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Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 14

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  • 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
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Set 14 of the Indian Polity mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 16 different topics of the subject: Making of the Constitution, Preamble, Sources and Salient Features of the Constitution and more. All 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.

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20 questions with answers and explanations

Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 09 March, 2023, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following provisions of the Indian constitution is borrowed from the constitution of Canada?

  1. A.Independence of judiciary
  2. B.Concept of Republic
  3. C.Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme court
  4. D.Concept of concurrent list
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Correct answer: C. Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme court

Article 143 lets the President ask the Supreme Court for its opinion on a question of law or fact, and this power was modelled on the Canadian Constitution.

Q6.Indian PolityAsked in: Rajasthan · RPSC RAS Pre, 1 Oct 2023Medium

Match the following List-P (CAG) with List-R (Articles):

List-P

A. Appointment of CAG

B. Duties and Powers of CAG

C. Form of Accounts of the Union

D. Audit Reports

List-R

I. Article 148

II. Article 151

III. Article 149

IV. Article 150

Select correct option.

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

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is covered by a neat run of four articles in Part V of the Constitution.

Q7.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 24 Feb 2024, Shift 4Easy

Article 51A (i) of the Indian Constitution is related to which of the following?

  1. A.To safeguard public property and to abjure violence
  2. B.To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture
  3. C.To defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so
  4. D.To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India
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Correct answer: A. To safeguard public property and to abjure violence

That is the duty in Article 51A(i). It asks citizens not to damage buses, trains, roads, government buildings and other public property, and to reject violence, for example during protests.

Q9.Indian PolityAsked in: RRB NTPC · 4 Sep 2025, Shift 3Easy

Which Article establishes the office of the President?

  1. A.Article 75
  2. B.Article 53
  3. C.Article 74
  4. D.Article 52
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Correct answer: D. Article 52

The correct answer is Article 52, which says simply: "There shall be a President of India." It opens Chapter I of Part V, the chapter on the Union executive, and every other rule about the office builds on it.

Q12.Indian PolityAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 11 Feb 2024Medium

With reference to the Indian Constitution, match List I with List II:

List I: a. Article 263, b. Article 226, c. Article 239, d. Article 280

List II: i. Finance Commission, ii. High Court, iii. Inter-State Council, iv. Union Territories

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A.a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
  2. B.a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
  3. C.a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
  4. D.a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i
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Correct answer: A. a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i

Article 263 allows the President to set up an Inter-State Council to discuss disputes and common subjects among states; the council was first formed in 1990 on the Sarkaria Commission's advice.

Q13.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 12 Oct 2020, Shift 3Medium

Who appoints the Chief Justice of India?

  1. A.Judges of Supreme Court and High Court
  2. B.PM of India
  3. C.President of India in consultation with senior judges of Supreme Court and High Court
  4. D.President of India in consultation with senior judges of Supreme Court
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Correct answer: C. President of India in consultation with senior judges of Supreme Court and High Court

Article 124(2) says the President appoints every judge of the Supreme Court after consulting such judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts as he thinks necessary, and that for a judge other than the Chief Justice the Chief Justice of India must always be consulted.

Q14.Indian PolityAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · MPPSC Pre GS, 19 Jun 2022Easy

The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide the dispute between the Centre and States falls under which jurisdiction?

  1. A.Appellate Jurisdiction
  2. B.Advisory Jurisdiction
  3. C.Constitutional Jurisdiction
  4. D.Original Jurisdiction
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Correct answer: D. Original Jurisdiction

Under Article 131, only the Supreme Court can hear disputes between the Centre and one or more states, between the Centre and some states on one side and other states on the other, and between two or more states.

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