Hard General Knowledge Quiz with Answers

1. The emergency provisions in the Indian Constitution are divided into three parts, which include national emergency (Article-352), failure of constitutional machinery in states/President's rule (Article-356) and financial emergency (Article-360).

2. Articles 352 to 360 in Part XVIII of the Indian Constitution deal with the provisions relating to Emergency.

3. National Emergency can be declared only after a resolution is passed by both the Houses of Parliament.

4. The resolution should contain an express proposal to enable the President to declare a national emergency.

1. The Fundamental Duties of the citizens were added to the Constitution of India by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.

2. By this amendment a new Part IV-A was added to the Constitution

3. In which 10 fundamental duties were included under Article 51A.

4. The idea of Fundamental Duties is inspired by the Constitution of Russia (erstwhile Soviet Union).

5. The 11th Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution of India in the year 2002 through the '86th Constitutional Amendment'

Article 48A reads: The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and safeguard the country's forests and wildlife. The 42nd Amendment added this Article, 1976 and places an obligation on the State to protect the environment and wildlife.

The Fundamental Duties are dealt with in Article 51A under Part-IV A of the Indian Constitution.

The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine.

The correct answer is Federal. There is no mention of 'Federal' in the Preamble of the Constitution of India. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution provides for freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship.

The correct answer is (A) and (D). Indian Constituent Assembly was not based on the adult franchise. Hence, A is correct.

The term Gram Sabha is defined in the Constitution of India under Article 243(b). Gram Sabha is the primary body of the Panchayati Raj system and by far the largest. It is a permanent body.

1. Social forestry and agroforestry are mentioned under the 11th schedule, while urban forestry is mentioned in the 12th schedule. Hence, forestry is mentioned in both.

2. Poverty alleviation is a subject under both the 11th and 12th schedules. The 12th schedule deals with urban poverty alleviation, while the 11th schedule deals with rural poverty alleviation.

3. It is a subject listed in the 11th Schedule of the Constitution of India.

1. Animal Husbandry

2. Poverty alleviation program

3. Minor Forest Produce

The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner.