Q : The term Lok Sabha is normally
(A) 2 years
(B) 4 years
(C) 5 years
(D) 7 years
The salary of the President is
(A) Fixed in constitution
(B) Fixed by a law made by the Parliament
(C) It is mentioned in the Second Schedule of the Constitution
(D) All of the above
The salary of President of India is discussed here. On September 11, 2008, the Indian government increased the president's salary to 1.5 lakh rupees (approximately to 3.9 lakh in 2022). In India's 2018 Union budget, this compensation was increased to 5 lakh (equivalent to 5.9 lakh in 2023).
What can be the maximum interval between two sessions of Parliament?
(A) 3 months
(B) 4 months
(C) 6 months
(D) 9 months
Setting a supreme court was Calcutta is a part of a ?
(A) Regulating Act of 1773
(B) Pitts India Act of 1784
(C) Charter Act of 1793
(D) Charter Act of 1893
The promulgation of Regulating Act of 1773 by the King of England paved the way for establishment of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta.
In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment 1976, which word was added to the Preamble?
(A) Democratic
(B) Equality
(C) Secular
(D) Socialist
The Preamble has been amended by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act (1976), which added three new words—socialist, secular and integrity.
The first speaker of Lok Sabha was……
(A) K.M. Munshi
(B) C.D. Deshmukh
(C) G.V. Mavalankar
(D) H.J. Kania
Ganesh Mavlankar is considered as the father of Lok Sabha. He was popularly called 'Dada Saheb'. He was the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (Legislative) and the Provisional Parliament (1947-52). He served as the Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1946.
Jana Gana Mana, was accepted as the National Anthem of India by the Constituent Assembly of India in which of the following years?
(A) 1950
(B) 1949
(C) 1948
(D) 1947
The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bangla by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on January 24, 1950.
Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India is related to the Uniform Civil Code?
(A) Article 46
(B) Article 43
(C) Article 44
(D) Article 45
The term, 'Uniform Civil Code' is explicitly mentioned in Part 4, Article 44 of the Indian Constitution. Article 44 says, “The State shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.”
When was the Indian National Congress first partitioned after independence?
(A) 1969
(B) 1956
(C) 1971
(D) 1973
The Indian National Congress, commonly known as the Congress, is one of the major political parties in India. Congress was established on 28 December 1885 during the British Raj. Its founders included A. O. Hume (prominent member of the Theosophical Society), Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha. In the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries, the Congress became a central player in the Indian independence struggle, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants, in opposition to British colonial rule.
Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian State?
(A) Sucheta Kripalani
(B) Padmaja Naidu
(C) Tarkeswari Sinha
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949. Her daughter, Padmaja Naidu, is the longest-serving female governor with almost 11 years tenure in West Bengal.
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