Polity is a very important subject for Railway Recruitment exams and UPSC Exams. SSC CPO Prelims exam is a combination of sections like General Awareness, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English. Polity is one of the most important topics in the General Awareness section. SSC CPO Polity Quiz 10 presents the most important questions related Polity section.
1. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha has to address his letter of resignation to
A. Prime Minister of India
B. President of India
C. Dy. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
D. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Answer: Option C
2. Which of the following taxes are levied and collected by the Government of India and assigned to the States? 1. Taxes on railway fares and freights 2. Taxes on the sale and purchase of newspapers and on advertisements published therein 3. Taxes on agricultural income 4. Taxes on professions, trades, callings, and employment Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 4
C. 2 and 3
D. 3 and 4
Answer: Option A
3. The Fundamental duties of Indian citizens have been
A. Originally provided by the Constitution
B. Included in the Constitution by the 44th Amendment
C. Included in the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment
D. Inserted into the Constitution by a judgement of the Supreme Court
Answer: Option C
4. Which one of the following Parliamentary Committees in India acts as a `watchdog on departmental expenditure and irregularities?
A. Estimates Committee
B. Committee on Public Undertakings
C. Public Account Committee
D. Committee on Public Assurances
Answer: Option C
5. Which one of the following shall not be considered an adequate ground for the issue of a proclamation of national emergency?
A. War
B. External Aggression
C. Armed Rebellion
D. Internal Disturbance
6. In which of the following lists of the Indian Constitution is the subject of `Population control and `family planning included?
A. Union List
B. Concurrent List
C. State List
D. Residuary List
Answer: Option B
7. An ordinary Bill passed by Parliament is returned by the President to Parliament for reconsideration. It is passed again by Parliament without any change. Now the
A. The President is free to withhold his assent again
B. The Bill will automatically lapse
C. The Bill will be referred to the Supreme Court
D. The President shall not withhold his assent
Answer: Option D
8. Which one of the following items comes under the Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution?
A. Inter-State rivers
B. Trade Unions
C. Citizenship
D. Local Government
Answer: Option B
9. The question whether any and if so that advice was tendered by the Council of Ministers to the President
A. Shall not be inquired into by any court
B. Maybe inquired into by any of the High Courts
C. Shall be inquired into by the Supreme Court only
D. May be inquired into by either House of Parliament
Answer: Option A
10. Which one of the following was NOT included originally as the Directive Principle in the Constitution of India?
A. Citizens right to an adequate means of livelihood
B. Free and Compulsory education to children under 14 years of age
C. Free legal aid
D. Prohibition of the slaughter of cows and calves
11. Which one of the following is NOT included as a Fundamental duty in the Constitution of India?
A. To Cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle
B. To develop the scientific temper humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform
C. To protect the minorities
D. To safeguard public property and to abjure violence
Answer: Option C
12. Which of the following are the types of authority attributed to the President of India?
A. Real and popular
B. Titular and de-jure
C. Political and nominal
D. Constitutional and nominal
Answer: Option D
13. Under the provisions of the Indian Constitution, a community can be declared a minority community on the basis of
A. Religion only
B. Either Religion or Language
C. Either Language or Caste
D. Either Religion or Race
Answer: Option B
14. Who was the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly?
A. B.N. Rao
B. Dr. Ambedkar
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. Sachidanand Sinha
Answer: Option C
15. The Supreme Court of India, enunciated the doctrine of `Basic structure of the Constitution in the
A. Golaknath case in 1967
B. Sajjan Singh case in 1965
C. Shakari Prasad case in 1951
D. Keshvanand Bharati case in 1973