Indian Polity – Series 5


31) The first Governor ever to be dismissed by the President was

(a) Prabhudas Patwari

(b) Md. Yoonus Saleem

(c) Dr. MM Thomas

(d) Ram Lal

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Option – a)


32) The model for Fundamental Rights in India has been taken from the

(a) Constitution of the USA

(b) British Constitution

(c) Constitution of the Fifth French Republic

(d) Irish Constitution

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Option – a)


33) Who among the following is appointed by the President :

a) Attorney General of India

b) Comptroller and Auditor General

c) Governor of a State

d) All of These

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Option – d)


34) According Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in India is appointed by the :

a) Chief Justice of Supreme Court

b) Prime Minister

c) President

d) Law Minister

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Option – c)


35) The single instance of the unanimous election of the President of India , of any question of law ?

a) Prime Minister

b) President

c) Any judge of the High Court

d) All the above

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Option – b)


36) Which of the House  where the Chair Person is not the member of that House ?

a) Rajya Sabha

b) Lok Sabha

c) Legislative Council

d) Legislative Assembly

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Option – a)


37) An Advocate General is a/an

(a) State Government official

(b) Union Government official

(c) Extra-Constitutional authority

(d) Subordinate of the Attorney General of India

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Option – d)


38) Which of the following taxes is/are levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States?

(a) Stamp Duties

(b) Passenger and Goods Tax

(c) Estate Duty

(d) Taxes on Newspapers

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Option – a)


39) Disputes arising out of the election of the Vice-President shall be decided by the

(a) President

(b) Election Commission

(c) Supreme Court

(d) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

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Option – c)


40) The Constitution allows preventive detention but stipulates:

(a) that no one should be detained beyond three months unless an Advisory Board authorizes detention beyond that period

(b) that the grounds for detention should be conveyed to the detenu before arresting him

(c) that the detenu must be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of 24 hours of his arrest

(d) All of the above

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Option – a)