General Awareness Quiz – Indian Polity

General Awareness Quiz Set 79 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. Polity Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.

Topic: Indian Polity

1. In which year was zero hour introduced for the parliamentary affairs in India?
   A) 1951
   B) 1962
   C) 1947
   D) 1949
   
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     Option B.
   Explanation: 1962.
2. How many seats should a political party have in order to be recognised as an official opposition Group in the Parliament?
   A) 1/6^th of the total strength
   B) 1/10^th of the total strength
   C) 1/4^th of the total strength
   D) 1/3^rd of the total strength
   
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     Option B.
   Explanation: 1/10^th of the total strength.
3. Article 14 of the Indian Constitution guarantees Indian citizens:
   A) Equality before law.
   B) Equal distribution of economic resources.
   C) Equality before law and equal protection of the laws.
   D) Equal protection of laws.
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation:Equality before law and equal protection of the laws.
4. The Central Government gets the power to provide reservations in jobs and educational institutions for the weaker sections of the society due to which of the following Constitutional provision?
   A) Article 51
   B) Article 16
   C) Article 14
   D) Article 41
   
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   Option B.
   Explanation: Article 16.
5. The Central Government derives its power to provide reservations in jobs and educational institutions for the weaker sections of the society due to which of the following Constitutional provision??
   A) in the form of loans
   B) in the form of grants
   C) on the recommendation of Planning Commission.
   D) on the recommendation of Finance Commission.
   
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   Option D.
   Explanation: on the recommendation of Finance Commission.
6. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution are on the basis of the:
   A) Irish
   B) British
   C) French
   D) American
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: French.
7. Which of the following word (With reference to Preamble of the Constitution of India) was not inserted through the Constitution (Forty Second Amendment) Act, 1976 ?
   A) Secularity
   B) Integrity
   C) Socialist
   D) Dignity
   
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   Option D.
   Explanation: Dignity.
8. What was the basis for constituting the Constituent Assembly of India ?
   A) The Indian Independence Act, 1947
   B) Cabinet Mission Plan 1946.
   C) The resolutions of the Provincial/State Legislatures of the Dominion of India
   D) The resolutions of the Indian National Congress.
   
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   Option B.
   Explanation: Cabinet Mission Plan 1946.
9. Vote-on-Account means
   A) Statutory acceptance of re-port of account checking and documents produced by CAG
   B) Statutory acceptance of expenditure related to demands of grants till the passage of planning bill.
   C) Statutory acceptance of money bill
   D) Statutory acceptance of planning bill
   
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   Option B.
   Explanation: Statutory acceptance of expenditure related to demands of grants till the passage of planning bill.
10. On what basis has representation been accorded to the State in Rajya Sabha?
    A) On the basis of population cum-development.
    B) Parity of all the states
    C) On the basis of stage of development of a State
    D) On Population Basis
    
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    Option D.
    Explanation: On population basis.

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