1. The prescribed fee under the Right Information Act can be remitted through:
(a) Postal order (b) Court fee stamp
(c) Chaim (d) All of these
Ans: d
2. Which Article was inserted by the 86th amendment of the Constitution to the list of Fundamental Rights?
Ans: 21A
3. If a notice for special session of Lok Sabha was given in writing signed by not less than one tenth of the members, the president must summon the session within _____ days.
Ans: 14
4. If a person is refused freedom of movement it means denial of:
(a) Civil liberty (b) Economic liberty
(c) National liberty (d) Political liberty
Ans: a
5. If the information sought under the RTI Act is concerned with the life or liberty of person, the same shall be provided within of the receipt of request.
Ans: 48 hours
6. Which writ is called the bulwark of personal freedom?
(a) Mandamus (b) Habeas Corpus
(c) Quo Warrants (d) Prohibition
Ans: b
7. Who addresses the first parliament meeting after election?
Ans: President
8. Who administers the oath of office of the Governor?
Ans: Chief Justice of High Court
9. If a state legislative council is to be created or abolished, a resolution to that effect is to be first passed by the state Legislature by a ____ majority:
Ans: Two Thirds
10. If any question arises whether a member of either house of the Parliament has to become subject to disqualification, it shall be decided by the _____ after obtaining the opinion of the Election Commission of India.
Ans: President
11. Which Article of the Constitution is related to the protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech?
Ans: 19
12. In which year the Indian National Congress passed a resolution in Madras which declared that 'the basis of future Constitution of India must be a declaration of Fundamental Rights'?
Ans: 1927
13. India borrowed the idea of Fundamental Rights from the Constitution of:
Ans: USA
14. Indian politics was brought under the influence of the British Parliament for the first time through:
Ans: The Regulating Act, 1773
15. Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the structure of Union Government?
(a) It is unitary (b) It is federal
(c) It is federal in peace time and unitary in emergency
(d) It is unitary in peace times and federal in emergencies
Ans: c
16. The president has the power to suspend the enforcement of any or all the Fundamental Rights during emergency as per Article:
Ans: 359
17. In how many ways the Constitution of India can be amended?
Ans: 3
18. In India, the campaign on Right to Information got a start at the grass root levels in the state of:
Ans: Rajasthan
19. In India, which of the following is regarded as the custodian of rights of citizens?
(a) Legislature (b) Courts
(c) Human Rights Commission (d) Information Commission
Ans: b
20. In Indian Constitution, Right to Equality is granted by five Articles. They are:
Ans: 14 to 18
21. Which one of the following literally means 'We command'?
(a) Quo Warrants (b) Habeas corpus
(c) Mandamus (d) Certiorari
Ans: c
22. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that Parliament had the right to amend any of the Fundamental Rights?
Ans: Keshavananda Bharati
23. Which one of the following subjects does not belong to the Union List?
(a) Atomic Energy (b) War and Peace
(c) Post Offices Savings Bank (d)Public Health and Sanitation
Ans: d
24. Which one of the following was not included in the Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?
(a) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) N Madhava Rao (d) KM. Munshi
Ans: b
25. Which Article of the Constitution is related to 'Protection in respect of convict of offenders'?
Ans: 20
