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  1. The president convenes and prorogues all sessions of Parliament in consultation with

  2. A.

     the speaker

    B.

     the prime minister

    C.

     the prime minister and the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha

    D.

     None of the above


  3. The preamble to our constitution provided that India is

  4. A.

     a sovereign, socialist and democratic republic

    B.

     a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic

    C.

     a sovereign republic with a socialist pattern of society

    D.

     a socialist, secular and democratic republic


  5. The minimum age required to become a member of Rajya Sabha is

  6. A.

     21 years

    B.

     25 years

    C.

     30 years

    D.

     35 years


  7. The president can be impeached for

  8. A.

     violating the constitution

    B.

     disregarding Parliament

    C.

     for not taking the prime minister's advice

    D.

     All of the above


  9. The name of the union given in the Constitution is

  10. A.

     Hindustan or Bharatavarsha

    B.

     India or Hindustan

    C.

     India or Bharat

    D.

     Bharatadesh or India


  11. The phrase 'procedure established by the law' means

  12. A.

     the judges in India cannot question the fairness or validity of a law, provided it is within the limits of the constitution

    B.

     judges in India can question the fairness or validity of an undue law even if it is within the limits of the constitution

    C.

     judges in India can declare a law invalid simply because in their opinion the law is not due or is unjust

    D.

     None of the above


  13. The national anthem was written by

  14. A.

     Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

    B.

     Rabindranath Tagore

    C.

     Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

    D.

     Aurobindo Ghosh


  15. The member of a State Public Service Commission can be removed on the ground of misbehavior only after an enquiry has been conducted by the

  16. A.

     Supreme Court of India

    B.

     High Court of the state

    C.

     committee appointed by the president

    D.

     None of the above


  17. The members of the standing committee are taken from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the ratio of

  18. A.

     two and one respectively

    B.

     three and one respectively

    C.

     four and one respectively

    D.

     equal members for both the Houses


  19. The preamble enshrines certain ideals that were first spelt out in

  20. A.

     the speech by Jawaharlal Nehru on the banks of Ravi when he called for Purana Swaraj

    B.

     the Nehru report

    C.

     a resolution adopted at the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress

    D.

     the Objectives Resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly