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Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 96

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Set 96 of the Indian Polity mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 11 different topics of the subject: Preamble, Uniform Civil Code (Article 44), Sources and Salient Features of the Constitution and more. 8 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 Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2019, GS Paper IMedium

In the context of polity, which one of the following would you accept as the most appropriate definition of liberty?

  1. A.Protection against the tyranny of political rulers
  2. B.Absence of restraint
  3. C.Opportunity to do whatever one likes
  4. D.Opportunity to develop oneself fully
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Correct answer: D. Opportunity to develop oneself fully

In political theory, and in the spirit of the Indian Constitution, liberty means positive freedom: the conditions and opportunities a person needs to develop their personality fully.

Q3.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2021, GS Paper IEasy

Constitutional government means

  1. A.a representative government of a nation with federal structure
  2. B.a government whose Head enjoys nominal powers
  3. C.a government whose Head enjoys real powers
  4. D.a government limited by the terms of the Constitution
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Correct answer: D. a government limited by the terms of the Constitution

Constitutional government means limited government: those in power can act only within the limits that the constitution lays down. The essence of constitutionalism is that state power is restrained by a higher law, so that rights are protected and authority cannot be used arbitrarily.

Q5.Indian PolityMedium

In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the right to a pollution-free environment is part of the right to life under Article 21?

  1. A.Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation
  2. B.Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar
  3. C.Unni Krishnan v. State of Andhra Pradesh
  4. D.D. K. Basu v. State of West Bengal
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Correct answer: B. Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar

The Court also warned in the same judgment that a PIL must not be used to settle a personal score, and it dismissed the petition on that ground.

Q6.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.

Q7.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · 23 Aug, 2015Easy

The ideal of 'Welfare State' in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its

  1. A.Preamble
  2. B.Directive principles of State Policy
  3. C.Fundamental Rights
  4. D.Seventh Schedule
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Correct answer: B. Directive principles of State Policy

Part IV of the Constitution, Articles 36 to 51, sets out the goals of a welfare state: Article 38 asks the State to promote the welfare of the people and to reduce inequalities of income, status and opportunity, Article 39 directs the distribution of material resources for the common good…

Q9.Indian PolityMedium

Which amendment to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act allowed the Central Government to designate an individual as a terrorist?

  1. A.The amendment of 2004
  2. B.The amendment of 2008
  3. C.The amendment of 2012
  4. D.The amendment of 2019
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Correct answer: D. The amendment of 2019

Until then the UAPA allowed the Government to notify only an organisation as a terrorist organisation; the UAPA (Amendment) Act, 2019 added the power to notify an individual as a terrorist and to enter that name in the Fourth Schedule of the Act.

Q10.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.

Q11.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKMedium

Which one among the following is not a character of a secular State?

  1. A.It refuses theocracy.
  2. B.It separates religion from the State.
  3. C.A State in order to be secular must be democratic.
  4. D.It must prevent religious conflict and promote religious harmony.
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Correct answer: C. A State in order to be secular must be democratic.

Secularism concerns the relation between the State and religion, and being democratic is not part of its definition. A secular State is not run by a religious order, keeps religious institutions and State institutions apart, and does not favour or persecute any religion.

Q13.Indian PolityHard

Which two judges are most often described as the pioneers of public interest litigation in India?

  1. A.Justice H. R. Khanna and Justice M. Hidayatullah
  2. B.Justice P. N. Bhagwati and Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer
  3. C.Justice K. Subba Rao and Justice A. N. Ray
  4. D.Justice Y. V. Chandrachud and Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar
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Correct answer: B. Justice P. N. Bhagwati and Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer

Both sat on the Supreme Court in the late nineteen seventies and early eighties, both wrote the judgments that relaxed locus standi and accepted letters as petitions, and both pushed free legal aid and prison reform through the court.

Q15.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.

Q16.Indian PolityEasy

The High Level Committee on Simultaneous Elections, which submitted its report in March 2024, was chaired by which of the following?

  1. A.Pranab Mukherjee
  2. B.Ram Nath Kovind
  3. C.M. N. Venkatachaliah
  4. D.B. P. Jeevan Reddy
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Correct answer: B. Ram Nath Kovind

The High Level Committee on Simultaneous Elections was constituted on 2 September 2023 under the chairmanship of former President Ram Nath Kovind and submitted its report on 14 March 2024, recommending a two-step synchronisation of elections and a single electoral roll.

Q17.Indian PolityMedium

Under which section of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is an area declared to be a disturbed area?

  1. A.Section 2
  2. B.Section 3
  3. C.Section 4
  4. D.Section 6
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Correct answer: B. Section 3

Section 3 of AFSPA empowers the Governor of a State, the administrator of a Union Territory or the Central Government to declare the whole or a part of a State or Union Territory to be a disturbed area, and that declaration is the condition on which every other power in…

Q18.Indian PolityHard

In State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal (2010), the Supreme Court mainly

  1. A.abolished public interest litigation in service matters
  2. B.compiled guidelines to prevent the misuse of public interest litigation
  3. C.held that only the Attorney General may file a PIL
  4. D.transferred all PILs to the High Courts
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Correct answer: B. compiled guidelines to prevent the misuse of public interest litigation

In this 2010 judgment the Supreme Court traced the history of PIL and, worried that the device was being used for publicity, private profit and political rivalry, compiled a set of directions for the courts.

Q19.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · 10 Oct 2021Medium

Under the Indian Constitution, concentration of wealth is the violation of

  1. A.Right to Equality
  2. B.Directive Principles of State Policy
  3. C.Right to Freedom
  4. D.Concept of Welfare
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Correct answer: B. Directive Principles of State Policy

Article 39(c), a directive in Part IV, requires the State to direct its policy towards ensuring that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment, and Article 39(b) asks that the ownership and control of material…

Q20.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.

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