Frequently Asked Questions - Polity

Previous Year Questions (PYQs) from SSC, Railway, Banking & Other Government Exams

1. Which Commission recommended 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in government services?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: B. P. Mandal Commission
2. Which Commission was formed in 2007 to improve Centre–State relations?
RRB NTPC 2021
Answer: Punchhi Commission
3. The Malimath Committee report is related to?
SSC CGL 2019
Answer: Criminal Justice System Reforms
4. Under which Act was the National Commission for Women established?
SSC CAPF & Delhi SI 2023
Answer: National Commission for Women Act, 1990
5. When was the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) established?
RRB NTPC 2021
Answer: 12 October 1993
6. In which year was the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) established?
SSC CPO SI 2022
Answer: 2007
7. Who became the first Lokpal of India?
SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: Pinaki Chandra Ghose
8. When was the first Law Commission established in independent India?
SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: 1955
9. In which year was the first Accountant General Office established in India?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: 1858
10. Which Constitutional Amendment is known as the Mini Constitution?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act
11. Which Constitutional Amendment added the Fundamental Duty of parents or guardians to provide education to their children?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: 86th Constitutional Amendment Act
12. Which Constitutional Amendment introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: 101st Constitutional Amendment Act
13. The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments introduced which system of local government?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: Three-tier system
14. Which Constitutional Amendment extended the reservation of SCs and STs in 2020?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: 104th Constitutional Amendment Act
15. Which Constitutional Amendment strengthened Panchayats by providing financial powers?
RRB NTPC 2021
Answer: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act
16. Which Schedule was added by the First Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: Ninth Schedule
17. Which Constitutional Amendment extended the jurisdiction of High Courts to Union Territories?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: 7th Constitutional Amendment Act
18. Which Commission was established by the 89th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
19. Which words were added to the Preamble by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: Socialist, Secular and Integrity
20. Which Constitutional Amendment made Sikkim a State of India?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: 36th Constitutional Amendment Act
21. In which year was the Constitution of India amended for the first time?
SSC CGL 2019, 2020 | SSC MTS 2019
Answer: 1951
22. Which Constitutional Amendment added the Right to Education (RTE)?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: 86th Constitutional Amendment Act
23. Which Constitutional Amendment introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
SSC CGL 2020
Answer: 101st Constitutional Amendment Act
24. Which President approved the 100th Constitutional Amendment Act?
SSC CGL 2022
Answer: Pranab Mukherjee
25. Which Articles were added by the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act?
SSC MTS 2015
Answer: Article 15(6) and Article 16(6)
26. Which Constitutional Amendment authorized the publication of the official Hindi text of the Constitution?
SSC JE 2019
Answer: 58th Constitutional Amendment Act
27. Who appoints the Advocate General of a State?
SSC CHSL 2018 | SSC CGL 2023
Answer: Governor
28. Who appoints the Election Commissioners of India?
SSC CPO SI 2022
Answer: President
29. To whom does the Speaker of the Lok Sabha submit his resignation?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
30. Who can remove a Supreme Court Judge from office?
SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: President
31. Who appoints the Chief Justice of India?
SSC MTS 2019
Answer: President
32. Who appoints the Governors of States in India?
SSC GD 2019
Answer: President
33. What is the tenure of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?
SSC GD 2024
Answer: 6 Years
34. What is the retirement age of a High Court Judge?
SSC CHSL 2022
Answer: 62 Years
35. What is the minimum age to become the President of India?
SSC MTS 2022
Answer: 35 Years
36. What is the tenure of elected representatives of a Gram Panchayat?
SSC CGL 2019 | RRC Group D 2022
Answer: 5 Years
37. What is the minimum age to become a member of the Rajya Sabha?
SSC GD 2024
Answer: 30 Years
38. What is the minimum age required to become a Governor?
SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: 35 Years
39. What is the tenure of a Panchayat under the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act?
SSC MTS 2019
Answer: 5 Years
40. What is the minimum age required to become a member of the Rajya Sabha?
SSC CHSL 2017 | SSC CPO SI 2017
Answer: 30 Years
41. Through which Article can Parliament impose restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: Article 302
42. Which Article provides for a Union Public Service Commission and a Public Service Commission for each State?
SSC Stenographer 2023
Answer: Article 315(1)
43. Who is the highest law officer of India?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: Attorney General of India
44. Which Article provides for the independent office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?
SSC GD 2023 | SSC CGL 2023 | SSC MTS 2023
Answer: Article 148
45. When was Hindi adopted as an Official Language?
RRC Group D 2022
Answer: 14 September 1949
46. Article 76 of the Constitution is related to which office?
SSC GD 2023 | SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Attorney General of India
47. Which Article deals with the establishment of the GST Council?
SSC CGL 2021
Answer: Article 279A
48. Which Article deals with the audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: Article 151
49. Which Article contains special provisions for the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: Article 371
50. Under which Article does the Election Commission conduct elections to Parliament and State Legislatures?
SSC CGL 2020
Answer: Article 324
51. Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) are created under which Article?
SSC CPO SI 2019
Answer: Article 312
52. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State?
SSC CGL 2020
Answer: Sucheta Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh)
53. When was the Delhi High Court established?
RRC Group D 2022
Answer: 31 October 1966
54. Which were the first three High Courts established in India?
RRC Group D 2022
Answer: Calcutta, Bombay and Madras High Courts
55. Which was the first High Court established in India?
SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: Calcutta High Court
56. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India?
SSC CHSL 2017
Answer: Justice Leela Seth
57. Who supervises the subordinate courts in India?
SSC CGL 2016
Answer: High Court
58. A Governor can be appointed for how many States?
SSC GD 2024
Answer: Two or More States
59. Who recommends the imposition of President's Rule in a State?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: Governor
60. Which Article deals with the conduct of the business of the Government of a State?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: Article 166
61. Who appoints the State Election Commissioner?
SSC MTS 2023
Answer: Governor
62. How long does a Governor continue in office after the expiry of the term?
SSC Delhi SI 2023
Answer: Until the successor assumes office.
63. Which Article provides for the office of the Governor?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Article 153
64. Who is the final interpreter of the Constitution of India?
SSC Delhi SI 2023
Answer: Supreme Court
65. When was the Supreme Court of India established?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: 26 January 1950
66. Article 143 of the Constitution is related to?
SSC CHSL 2023
Answer: President's power to consult the Supreme Court.
67. In which year did the Supreme Court declare the Preamble as part of the Constitution in the Kesavananda Bharati case?
SSC Stenographer 2022
Answer: 1973
68. Which Article provides for the establishment of the Supreme Court?
SSC JE 2021
Answer: Article 124
69. Which is the highest appellate court in India?
SSC MTS 2019
Answer: Supreme Court
70. What is the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha and how many members are nominated by the President?
SSC GD 2024
Answer: Maximum Strength – 250 Members, Nominated Members – 12
71. How many seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha?
Delhi Police Constable 2023
Answer: 47 Seats
72. In which year was the first meeting of the Rajya Sabha held?
SSC Stenographer 2022
Answer: 1952
73. In which year was NOTA (None of the Above) introduced in India?
SSC CGL 2022
Answer: 2013
74. How many Rajya Sabha seats are allotted to Assam?
SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: 7 Seats
75. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
SSC MTS 2022 | SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: Vice President of India
76. Which Article provides for the office of the Attorney General of India?
SSC CGL 2023
Answer: Article 76
77. Who appoints the Attorney General of India?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: President of India
78. Who is the highest law officer of the Government of India?
SSC CHSL 2022 | SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Attorney General of India
79. Who can participate in the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament but has no right to vote?
SSC JE 2018
Answer: Attorney General of India
80. The Attorney General must possess the qualifications required for which office?
SSC CGL 2021
Answer: Judge of the Supreme Court
81. Who introduced the Cabinet Mission Plan in India?
SSC CGL 2022
Answer: Cabinet Mission
82. How many members were there in the Cabinet Mission?
SSC CHSL 2020
Answer: Three
83. Which is the highest decision-making body among the Council of Ministers?
SSC GD 2022
Answer: Cabinet
84. Who is the Chairman of the Cabinet?
SSC MTS 2019
Answer: Prime Minister
85. The term "Cabinet" is mentioned in which Article of the Constitution?
SSC CGL 2023
Answer: Article 352
86. Which Article provides for the office of the Prime Minister?
SSC CGL 2023
Answer: Article 75
87. Who appoints the Prime Minister of India?
SSC CHSL 2022 | SSC GD 2023
Answer: President of India
88. Who is the head of the Council of Ministers?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Prime Minister
89. Who is the real executive head of the Government of India?
SSC CGL 2022
Answer: Prime Minister
90. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to which House of Parliament?
SSC CHSL 2023 | SSC CPO 2018
Answer: Lok Sabha
91. Under which Article is the Council of Ministers collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha?
SSC JE 2018
Answer: Article 75(3)
92. Who communicates the decisions of the Council of Ministers to the President?
SSC MTS 2022
Answer: Prime Minister
93. Who allocates portfolios among Union Ministers?
SSC GD 2022
Answer: Prime Minister
94. Who presides over the meetings of the Union Cabinet?
SSC CHSL 2020
Answer: Prime Minister
95. Who is known as the "Keystone of the Cabinet Arch" in India?
SSC CGL 2019
Answer: Prime Minister
96. Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?
SSC GD 2021 | SSC CHSL 2019
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
97. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
SSC MTS 2022
Answer: Indira Gandhi
98. Who served as the shortest-tenure Prime Minister of India?
SSC CGL 2020
Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee (13 Days)
99. Who served as the longest-serving Prime Minister of India?
SSC CPO 2017
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
100. Which Article provides for the office of the Vice President of India?
SSC CGL 2023
Answer: Article 63
101. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
SSC CHSL 2022 | SSC GD 2023
Answer: Vice President of India
102. Who elects the Vice President of India?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Members of both Houses of Parliament
103. What is the tenure of the Vice President of India?
SSC GD 2022
Answer: Five Years
104. Who administers the oath of office to the Vice President of India?
SSC CHSL 2020
Answer: President of India
105. Who was the first Vice President of India?
SSC GD 2021 | SSC CHSL 2019
Answer: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
106. Which Article deals with the election of the Vice President?
SSC JE 2018
Answer: Article 66
107. Which Article deals with the term of office of the Vice President?
SSC CGL 2022
Answer: Article 67
108. Which Article provides that the Vice President acts as the President in the absence of the President?
SSC CPO 2018
Answer: Article 65
109. Which Article provides for the office of the President of India?
SSC CGL 2023
Answer: Article 52
110. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces of India?
SSC GD 2024 | SSC CHSL 2022
Answer: President of India
111. Which Article deals with the election of the President of India?
SSC CGL 2022
Answer: Article 54
112. Who elects the President of India?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Electoral College consisting of elected MPs and elected MLAs of the States and Union Territories of Delhi & Puducherry.
113. What is the tenure of the President of India?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: Five Years
114. The President of India can be removed through which process?
SSC CHSL 2023 | SSC CGL 2019
Answer: Impeachment
115. Which Article provides the procedure for the impeachment of the President?
SSC JE 2018
Answer: Article 61
116. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India?
SSC MTS 2019 | RRB NTPC 2021
Answer: Chief Justice of India
117. Who administers the oath of office to the President if the Chief Justice of India is absent?
SSC CHSL 2020
Answer: Senior-most Judge of the Supreme Court
118. Under which Article can the President proclaim a National Emergency?
SSC CGL 2023
Answer: Article 352
119. Under which Article can President's Rule be imposed in a State?
SSC GD 2023 | SSC CPO 2018
Answer: Article 356
120. Under which Article can the President proclaim Financial Emergency?
SSC CHSL 2022
Answer: Article 360
121. Who was the first President of India?
SSC GD 2021 | SSC CHSL 2019
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
122. Who was the first woman President of India?
SSC MTS 2022
Answer: Pratibha Devisingh Patil
123. Who was the first Acting President of India?
SSC CGL 2020
Answer: V. V. Giri
124. Who was the first President of India to die in office?
SSC CPO 2017
Answer: Dr. Zakir Husain
125. Who was known as the "Missile Man of India" and later became the President of India?
SSC GD 2022
Answer: Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
126. Which Schedule of the Constitution contains the Union List, State List and Concurrent List?
SSC MTS 2022 | RRB Group D 2022
Answer: Seventh Schedule
127. Which Schedule provides for the allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha?
SSC CHSL 2021
Answer: Fourth Schedule
128. Which Constitutional Amendment added the Tenth Schedule?
SSC CGL 2021
Answer: 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1985
129. How many Schedules are there in the Constitution of India?
SSC CHSL 2017 | SSC GD 2019, 2021
Answer: 12 Schedules
130. Which Schedule divides powers between the Union and the States?
SSC Selection Post IX 2021
Answer: Seventh Schedule
131. Which Schedule contains the Anti-Defection Law?
SSC CPO 2016
Answer: Tenth Schedule
132. Which Part of the Constitution is known as the Magna Carta of India?
SSC Delhi Police & CRPF 2022
Answer: Part III (Fundamental Rights)
133. Which Part of the Constitution deals with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
SSC CHSL 2022
Answer: Part XIV
134. Which Part was added by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act?
SSC MTS 2019
Answer: Part IX
135. Which Part of the Constitution deals with Citizenship?
SSC CGL 2017
Answer: Part II
136. How many Articles were there in the original Constitution of India?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: 395 Articles
137. When was the National Flag adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
SSC MTS 2019
Answer: 22 July 1947
138. When was the National Anthem adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
SSC CHSL 2017
Answer: 24 January 1950
139. From which country was the idea of Justice borrowed in the Indian Constitution?
SSC Selection Post Matric Level 2024
Answer: USSR (Russia)
140. India adopted the Parliamentary System of Government from which country?
SSC GD 2023 | RRB Group D 2018
Answer: Britain (United Kingdom)
141. Fundamental Rights were borrowed from the Constitution of which country?
SSC GD 2023 | RRB NTPC 2021 | SSC JE 2017
Answer: United States of America (USA)
142. The Independence of Judiciary in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from which country?
SSC GD 2023
Answer: United States of America (USA)
143. The Indian model of a strong Centre in a federal system was borrowed from which country?
SSC GD 2023 | RRB NTPC 2021
Answer: Canada
144. Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) were borrowed from which country?
SSC CHSL 2023 | RRB NTPC 2021 | SSC GD 2019
Answer: Ireland
145. The Rule of Law in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from which country?
RRB NTPC 2021
Answer: Britain
146. Parliamentary Privileges were borrowed from which country?
SSC JE 2019
Answer: Britain
147. The First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system was adopted from which country?
RRB NTPC 2021 | SSC JE 2017
Answer: Britain
148. The office of the Speaker and its role were borrowed from which country?
SSC JE 2017
Answer: Britain
149. The Quasi-Federal system of the Indian Constitution was borrowed from which country?
SSC JE 2017
Answer: Canada
150. The concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) originated in which country?
SSC JE 2018
Answer: United States of America (USA)
151. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in the Preamble were inspired by which country?
SSC CPO 2018 | RRB NTPC 2021 | SSC CHSL 2020 | SSC CPO 2016 | SSC MTS 2019 | SSC JE 2017
Answer: France
152. Judicial Review was borrowed from which country?
SSC JE 2017
Answer: United States of America (USA)
153. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?
SSC MTS 2019 | SSC CHSL 2020
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
154. Who presided over the inaugural meeting of the Constituent Assembly?
SSC JE 2018
Answer: Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
155. Who was the Deputy Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
RRB NTPC 2021
Answer: H. C. Mukherjee
156. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
157. In which year were the Constituent Assembly elections held?
SSC CHSL 2024 | SSC GD 2024
Answer: 1946
158. When was the first draft of the Constitution published?
SSC CGL 2023
Answer: February 1948
159. How much time was taken to frame the Constitution of India?
SSC Delhi Police 2022
Answer: 2 Years, 11 Months and 18 Days
160. When was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held?
SSC MTS 2021
Answer: 9 December 1946