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) Seven days
C) Fourteen days
D) One Year

2. Who decides the office of profit?

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

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

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

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

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

A) 5 times
B) Never
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) 3 months
B) 1 month
C) 6 months
D) 14 days

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) Agriculture
B) Defence
C) Education
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) 2021
B) 2011
C) 2031
D) 2026

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

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

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

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

16. A bill presented in Parliament becomes an Act after

A) It is passed by both the Houses.
B) The Prime Minister has signed it
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 once in two years.
B) is dissolved every five years.
C) is dissolved every six 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 Justice
C) Chief Election Commissioner
D) Attorney General

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

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

A) The foremost function of the parliament is to provide a cabinet
B) The cabinet has to enjoy the confidence of the majority in the popular chamber
C) The membership of the cabinet is restricted to the lower house
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) 1999
C) 1988
D) 1998

23. Sarkaria Commission was set up to review

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

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

A) The State Finance Minister
B) The Chief Minister of the state
C) None of the above
D) The Governor 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) G.V. Mavalankar
C) Hukum Singh
D) Balram Jakhar

26. Indian Parliament consists of

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

27. Money bill is introduced in

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

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

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

29. State Governor is appointed by

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

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

A) by asking the legislature of the concerned state
B) under any circumstances
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) President
B) Rajya Sabha
C) Prime Minister
D) Lok Sabha

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

A) ) Both the Houses separately
B) Both the Houses in joint sitting
C) Lok Sabha
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) During the ‘pleasure’ of the President
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) Estimate Committee
B) Public Account 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) Australia
C) India
D) UK

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

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

37. In India partyless democracy was first advocated by

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

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

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

39. Right to vote is a

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

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

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

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

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

42. The presidential system operates on the principle of

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

43. The cabinet in the Parliamentary system is accountable to

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

44. The President of India enjoys emergency powers of

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

45. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

A) The President
B) The Speaker
C) The Vice-President
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) Home Secretary
B) Cabinet Secretary
C) Attorney General
D) Principal Secretary of the P.M.

48. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?

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

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

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

50. The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) 1/10th of the total strength
B) 1/3rd of the total strength
C) 1/6th 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) Amendment of the Constitution
B) Setting up of new All India Services
C) Non-money bills
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) 2
D) 4

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 President
D) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

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

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

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

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

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

A) Speakers of the Lok Sabha
B) Chief of Air Staff
C) Chief of Army
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) Attorney General
B) Chairman, Law Commission
C) Chief justice of Supreme Court
D) None of these

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Morarji Desai
C) Chaudhary Charan Singh
D) Chandra Shekhar

72. Who is called the Guardian of public purse?

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

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

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

74. ‘Zero Hour’ in political jargon refers to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

79. The Union Executive of India consists of:

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

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