Frequently Asked Indian Polity Questions for IB ACIO Exam 2017

Q4. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people’ by the people; for the people’ was made by?
(a) George Washington
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Abraham Lincon
(d) Theodore Roosevelt

Q5. India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on?
(a) 15th January, 1947
(b) 15th August, 1947
(c) 15th August, 1950
(d) 15th October, 1947

Q6. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with?
(a) Administrative Reforms
(b) Electoral Reforms
(c) Financial Reforms
(d) Centre-State relations

Q7.A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force?
(a) For Three Months
(b) For six months
(c) For nine months
(d) Indefinitely

Q8. The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on?
(a) 26th January, 1950
(b) 26th December, 1949
(c) 26th November, 1949
(d) 30th November, 1949

Q9. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Q10. The judges of the Supreme Court retire at the age of ?
(a) 60 years
(b) 65 years
(c) 62 years
(d) 58 years

Q11. A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for?
(a) 45 days
(b) 60 days
(c) 90 days
(d) 365 days

Q12. The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in the year ?
(a) 1990
(b) 1992
(c) 1980
(d) 1989

Q13. In which of the following systems of government is bi–cameralism an essential feature? 
(a) Federal system
(b) Unitary system
(c) Parliamentary system
(d) Presidential system

Q14. The first speaker of Lok Sabha was?
(a) S. Radhakrishnan
(b) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
(c) Sardar Hukum Singh
(d) G. V. Mavlankar

Q15. The Supreme Court of India offers advice to the President on matters of Legal, Public or Constitutional importance based on?
(a) Article-148
(b) Article-129
(c) Article-147
(d) Article-143