Genaral Knowledge-41

"Questions and answers based on Indian Constitution,Pa rliament and Government".


1.Who is known as the sculptor of the constitution ofIndia’?
(a) Rajendra Prasad (b) V.V. Giri
(c) B.R. Ambedkar (d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Answer : C
2.What is known as the “Little India”?
(a) City (b) Town (c) Village (d) State
Answer : C
3.A major obstacle to democracy is:
(a) Poverty of the people (b) Illiteracy
(c) Bureaucracy (d) Corruption
Answer : D
4.What is the function of the Gram Panchayat?
(a) To maintain law and order(b) To develop agriculture
(c) To maintain Sanitation (d) All of the above
Answer : D
5.Who is a “Lumbardar”?
(a) The head of a regiment (b) Head of Village
(c) Head of labourers (d) Nominee of the government
Answer : B
6.What is the lowest stage ofthe local government?
(a) Gram Panchayat (b) Panchayat samiti
(c) Zila Panchayat (d) District Council
Answer : A
7.What is known as the “Little India”?
(a) City (b) Town (c) Village (d) State
Answer : C
8.The mayor of the Corporation is:
(a) Elected by the people
(b) Elected by the members ofthe Corporation
(c) Appointed by the Chief Minister
(d) Appointed by the Government
Answer : B
9.Who collects the House Tax?
(a) Municipality or corporation(b) State Government
(c) Central government (d) District magistrate
Answer : A
10.What is the head of a Corporation known as
(a) President (b) Chairman (c)Alderman (d) Mayor
Answer : D
11.What is a Corporation?
(a) It is the same as municipality
(b) It is the municipality of a very big city
(c) It is a business undertaking (d) It is a limited company
Answer : B
12.What is the duty of the Municipality?
(a) To maintain law and order
(b) To keep the city neat andclean
(c) To collect taxes (d) To suppress crime
Answer : B
13.What is Local Self-Government ?
(a) Government of the wife (b) Government of the husband
(c) Municipal government (d) Mental government
Answer : C
14.Who was the last Governor-Genera l of India?
(a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Rajagopalachari
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer : B
15.Who is a gazetted officer?
(a) An officer with the red tape
(b) Bureaucrat
(c) Deputy Secretary
(d) The high officer of a department whose transfer isgazetted
Answer : D
16.Which is the most important and highest service?
(a) Indian Administrative Service (b) Indian Foreign Service
(c) Indian Police Service (d) Indian Information Service
Answer : B
17.Which is not an essential part of the Government?
(a) Cabinet (b) The Supreme Court
(c) Parliament (d) Indian Administrative Service
Answer : D
18.The Governor of a State is appointed by
(a) The State legislature (b) The Prime Minister
(c) The President (d) The Parliament
Answer : C
19.Who appoints the Chief Minister?
(a) The Governor of the State (b) The Prime Minister
(c) The Legislative Assembly (d) The Supreme Court
Answer : C
20.Who is a Chief Minister?
(a) Deputy Prime Minister
(b) The leader of the Union Territory
(c) The Leader of the Legislative Assembly in a State
(d) None of the above
Answer : C
21.Who elects the Prime Minister?
(a) The people (b) The President
(c) The Parliament (d) All of the above
Answer : C
22.The President of India is elected by:
(a) The members of Parliament
(b) The Members of Legislative Assemblies
(c) Both (d) Neither
Answer : B
23.The judges of the Supreme Court are appointedby
(a) The Prime Minister of India
(b) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(c) The President of India (d) The Indian parliament
Answer : C
24.When the President can declare emergency?
(a) When there is a breakdown of the constitutional machinery
(b) When security of India is threatened
(c) When financial stability is endangered
(d) Any or all of the above
Answer : D
25.Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
(a) The Prime Minister (b) The Commander-in-ch ief
(c) The President of India (d) Minister of Defence
Answer : C
26.Who Presides over the Rajya Sabha?
(a) The President of India (b) The Speaker of Lok sabha
(c) The Vice-President (d) None of them
Answer : C
27.Which body makes laws?
(a) The President (b) The Prime Minister
(c) The Parliament (d) The Supreme Court
Answer : C
28.In whom is the real power invested in India?
(a) The President (b) The Prime Minister
(c) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(d) All of them together
Answer : B
29.What are the essential elements of a republic?
(a) Independence (b) Sovereignty
(c) Democracy (d) All of the above
Answer : D
30.The function of the judiciary is:
(a) To make laws (b) To enforce laws
(c) To interpret laws (d) All ofthe above
Answer : C