General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2023

Q. The NDRF is under which Ministry?

(A) Ministry of Home Affairs
(B) Ministry of Environment and Forest
(C) Ministry of External Affairs
(D) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Correct Answer: (A) Ministry of Home Affairs.

Q. Who launched the Krishi Vikas Yojana

(A) Indian Council for Agricultural Research
(B) National Development Council
(C) State Bank of India
(D) State Agricultural Research Board

Correct Answer: (B) National Development Council.

Q. Who is called the ‘Father of Election Science’?

(A) David Butler
(B) T. N. Seshan
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Sukumar Sen

Correct Answer: (D) Sukumar Sen.

Q. The Rowlatt Act was passed in

(A) 1905
(B) 1913
(C) 1919
(D) 1925

Correct Answer: (C) 1919.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2022

Q. On which date, Constituent Assembly of India met for the first time?

(A) June 3, 1946
(B) July 6, 1946
(C) July 25, 1946
(D) December 9, 1946

Correct Answer: (D) December 9, 1946.

Q. How many items are there in the 11th Schedule of the constitution of India?

(A) 27
(B) 28
(C) 29
(D) 33

Correct Answer: (C) 29.

Q. Which article of the Constitution of India states that ‘no Citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them’?

(A) Article 26
(B) Article 27
(C) Article 28
(D) Article 29

Correct Answer: (D) Article 29.

Q. People and their culture that have existed continuously dating back to a time before their land was invaded or colonized by other societies are known as

(A) Endemic
(B) Indigenous
(C) Exotic
(D) Incurable

Correct Answer: (B) Indigenous.

Q. Which of the following amendments of the Indian Constitution is related to reservation of SC’s and ST’s and representation of Anglo Indians in the Lok Sabha and State Assembly?

(A) 54th Amendment
(B) 63th Amendment
(C) 111th Amendment
(D) 79th Amendment

Correct Answer: (D) 79th Amendment.

Q. Samvidhan Divas or Constitution Day is celebrated on

(A) 3rd December
(B) 25th October
(C) 5th January
(D) 26th November

Correct Answer: (D) 26th November.

Q. Which of the following Act provided for communal representation in British India?

(A) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(B) Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909
(C) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
(D) Government of India Act, 1935

Correct Answer: (B) Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2021

Q. The main duty of the pro tem Speaker of Lok Sabha is

(A) to unite the Cabinet.
(B) to end the Session.
(C) to break the deadlock.
(D) to administer oath to the new Members.

Correct Answer: (D) to administer oath to the new Members.

Q. By which amendment of Indian Constitution the voting age lowered from 21 years to 18 years?

(A) 61st Amendment
(B) 63rd Amendment
(C) 65th Amendment
(D) 67th Amendment

Correct Answer: (A) 61st Amendment.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2020

Q. NITI Aayog was constituted on _________

(A) 01/01/2016
(B) 10/10/2015
(C) 10/10/2016
(D) 01/01/2015

Correct Answer: (D) 01/01/2015.

Q. Technically, there are _________ Articles in the Constitution of India.

(A) 295
(B) 380
(C) 395
(D) 375

Correct Answer: (C) 395.

Q. Dr. Zakir Hussain was the _________ President of India.

(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 2nd
(D) 5th

Correct Answer: (A) 3rd.

Q. Right to Information came into force on _________

(A) 10/12/2005
(B) 12/10/2005
(C) 01/10/2005
(D) 10/01/2005

Correct Answer: (B) 12/10/2005.

Q. Foundation Day of NDRF was observed on

(A) January 20
(B) January 15
(C) January 23
(D) January 22

Correct Answer: (C) January 23.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2019

Q. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court?

(A) Sir Rechard Couch
(B) Sir Barnes Peacock
(C) Sir George Ranking
(D) Sir Harold Derbyshire

Correct Answer: (B) Sir Barnes Peacock.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2018

Q. When did Pondicherry become a State of India?

(A) 1961
(B) 1962
(C) 1963
(D) 1964.

Correct Answer: (C) 1963.

Q. When did Goa become a State of India?

(A) 1947
(B) 1961
(C) 1962
(D) 1950.

Correct Answer: (C) 1962.

Q. How many languages are recognised by Constitution of India?

(A) 20
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 23.

Correct Answer: (C) 22.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2017

Q. Who headed the Telangana Issue Committee?

(A) A. N. Rao
(B) B. Baradarajan
(C) U. Burman
(D) B. N. Srikrishna.

Correct Answer: (D) B. N. Srikrishna.

Q. The UPA-II ‘Report to the People’ was released by

(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) Manmohan Singh
(C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) None of the above.

Correct Answer: (B) Manmohan Singh.

Q. By which Constitutional Amendment Act the recognition of the rulers of the former Indian States was abolished?

(A) 20th
(B) 26th
(C) 27th
(D) 29th.

Correct Answer: (B) 26th.

Q. The Union Public Service Commission may act for the State with the approval of

(A) Government of the State
(B) Union Government
(C) Governor of the State
(D) President of India.

Correct Answer: (D) President of India.

Q. Article 51A of the Indian Constitution is included in

(A) Part III
(B) Part IV
(C) Part IVA
(D) Part V.

Correct Answer: (C) Part IVA.

Q. The order of a superior court commanding a person or a public authority to do something in the nature of public duty is called

(A) Habeas Corpus
(B) Mandamus
(C) Prohibition
(D) Certiorari.

Correct Answer: (B) Mandamus.

Q. Find the incorrect match:

(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report : 1957
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee Report : 1977
(C) GVK Rao Committee Report : 1986
(D) LM Singhvi Committee Report : 1987.

Correct Answer: (C) GVK Rao Committee Report : 1986.

Q. With reference to Lok Adalats which of the following statements is correct?

(A) Lok Adalat deals with pre-litigative cases and not those pending before any court.
(B) Lok Adalat deals only with civil cases.
(C) Lok Adalat consists only with serving or retired judicial officers.
(D) None of the above.

Correct Answer: (D) None of the above.

Q. The Indian Constitution is described to have been adopted and enacted by the

(A) Constituent Assembly
(B) People of India
(C) Indian Parliament
(D) British Parliament.

Correct Answer: (A) Constituent Assembly.

Q. Who among the following was member of the Lok Sabha during his Prime Ministership?

(A) Deve Gowda
(B) IK Gujral
(C) Chandrasekhar
(D) Manmohan Singh.

Correct Answer: (A) Deve Gowda.

Q. Which Commission recommended the partition of Punjab into two states of Punjab and Haryana?

(A) Dhar Commission
(B) Dass Commission
(C) Shah Commission
(D) Mahajan Commission.

Correct Answer: (C) Shah Commission.

Q. Which article of the Constitution of India is the ‘heart and soul of the Constitution’, according to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?

(A) Article 21
(B) Article 226
(C) Article 14
(D) Article 32.

Correct Answer: (D) Article 32.

Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged:

(A) Federation
(B) Confederation
(C) Unitary form of government
(D) Union of states.

Correct Answer: (D) Union of states.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2016

Q. The maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament shall not be more than

(A) two months
(B) four months
(C) six months
(D) one year

Correct Answer: (C) six months.

Q. The High Court at Calcutta, formerly called High Court of Judicature at Fort William, was established in

(A) 1859
(B) 1860
(C) 1862
(D) 1900

Correct Answer: (C) 1862.

Q. Who, among the following, was the Prime Minister when Panchayats were given coustitutional status in India?

(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) V. P. Singh
(C) P. V. Narsimha Rao
(D) Rajiv Gandhi

Correct Answer: (C) P. V. Narsimha Rao.

Q. Sanjay Dutt, the noted film actor, had been detained under which Act?

(A) TADA
(B) IPC-Section 302
(C) Anti-Defection Act
(D) Narcotics Act

Correct Answer: (A) TADA.

Q. Who was the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission?

(A) J. S. Verma
(B) A. S. Anand
(C) Ranganath Mishra
(D) H. L. Dattu

Correct Answer: (C) Ranganath Mishra.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2015

Q. Consider the following statements and find out which is not true

(A) The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949
(B) It came into force on 26th January, 1950
(C) The Constitution has provisions for independence of Public Service Commission
(D) Residual powers have been vested with the Government of India

Correct Answer: (D) Residual powers have been vested with the Government of India.

Q. Who among the following got the ‘Bharat Ratna’ Award before becoming the President of India?

(A) R. Venkataraman
(B) V.V. Giri
(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Correct Answer: (C) Dr. Zakir Hussain.

Q. Which of the following statements is not true

(A) The President of India is the only authority to pardon a death sentence
(B) The President can pardon a death sentence under Article-72
(C) The President can grant pardon to sentence by a court-martial
(D) The Governor can pardon death sentence if the State law prescribes for death sentence

Correct Answer: (D) The Governor can pardon death sentence if the State law prescribes for death sentence.

Q. Birth is to be registered within

(A) 7 days
(B) 14 days
(C) 30 days
(D) 60 days

Correct Answer: (C) 30 days.

General Knowledge Indian Polity & Constitution Questions 2014

Q. Article 280 of the constitution of India deals with

(A) Election Commission
(B) Planning Commission
(C) Finance Commission
(D) Comptroller and Auditor General

Correct Answer: (C) Finance Commission.

Q. President’s rule may be promulgated in an Indian state under

(A) Article 243
(B) Article 298
(C) Article 356
(D) Article 370

Correct Answer: (C) Article 356.

Q. The first Lok Sabha speaker in free India was

(A) S. Radhakrishnan
(B) Samar Sen
(C) Radhabinod Pal
(D) G. V. Mavalankar

Correct Answer: (D) G. V. Mavalankar.