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  • 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 Year
C) One month
D) Seven days
  • 2. Who decides the office of profit?
A) Supreme Court
B) President and Governor
C) Union Parliament
D) Union Public Service Commission
  • 3. The Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed
    by the President. He can be removed
A) on an address from both Houses of Parliament
B) by the President
C) on the recommendation of the President by  the Supreme Court
D) by CJI
  • 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) Never
B) once
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) 3 months
B) 1 month
C) 14 days
D) 6 months
  • 7. The vacancy of the office of the President of India
    must be filled up within
A) 90 days
B) One year
C) 6 months
D) within the period decided by the Parliament
  • 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) All of the above
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) Customs
B) Corporation tax
C) Tax on income other than on agricultural  income
D) Tax on railway fares and freights
  • 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 Prime Minister
B) The Parliament
C) The Chief Justice of India
D) The Lok Sabha
  • 12. Which of the following subjects lies in the
    concurrent list?
A) Education
B) Defence
C) Police
D) Agriculture
  • 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) 2026
C) 2011
D) 2021
  • 14. How many members are nominated by the
    president in the Rajya Sabha
A) 12
B) 10
C) 15
D) 2
  • 15. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the
A) Both the state and Central government
B) Central government
C) State government
D) None of them
  • 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 dissolved every six years.
B) is dissolved every five years.
C) is dissolved once in two 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 parishad
B) Lok Sabha
C) Vidhan-Sabha
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 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 foremost function of the parliament is to  provide a cabinet
C) The Constitution provides for a parliamentary  form of government
D) The membership of the cabinet is restricted  to the lower house
  • 22. Voting right by the youth at the age of 18 years was
    exercised for the first time in the general election
    of
A) 1999
B) 1998
C) 1989
D) 1988
  • 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 Chief Minister of the state
B) The Governor of the state
C) The State Finance Minister
D) None of the above
  • 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) K.S. Hegde
D) Hukum Singh
  • 26. Indian Parliament consists of
A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister
C) Speaker and Lok Sabha
D) President and both the Houses
  • 27. Money bill is introduced in
A) None of the above
B) Joint sitting of both the Houses
C) Lok Sabha
D) Rajya Sabha
  • 28. Who of the following Presidents of India was
    associated with trade union movement?
A) V.V. Giri
B) N. Sanjiva Reddy
C) K.R. Narayanan
D) Zakir Hussain
  • 29. State Governor is appointed by
A) Chief justice of Supreme Court
B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
C) President of India
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) by the wish of the president 
C) if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution
D) under any circumstances
  • 31. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible
    to which of the following?
A) President
B) Rajya Sabha
C) Lok 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 separately
D) Both the Houses in joint sitting
  • 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) Committee on public undertaking
C) Estimate Committee
D) Committee on Government Assurance
  • 35. Parliamentary Supremacy isthe definite feature of
    the political system in
A) UK
B) India
C) Australia
D) Canada
  • 36. What is the maximum time interval permissible
    between two successive sessions of the parliament?
A) 3 months
B) 5 months
C) 6 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) Representation of minorities
B) Stability in government
C) Common political thinking
D) Rule of majority
  • 39. Right to vote is a
A) Legal right
B) Social right
C) Political right
D) Personal right
  • 40. Which one of the following is the basis of federal
    government?
A) Division of powers between federal and state government
B) Supremacy of Judiciary
C) Supremacy of the parliament
D) single citizenship
  • 41. Government is classified as parliamentary and
    presidential on the basis of which of the following?
A) Relations between politician and civil  servants
B) Relations between legislature and executive
C) Rigid or Flexible Constitutions
D) Written or unwritten Constitutions
  • 42. The presidential system operates on the principle
    of
A) Balance of powers
B) Separation of powers
C) Division of powers
D) Fusion of powers
  • 43. The cabinet in the Parliamentary system is
    accountable to
A) The Legislature
B) Council of Ministers
C) The Prime Minister
D) The President
  • 44. The President of India enjoys emergency powers
    of
A) Five types
B) Two types
C) Three types
D) Four types
  • 45. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
A) The Speaker
B) The President
C) The Prime Minister
D) The Vice-President
  • 46. The Council of Ministers does not include
A) Minister without portfolio
B) Cabinet Secretary
C) Minister of state
D) Cabinet Minister
  • 47. Who is the highest civil servant of the Union
    Government?
A) Cabinet Secretary
B) Principal Secretary of the P.M.
C) Attorney General
D) Home Secretary
  • 48. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?
A) None of these
B) The Chairman of Rajya Sabha
C) The joint session of Parliament
D) The President
  • 49. The speaker’s vote in the Lok Sabha is called
A) Casting vote
B) Direct vote
C) Sound vote
D) Indirect vote
  • 50. The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as
A) Chairman
B) Vice President
C) President
D) Speaker
  • 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) Select Committee
B) Public Accounts Committee
C) Estimates Committee
D) None of these
  • 53. Who held the office of the Vice-President of India
    for two consecutive terms?
A) Dr. Radhakrishnan
B) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
C) Mr. R. Venkataraman
D) Mr. V.V. Giri
  • 54. In India, the Prime Minister remains in office so
    long as he enjoys the
A) Confidence of Lok Sabha
B) Confidence of Rajya Sabha
C) Support of the people
D) Support of armed forces
  • 55. The Council of Ministers of Indian Union is
    collectively responsible to the
A) Prime Minister
B) President
C) Rajya Sabha
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) upto 65 years of age
C) 6 years or 65 years of age, whichever earlier
D) 6 years
  • 57. In order to be recognised as an official opposition
    group in the Parliament
A) 1/4th of the total strength
B) 1/6th of the total strength
C) 1/3rd of the total strength
D) 1/10th of the total strength
  • 58. Rajya Sabha enjoys more power than the Lok
    Sabha in the case of
A) Amendment of the Constitution
B) Non-money bills
C) Money bills
D) Setting up of new All India Services
  • 59. The number of Anglo-Indians who can be
    nominated by the president to the Lok Sabha is
A) 4
B) 3
C) 5
D) 2
  • 60. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office
    by addressing his resignation to
A) The President
B) The Prime Minister
C) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
D) The Chief Justice of India
  • 61. The bill of which of the following categories can
    be initiated only in Lok Sabha?
A) Constitution Amendment Bill
B) Money Bill
C) Private members Bill
D) Ordinary Bill
  • 62. Who among the following forms the advisory
    committee of the parliament?
A) President of India
B) Vice-President of India
C) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  • 63. Which of the following appointments is not made
    by the President of India?
A) Chief Justice of India
B) Chief of Army
C) Chief of Air Staff
D) Speakers of the Lok Sabha
  • 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 Vice-President
B) The Chief Justice of India
C) The Prime Minister
D) The President
  • 66. Who advises the Government of India on legal
    matters?
A) Chairman, Law Commission
B) Attorney General
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) It is bicameral in nature
C) It also comprises of the President
D) The Upper House of the Parliament is never  dissolved
  • 68. The allocation of seats in the present Lok Sabha
    is based on which one of the following census?
A) 1981
B) 2001
C) 1971
D) 1991
  • 69. Who among the following was not elected for two
    terms as the Speaker of Lok Sabha?
A) Baliram Bhagat
B) Balram Jakhar
C) N. Sanjiva Reddy
D) G.M.C. Balayogi
  • 70. In case the President wishes to resign, to whom is
    he to address his resignation letter?
A) Chief Justice of India
B) Secretary of Lok Sabha
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) 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) Parliament
C) Council of Ministers
D) Controller and Auditor-General
  • 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) Question hour
B) Suspended motion
C) Question-answer session
D) Adjourned time
  • 75. Which one of the following is the largest committee
    of the Parliament?
A) The Public Accounts Committee
B) The Committee on Petition
C) The Committee on Public Undertakings
D) The Estimates Committee
  • 76. Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party
    (BSP)?
A) Sahu Maharaj
B) Jyotiba Phule
C) Kanshi Ram
D) B.R. Ambedkar
  • 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) Three years
C) Four 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, Vice-President and the Council  of Ministers only
C) The President and the Council of Ministers  only
D) The President; Vice-President, Lok Sabha  Speaker and the Council of Ministers
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