Indian Polity GK Questions with Answers – Page 8

Statement 1 restates Article 76, and statement 2 correctly describes the Solicitor General's place below the Attorney General. Article 76 of the Constitution creates the office of the Attorney General, the highest law officer of the Union.

Citizenship is dealt with in Part II of the Constitution (Articles 5 to 11), not among the Fundamental Rights in Part III.

The Tenth Schedule, known as the anti-defection law, sets out when a member of Parliament or a state legislature loses the seat for defection.

Article 323A, added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, lets Parliament by law set up administrative tribunals for the Union and for each state or group of states to decide disputes on recruitment and service conditions of public servants.

Article 55(3) of the Constitution says the President is elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote, and the voting is by secret ballot.

Article 46 asks the State to promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections, in particular the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

This statement is incorrect because the Constitution places no bar on re-electing a Vice-President; he may be elected any number of times.

This statement is incorrect because a Constitution Amendment Bill must be passed by each House of Parliament separately by the special majority, and Article 108 joint sittings do not apply to it.

A bicameral state legislature has two Houses: the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) and the Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad). Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh all have a Legislative Council, along with Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Some Fundamental Rights are given only to citizens of India, while others are available to every person on Indian soil, including foreigners.

This statement is incorrect because the Speaker resigns by writing to the Deputy Speaker, not to the President.

This is the incorrect statement, because the Rajya Sabha does discuss a Money Bill. Under Article 109, a Money Bill is introduced only in the Lok Sabha and, after it is passed, it is sent to the Rajya Sabha.

Zonal Councils are statutory bodies set up under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, to promote cooperation among neighbouring states. There are five: Northern, Central, Eastern, Western and Southern.

Article 20(2) says no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once, which is the protection against double jeopardy.

Members of the Rajya Sabha from the states are not elected by the people directly; they are elected by the elected members of the state Legislative Assemblies, so this statement is not correct.

The Latin maxim means 'hear the other side', and it says no person should be condemned or punished without a fair chance to present their case.

Article 55(3) says the President is elected by proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote, and voting is by secret ballot.

Under paragraph 4 of the Fifth Schedule, a Tribes Advisory Council must be set up in every state that has Scheduled Areas, and the President may direct that one be set up in a state that has Scheduled Tribes but no Scheduled Areas.

Under Article 171, local bodies such as municipalities and district boards elect one-third of the members of a Legislative Council, not one-twelfth, so this statement is wrong.

The 86th Amendment of 2002 added this as the eleventh fundamental duty, clause (k) of Article 51A, placing it on parents and guardians.