok Sabha
D) Support of armed forces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) The President
B) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) The Prime Minister
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) Constitution Amendment Bill
C) Ordinary Bill
D) Money Bill

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

A) President of India
B) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
C) Vice-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 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) The Lok Sabha
B) the Rajya Sabha
C) None of these
D) any
E) Any House of the Parliament

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

72. Who is called the Guardian of public purse?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

79. The Union Executive of India consists of:

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

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