GK History (Ancient - Modern History,Social Science) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1501 :
How many times a person of India can seek re-election for the post of President of India?

  1. Once
  2. 3 times
  3. 2 times
  4. Any number of times
  

Question 1502 :
Who among the following holds office during the pleasure of the President?

  1. Governor of State
  2. Election Commissioner of India
  3. Chief Minister of State
  4. Prime Minister of India
  

Question 1503 :
Where can initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of India be initiated?

  1. Either House of Parliament
  2. Any Vidhan Sabha
  3. Only Lok Sabha
  4. Rajya Sabha only
  

Question 1504 :
Article 78 of the Constitution deals with

  1. President's power to get information from the Council of Ministers.
  2. Prime Minister's duty regarding keeping the President informed about the government's decisions and policies.
  3. Emergency powers of the President
  4. President's power to send advisory messages to 6 the Parliament.
  

Question 1505 :
What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India?

  1. Conterminous with the tenure of the Lok Sabha
  2. Conterminous with the tenure of the President
  3. As long as he enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha
  4. Five years
  

Question 1506 :
Reservation of seats in educational institutions in favour of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is governed by:

  1. Article 15(4) of the constitution.
  2. Article 16(4) of the constitution.
  3. Article 29(2) of the constitution
  4. Article 14 of the constitution
  

Question 1507 :
Which of the following has been considered supreme as a source of power?

  1. Supreme Court of India.
  2. Parliament of India.
  3. President of India.
  4. Constitution of India.
  

Question 1508 :
The official credited with the construction of the sudarshana lake in saurashtra during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya was —

  1. 1, 2 - 3
  2. 2, 3 - 4
  3. 1, 3 - 4
  4. 1, 2 - 4
  

Question 1509 :
To elect the President of India, which one of the following election procedures is used?

  1. System of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote
  2. Secondary voting system
  3. Proportional representation through list system
  4. Collective Voting system
  

Question 1510 :
The High Courts in India were first started at

  1. Bombay, Delhi, Madras
  2. Madras and Bombay
  3. Bombay, Madras, Calcutta
  4. Delhi and Calcutta
  

Question 1511 :
The Government of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers a National River?

  1. Bra hma putra
  2. Yamuna
  3. Ganga
  4. Kaveri
  

Question 1512 :
The vice-President is the ex-officio chairman of the-

  1. Rajya Sabha
  2. Lok Sabha
  3. Planning Commission
  4. National Development council
  

Question 1513 :
Among the following provisions, which one come into force soon after adoption of the Constitution on 26th November, 1949?

  1. Provisions relating to citizenship.
  2. Elections.
  3. Provisional Parliament
  4. All of the above
  

Question 1514 :
The Supreme Court of India was inaugurated on

  1. 28-01-1951 00:00:00
  2. 28-01-1950 00:00:00
  3. 30-01-1950 00:00:00
  4. 30-01-1949 00:00:00
  

Question 1515 :
Which of the following is a bulwark of personal freedom?

  1. Mandamus
  2. Habeas corpus
  3. Quo Warranto
  4. Certiorari
  

Question 1516 :
Which one of the following articles of the constitution of India has provision for the President to proclaim emergency?

  1. Article 352
  2. Article 355
  3. Article 356
  4. Article 360
  

Question 1517 :
Which among the following act is not related to the advisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court?

  1. Coal Bearing Areas Act
  2. Delhi Laws Act
  3. Sea Customs Act
  4. Kerala Education Bill
  

Question 1518 :
Which among the following rights was described by Dr. BR. Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the constitution?

  1. Right to freedom of Religion
  2. Right to property
  3. Right to equality
  4. Right to Constitutional Remedies
  

Question 1519 :
Who said, Parliamentary system provides adaily as well as a periodic assessment of the Government?

  1. B.R. Ambedkar
  2. B.N. Rau
  3. 3awahar Lal Nehru
  4. Rajendra Prasad
  

Question 1520 :
Which of the following Ministries prepares its own budget and presents in the Parliament every year?

  1. Finance Ministry
  2. Railway Ministry
  3. Ministry of Defence
  4. Ministry of Home affairs
  

Question 1521 :
The single instance of the unanimous election of the President of India so far, was the election of —

  1. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Dr. Radhakrishnan
  3. Zakir Hussain
  4. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
  

Question 1522 :
Article 1 of the Constitution of India declares India a Union of States. The territory of this Union of States comprises:

  1. Union and States.
  2. Union territories and States.
  3. States, Union territories, and States which may join the Union.
  4. States, Union territories and Territories which may be acquired.
  

Question 1523 :
Which country accepted the policy of Dual citizenship?

  1. India
  2. Canada
  3. Australia
  4. U.S.A
  

Question 1524 :
In India, political parties are given recognition by

  1. Election Commission
  2. Speaker of Lok Sabha
  3. President
  4. Law Commission
  

Question 1525 :
As we all know child labour is totally banned in India (Article as per the child means a person who has not completed —

  1. 14 years of his/her age
  2. 18 years of his/her age
  3. 20 years of his /her age
  4. 21 years of his/her age
  

Question 1526 :
Ashoka the Great, died in

  1. 206 B.C
  2. 216 B.C
  3. 226 B.C
  4. 232 B.C
  

Question 1527 :
The Indian Polity, the executive is subordinate to the —

  1. Judiciary
  2. Legislature
  3. Election commission
  4. Union Public Service Commission
  

Question 1528 :
The Presidential Government operates on the principle of —

  1. Division of powers between centre and states
  2. Centralization of Powers
  3. Balance of Powers
  4. Separation of powers
  

Question 1529 :
Which of the following writs/orders of the High court/supreme court is brought to get an order of an authority quashed?

  1. Mandamus
  2. Certiorari
  3. Quo Warranto
  4. Habeas Corpus
  

Question 1530 :
When Constitution was framed, the number of Schedules were:

  1. Eight.
  2. Ten.
  3. Twelve.
  4. Eleven