10 Important MCQ on Indian Polity
1. Who appoints Ambassadors to foreign countries?
a) Prime minister
b) President
c) External affairs minister
d) Home minister
2. How many hours before actual polling, the election campaign has to stop in India?
a) 24 hours
b) 36 hours
c) 48 hours
d) 72 hours
3. Who fixes the salaries and allowances of the Speaker of Lok Sabha?
a) Council of ministers
b) Cabinet
c) Parliament
d) President
4. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha?
a) President
b) Prime minister
c) Vice President
d) Leader of Opposition
5. Which of the following powers is exclusively vested in the Rajya Sabha?
a) creation of new all India Services.
b) initiation of impeachment proceedings against the President.
c) legislation on subjects from the Union List
d) rejection of Money Bills.
6. The first Chairman of Rajya Sabha was
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
c) Dr. Zakir Husain
d) G. V. Mavalankar
7. The Constituent Assembly was setup as per the proposal of
a) Cripps Mission Plan
b) Wavell Plan
c) Cabinet Mission Plan
d) Mountbatten Plan
8. Planning Commission was recently replaced by NITI AAYOG. Planning Commission was setup in 1950 -
a) As per provisions mentioned in the Article 315 of Constitution of India.
b) By a resolution of the Government of India.
c) As per the provisions of Government of India Act, 1935.
d) By a resolution of National Development Council
9. Which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides that ‘It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language’
a) Article 49
b) Article 149
c) Article 351
d) Article 355
10. Which constitutional amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?
a) 23rd
b) 52nd
c) 78th
d) 61st