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Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 106

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  • 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
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Set 106 of the Indian Polity mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 20 different topics of the subject: Fundamental Rights, List of Chief Justices of India, Parliament and more. 13 of them were asked in real previous-year papers. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.

Questions in this quiz

20 questions with answers and explanations

Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

Which one of the following provides for the complete equality of men and women in India ?

  1. A.Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India
  2. B.Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India
  3. C.The Indian Independence Act
  4. D.Article 20 of the Constitution of India
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Correct answer: A. Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India

Article 14 guarantees equality before law to every person, and Article 15 forbids the State to discriminate on grounds of sex, among others.

Q3.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2019, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements regarding the Rajya Sabha is NOT correct ?

  1. A.Its members are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of a State
  2. B.The election follows the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote
  3. C.1/3rd of its members retire after every two years
  4. D.It is a permanent body, but can be dissolved earlier by the President
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Correct answer: D. It is a permanent body, but can be dissolved earlier by the President

The Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution at all, by the President or anyone else.

Q6.Indian PolityHard

Marriage, divorce, adoption, wills and succession find a place in which list of the Seventh Schedule?

  1. A.Union List
  2. B.State List
  3. C.Concurrent List
  4. D.Residuary powers of Parliament
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Correct answer: C. Concurrent List

Entry 5 of List III of the Seventh Schedule covers marriage and divorce, infants and minors, adoption, wills, intestacy and succession, joint family and partition, and all matters in respect of which parties in judicial proceedings were immediately before the commencement of the Constitution subject to their personal law.

Q8.Indian PolityMedium

Which Constitutional Amendment Act removed the reference to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from the privileges clause of Article 105(3)?

  1. A.42nd Amendment Act, 1976
  2. B.44th Amendment Act, 1978
  3. C.52nd Amendment Act, 1985
  4. D.61st Amendment Act, 1988
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Correct answer: B. 44th Amendment Act, 1978

As originally enacted, Article 105(3) said that until Parliament defined the privileges by law they would be those of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Q11.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Which one among the following pairs of Subjects and Lists under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India is not correctly matched ?

  1. A.Forest : Concurrent List
  2. B.Taxes on land and building : State List
  3. C.Insurance : Union List
  4. D.Census : Concurrent List
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Correct answer: D. Census : Concurrent List

Census is entry 69 of the Union List, so placing it in the Concurrent List is the wrong pair. The Seventh Schedule divides legislative subjects among the Union List, the State List and the Concurrent List under Article 246.

Q13.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

With reference to the Constitution of India, consider the following statements about the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India :

I. The CAG shall be appointed by the President of India.

II. The CAG is not eligible for further office under the Government of India after he has ceased to hold his office.

III. The reports of the CAG relating to the accounts of the Union shall be submitted to the Prime Minister who shall cause them to be laid before the House of the People.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

The CAG is appointed by the President and is barred from further office under the Government, but the CAG's reports go to the President, not the Prime Minister.

Q14.Indian PolityHard

Consider the following statements about the appointment of the Chief Justice of India and identify the correct ones.

1. The Constitution expressly provides that the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court shall be appointed Chief Justice of India.
2. The convention of appointing the senior-most judge was set aside in 1973 and again in 1977.
3. The outgoing Chief Justice of India recommends the name of his successor.

  1. A.Only 1 and 2
  2. B.Only 2 and 3
  3. C.Only 1 and 3
  4. D.All of 1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: B. Only 2 and 3

Statement 1 is wrong: the Constitution nowhere says that the senior-most judge must become Chief Justice of India; seniority is a convention and the Memorandum of Procedure records it, not Article 124.

Q15.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

Which one among the following pairs of Articles of the Constitution of India and special provisions given therein is not correctly matched ?

  1. A.Article 371A : Special provision with respect to the State of Nagaland
  2. B.Article 371B : Special provision with respect to the State of Assam
  3. C.Article 371C : Special provision with respect to the State of Manipur
  4. D.Article 371D : Special provision with respect to the State of Sikkim
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Correct answer: D. Article 371D : Special provision with respect to the State of Sikkim

Article 371D deals with Andhra Pradesh and now also Telangana; the special provision for Sikkim is Article 371F. Part XXI of the Constitution contains special provisions for several states in Articles 371 to 371J. Article 371D was added by the 32nd Amendment in 1973 to give the people of Andhra…

Q16.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IHard

Which of the following statements about the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women are correct? 1. The Convention was the culmination of more than thirty years of work by the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. 2. The Convention devotes major attention to women's reproductive rights. 3. The implementation of the Convention is monitored by the Committee on Human Rights. Select the answer using the code given below.

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

CEDAW grew out of the Commission on the Status of Women and addresses reproductive rights, but it has its own monitoring committee.

Q17.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKEasy

Any question pertaining to the disqualification of a member of the Lok Sabha on the ground of defection is decided by :

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  3. C.The Supreme Court of India
  4. D.The concerned Political Party
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Correct answer: B. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Under paragraph 6 of the Tenth Schedule, a question of disqualification for defection is decided by the presiding officer of the House.

Q18.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATMedium

The provisions of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India shall not apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in

1. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha

2. Assam and Tripura

3. Meghalaya and Mizoram

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

The Fifth Schedule covers Scheduled Areas in every State except Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, whose tribal areas come under the Sixth Schedule instead.

Q19.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATEasy

Consider the following statements regarding the role of political parties in modern democracies :

I. In most democracies, elections are fought mainly among the candidates put up by political parties.

II. Political parties put forward different policies and programmes and the voters choose from them.

III. Political parties shape public opinion.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

All three statements describe functions that political parties perform in a modern representative democracy. Parties contest elections: in most democracies the real contest is between candidates nominated by parties, and in India too most members of the Lok Sabha belong to some party.

Q20.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKEasy

Which of the following Constitution Amendment Acts introduced GST (Goods and Services Tax) in course of inter-state trade or commerce ?

  1. A.Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act
  2. B.Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act
  3. C.Constitution (One Hundred and Fourth Amendment) Act
  4. D.Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act
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Correct answer: A. Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act

The 101st Amendment of 2016 brought in GST and inserted Article 269A for the tax on inter-state supplies.

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