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Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 88

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Set 88 of the Indian Polity mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 13 different topics of the subject: President's Powers: Veto, Ordinance and Pardon, Article 370 and the Reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir, Speaker and Parliamentary Committees and more. 9 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: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IHard

Which one of the following statements relating to the power of the President of India to grant pardon is not correct?

  1. A.The President has the power to grant pardon where punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial.
  2. B.The President can grant pardon in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.
  3. C.The Court's power of judicial review is very limited in relation to the decision of the President on mercy petition.
  4. D.The power to grant pardon by the President is the power that the sovereign never exercises against its own judicial mandate.
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Correct answer: D. The power to grant pardon by the President is the power that the sovereign never exercises against its own judicial mandate.

The pardoning power is exactly the power by which the sovereign, acting through the President, can set aside or soften the result of its own courts' judgment, so saying it is never exercised against the judicial mandate is wrong.

Q4.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2018, GS Paper IEasy

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 :

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

The Rule of Law means that power is limited by law, everyone is equal before the law, and individual liberties are protected.

Q5.Indian PolityMedium

Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People is provided by which Article?

  1. A.Article 325
  2. B.Article 330
  3. C.Article 332
  4. D.Article 334
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Correct answer: B. Article 330

It reserves seats in the House of the People, that is the Lok Sabha, for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, the number being in proportion to their population; there is no reservation of seats for the Other Backward Classes in Parliament.

Q7.Indian PolityHard

The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, whose final order of 2022 fixed ninety assembly seats, was headed by:

  1. A.Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
  2. B.Justice Kurian Joseph
  3. C.Justice R. C. Lahoti
  4. D.Justice Deepak Verma
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Correct answer: A. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

A retired judge of the Supreme Court, she chaired the Delimitation Commission set up in March 2020 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which gave its final order in May 2022.

Q8.Indian PolityMedium

While a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, by how much may Parliament extend the term of the Lok Sabha by law under Article 83(2)?

  1. A.Six months at a time
  2. B.One year at a time
  3. C.Two years at a time
  4. D.For the whole duration of the Emergency, without any limit
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Correct answer: B. One year at a time

The proviso to Article 83(2) allows Parliament to extend the term of the Lok Sabha by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, and the extension cannot in any case continue beyond a period of six months after…

Q9.Indian PolityAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPSSSC Junior Assistant 2016Medium

In which section of the Indian Penal Code is 'mental unsoundness' contained?

  1. A.Section 88
  2. B.Section 83
  3. C.Section 84
  4. D.Section 86
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Correct answer: C. Section 84

Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code was the general exception for the act of a person of unsound mind: nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind is incapable of knowing the nature of…

Q10.Indian PolityMedium

Which Prime Minister of India remained a member of the Rajya Sabha throughout his tenure?

  1. A.P. V. Narasimha Rao
  2. B.Manmohan Singh
  3. C.I. K. Gujral
  4. D.H. D. Deve Gowda
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Correct answer: B. Manmohan Singh

He was Prime Minister from May 2004 to May 2014 and sat in the Rajya Sabha for the whole of those ten years, which is permitted because Article 75 requires only that a Minister be a member of either House within six months; he was also the first Sikh to…

Q11.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 23 Oct 2019, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following statements regarding the National Food Security Act is incorrect?

  1. A.Act was applicable to the whole of India
  2. B.This act is also known as Right to Food Act.
  3. C.The Act provided that the domestic woman of the age of 18 years or above shall be the head of the household for the purpose of issuing the ration card.
  4. D.This act was implemented in the year 2015
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Correct answer: D. This act was implemented in the year 2015

The National Food Security Act was passed by Parliament and notified in 2013, not 2015, so D is the incorrect statement and therefore the answer the question asks for.

Q12.Indian PolityEasy

Which Part of the Indian Constitution deals with Citizenship?

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

Part II of the Constitution, Articles 5 to 11, deals with citizenship: Article 5 lays down who became a citizen at the commencement of the Constitution, Articles 6 and 7 settle the position of persons who migrated from and to Pakistan, Article 8 covers persons of Indian origin living abroad…

Q15.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2025, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements : I. On the dissolution of the House of the People, the Speaker shall not vacate his/her office until immediately before the first meeting of the House of the People after the dissolution. II. According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, a Member of the House of the People on being elected as Speaker shall resign his/her political party immediately. III. The Speaker of the House of the People may be removed from his/her office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then Members of the House, provided that no resolution shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution. 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: C. I and III only

Both come word for word from Article 94, while the Constitution says nothing about the Speaker leaving his or her party.

Q16.Indian PolityEasy

Who administers the oath of office to the President of India?

  1. A.Vice-President of India
  2. B.Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  3. C.Chief Justice of India
  4. D.Outgoing President
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Correct answer: C. Chief Justice of India

Article 60 lays down the form of the President's oath and requires that it be made in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, or, in his absence, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court available.

Q17.Indian PolityHard

Which judgment of the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the reservation for the economically weaker sections?

  1. A.M. Nagaraj v. Union of India
  2. B.Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
  3. C.Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta
  4. D.Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India
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Correct answer: B. Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India

A bench of five judges decided it in 2022 and upheld the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019, which provides up to ten per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections, by a majority of three to two.

Q19.Indian PolityEasy

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 has replaced which of the following laws?

  1. A.The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
  2. B.The Indian Penal Code, 1860
  3. C.The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
  4. D.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013
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Correct answer: B. The Indian Penal Code, 1860

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is the substantive criminal law of India and it took the place of the Indian Penal Code drafted on the recommendation of the First Law Commission under Lord Macaulay.

Q20.Indian PolityAsked in: Rajasthan · Shift 3Hard

Match the following Acts in List I with their year of enactment in List II.
List I: 1. Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2. Equal Remuneration Act, 3. The Minimum Wages Act, 4. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
List II: (a) 1948, (b) 1970, (c) 2010, (d) 1976

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

The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act belongs to 2010, so 1 pairs with (c). The Equal Remuneration Act, which forbids unequal pay for men and women for the same work, was passed in 1976, so 2 pairs with (d).

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