Indian Polity multiple choice questions with answers and explanations, 20 per page, for SSC, Banking, UPSC, Railway and state exams.
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The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was enacted in which year?
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is a special, gender-neutral law that protects every person below eighteen years of age from sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution of India prohibits the employment of children below fourteen years of age in factories, mines and other hazardous work?
Article 24 states that no child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or be engaged in any other hazardous employment.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment introduced the compulsory education to children between the age group of 6 to 14?
The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A, making free and compulsory education for every child of six to fourteen years a fundamental right.
Read the full explanation →According to the Right to Education Act, admission of children to a particular class has been proposed to be on the basis of
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides that a child above six years who has not been admitted to any school, or could not complete elementary education, shall be admitted to a class appropriate to his or her age, with special training to help the…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following chapters of the Right to Education Act, 2009 provides for the responsibilities of schools and teachers?
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 is arranged in seven chapters, and Chapter IV is titled 'Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers'.
Read the full explanation →Match the following Acts in List I with their year of enactment in List II.
List I: 1. Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2. Equal Remuneration Act, 3. The Minimum Wages Act, 4. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
List II: (a) 1948, (b) 1970, (c) 2010, (d) 1976
The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act belongs to 2010, so 1 pairs with (c). The Equal Remuneration Act, which forbids unequal pay for men and women for the same work, was passed in 1976, so 2 pairs with (d).
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements regarding the National Food Security Act is incorrect?
The National Food Security Act was passed by Parliament and notified in 2013, not 2015, so D is the incorrect statement and therefore the answer the question asks for.
Read the full explanation →Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, within how many days of the completion of arguments must a court pronounce its judgment?
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita requires a court to pronounce its judgment within forty-five days of the completion of the trial, with a further short extension allowed for reasons recorded in writing.
Read the full explanation →Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the visit of a forensic expert to the scene of crime to collect evidence is compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of:
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita makes forensic investigation compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more: a forensic expert must visit the scene of crime, collect the forensic evidence and record the process on a mobile phone or another electronic device.
Read the full explanation →The registration of a first information report at any police station, irrespective of the area in which the offence was committed, is known as:
A Zero FIR is registered without a regular serial number at any police station when information about a cognizable offence is given there, and it is then transferred to the police station having jurisdiction over the place of the offence, where it gets a regular number.
Read the full explanation →The offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code has been replaced in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita by which section?
Sedition as it stood in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code has not been carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Read the full explanation →How many sections does the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 contain?
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita carries 358 sections, while the Indian Penal Code which it replaced had 511 sections; chapters were merged and several obsolete offences were removed, so the number came down.
Read the full explanation →Under which of the new criminal laws are electronic and digital records admissible as primary evidence?
The Adhiniyam is the law of evidence and it places electronic and digital records on the same footing as paper documents, so that such a record is admissible as primary evidence and the definition of a document expressly covers e-mails, server logs, computer files, locational evidence and messages stored on…
Read the full explanation →Which punishment has been introduced for the first time in Indian criminal law by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?
Section 4 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita lists the punishments to which offenders are liable, and community service appears in that list for the first time in Indian criminal law.
Read the full explanation →Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the punishment for murder is provided in which section?
In the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the punishment for murder, which was Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, is now Section 103, and it prescribes death or imprisonment for life, and also a fine.
Read the full explanation →The three new criminal laws of India came into force with effect from which date?
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam were all brought into force together on 1 July 2024 by notifications of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Read the full explanation →The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 has replaced which of the following laws?
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is the substantive criminal law of India and it took the place of the Indian Penal Code drafted on the recommendation of the First Law Commission under Lord Macaulay.
Read the full explanation →In which section of the Indian Penal Code is 'mental unsoundness' contained?
Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code was the general exception for the act of a person of unsound mind: nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind is incapable of knowing the nature of…
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : I. If any question arises as to whether a Member of the House of the People has become subject to disqualification under the 10th Schedule, the President's decision in accordance with the opinion of the Council of Union Ministers shall be final. II. There is no mention of the word 'political party' in the Constitution of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Defection cases are decided by the Speaker or Chairman, not the President, and the Tenth Schedule itself uses the term 'political party'.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : I. On the dissolution of the House of the People, the Speaker shall not vacate his/her office until immediately before the first meeting of the House of the People after the dissolution. II. According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, a Member of the House of the People on being elected as Speaker shall resign his/her political party immediately. III. The Speaker of the House of the People may be removed from his/her office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then Members of the House, provided that no resolution shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Both come word for word from Article 94, while the Constitution says nothing about the Speaker leaving his or her party.
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