Questions on Indian Polity - Part 1

1.       Year in which a commission was appointed by the Central Government on Union-State relations – 1983 2.       Article which deals with the grants in aid by the Union Government to the states – Article 275 3.       Article which deals with the election of the Vice-President – Article 66 4.       _____ can remove the Vice-President – Parliament 5.       Term of office of the Vice-President is – 5 years 6.       Article which deals with the appointment of Prime Minister and other ministers – Article 75 7.       Prime Minister is appointed by - President 8.       ______ communicates to the President all the decisions of the Council of Ministers under Article 78 – Prime Minister 9.       The total number of ministers including the Prime Minister shall not exceed – 15 % members of the Lok Sabha 10.   Maximum possible strength of Supreme Court Judges can be 31.  Currently there are ____ number of judges – 24 11.   Chief Justice and other Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by – President 12.   Article of the Indian Constitution which provides the composition and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India – Article 124 13.   NJAC stands for – National Judiciary Appointments Commission 14.   TS Thakur was the 43rd Chief Justice of India. Dipak Mishra, the incumbent CJI is India’s – 45th CJI 15.   As stated in Article 53 (1), the executive power of the Indian Union is vested with – President 16.   Article which deals with the pardoning power of the President – Article 72 17.   Impeachment of the President is carried by – Parliament 18.   Article which deals with the tenure of the President – Article 56 19.   Article which deals with the impeachment of President – Article 61 20.   Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management was constituted in – 2005 21.   First Parliamentary Forum on Youth was constituted in – 2006 22.   First Parliamentary Forum on Global warming and Climate Change was constituted in – 2008 23.   First Parliamentary Forum on Children was constituted in – 2006 24.   “The Independence of Judiciary” in the Indian Constitution is taken from – USA 25.   The Indian Constitution was amended by the – 42nd Amendment Act 26.   Supreme Court held that the Preamble is not a part of the Constitution in  the – Berubari Union Case (1960) 27.   Article of the Indian Constitution which deals with the constitution of the Parliament of India -  Article 79 28.   Article of the Indian Constitution which deals with the composition of the council of states (Rajya Sabha) and the manner of election of its members – Article 80 29.   Total number of representatives of the Rajya Sabha from states and union territories are – 238 30.   Total number of members which are nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha – 12 31.   The NITI Aayog is headed by _____ as its Chairperson - Prime Minister 32.   NITI Aayog came into effect from – 1st January, 2015 33.   The CEO of NITI Aayog is Amitabh Kant. Its Director is ______ who is also the director of Narendra Modi’s flagship healthcare programme Ayushman Bharat – Dinesh Arora 34.   The Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog is – Rajiv Kumar 35.   Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 makes provisions for a 3-Tier System of Panchayati Raj for all the States having population of above – 2 million 36.   First state to establish Panchayati Raj institutions – Rajasthan 37.   Part ___ of the Indian Constitution deals with Panchayats – IX 38.   Number of High Courts in India are – 24 39.   Article which deals with the appointment of Judges – Article 217 40.   High Courts issue writs under article – Article 226 41.   The first Indian State to establish the institution of Lokayukta is – Maharashtra 42.   Lokayukta and Upalokayukta are appointed by – Governor of the State 43.   State’s Lokayukta’s Office which is considered to be the strongest in terms of power and scope – Karnataka 44.   The fundamental duties are included in the constitution by the – 44th Amendment Act 45.   Fundamental Duties are mentioned in part ____ of the Constitution – Part IV 46.   Article of the Indian Constitution pertaining to the Fundamental Duties – 51 A 47.   Committee which suggested to incorporate fundamental duties in the Constitution – Swaran Singh Committee 48.   Articles of the Indian Constitution which contain the Right to Religious Freedom – Article 25-28 49.   Article which guarantees equality before law and equal protection of law for all individuals residing within the territory of India – Article 14 50.   Article which abolishes Untouchability – Article 17

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