NTSE political system - Quiz
  • 1. Rajya Sabha can delay the Finance bill sent for its
    consideration by the Lok Sabha for a maximum
    period of
A) One Year
B) Seven days
C) Fourteen days
D) One month
  • 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) on an address from both Houses of Parliament
B) on the recommendation of the President by  the Supreme Court
C) by the President
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) 50 members
C) 60 members
D) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha
  • 5. How many times has Financial Emergency been
    declared in India so far?
A) 4 times
B) once
C) Never
D) 5 times
  • 6. Which one of the following is the time limit for the
    ratification of an emergency period by parliament?
A) 1 month
B) 3 months
C) 14 days
D) 6 months
  • 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) All of the above
B) President
C) Any of the high courts
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) Tax on income other than on agricultural  income
D) Customs
  • 10. In which of the following houses the chairperson
    is not the member of that house?
A) Lok Sabha
B) Legislative Assembly
C) Rajya Sabha
D) Legislative council
  • 11. By which of the following can the President of
    India be impeached?
A) The Prime Minister
B) The Chief Justice of India
C) The Lok Sabha
D) The Parliament
  • 12. Which of the following subjects lies in the
    concurrent list?
A) Agriculture
B) Education
C) Police
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) 2021
B) 2031
C) 2011
D) 2026
  • 14. How many members are nominated by the
    president in the Rajya Sabha
A) 2
B) 12
C) 10
D) 15
  • 15. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the
A) Central government
B) None of them
C) State government
D) Both the state and Central government
  • 16. A bill presented in Parliament becomes an Act after
A) The president has given his assent
B) It is passed by both the Houses.
C) The Prime Minister has signed it
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 dissolved every six years.
C) is not subject of dissolution
D) is dissolved once in two years.
  • 18. As a non-member who can participate in the
    proceedings of either House of Parliament
A) Attorney General
B) Chief Election Commissioner
C) Vice President
D) Chief Justice
  • 19. In which house is the presiding officer not a
    member of that house?
A) Vidhan parishad
B) Rajya Sabha
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 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 cabinet has to enjoy the confidence of the majority in the popular chamber
C) The foremost function of the parliament is to  provide a cabinet
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) 1998
B) 1988
C) 1999
D) 1989
  • 23. Sarkaria Commission was set up to review
A) the relations between the executive and the  judiciary
B) the relation between the President and the  Prime Minister
C) the relation between the legislative and the  executive
D) the relations between the Union and the State
  • 24. The ‘Contingency Fund’ of the state is operated
    by
A) The Governor of the state
B) The State Finance Minister
C) None of the above
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) Balram Jakhar
B) Hukum Singh
C) G.V. Mavalankar
D) K.S. Hegde
  • 26. Indian Parliament consists of
A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
B) Speaker and Lok Sabha
C) President and both the Houses
D) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister
  • 27. Money bill is introduced in
A) Joint sitting of both the Houses
B) Lok Sabha
C) Rajya 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) Zakir Hussain
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) under any circumstances
B) by the wish of the president 
C) by asking the legislature of the concerned  state
D) if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution
  • 31. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible
    to which of the following?
A) Lok Sabha
B) Prime Minister
C) President
D) Rajya 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 in joint sitting
B) Rajya Sabha
C) Lok Sabha
D) ) Both the Houses separately
  • 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) Public Account Committee
B) Committee on Government Assurance
C) Estimate Committee
D) Committee on public undertaking
  • 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) 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) Jai Prakash Narayan
D) Vinoba Bhave
  • 38. The system of proportion of Representation as an
    electoral mechanism ensures
A) Representation of minorities
B) Stability in government
C) Rule of majority
D) Common political thinking
  • 39. Right to vote is a
A) Legal right
B) Political 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 legislature and executive
B) Rigid or Flexible Constitutions
C) Relations between politician and civil  servants
D) Written or unwritten Constitutions
  • 42. The presidential system operates on the principle
    of
A) Separation of powers
B) Division of powers
C) Fusion of powers
D) Balance of powers
  • 43. The cabinet in the Parliamentary system is
    accountable to
A) The Prime Minister
B) The Legislature
C) Council of Ministers
D) The President
  • 44. The President of India enjoys emergency powers
    of
A) Two types
B) Three types
C) Five types
D) Four types
  • 45. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
A) The Vice-President
B) The Prime Minister
C) The President
D) The Speaker
  • 46. The Council of Ministers does not include
A) Minister of state
B) Cabinet Secretary
C) Cabinet Minister
D) Minister without portfolio
  • 47. Who is the highest civil servant of the Union
    Government?
A) Home Secretary
B) Attorney General
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 Chairman of Rajya Sabha
D) The joint session of Parliament
  • 49. The speaker’s vote in the Lok Sabha is called
A) Indirect vote
B) Sound vote
C) Casting vote
D) Direct vote
  • 50. The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as
A) Chairman
B) Speaker
C) President
D) Vice President
  • 51. Who decides whether a Bill is a money Bill or not?
A) The Parliamentary Select Committee
B) The President
C) The Prime Minister
D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  • 52. The Parliamentary Committee which scrutinizes
    the report of the CAG of India is
A) Select Committee
B) None of these
C) Public Accounts Committee
D) Estimates 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) Mr. R. Venkataraman
D) Dr. Radhakrishnan
  • 54. In India, the Prime Minister remains in office so
    long as he enjoys the
A) Support of the people
B) Confidence of Lok Sabha
C) Confidence of Rajya Sabha
D) Support of armed forces
  • 55. The Council of Ministers of Indian Union is
    collectively responsible to the
A) Prime Minister
B) Lok Sabha
C) President
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 65 years of age
C) 6 years
D) upto 64 years of age
  • 57. In order to be recognised as an official opposition
    group in the Parliament
A) 1/4th of the total strength
B) 1/3rd of the total strength
C) 1/10th 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) 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) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
  • 60. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office
    by addressing his resignation to
A) The Chief Justice of India
B) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) The Prime Minister
D) The President
  • 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) 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) Speakers of the Lok Sabha
B) Chief of Army
C) Chief of Air Staff
D) Chief Justice of India
  • 64. The proposal relating to dismissal of the Vice-
    President can be presented in
A) any
B) the Rajya Sabha
C) Any House of the Parliament
D) The Lok Sabha
E) None of these
  • 65. Who among the following is the Chairman of the
    National Integration Council?
A) The President
B) The Chief Justice of India
C) The Vice-President
D) The Prime Minister
  • 66. Who advises the Government of India on legal
    matters?
A) Chairman, Law Commission
B) None of these
C) Attorney General
D) Chief justice of Supreme Court
  • 67. The most important feature of the Indian Parliament
    is that
A) It is bicameral in nature
B) It is the Union Legislature in India
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) 1991
B) 1981
C) 1971
D) 2001
  • 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) Vice President
B) Chief Justice of India
C) Prime Minister
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) Morarji Desai
B) V.P. Singh
C) Chaudhary Charan Singh
D) Chandra Shekhar
  • 72. Who is called the Guardian of public purse?
A) President
B) Council of Ministers
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 1 year
D) Within 6 months
  • 74. ‘Zero Hour’ in political jargon refers to
A) Question-answer session
B) Question hour
C) Adjourned time
D) Suspended motion
  • 75. Which one of the following is the largest committee
    of the Parliament?
A) The Committee on Public Undertakings
B) The Estimates Committee
C) The Committee on Petition
D) The Public Accounts Committee
  • 76. Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party
    (BSP)?
A) Kanshi Ram
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Jyotiba Phule
D) Sahu Maharaj
  • 77. Which party has advocated the coming together
    of all Left parties?
A) CPI
B) NCP
C) INC
D) CPI (M)
  • 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, Vice-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 and the Council of Ministers  only
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