WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2023

Q. Which part of the Constitution of India describes citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution?

(A) Part I
(B) Part II
(C) Part III
(D) Part IV

Correct Answer: (B) Part II

Q. Sanskrit is the 2nd official language of which State in India?

(A) Karnataka
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: (C) Uttarakhand

Q. What does the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution deal with?

(A) Administration of Tribal Areas
(B) Panchayat Raj
(C) Official Languages
(D) Municipalities

Correct Answer: (C) Official Languages

Q. ‘Doctrine of Pleasure’ was introduced in

(A) Article 317.
(B) Article 312.
(C) Article 310.
(D) Article 318.

Correct Answer: (C) Article 310.

Q. Which of the following official documents is related with India?

(A) White Paper
(B) Green Paper
(C) Yellow Book
(D) Blue Book

Correct Answer: (A) White Paper

Q. The administrative and operational control of the Armed Forces is exercised by the

(A) Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs with Prime Minister as the Chairman
(B) Ministry of Defence
(C) Three Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force Staff
(D) President

Correct Answer: (B) Ministry of Defence

Q. The Intellectual Property Appellate Board has been established under which Ministry?

(A) Ministry of Finance
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(D) Ministry of External Affairs

Correct Answer: (C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2022

Q. How many Scheduled Languages are there in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India?

(A) 12
(B) 17
(C) 22
(D) 24

Correct Answer: (C) 22

Q. Who has the right to decide who will be included in the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

(A) Parliament
(B) President
(C) Governor of the State
(D) Supreme Court

Correct Answer: (B) President

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2021

Q. What is Article 5 of the Constitution of India related to?

(A) Fundamental Duties
(B) Voting
(C) Citizenship
(D) Formation of new States

Correct Answer: (C) Citizenship

Q. Which is not a condition for becoming a citizen of India?

(A) Naturalization
(B) Birth
(C) Descent
(D) Acquiring Property

Correct Answer: (D) Acquiring Property

Q. When was the Indian Citizenship Act enacted?

(A) 1960
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1955

Correct Answer: (D) 1955

Q. Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with ________.

(A) Panchayats
(B) Tribunals
(C) Rajya Sabha
(D) List of Recognized Languages

Correct Answer: (D) List of Recognized Languages

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2020

Q. Which part of the Constitution of India describes citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution?

(A) Part I
(B) Part II
(C) Part III
(D) Part IV

Correct Answer: (B) Part II

Q. Hindi in Devanagari script is the official language of the Union according to which Article in the Indian Constitution?

(A) Article 342
(B) Article 383
(C) Article 343
(D) Article 344

Correct Answer: (C) Article 343

Q. The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, amended the Eighth Schedule to include Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the Schedule to

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

Correct Answer: (C) 22

Q. Sanskrit is the 2nd official language of which State in India?

(A) Karnataka
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: (C) Uttarakhand

Q. If a High Court judgement is issued in a State’s official language, a translation in which language must also be made available?

(A) Hindi
(B) Both Hindi and English
(C) Translation not required
(D) English

Correct Answer: (D) English

Q. When was the first general election to the Lok Sabha in India held?

(A) 1950–51
(B) 1951–52
(C) 1953–54
(D) 1954–55

Correct Answer: (B) 1951–52

Q. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Yojana has been launched to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls in India. The prime concerns of BBBP are:

(A) Prevention of gender-based sex-selective elimination.
(B) Ensuring survival and protection of the girl child.
(C) Ensuring education and participation of the girl child.
(D) All the above concerns.

Correct Answer: (D) All the above concerns.

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2019

Q. Which of the following Articles describes about the person voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign state not to be citizens?

(A) Article 5
(B) Article 6
(C) Article 7
(D) Article 8

Correct Answer: (A) Article 9

Q. ‘Doctrine of pleasure’ was introduced in

(A) Article 310
(B) Article 312
(C) Article 317
(D) Article 318

Correct Answer: (A) Article 310

Q. Any sum required to satisfy any judgment, decree or award of any court or arbitral tribunal shall be charged on

(A) Consolidated Fund of India
(B) Fund of Ministry of Law & Justice
(C) Fund of Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Prime Minister’s Relief Fund

Correct Answer: (A) Consolidated Fund of India

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2018

Q. Which of the following Articles describes a person voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign state as not being a citizen?

(A) Article 9
(B) Article 8
(C) Article 7
(D) Article 5

Correct Answer: (A) Article 9

Q. Quit India Movement was declared by the Indian National Congress in Bombay session of AICC on

(A) August 8, 1942
(B) August 9, 1945
(C) July 18, 1947
(D) January 26, 1947

Correct Answer: (A) August 8, 1942

Q. Under the Charter of 1687, a Mayor’s Court was established at Madras. The Mayor had to be

(A) Elected by the Aldermen and the Burgesses every year.
(B) Nominated by the Company.
(C) Senior-most Alderman to be next year.
(D) Nominated by the Company on the recommendation of the outgoing Mayor.

Correct Answer: (B) Nominated by the Company.

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2017

Q. Which among the following Article deals with the rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside of India?

(A) Article 6
(B) Article 7
(C) Article 8
(D) Article 9

Correct Answer: (C) Article 8

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2016

Q. The Untouchable Law was enacted in

(A) 1950
(B) 1952
(C) 1951
(D) 1953

Correct Answer: (D) 1953

Q. Rajaji Formula was suggested by C. Rajagopalachari in 1944 primarily with a view to

(A) Resolve the political deadlock in the country.
(B) Seek the withdrawal of communal electorates.
(C) Secure greater weightage for the Congress in provincial government.
(D) Impress on the government to withdraw from India within a year of the close of Second World War.

Correct Answer: (A) Resolve the political deadlock in the country.

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2015

Q. Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that it should be the endeavour of every State and every local authority to provide adequate facility for instruction in the mother tongue at the primary stage of education to linguistic minority groups?

(A) Art 349
(B) Art 350
(C) Art 350-A
(D) Art 351

Correct Answer: (C) Art 350-A

Q. The Constitution of India provides that “it shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language”. It is found in

(A) Art 49
(B) Art 149
(C) Art 351
(D) Art 355

Correct Answer: (C) Art 351

Q. English is the official language of which one of the following States?

(A) Nagaland
(B) Assam
(C) Manipur
(D) Tripura

Correct Answer: (A) Nagaland

Q. Point out the correct statement: 1. Originally the Constitution of India had 14 languages in the 8th Schedule 2. Currently there are 22 languages in the Constitution of India

(A) 1 correct
(B) 2 not correct
(C) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(D) Both 1 and 2 are incorrect

Correct Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2 are correct

Q. Doctrine of pleasure was introduced in:

(A) Article 310
(B) Article 312
(C) Article 317
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) Article 310

Q. Though all government servants hold office during the pleasure of the President or the Governor (as the case may be), two procedural safeguards are provided for the security of tenure of ‘civil servants’ as distinguished from military personnel by the Constitution of India – 1. A civil servant shall not be dismissed or removed by any authority subordinate to that by which he was appointed 2. No dismissal, removal or reduction in rank shall be ordered against a civil servant unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of the charges brought against him

(A) 1 correct
(B) 2 correct
(C) Both (1) and (2) correct
(D) (1) correct, (2) incorrect

Correct Answer: (C) Both (1) and (2) correct

Q. What is the criteria for a regional party to be recognised as a national party?

(A) Must be recognised in at least 4 states
(B) Must be recognised in at least 3 states
(C) To get 1/10th seats in the Lok Sabha
(D) Must get 1/10th seats in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

Correct Answer: (A) Must be recognised in at least 4 states

Q. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is dealt within:

(A) Part XII of Constitution of India
(B) Part XIII of Constitution of India
(C) Part XIV of Constitution of India
(D) Part XVI of Constitution of India

Correct Answer: (D) Part XVI of Constitution of India

Q. The Constitution of India has defined which of the following? Select the correct answer: 1. Scheduled Caste 2. Scheduled Tribe 3. Anglo Indians

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3 only
(C) 3 only
(D) 2 and 3 only

Correct Answer: (B) 1, 2 and 3 only

Q. Under which constitutional Article newspapers do not have the right to publish reports of the proceedings of a secret session of either of the Houses of Parliament or Legislative Assembly and Legislative Councils in India?

(A) Art 361
(B) Art 361-A
(C) Art 361-B
(D) Art 361-C

Correct Answer: (B) Art 361-A

WBCS Mains Indian Polity Miscellaneous Questions 2014

Q. The Constitution of India provides for:

(A) Single citizenship
(B) Double citizenship
(C) Contains no provision regarding citizenship
(D) Provides multiple citizenship

Correct Answer: (A) Single citizenship

Q. The first Five Year Plan in India was launched in the year:

(A) 1951
(B) 1949
(C) 1953
(D) 1947

Correct Answer: (A) 1951