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| 1. |
Name the Union territory having an elected Legislative Assembly and Council of Ministers - |
| A. | Andaman and Nicobar |
| B. | Lakshadweep |
| C. | Daman and Diu |
| D. | Pondicherry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Under which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution, the Legislative Assembly is allowed to pass a resolution to create a Legislative Council? |
| A. | अनुच्छेद 168 |
| B. | अनुच्छेद 169 |
| C. | अनुच्छेद 170 |
| D. | अनुच्छेद 171 |
| Answer» C. अनुच्छेद 170 | |
| 3. |
Under which Article Jammu and Kashmir has been given a special status by the Indian Constitution? |
| A. | अनुच्छेद 364 |
| B. | अनुच्छेद 368 |
| C. | अनुच्छेद 370 |
| D. | अनुच्छेद 377 |
| Answer» D. अनुच्छेद 377 | |
| 4. |
Schedule-6 of the Constitution does not apply in which of the following states? |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Meghalaya |
| C. | Tripura |
| D. | Manipur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
When did Nagaland become a state? |
| A. | 1973 |
| B. | 1983 |
| C. | 1963 |
| D. | 1961 |
| Answer» D. 1961 | |
| 6. |
Which state of India had the first woman chief minister? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Maharashtra |
| C. | A state in Eastern India |
| D. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
For how long can a member of the Council of Ministers remain in office without becoming a member of the State Legislative Assembly? |
| A. | 1 वर्ष |
| B. | 6 माह |
| C. | 3 वर्ष |
| D. | 3 माह |
| Answer» C. 3 वर्ष | |
| 8. |
The members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by- |
| A. | President |
| B. | Governor |
| C. | Chairman, Union Public Service Commission |
| D. | Chairman, State Public Service Commission |
| Answer» C. Chairman, Union Public Service Commission | |
| 9. |
Article 187 of the Constitution of India The Secretariat of the State Legislature is related to – |
| A. | Directive Principles of State Policy |
| B. | Fundamental rights of Indian citizens |
| C. | central government |
| D. | State government |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Article 173 of the Constitution of India is related to the eligibility for membership of the State Legislature. |
| A. | Fundamental rights of Indian citizens |
| B. | central government |
| C. | State government |
| D. | Directive Principles of State Policy |
| Answer» D. Directive Principles of State Policy | |
| 11. |
During which Parliament is empowered to make rules (laws) on any subject in the State List? |
| A. | Election |
| B. | Warning |
| C. | Movement |
| D. | emergency |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Article 228 of the Constitution of India deals with the transfer of certain cases to the High Court - |
| A. | State government |
| B. | Directive Principles of State Policy |
| C. | central government |
| D. | Fundamental rights of Indian citizens |
| Answer» B. Directive Principles of State Policy | |
| 13. |
The first law officer of the Government of India is- |
| A. | Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
| B. | law minister |
| C. | Attorney-General of India |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 14. |
Which article specifies the imposition of President's rule in the state? |
| A. | अनुच्छेद 356 |
| B. | अनुच्छेद 343 |
| C. | अनुच्छेद 80 |
| D. | अनुच्छेद 51 A |
| Answer» B. अनुच्छेद 343 | |
| 15. |
Article 211 of the Indian Constitution prohibiting discussion in the Legislature is related to- |
| A. | Directing Principles of State Policy |
| B. | central government |
| C. | Fundamental rights of Indian citizens |
| D. | State government |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who wrote Mitakshara? |
| A. | Daivanna Bhatt |
| B. | jeemut vehicle |
| C. | Sant Vigyaneshwar |
| D. | inheritance |
| Answer» D. inheritance | |
| 17. |
Ordinarily the total number of members of the upper house of the legislature is the total number of the lower house - |
| A. | should be one-fourth |
| B. | should be one-third |
| C. | 1/5 होनी चाहिए |
| D. | should be half |
| Answer» C. 1/5 होनी चाहिए | |
| 18. |
What is the upper house of the state legislature called in India? |
| A. | Legislative Assembly |
| B. | Assembly |
| C. | executive council |
| D. | governor-in-council |
| Answer» B. Assembly | |
| 19. |
Prorogation of the State Legislative Assembly is made by- |
| A. | Governor |
| B. | speaker of the Assembly |
| C. | Chief Minister |
| D. | law minister |
| Answer» B. speaker of the Assembly | |
| 20. |
The element of Rigveda civilization which was criticized by the sages of the Upanishads - |
| A. | bramha |
| B. | sacrificialism |
| C. | Soul |
| D. | monism |
| Answer» C. Soul | |
| 21. |
Parliament can abolish the Legislative Council of any state on the recommendation of- |
| A. | Governor |
| B. | State Legislative Assembly |
| C. | President |
| D. | neither of the above |
| Answer» C. President | |
| 22. |
Who among the following politicians of South India has not acted in films? |
| A. | NT Rama Rao |
| B. | MG Ramachandran |
| C. | CN Annadurai |
| D. | Jayalalithaa |
| Answer» D. Jayalalithaa | |
| 23. |
There are 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, how many Rajya Sabha seats are there in Bihar? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Which of the following is a state party? |
| A. | Indian National Congress |
| B. | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| C. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| D. | Janata Dal U |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
For how many days President's rule is imposed for the first time? |
| A. | One month |
| B. | two months |
| C. | six months |
| D. | One year |
| Answer» D. One year | |
| 26. |
Who operates the State Contingency Fund? |
| A. | Governor |
| B. | state finance minister |
| C. | Chief Minister |
| D. | all of the above combined |
| Answer» B. state finance minister | |
| 27. |
Who is the executive chairman of the state? |
| A. | Chief Minister |
| B. | Governor |
| C. | President |
| D. | neither of the above |
| Answer» C. President | |
| 28. |
Who determines the salary and allowances of the members of the State Council of Ministers? |
| A. | state legislature |
| B. | Governor in consultation with the President |
| C. | Parliament |
| D. | Governor in consultation with the State Legislature |
| Answer» B. Governor in consultation with the President | |
| 29. |
The main source of Vedic era history is - |
| A. | Shruti |
| B. | native |
| C. | Rajatarangini |
| D. | Puranas |
| Answer» B. native | |
| 30. |
The Governor of which state has special powers related to Scheduled Castes? |
| A. | A state in Eastern India |
| B. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| C. | Assam |
| D. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Assam | |
| 31. |
Who acts as the chairman of the State Planning Board? |
| A. | Governor |
| B. | Chief Minister |
| C. | leader of opposition |
| D. | Speaker |
| Answer» C. leader of opposition | |
| 32. |
Who was the first woman governor to be appointed in any state after independence? |
| A. | sucheta kripalani |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Vijay Lakshmi Pandit |
| D. | neither of the above |
| Answer» C. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit | |
| 33. |
How do the members of the state legislature draw the attention of the government to matters of public importance? |
| A. | No confidence motion |
| B. | blasphemy motion |
| C. | cut offer |
| D. | adjournment motion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Who is the executive head/constitutional head of government? |
| A. | Chief Minister |
| B. | Governor |
| C. | Secretary to Chief Minister |
| D. | Chief Secretary |
| Answer» C. Secretary to Chief Minister | |
| 35. |
President's rule in a state means that that state is governed by - |
| A. | directly by the President |
| B. | By a working government |
| C. | by the Chief Minister nominated by the President |
| D. | by the governor of the state |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
In which year Sikkim became the 22nd state of India? |
| A. | 1981 |
| B. | 1975 |
| C. | 1984 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» C. 1984 | |
| 37. |
Earliest known memory |
| A. | Vashist |
| B. | Yajnavalkya |
| C. | Manu |
| D. | boudhayan |
| Answer» D. boudhayan | |
| 38. |
Which of the following states does not have an upper house or a Legislative Council of the Legislature? |
| A. | Maharashtra |
| B. | Uttar Pradesh |
| C. | West Bengal |
| D. | A state in Eastern India |
| Answer» D. A state in Eastern India | |
| 39. |
Where was the President's rule first imposed under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh |
| B. | in Kerala |
| C. | in papsu |
| D. | in Bihar |
| Answer» D. in Bihar | |
| 40. |
Which of the following prisons was given the name of temple by Gandhiji? |
| A. | Cellular (Port Blair) |
| B. | yerwada |
| C. | Aga Khan Palace |
| D. | nanny |
| Answer» C. Aga Khan Palace | |
| 41. |
Who addressed Gandhiji as One Man Boundary Force? |
| A. | by simon |
| B. | Churchill |
| C. | Atlee |
| D. | By Mountbatten |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Who among the following ordered Mahatma Gandhi to spend the first year in India with his mouth closed with his ears open? |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Ferozeshah Mehta |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 43. |
Which one of the following states can nominate two women members to the Legislative Assembly? |
| A. | Himachal Pradesh |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Jammu and Kashmir |
| D. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» D. Uttar Pradesh | |
| 44. |
Who said on the death of Gandhiji that the light has gone out of our lives? |
| A. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Dr. S. radhakrishnan |
| Answer» D. Dr. S. radhakrishnan | |
| 45. |
The close British friends of Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom movement were - |
| A. | William Bowell |
| B. | Reverend Thomas Moore |
| C. | AO Hume |
| D. | Reverend Charlie Andrews |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Indian cloth merchant, banker, Congressman and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, this is an apt description. |
| A. | of BS Srinivasa Shastri |
| B. | of GD Birla |
| C. | of MR Jayakar |
| D. | of Jamnalal Bajaj |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Mahatma Gandhi at the time of India's independence |
| A. | was the president of Congress |
| B. | was not a member of Congress |
| C. | was the general secretary of the Congress |
| D. | Was a member of Congress Working Committee |
| Answer» C. was the general secretary of the Congress | |
| 48. |
Which of the following industrialists was the treasurer of AICC for a long time and also went to jail in 1930? |
| A. | J.R.D. Tata |
| B. | GD Birla |
| C. | Jamnalal Bajaj |
| D. | Balachand Hirachand |
| Answer» D. Balachand Hirachand | |
| 49. |
Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi during the Noakhali period? |
| A. | Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| B. | Mahadev Desai |
| C. | Nirmal Kumar Bose |
| D. | dear red |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Who among the following addressed Gandhiji as Mahatma for the first time? |
| A. | Rabindranath Tagore |
| B. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Answer» B. Madan Mohan Malviya | |