SSC Study Materials – Indian Polity & Constitution
Q1. Under which Article of the Constitution can a Joint Sitting of Parliament be summoned?
Correct Answer: B) Article 108
Q2. Which Article empowers the Supreme Court to issue Writs for enforcement of fundamental rights?
Correct Answer: B) Article 32
Q3. What is the retirement age of a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
Correct Answer: C) 65 Years
Q4. Who has the authority to remove a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) from office?
Correct Answer: B) President of India
Q5. Which High Court famously invalidated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Lok Sabha election in 1975?
Correct Answer: B) Allahabad High Court
Q6. Who out of the following can vote in the election of the President of India?
Correct Answer: D) None of the above
Q7. Which Article enables special educational/cultural provisions for backward classes (SC/ST/OBC)?
Correct Answer: B) Article 29
Q8. Which Article of the Indian Constitution details the constitution/formation of Parliament?
Correct Answer: B) Article 79
Q9. Who among the following cannot be removed/impeached directly by a standard parliamentary process?
Correct Answer: D) Attorney General of India
Q10. What is the tenure of the Chairman/Members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?
Correct Answer: B) 5 years or up to 70 years of age
Q11. In which year was the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) established in India?
Correct Answer: B) 1993
Q12. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SC Commission)?
Correct Answer: A) Article 338
Q13. Which house of Parliament holds special exclusive power over All India Services under Article 312?
Correct Answer: B) Rajya Sabha
Q14. Which Article of the Indian Constitution mandates the setting up of a Finance Commission?
Correct Answer: B) Article 280
Q15. Which Article regulates grants-in-aid from the Union to specific States?
Correct Answer: A) Article 275
Q16. Under which Article can Parliament legislate on a subject in the State List during a proclamation of emergency/national interest?
Correct Answer: A) Article 249
Q17. Which Article defines the duration/continuity of the Houses of Parliament (e.g., Rajya Sabha is permanent)?
Correct Answer: B) Article 83
Q18. Which Article provides for the appointment of the Attorney General of India?
Correct Answer: A) Article 76
Q19. Who is the highest legal/law officer of the Union Government of India?
Correct Answer: C) Attorney General of India
Q20. In which year was the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) originally set up?
Correct Answer: B) 1993
SSC GD Indian Polity & Constitution – Part 2
Q21. Which constitutional amendment is popularly referred to as the “Mini Constitution”?
Correct Answer: A) 42nd Amendment (1976)
Q22. Which amendment extended the term of the Lok Sabha from 5 years to 6 years during the Emergency?
Correct Answer: A) 42nd Amendment
Q23. The Ninth Schedule was added to the Constitution of India by which amendment?
Correct Answer: A) First Amendment (1951)
Q24. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to:
Correct Answer: B) Lok Sabha (House of the People)
Q25. The Supreme Court of India was originally proposed to be established under which historic act?
Correct Answer: A) Regulating Act of 1773
Q26. Which Article states that there shall be an Advocate General for each State?
Correct Answer: C) Article 165
Q27. Article 21A of the Indian Constitution is explicitly related to the:
Correct Answer: B) Right to Education
Q28. In which part of the Indian Constitution was the temporary Article 370 located?
Correct Answer: A) Part XXI
Q29. Which Article details the procedure for amending the Indian Constitution?
Correct Answer: C) Article 368
Q30. Which amendment reduced the voting age in India from 21 years to 18 years?
Correct Answer: C) 61st Amendment
Q31. Which amendment added four languages—Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali—to the Eighth Schedule?
Correct Answer: B) 92nd Amendment
Q32. When was the Constitution of India formally adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
Correct Answer: A) 26 November 1949
Q33. Who elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as the first President of India?
Correct Answer: C) Constituent Assembly (Samvidhan Sabha)
Q34. Whom did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar call the “Heart and Soul” of the Indian Constitution?
Correct Answer: C) Right to Constitutional Remedies (Article 32)
Q35. Who proposed the idea of a “partyless democracy” (Dal-rahit Loktantra) in India?
Correct Answer: A) Jayaprakash Narayan
Q36. Who was the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly?
Correct Answer: B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q37. If a Member of Parliament is absent from all sessions without permission, their seat can be declared vacant after:
Correct Answer: B) 60 days
Q38. The concept of “Zero Hour” in parliamentary systems is an innovation of which country?
Correct Answer: C) India
Q39. What constitutes the Parliament of India?
Correct Answer: C) President, Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha
Q40. Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Correct Answer: A) G.V. Mavalankar
SSC GD Indian Polity & Indian Economy – Part 3
Q41. The Annual Financial Statement (Budget) is presented under which constitutional Article?
Correct Answer: B) Article 112
Q42. The Anti-Defection Law is contained in which Schedule of the Constitution?
Correct Answer: D) Tenth Schedule
Q43. Which Article directs the state to provide free legal aid and equal justice to citizens?
Correct Answer: A) Article 39A
Q44. How many schedules were originally present in the Constitution of India when enacted?
Correct Answer: A) 8
Q45. In 1956, the State Reorganisation Act created how many States and Union Territories?
Correct Answer: A) 14 States and 6 UTs
Q46. Who administers the oath of office to the Governor of an Indian State?
Correct Answer: B) Chief Justice of the respective High Court
Q47. What is the minimum age required to become a member of a State Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad)?
Correct Answer: B) 30 years
Q48. Who has presented the Union Budget of India the maximum number of times?
Correct Answer: B) Morarji Desai
Q49. Who presented the first budget of Independent India?
Correct Answer: A) R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
Q50. Which international body publishes the Human Development Report (HDR)?
Correct Answer: C) UNDP
Q51. In which year was the Gender Inequality Index (GII) introduced by UNDP?
Correct Answer: A) 2010
Q52. Which country introduced the concept of a formal modern budget for the first time in the world?
Correct Answer: B) England
Q53. Which sector contributes the highest share to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
Correct Answer: C) Service Sector
Q54. Which sector/industry is commonly classified under the term “Sunrise Industry”?
Correct Answer: B) Information Technology (IT)
Q55. In which year was India’s first official Industrial Policy Resolution launched?
Correct Answer: B) 1948
Q56. On which economic model was the First Five-Year Plan of India based?
Correct Answer: B) Harrod-Domar Model
Q57. In which year was the First Five-Year Plan of India launched?
Correct Answer: C) 1951
Q58. In which year was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) nationalized?
Correct Answer: C) 1949
Q59. Where is the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) located?
Correct Answer: A) New Delhi
Q60. To determine Per Capita Income, the National Income of a country is divided by:
Correct Answer: B) Total Population of the nation
Q61. In which year was the Planning Commission of India established?
Correct Answer: B) 1950
Q62. Slogan of “Poverty Alleviation” (Garibi Hatao) was prominently emphasized during which Five-Year Plan?
Correct Answer: C) Fifth Plan