GK Quiz 60: Indian Polity Quiz for SSC and other exams

General Awareness Quiz – Indian Polity

General Awareness Quiz Set 60 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. Indian Polity Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.

Topic: Indian Polity

  1. Which one of the following statements is incorrect in reference to the Right to Equality?
    A) Only citizens of India are equal before the law.

    B) No citizen can be discriminated against on the basis of their religion, caste or sex.
    C) Every person has access to all public places including playgrounds, hotels, shops etc.
    D) The State has removed the custom of keeping title.
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      Option A
    Explanation: Only citizens of India are equal before the law.
  2. The word ‘secular’ was added to the preamble of the Indian Constitution by?
    A) 42 Amendment Act 1977

    B) 43 Amendment Act 1977
    C) 46 Amendment Act 1982
    D) 82 Amendment Act 2000
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      Option A.
    Explanation: 42 Amendment Act 1977.
  3. Consider the following statements:
    1. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage and by means of a first-past-the-post system.
    2. Members of the Lok Sabha hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President.
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
    A) Only 1

    B) Only 2
    C) Both 1 and 2
    D) Neither 1 nor 2
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    Option C.
    Explanation: Both 1 and 2.
  4. Which Article of the Constitution has been used by Dalit (lower caste/class) to seek equality in employment, or before law if it has been denied to them?
    A) Article 16

    B) Article 15
    C) Article 21
    D) Article 19
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    Option A.
    Explanation: Article 16.
  5. What is the proper reason for relocating the toxic and hazardous industries to developing countries?
    A) To take advantage of the weaker laws in poor countries

    B) To take advantage of the availability of workers at low wages
    C) Want to keep their own countries safe and clean
    D) To take advantages of available natural resources
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    Option A.
    Explanation: To take advantage of the weaker laws in poor countries.
  6. Right to health, Right to shelter etc. are the issues that were originally not mentioned in the Constitution of India that members of the Constituent Assembly had presented in 1949. But the Apex court in India has recently ruled that these rights come under the extended meaning of the “Right to life” and incorporated under?
    A) Article 16

    B) Article 15
    C) Article 21
    D) Article 19
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    Option C.
    Explanation: Article 21.
  7. Name the author of the book “Citizenship and Social Class”?
    A) T.M Marshall

    B) John Rawl
    C) John Stuart Mill
    D) Immanuel Kant
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    Option A.
    Explanation: T.M Marshal
  8. In which of the following years, the first elections on the basis of universal suffrage was held across the British India?
    A) 1988

    B) 1887
    C) 1987
    D) 1937
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    Option D.
    Explanation: 1937.
  9. How many seats are reserved for the Schedule Cast category people in Lok Sabha election?
    A) 89

    B) 84
    C) 88
    D) 78
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    Option B.
    Explanation: 84.
  10. Under which Article, any citizen of India can move directly before the Supreme Court of India for violation of any of his fundamental rights?
    A) Article 34

    B) Article 31
    C) Article 32
    D) Article 40
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    Option C.
    Explanation: Article 32.

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