NTSE political system

1. Rajya Sabha can delay the Finance bill sent for its
consideration by the Lok Sabha for a maximum
period of

A) Seven days
B) Fourteen days
C) One month
D) One Year

2. Who decides the office of profit?

A) Union Public Service Commission
B) Union Parliament
C) Supreme Court
D) President and Governor

3. The Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed
by the President. He can be removed

A) by the President
B) on the recommendation of the President by the Supreme Court
C) by CJI
D) on an address from both Houses of Parliament

4. To be officially recognized by the speaker of Lok
Sabha as an opposition group, a party or coalition
of parties must have at least

A) 80 members
B) 50 members
C) 60 members
D) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha

5. How many times has Financial Emergency been
declared in India so far?

A) 5 times
B) 4 times
C) once
D) Never

6. Which one of the following is the time limit for the
ratification of an emergency period by parliament?

A) 14 days
B) 1 month
C) 6 months
D) 3 months

7. The vacancy of the office of the President of India
must be filled up within

A) within the period decided by the Parliament
B) One year
C) 90 days
D) 6 months

8. Who has the right to seek advisory opinion of the
Supreme Court of India, on any question of law?

A) Prime Minister
B) Any of the high courts
C) All of the above
D) President

9. Which one of the following taxes is levied and
collected by the Union but distributed between
union and states?

A) Tax on income other than on agricultural income
B) Tax on railway fares and freights
C) Corporation tax
D) Customs

10. In which of the following houses the chairperson
is not the member of that house?

A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) Legislative council
D) Legislative Assembly

11. By which of the following can the President of
India be impeached?

A) The Prime Minister
B) The Parliament
C) The Lok Sabha
D) The Chief Justice of India

12. Which of the following subjects lies in the
concurrent list?

A) Agriculture
B) Education
C) Police
D) Defence

13. The state wise allocation of seats in Lok Sabha is
based on the 1971 census. Up to which year does
this remain intact?

A) 2031
B) 2026
C) 2021
D) 2011

14. How many members are nominated by the
president in the Rajya Sabha

A) 15
B) 2
C) 12
D) 10

15. The Prime Minister of India is the head of the

A) Both the state and Central government
B) State government
C) Central government
D) None of them

16. A bill presented in Parliament becomes an Act after

A) The president has given his assent
B) The Prime Minister has signed it
C) It is passed by both the Houses.
D) The Supreme Court has declared it to be within the competence of the Union Parliament

17. According to our Constitution, the Rajya Sabha

A) is dissolved every six years.
B) is dissolved every five years.
C) is not subject of dissolution
D) is dissolved once in two years.

18. As a non-member who can participate in the
proceedings of either House of Parliament

A) Attorney General
B) Chief Justice
C) Vice President
D) Chief Election Commissioner

19. In which house is the presiding officer not a
member of that house?

A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) Vidhan-Sabha
D) Vidhan parishad

20. If the position of President and Vice-President are
vacant, who officiates as the President of India?

A) The Prime Minister
B) The Speaker of Lok Sabha
C) None of these
D) The Chief Justice of India

21. Which one of the following statements about the
Parliament of India is not correct?

A) The Constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government
B) The cabinet has to enjoy the confidence of the majority in the popular chamber
C) The foremost function of the parliament is to provide a cabinet
D) The membership of the cabinet is restricted to the lower house

22. Voting right by the youth at the age of 18 years was
exercised for the first time in the general election
of

A) 1999
B) 1988
C) 1989
D) 1998

23. Sarkaria Commission was set up to review

A) the relations between the executive and the judiciary
B) the relation between the President and the Prime Minister
C) the relations between the Union and the State
D) the relation between the legislative and the executive

24. The ‘Contingency Fund’ of the state is operated
by

A) The Chief Minister of the state
B) The Governor of the state
C) None of the above
D) The State Finance Minister

25. The first speaker against whom a motion of non-
confidence was moved in the Lok Sabha was

A) G.V. Mavalankar
B) K.S. Hegde
C) Hukum Singh
D) Balram Jakhar

26. Indian Parliament consists of

A) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister
B) President and both the Houses
C) Speaker and Lok Sabha
D) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

27. Money bill is introduced in

A) Lok Sabha
B) None of the above
C) Joint sitting of both the Houses
D) Rajya Sabha

28. Who of the following Presidents of India was
associated with trade union movement?

A) V.V. Giri
B) N. Sanjiva Reddy
C) K.R. Narayanan
D) Zakir Hussain

29. State Governor is appointed by

A) Chief justice of Supreme Court
B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
C) President of India
D) Central Cabinet

30. The Parliament can legislate on a subject in the
state list

A) under any circumstances
B) by asking the legislature of the concerned state
C) by the wish of the president
D) if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution

31. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible
to which of the following?

A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) President
D) Prime Minister

32. The Council of Ministers has to resign if
no-confidence motion is passed by a majority of
members of

A) Rajya Sabha
B) ) Both the Houses separately
C) Both the Houses in joint sitting
D) Lok Sabha

33. What is the tenure of the Chief Election
Commissioner of India?

A) Five years or till the age of 65 years whichever is earlier
B) Six years or till the age of 65 years whichever is earlier
C) During the ‘pleasure’ of the President

34. In which of the following committees there is no
representation of Rajya Sabha?

A) Public Account Committee
B) Estimate Committee
C) Committee on public undertaking
D) Committee on Government Assurance

35. Parliamentary Supremacy isthe definite feature of
the political system in

A) India
B) UK
C) Canada
D) Australia

36. What is the maximum time interval permissible
between two successive sessions of the parliament?

A) 3 months
B) 5 months
C) 6 months
D) 4 months

37. In India partyless democracy was first advocated
by

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Vinoba Bhave
C) M.N. Ray
D) Jai Prakash Narayan

38. The system of proportion of Representation as an
electoral mechanism ensures

A) Common political thinking
B) Rule of majority
C) Representation of minorities
D) Stability in government

39. Right to vote is a

A) Social right
B) Political right
C) Personal right
D) Legal right

40. Which one of the following is the basis of federal
government?

A) Supremacy of the parliament
B) Supremacy of Judiciary
C) Division of powers between federal and state government
D) single citizenship

41. Government is classified as parliamentary and
presidential on the basis of which of the following?

A) Relations between legislature and executive
B) Written or unwritten Constitutions
C) Rigid or Flexible Constitutions
D) Relations between politician and civil servants

42. The presidential system operates on the principle
of

A) Division of powers
B) Separation of powers
C) Balance of powers
D) Fusion of powers

43. The cabinet in the Parliamentary system is
accountable to

A) The President
B) Council of Ministers
C) The Prime Minister
D) The Legislature

44. The President of India enjoys emergency powers
of

A) Three types
B) Four types
C) Two types
D) Five types

45. Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

A) The Vice-President
B) The President
C) The Speaker
D) The Prime Minister

46. The Council of Ministers does not include

A) Cabinet Secretary
B) Minister of state
C) Minister without portfolio
D) Cabinet Minister

47. Who is the highest civil servant of the Union
Government?

A) Attorney General
B) Principal Secretary of the P.M.
C) Home Secretary
D) Cabinet Secretary

48. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?

A) The joint session of Parliament
B) The President
C) None of these
D) The Chairman of Rajya Sabha

49. The speaker’s vote in the Lok Sabha is called

A) Sound vote
B) Indirect vote
C) Direct vote
D) Casting vote

50. The chairman of the Lok Sabha is designated as

A) Vice President
B) Chairman
C) President
D) Speaker

51. Who decides whether a Bill is a money Bill or not?

A) The Parliamentary Select Committee
B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) The President
D) The Prime Minister

52. The Parliamentary Committee which scrutinizes
the report of the CAG of India is

A) Estimates Committee
B) Public Accounts Committee
C) Select Committee
D) None of these

53. Who held the office of the Vice-President of India
for two consecutive terms?

A) Mr. V.V. Giri
B) Dr. Radhakrishnan
C) Mr. R. Venkataraman
D) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

54. In India, the Prime Minister remains in office so
long as he enjoys the

A) Support of armed forces
B) Confidence of Rajya Sabha
C) Support of the people
D) Confidence of Lok Sabha

55. The Council of Ministers of Indian Union is
collectively responsible to the

A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) Prime Minister
D) President

56. What is the period of appointment of the Comptroller
and Auditor General of India?

A) upto 64 years of age
B) 6 years
C) 6 years or 65 years of age, whichever earlier
D) upto 65 years of age

57. In order to be recognised as an official opposition
group in the Parliament

A) 1/6th of the total strength
B) 1/3rd of the total strength
C) 1/10th of the total strength
D) 1/4th of the total strength

58. Rajya Sabha enjoys more power than the Lok
Sabha in the case of

A) Non-money bills
B) Setting up of new All India Services
C) Amendment of the Constitution
D) Money bills

59. The number of Anglo-Indians who can be
nominated by the president to the Lok Sabha is

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 2

60. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office
by addressing his resignation to

A) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
B) The President
C) The Chief Justice of India
D) The Prime Minister

61. The bill of which of the following categories can
be initiated only in Lok Sabha?

A) Private members Bill
B) Ordinary Bill
C) Constitution Amendment Bill
D) Money Bill

62. Who among the following forms the advisory
committee of the parliament?

A) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
B) President of India
C) Vice-President of India
D) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

63. Which of the following appointments is not made
by the President of India?

A) Speakers of the Lok Sabha
B) Chief of Army
C) Chief of Air Staff
D) Chief Justice of India

64. The proposal relating to dismissal of the Vice-
President can be presented in

A) None of these
B) any
C) Any House of the Parliament
D) the Rajya Sabha
E) The Lok Sabha

65. Who among the following is the Chairman of the
National Integration Council?

A) The Prime Minister
B) The President
C) The Chief Justice of India
D) The Vice-President

66. Who advises the Government of India on legal
matters?

A) None of these
B) Attorney General
C) Chairman, Law Commission
D) Chief justice of Supreme Court

67. The most important feature of the Indian Parliament
is that

A) It also comprises of the President
B) The Upper House of the Parliament is never dissolved
C) It is bicameral in nature
D) It is the Union Legislature in India

68. The allocation of seats in the present Lok Sabha
is based on which one of the following census?

A) 1971
B) 1981
C) 1991
D) 2001

69. Who among the following was not elected for two
terms as the Speaker of Lok Sabha?

A) Baliram Bhagat
B) Balram Jakhar
C) N. Sanjiva Reddy
D) G.M.C. Balayogi

70. In case the President wishes to resign, to whom is
he to address his resignation letter?

A) Vice President
B) Chief Justice of India
C) Secretary of Lok Sabha
D) Prime Minister

71. Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers
resigned before facing a vote of no-confidence in
the Lok Sabha?

A) Morarji Desai
B) V.P. Singh
C) Chaudhary Charan Singh
D) Chandra Shekhar

72. Who is called the Guardian of public purse?

A) President
B) Council of Ministers
C) Controller and Auditor-General
D) Parliament

73. A proclamation of emergency must be placed
before the Parliament for its approval

A) Within 6 months
B) Within 1 month
C) Within 2 months
D) Within 1 year

74. ‘Zero Hour’ in political jargon refers to

A) Suspended motion
B) Question hour
C) Question-answer session
D) Adjourned time

75. Which one of the following is the largest committee
of the Parliament?

A) The Committee on Petition
B) The Estimates Committee
C) The Committee on Public Undertakings
D) The Public Accounts Committee

76. Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP)?

A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Kanshi Ram
C) Jyotiba Phule
D) Sahu Maharaj

77. Which party has advocated the coming together
of all Left parties?

A) CPI
B) CPI (M)
C) INC
D) NCP

78. What is the term of a Member of the Rajya Sabha?

A) Five years
B) Six years
C) Three years
D) Four years

79. The Union Executive of India consists of:

A) The President; Vice-President, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Council of Ministers
B) The President, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker and the Prime Minister
C) The President and the Council of Ministers only
D) The President, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only

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