SSC QUIZ (POLITY)

1.    Who was the first woman to become the Prime Minister of a country?

(1) Golda Meir                   (2) Margaret Thatcher

(3) Indira Gandhi               (4) Sirimavo Bhandharnaike

2.    In India, the Prime Minister remains in office so long as he enjoys the –

(1) Support of armed forces

(2) Confidence of Rajya Sabha

(3)  Confidence of Lok Sabha

(4) Support of the people

3.    What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India?

(1) conterminuous 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

4.    Who among the following is the Chairman of the National Integration Council?

(1) The President              (2) The Vice – President

(3) The Prime Minister       (4) the Chief Justice of India

5.    Who of the following became  Prime Minister of India without becoming a Union Cabinet Minister?

(1) Chaudhary Charan singh       

(2) H.D. Deve Gowda

(2) Morarji Desai              

(4) I.K. Gujral

6.    ‘Shantivan" is related to whom?

(1) Smt. Indira Ghandhi    (2) Rajiv Gandhi

(3) Mahatma Gandhi         (4) Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru

7.    Which one of the following Prime Minister never faced the Parliament during the tenure?

(1) Chaudhary Charan Singh

(2) V.P Singh

(3) Chandra Sekhar

(4) Atal Behari Vajpayee

8.    The office of the Deputy Prime Minister –

(1) was created under the original Constitution

(2) is an extra – constitutional growth

(3) was created by 44^th Amendment

(4) was created by 85^th Amendment

9.    Who excercises the actual executive power under the Parliamentary form of Government?

(1) Parliament                   (2) Prime Minister

(3) President                     (4) Bureaucracy

10.  Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?

(1) Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel

(2) Moraraji Desai

(3) L.K. Advani

(4) Charan Singh

11.  The Council of Ministers does NOT include –

(1) Cabinet Ministers

(2) Cabinet Secretary

(3) Ministers of State

(4) Ministers without Portfolio

12.  Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?

(1) Gulzari Lal Nanda        (2) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(3) Lal Bahadur Shastri     (4) John Mathai

13.  The Council of Ministers of Indian Union is collectively responsible to the –

(1) Lok Sabha                   (2) President

(3) Rajya Sabha                (4) Prime Minister

14.  Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo China War of 1962?

(1) R.N. Thapar                 (2) V.K. Krishna Menon

(3 Govind Ballabh Pant       (4) Jagjivan Ram

15.  The first Law Minister of Independent India was –

(1) M.C.  Sitalwar              (2) B.R. Ambedkar

(3) Kailashnath Katju         (4) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

ANSWERS

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