Set 78 of the Indian Polity mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 8 different topics of the subject: List of Presidents and Vice-Presidents of India, Important Constitutional Doctrines: Pith and Substance, Eclipse and Severability, List of Prime Ministers of India and more. 4 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.
20 questions with answers and explanations
Which President of India was the first to die while in office?
He took office in May 1967 and died on 3 May 1969, which gave him the shortest tenure of any President of India and made him the first to die in office.
Read the full explanation →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 :
The Rule of Law means that power is limited by law, everyone is equal before the law, and individual liberties are protected.
Read the full explanation →Who has been the youngest Prime Minister of India?
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.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first President of India?
He was sworn in on 26 January 1950, the day the Constitution came into force, and held the office until 13 May 1962.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first person to discharge the functions of the President of India as acting President?
When Dr. Zakir Husain died on 3 May 1969, Shri V. V. Giri was the Vice-President, and under Article 65 the Vice-President discharges the functions of the President during such a vacancy.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?
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.
Read the full explanation →Which Prime Minister of India never faced the Lok Sabha during his tenure?
He was sworn in on 28 July 1979 with outside support that was withdrawn before the Lok Sabha assembled, and he resigned rather than seek a vote, so he remained Prime Minister until January 1980 without ever facing the House.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about 'personal liberty' is not correct?
In A. K. Gopalan vs. State of Madras (1950) the majority rejected 'due process of law' and read Article 21 narrowly, so the statement is wrong.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution of India provides for the election of the President?
Article 54 says the President shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States, the Assemblies of Delhi and Puducherry having been added by the Seventieth Amendment.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements regarding the delimitation exercise carried out in Assam in 2023 : 1. The delimitation of constituencies was done on the basis of 2001 census. 2. No increase was made in the number of ST Assembly seats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The 2023 delimitation in Assam used the 2001 Census figures, but it raised the number of Assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution provides for the appointment of the Prime Minister by the President?
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…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is/are correct?
1. In India, it adheres to the strict requirements imposed by the doctrine of locus standi.
2. Letters to judges may be treated as petitions.
3. M. C. Mehta vs. Union of India was a PIL that expanded the scope of Article 21 and Article 32 of the Constitution of India.
Select the answer using the code given below.
PIL in India relaxes the rule of locus standi, so statement 1 is wrong, while statements 2 and 3 are correct.
Read the full explanation →The oath of office to the President of India is administered by which authority?
Article 60 provides that the President shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, or in his absence the senior-most Judge of the Supreme Court available.
Read the full explanation →Articles 352 to 360 of the Constitution of India fall under which Part?
Part XVIII, Articles 352 to 360, contains the Emergency provisions: Article 352 provides for a Proclamation of Emergency on the ground of war, external aggression or armed rebellion, Articles 353 to 355 state its effects and the duty of the Union to protect States, Article 356 provides for President's rule…
Read the full explanation →Under which Article is it the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President the decisions of the Council of Ministers?
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…
Read the full explanation →The oath of office to the Governor of a State is administered by which of the following?
Article 159 requires every Governor, before entering upon his office, to make an oath in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court having jurisdiction in relation to that State, or, in his absence, the senior-most judge of that court available.
Read the full explanation →Who was the only President of India to be elected unopposed?
In 1977 every other nomination was rejected and he was declared elected unopposed, the only President of India chosen in that manner.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India?
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…
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman to hold the office of President of India?
She was the twelfth President of India and held office from 2007 to 2012, the first woman to do so, having earlier served as Governor of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Who is the only person to have acted as Prime Minister of India twice?
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…
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