This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Overview > Introduction > Political Science – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Science Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the current Comptroller and Auditor General of India A) T N Chaturvedi. B) Alka Sirohi. C) Vinod Rai. D) V N Shunglu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vinod Rai. 2. For the Karachi Session of Indian National Congress in 1931 presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme? A) Mahatama Gandhi. B) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Dr Rajendra Prasad. D) Dr BR Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru. 3. The preamble enshrines certain ideals that were first spelt out in A) The speech by Jawaharlal Nehru on the banks of Ravi when he called for Purana Swaraj. B) The Nehru report. C) A resolution adopted at the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress. D) The Objectives Resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Objectives Resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly. 4. Who was the Speaker of the First Lok Sabha? A) G V Mavalankar. B) UN Dhebar. C) KM Munshi. D) Hukam Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G V Mavalankar. 5. Preamble enshrines the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity - ideals inspired by the A) Russian Revolution. B) US Constitution. C) Irish Revolution. D) French Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) French Revolution. 6. Of the Councils Act of 1909, the Legislative Council Members at the centre were A) Officials 38, non-officials 31. B) Officials 36, non-officials 33. C) Officials 39, non-officials 30. D) Officials 37, non-officials 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Officials 37, non-officials 32. 7. Who is the longest serving Chief Minister in India? A) Jyoti Basu. B) Tarun Gogoi. C) Narendra Modi. D) Manik Sarkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jyoti Basu. 8. The Christian Missionaries were allowed to spread their religion in India, under the Act? A) Charter Act of 1813. B) Charter Act of 1853. C) Pitts India Act of 1784. D) Charter Act of 1833. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charter Act of 1813. 9. Who of the following was a member of Rajya Sabha at the time of appointment as Prime Minister? A) Charan Singh. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Lal Bahadur Shastri. D) Narasimha Rao. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indira Gandhi. 10. Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the Parliament to regulate right of citizenship? A) Article 11. B) Article 10. C) Article 13. D) Article 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 11. 11. Which among the following was NOT a political party at the time of its foundation? A) Sikkim Democratic Front. B) Mizo National Front. C) Shiv Sena. D) Uttarakhand Kranti Dal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shiv Sena. 12. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar termed Article 32 of the Indian Constitution as the "Heart and Soul of the Indian Constitution" . Which one of the following fundamental right it contains? A) Right to freedom. B) Right to freedom of religion. C) Right to constitutional remedies. D) Right to elementary education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to constitutional remedies. 13. The members of the state legislative assemblies are elected for a period of A) 5 years. B) 3 years. C) 6 years. D) 2 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 years. 14. Under which of the following circumstances the President cannot declare an emergency? A) Financial Crisis. B) Armed Rebellion. C) Instability of Government. D) External Aggression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instability of Government. 15. The state Election Commission conducts, controls and supervises Municipal elections under A) Article 243 (K). B) Article 241 (2). C) Article 240(1). D) Article 245 (D). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 243 (K). 16. As per the Government of India act 1919, the life of the Council of State and Legislative Assembly were as follows A) 3 Years, 3 years. B) 5 Years, 5 years. C) 5 Years, 3 years. D) 3 Years, 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 Years, 3 years. 17. Which one of the following Constitutional System India follows? A) USA. B) UK. C) Switzerland. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UK. 18. The ordinance issued by the Governor are subject to approval by A) Parliament. B) State Legislature. C) President. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State Legislature. 19. Which among the following articles of Constitution of India entrusts the President of India to grant pardons? A) Article 72. B) Article 71. C) Article 74. D) Article 73. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 72. 20. The objectives of Indian Planning are A) Increasing national income. B) Elimination of poverty. C) Reducing inequalities in income and wealth. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 21. The Nagaland State of India cannot be termed as a state because it lacks A) Sovereignty. B) Bicameral legislature. C) A high court exclusively of its own. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sovereignty. 22. What was the basis for constituting the constituent Assembly of India? A) The Resolution of the Indian national congress. B) The cabinet mission plan, 1946. C) The resolutions of the provincial/ State legislatures of the dominion of India. D) The Indian Independence act, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cabinet mission plan, 1946. 23. "Not to destroy the Government property" is a A) Negative duty. B) Legal duty. C) Civil duty. D) Positive duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil duty. 24. Which Article of the Indian constitution provides for the institution a Panchayati Raj? A) Article 36. B) Article 40. C) Article 48. D) Article 39. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article 40. 25. Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with the Directive Principles of State Policy? A) Part IV. B) Part III. C) Part V. D) Part I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Part IV. 26. When was the staff selection set up by the Government of India? A) 1976. B) 1980. C) 1978. D) 1974. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1978. 27. Who was the Finance Minister during the New Economic Policy (1991)? A) Jaswant Singh. B) Uma Kapila. C) Pranab Mukherjee. D) Manmohan Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manmohan Singh. 28. Who among the following quoted "Preamble" as Political Horoscope? A) Thakurdas Bhargava. B) N A Palkhi Wala. C) Jawahar Lal Nehru. D) K M Munshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) K M Munshi. 29. Sikkim became a new State by which one of the following Constitutional Amendments? A) 30th. B) 36th. C) 34th. D) 35th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 35th. 30. The Government of India Act, 1935 was based on: A) Lord Clive's report. B) Simon Commission. C) Dimitrov Thesis. 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