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Q441.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IEasy

As per Article 368 of the Constitution of India, the Parliament may amend any provision of the Constitution by way of :

1. Addition

2. Variation

3. Repeal

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: D. 1, 2 and 3

Article 368(1) says Parliament may amend 'by way of addition, variation or repeal' any provision of the Constitution. Article 368 in Part XX lays down both the power and the procedure of amendment.

Q442.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2018, GS Paper IEasy

Which of the following are regarded as the main features of the "Rule of Law"?

1. Limitation of powers

2. Equality before law

3. People's responsibility to the Government

4. Liberty and civil rights

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 and 3 only
  2. B.2 and 4 only
  3. C.1, 2 and 4 only
  4. D.1, 2, 3 and 4
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Correct answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only

The Rule of Law means that power is limited by law, everyone is equal before the law, and individual liberties are protected.

Q443.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2026, GS Paper IHard

Consider the following statements about the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the Parliament of India :

1. Although members of this Committee are elected from both Houses of Parliament, the Chairperson of this Committee is appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

2. Twenty members are elected by the Rajya Sabha and ten members by the Lok Sabha.

3. No Minister, except for the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, is eligible to be a member of this Committee.

4. Members are elected for a fixed term of two years from the date they enter their office.

Which one of the following conclusions based on the above statements is correct ?

  1. A.There are four correct statements.
  2. B.There is only one correct statement, that is statement 2.
  3. C.There are two correct statements, that include statement 1.
  4. D.There is no correct statement.
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Correct answer: D. There is no correct statement.

Each of the four statements gets a basic feature of this committee wrong. The Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has 30 members: 20 elected by the Lok Sabha and 10 by the Rajya Sabha, by proportional representation through the single transferable vote.

Q444.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2026, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements in respect of questions asked by the Members in the Parliament of India :

1. Unstarred questions are those to which a Member desires an oral answer in the House.

2. Starred questions are those to which a Member desires a written answer.

3. No supplementary question can be asked on an unstarred question.

Which one of the following conclusions based on the above statements is correct ?

  1. A.All the three statements are correct.
  2. B.There are two correct statements, that include statement 2.
  3. C.There is only one correct statement.
  4. D.There is no correct statement.
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Correct answer: C. There is only one correct statement.

Statements 1 and 2 swap the meanings of starred and unstarred questions; only statement 3 is right. A starred question, marked with an asterisk, is one to which the Member wants an oral answer on the floor of the House, and supplementary questions may follow it.

Q445.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IHard

In relation to the powers of the Union Government of India, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

  1. A.The Government of India may undertake legislative functions of a territory outside of India by agreement with the Government of that territory
  2. B.The Union Government may not entrust a State Government with functions over matters where executive power of the Union extends
  3. C.The Union Government may direct States for construction and maintenance of means of communication of military importance
  4. D.The Governor may, with consent of Government of India, entrust its officers with functions on matters which fall within the executive power of the State
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Correct answer: B. The Union Government may not entrust a State Government with functions over matters where executive power of the Union extends

It is not correct, because Article 258 expressly lets the President, with a State Government's consent, entrust to it functions on any matter to which the Union's executive power extends.

Q448.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. A.Allahabad High Court has a Bench at Lucknow.
  2. B.Madhya Pradesh High Court has a Bench at Gwalior.
  3. C.Rajasthan High Court is located at Jodhpur.
  4. D.Guwahati High Court has no Bench.
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Correct answer: D. Guwahati High Court has no Bench.

This statement is wrong, because the Gauhati High Court has permanent benches outside Guwahati. The Gauhati High Court at Guwahati is the common High Court for Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.

Q449.Indian PolityMedium

Which Prime Minister of India remained a member of the Rajya Sabha throughout his tenure?

  1. A.P. V. Narasimha Rao
  2. B.Manmohan Singh
  3. C.I. K. Gujral
  4. D.H. D. Deve Gowda
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Correct answer: B. Manmohan Singh

He was Prime Minister from May 2004 to May 2014 and sat in the Rajya Sabha for the whole of those ten years, which is permitted because Article 75 requires only that a Minister be a member of either House within six months; he was also the first Sikh to…

Q450.Indian PolityHard

By which Constitutional Amendment was the size of the Council of Ministers limited to fifteen per cent of the strength of the Lok Sabha?

  1. A.Seventy-third Amendment
  2. B.Eighty-sixth Amendment
  3. C.Ninety-first Amendment
  4. D.Ninety-seventh Amendment
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Correct answer: C. Ninety-first Amendment

The Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act of 2003 inserted Article 75(1A), which caps the total number of Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, at fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha, and Article 164(1A) does the same for a State…

Q451.Indian PolityHard

Which Prime Minister of India was the first to lose a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha?

  1. A.Morarji Desai
  2. B.Charan Singh
  3. C.V. P. Singh
  4. D.Chandra Shekhar
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Correct answer: C. V. P. Singh

His National Front government lost the confidence motion in the Lok Sabha in November 1990 after the Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew support, and he resigned, becoming the first Prime Minister to be removed by a vote of the House rather than by resignation or an election.

Q452.Indian PolityMedium

Who is the only person to have acted as Prime Minister of India twice?

  1. A.Gulzari Lal Nanda
  2. B.Chandra Shekhar
  3. C.Charan Singh
  4. D.Jagjivan Ram
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Correct answer: A. Gulzari Lal Nanda

As the senior most Minister he was sworn in to hold charge after the death of Nehru in May 1964 and again after the death of Shastri in January 1966, each time for thirteen days, until the ruling party elected a new leader; the Constitution itself makes no provision for…

Q453.Indian PolityEasy

Who was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India?

  1. A.Charan Singh
  2. B.Morarji Desai
  3. C.V. P. Singh
  4. D.Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Correct answer: B. Morarji Desai

After the general election of 1977, held at the end of the Emergency, the Janata Party formed the government and Morarji Desai became the first Prime Minister from outside the Congress, taking office on 24 March 1977 at the age of eighty one, which also makes him the oldest to…

Q454.Indian PolityMedium

Under which Article is it the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President the decisions of the Council of Ministers?

  1. A.Article 76
  2. B.Article 77
  3. C.Article 78
  4. D.Article 79
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Correct answer: C. Article 78

It makes it the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the Union and proposals for legislation, to furnish such information as the President may call for, and to submit for the consideration of the…

Q455.Indian PolityEasy

Which Article of the Constitution provides for the appointment of the Prime Minister by the President?

  1. A.Article 72
  2. B.Article 74
  3. C.Article 75
  4. D.Article 78
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Correct answer: C. Article 75

Article 75(1) states that the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister; the same Article carries the fifteen per cent ceiling on the size of the Council, collective responsibility to the Lok…

Q457.Indian PolityMedium

Who has been the youngest Prime Minister of India?

  1. A.Rajiv Gandhi
  2. B.Indira Gandhi
  3. C.Chandra Shekhar
  4. D.V. P. Singh
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Correct answer: A. Rajiv Gandhi

He was sworn in on 31 October 1984, the day his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated, at the age of forty, which makes him the youngest person to hold the office; the oldest was Morarji Desai, who took office at eighty one.

Q458.Indian PolityEasy

Which Prime Minister of India died at Tashkent in January 1966?

  1. A.Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. B.Gulzari Lal Nanda
  3. C.Lal Bahadur Shastri
  4. D.Morarji Desai
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Correct answer: C. Lal Bahadur Shastri

He became Prime Minister on 9 June 1964, led the country through the Indo-Pak war of 1965, gave the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, and died at Tashkent on 11 January 1966, a day after signing the Tashkent Declaration, which makes him the only Indian Prime Minister to have died…

Q459.Indian PolityEasy

Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?

  1. A.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  2. B.Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. C.Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  4. D.C. Rajagopalachari
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Correct answer: B. Jawaharlal Nehru

He was sworn in as Prime Minister on 15 August 1947 and held the office until his death on 27 May 1964, which makes him both the first and the longest serving Prime Minister of India; he also kept the External Affairs portfolio with him.

Q460.Indian PolityHard

In the electoral college that elects the President of India, which of the following do not have a vote?

  1. A.Elected members of the Lok Sabha
  2. B.Elected members of State Legislative Assemblies
  3. C.Nominated members of Parliament
  4. D.Elected members of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi
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Correct answer: C. Nominated members of Parliament

Article 54 confines the electoral college to elected members, so the twelve members nominated to the Rajya Sabha and any nominated members of an Assembly take no part in the presidential election; they do, however, vote in the election of the Vice-President under Article 66, which is the point the…