IAS Political Science — Indian Polity previous year questions with solutions.
If a new state of the Indian Union is to be created, which one of the following schedules of the Constitution must be amended?
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
Which one of the following statements about a Money Bill is not correct?
The State which has the largest number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha is
The Speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as
The primary function of the Finance Commission in India is to
The Parliament can make any law for the whole or any part of India for implementing international treaties
The 73rd Constitution Amendment Act, 1992 refers to the
Match the different ports of Union Territory of Pondicherry labelled as A, B, C and D in the given map with their respective names and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list of ports: [Image: image] List (Ports of Pondicherry): 1. Karaikal 2. Mahe 3. Pondicherry 4. Yanam Codes:
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I (Institute) | List II (Location) I. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies | A) Hyderabad II. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research | B) Mumbai III. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences | C) Bangalore IV. Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages | D) Dharamshala | E) Varanasi
“.........instil into the vast millions of workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of cooperative performance....” The above passage relates to
Consider the following statements about the Attorney General of India: 1. He is appointed by the President of India. 2. He must have the same qualifications as are required for a Judge of the Supreme Court. 3. He must be a member of either House of Parliament. 4. He can be removed by impeachment by Parliament. Which of these statements are correct?
Consider the following functionaries: 1. Cabinet Secretary 2. Chief Election Commissioner 3. Union Cabinet Ministers 4. Chief Justice of India Their correct sequence, in the Order of Precedence is
A college student desires to get elected to the Municipal Council of his city. The validity of his nomination would depend on the important condition, among others, that
Which one of the following statements regarding the levying, collecting and distribution of Income Tax is correct?
Which one of the following statements is correct?
The most short-lived of all of the Britain's constitutional experiments in India was the:
The Constitution of India recognises:
In the new Panchayati Raj Bill enacted in 1993, there are several fresh provisions deviating from the past. Which one of the following is not one such provisions?
Consider the following statements regarding the National Human Rights Commission of India: 1. Its Chairman must be a retired Chief Justice of. India 2. It exists in each' state as State Human Rights Commission 3. Its powers are only recommendatory in nature 4. It is mandatory to appoint a woman as a member of the commission Which of the above statements are correct?
Consider the following statements: Amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by the: 1. Lok Sabha 2. Rajya Sabha 3. State Legislature 4. President Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Consider the following statements about the recent amendments to the elections law by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1996: 1. Any conviction for the offence of-insulting the Indian National flag or the Constitution of Indian shall entail disqualification for contesting elections to Parliament and State Legislatures for six years from the date of conviction 2. There is an increase in the security deposit which a candidate has to make to contest the election to the Lok Sabha 3. A candidate cannot now stand for election from more than one Parliament Constituency 4. No election will now be countermanded on the death of a contesting candidate Which of the above statements are correct?
Which one of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti-defection Act?
Panchayat Raj was first introduced in India in October, 1959 in: