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Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 109

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  • 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
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Set 109 of the Indian Polity mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 20 different topics of the subject: Making of the Constitution, List of Chief Justices of India, Preamble and more. 14 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 2018, GATMedium

Which member of the Constituent Assembly proposed the resolution that the National Flag of India be a "horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion", with a wheel in navy blue at the centre?

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

Nehru moved the resolution on the National Flag in the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947, and the Assembly adopted it the same day.

Q2.Indian PolityMedium

Who was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India on 24 November 2025?

  1. A.Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai
  2. B.Justice Sanjiv Khanna
  3. C.Justice Surya Kant
  4. D.Justice Vikram Nath
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Correct answer: C. Justice Surya Kant

According to the Supreme Court of India, Justice Surya Kant was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on 24 May 2019 and was sworn in as the fifty-third Chief Justice of India on 24 November 2025, with retirement due on 9 February 2027.

Q3.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

With regard to the Constitution of India, which one of the following statements is not correct ?

  1. A.The words — Socialist and Secular, were not originally part of the Constitution.
  2. B.The Preamble states the objects of the Constitution of India.
  3. C.The Preamble is enforceable in a Court of Law.
  4. D.A Republic refers to the people as the source of all authority under the Constitution.
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Correct answer: C. The Preamble is enforceable in a Court of Law.

This statement is not correct: the Preamble is non-justiciable, so its provisions cannot be enforced in a court. The Preamble is an introduction that sets out the source of authority ("We, the people of India"), the nature of the state and the objectives of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

Q4.Indian PolityMedium

Prosecution of a person acting under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 requires the previous sanction of which authority?

  1. A.The Governor of the State
  2. B.The High Court of the State
  3. C.The Central Government
  4. D.The State Government
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Correct answer: C. The Central Government

Section 6 of AFSPA provides that no prosecution, suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against any person in respect of anything done in exercise of the powers conferred by the Act, except with the previous sanction of the Central Government.

Q5.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following is not a part of Article 51 of the Constitution of India?

  1. A.Promote international peace and security
  2. B.Maintain just and honourable relations between nations
  3. C.Use of UN peacekeeping force for resolution of international disputes
  4. D.Encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration
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Correct answer: C. Use of UN peacekeeping force for resolution of international disputes

Article 51 says nothing about UN peacekeeping forces; it is a Directive Principle on the promotion of international peace and security.

Q6.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 3 Dec 2020, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following is the Directive Principle of State?

  1. A.Protection of life and personal liberty
  2. B.Formation of Gram Panchayats
  3. C.Protection of interests of minorities
  4. D.Abolition of untouchability
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Correct answer: B. Formation of Gram Panchayats

Article 40, a Directive Principle in Part IV, asks the State to organise village panchayats and to give them the powers and authority needed to function as units of self-government; it is the parent provision behind the Seventy-third Constitutional Amendment.

Q7.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

Which one of the following is included in Article 51A (Part IV A) of the Constitution of India?

  1. A.Fundamental Duties
  2. B.Suspension of Fundamental Rights
  3. C.Special Powers of Governors
  4. D.Writs
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Correct answer: A. Fundamental Duties

Article 51A, the only article in Part IV-A, lists the Fundamental Duties of every citizen of India. The Fundamental Duties were added by the 42nd Amendment of 1976 on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, and the idea was borrowed from the Constitution of the former USSR.

Q8.Indian PolityHard

In which case did a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court hold in 2024 that a legislator who accepts a bribe for a vote is not protected by parliamentary privilege?

  1. A.P. V. Narasimha Rao v. State (CBI)
  2. B.Sita Soren v. Union of India
  3. C.Raja Ram Pal v. Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha
  4. D.Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu
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Correct answer: B. Sita Soren v. Union of India

In 2024 a seven-judge bench held that the immunity in Article 105(2) and Article 194(2) covers only what is essential to the functioning of the House, so a legislator who takes a bribe for a vote or a speech can be prosecuted; the offence is complete when the bribe is…

Q9.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

Which one among the following Departments is not under the Ministry of Home Affairs?

  1. A.The Department of States
  2. B.The Department of Official Language
  3. C.The Department of Border Management
  4. D.The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
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Correct answer: D. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation

This department belongs to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, not to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Ministry of Jal Shakti was formed in 2019 by merging the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

Q11.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member of either House of the Parliament if the person

1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State other than an office declared by the Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder

2. is an undischarged insolvent

3. is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India

4. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Every ground listed is a disqualification for membership of Parliament under Article 102 of the Constitution.

Q12.Indian PolityEasy

The registration of a first information report at any police station, irrespective of the area in which the offence was committed, is known as:

  1. A.Zero FIR
  2. B.Cross FIR
  3. C.Open FIR
  4. D.General diary entry
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Correct answer: A. Zero FIR

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.

Q13.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

Article 352 of the Constitution of India contains provisions related to

  1. A.financial emergency
  2. B.failure of constitutional machinery in States
  3. C.suspension of the enforcement of rights conferred in Part III of the Constitution
  4. D.general emergency
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Correct answer: D. general emergency

Article 352 lets the President proclaim a national (general) emergency when the security of India or any part of it is threatened by war, external aggression or armed rebellion.

Q14.Indian PolityEasy

Under which Article of the Constitution are the judges of the Supreme Court of India appointed?

  1. A.Article 122
  2. B.Article 124
  3. C.Article 127
  4. D.Article 217
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Correct answer: B. Article 124

Article 124(1) establishes the Supreme Court, and Article 124(2) provides that every judge of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal after consultation with such judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts as the President may deem necessary; its…

Q16.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 7 March 2019, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following is a non-constitutional body of India?

  1. A.Finance Commission
  2. B.State Human Right Commission
  3. C.Union Public Service Commission
  4. D.Election Commission
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Correct answer: B. State Human Right Commission

A State Human Rights Commission is created by Chapter V of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, an ordinary law of Parliament, so it is a statutory and not a constitutional body; Parliament could abolish it by amending that Act alone.

Q17.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATEasy

As per Article 324 of the Constitution of India, the Chief Election Commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as

  1. A.a Judge of the Supreme Court
  2. B.a Judge of a High Court
  3. C.the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  4. D.the Governor of a State
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Correct answer: A. a Judge of the Supreme Court

Article 324(5) gives the Chief Election Commissioner the same protection against removal as a Supreme Court judge.

Q18.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKHard

As per the State List under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, the States have jurisdiction over agricultural land in connection with which of the following subjects? 1. Taxes on agricultural income 2. Duties in respect of succession of agricultural land 3. Estate duty in respect of agricultural land 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

All three are State List subjects: taxes on agricultural income, duties on succession to agricultural land and estate duty on agricultural land.

Q20.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements with regard to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is NOT correct ?

  1. A.He is appointed by the President of India
  2. B.He can be removed from office in the same way as the judge of the Supreme Court of India
  3. C.The CAG is eligible for further office under the Government of India after he has ceased to hold his office
  4. D.The salary of the CAG is charged upon the Consolidated Fund of India
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Correct answer: C. The CAG is eligible for further office under the Government of India after he has ceased to hold his office

This is the incorrect statement: Article 148(4) bars the CAG from any further office under the Government of India or of any State after leaving the post.

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