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50 Q&A on Polity and Constitution (Part I)

June 29, 2025
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Q: When was the First Amendment to the Indian Constitution enacted?
A: June 1951

Q: Which amendment is called the mini constitution?
A: 42nd Amendment Act 1976

Q: Rajya Sabha is mentioned in which article?
A: Article 80

Q: Which house cannot introduce a Money Bill?
A: Rajya Sabha

Q: Religious education is prohibited under which article?
A: Article 28

Q: What is khasdar called in English?
A: Member of Parliament

Q: Who appoints the Prime Minister of India?
A: President of India

Q: MLA stands for?
A: Member of the Legislative Assembly

Q: Who was the longest serving Prime Minister of India?
A: Jawaharlal Nehru

Q: Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A: Indira Gandhi

Q: Which Prime Minister never faced Parliament?
A: Charan Singh

Q: Which amendment added Article 21A?
A: 86th Amendment Act 2002

Q: Which is the first House of Parliament?
A: Lok Sabha

Q: Who inaugurated the Old Parliament House?
A: Lord Irwin

Q: Which garden is inside Rashtrapati Bhavan?
A: Amrit Udyan

Q: Who is the first Lokpal of India?
A: Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh

Q: Who was the first woman nominated to Rajya Sabha?
A: Rukmini Devi Arundale

Q: Who was the first film actress nominated to Rajya Sabha?
A: Nargis Dutt

Q: What is a 9 judge bench called?
A: Constitution Bench

Q: What does amicus curiae mean?
A: Friend of the Court

Q: Under whose government was Right to Property removed as a Fundamental Right?
A: Morarji Desai government

Q: What was omitted by the 44th Amendment Act?
A: Right to Property as Fundamental Right

Q: What are the four pillars of democracy?
A: Legislature Executive Judiciary Media

Q: In which country is a Money Bill presented in the Upper House?
A: Germany

Q: Satyameva Jayate is borrowed from?
A: Mundaka Upanishad

Q: Education is included in which list?
A: Concurrent List

Q: What are the three lists in the Constitution?
A: Union List State List Concurrent List

Q: Hota Committee is related to?
A: Civil Service Reforms

Q: Who defined democracy as of the people by the people for the people?
A: Abraham Lincoln

Q: What is another name of democracy?
A: Republic

Q: Highest law authority in India?
A: Supreme Court of India

Q: Highest law officer in India?
A: Attorney General of India

Q: What does Article 9 deal with?
A: Loss of citizenship on acquiring foreign citizenship

Q: Single citizenship concept borrowed from?
A: United Kingdom

Q: Full form of DPSP?
A: Directive Principles of State Policy

Q: Which act is known as Morley Minto Reforms?
A: Indian Councils Act 1909

Q: Which act introduced elections in India?
A: Indian Councils Act 1892

Q: DPSP borrowed from which country?
A: Ireland

Q: DPSP covered under which articles?
A: Articles 36 to 51

Q: DPSP included in which part?
A: Part IV

Q: Who served more than one term as Prime Minister of India?
A: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Q: What does Article 154 deal with?
A: Executive power of the State

Q: What does Article 153 provide for?
A: Governor for each State

Q: Financial Emergency is under which article?
A: Article 360

Q: Concurrent List borrowed from which country?
A: Australia

Q: Who drafted the Objectives Resolution basis of Preamble?
A: Jawaharlal Nehru

Q: When was Panchayati Raj started in India?
A: 2 October 1959

Q: Father of Panchayati Raj?
A: Balwant Rai Mehta

Q: Fourth pillar of Indian democracy?
A: Freedom of the Press

Q: Abolition of Titles is under which article?
A: Article 18