Top General Knowledge Questions of India Politics 2024

Top General Knowledge Questions of India Politics 2024

1. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Gulzarilal Nanda
Rajendra Prasad

2. Which article of the Indian Constitution defines the power of the President of India?

Article 370
Article 53
Article 368
Article 15

3. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

Indira Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
Pratibha Patil
Sushma Swaraj

4. What is the maximum term of office for the President of India?

6 years
5 years
4 years
7 years

5. Which Indian state has the highest number of seats in the Lok Sabha?

Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
West Bengal
Bihar

6. Who is responsible for the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

President
Parliament
President of India
Prime Minister

7. What is the main function of the Rajya Sabha in India?

Pass laws
Review and amend bills
Control financial matters
Elect the President

8. Which constitutional amendment led to the abolition of the Privy Purses in India?

42nd Amendment
44th Amendment
26th Amendment
45th Amendment

9. Who was the first woman President of India?

Indira Gandhi
Pratibha Patil
Sushma Swaraj
Sarojini Naidu

10. Who is the head of the Indian National Congress Party?

Mallikarjun Kharge
Sonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Ashok Gehlot

11. Which state in India has the highest number of Chief Ministers from a single party?

West Bengal
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu

12. What is the term length of a member of the Lok Sabha?

6 years
4 years
5 years
3 years

13. Who is the current Chief Justice of India?

Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
N.V. Ramana
Sharad Arvind Bobde
Ranjan Gogoi

14. What is the salary of the President of India?

Rs. 1 lakh per month
Rs. 5 lakh per month
Rs. 75,000 per month
Rs. 2 lakh per month

15. Who is the head of the Finance Ministry of India?

Rajnath Singh
Amit Shah
Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman

16. Who is the longest-serving Chief Minister of any Indian state?

Pawan Chamling (Sikkim)
Jyoti Basu (West Bengal)
Sheila Dikshit (Delhi)
M. Karunanidhi (Tamil Nadu)

17. What is the minimum age required to become the President of India?

35 years
30 years
40 years
35 years

18. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?

Sarojini Naidu
Indira Gandhi
Sushma Swaraj
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

19. What is the term length of the Rajya Sabha members?

4 years
6 years
5 years
7 years

20. What does the ‘Right to Information Act’ (RTI) in India primarily promote?

Freedom of speech
Transparency and accountability
Civil rights
Environmental protection

21. Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India to resign?

Moraji Desai
Indira Gandhi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Rajiv Gandhi

22. Which year was the Indian Constitution adopted?

1947
1948
1950
1952

23. Who among the following was the first to sign the Indian Constitution?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

24. Who holds the office of the Vice President of India?

Ramnath Kovind
Shyam Saran
Venkaiah Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu

25. Which of these is a non-constitutional body in India?

Election Commission
National Human Rights Commission
NITI Aayog
Comptroller and Auditor General

26. Which Indian leader is associated with the slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’?

Indira Gandhi
Rajendra Prasad
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

27. Who was the first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

A. Subbarayalu Reddiar
M. Karunanidhi
Jayalalithaa
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai

28. What is the main objective of the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’?

Cleanliness and sanitation
Economic development
Gender equality
Digital literacy

29. Which political party does the current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, belong to?

Indian National Congress
Bharatiya Janata Party
Communist Party of India
Nationalist Congress Party

30. What is the maximum number of members that can be appointed in the Rajya Sabha?

250
500
200
300

31. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?

Indira Gandhi
Sushma Swaraj
Sarojini Naidu
Pratibha Patil

32. What is the full form of CAG, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

Comptroller and Auditor General
Central Auditor General
Commission for Auditing General
Chief Auditor General

33. Which of these is a part of India’s National Security Council?

RBI Governor
National Security Advisor
Union Home Minister
Finance Minister

34. What does the Indian term ‘Panchayati Raj’ refer to?

Decentralized local self-governance system
Legislative Assembly structure
Judiciary system
Election Commission system

35. Who is the head of the Election Commission of India?

Chief Justice of India
Chief Election Commissioner
Prime Minister of India
President of India

36. Who among the following was the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

Meira Kumar
Sushma Swaraj
Indira Gandhi
Sheila Dikshit

37. The concept of ‘Directive Principles of State Policy’ is borrowed from which country’s Constitution?

Ireland
United Kingdom
United States
Canada

38. Who is responsible for the appointment of Governors in Indian states?

President of India
Prime Minister of India
Chief Justice of India
Home Minister of India

39. What is the name of the Indian Parliament’s upper house?

Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
Lokayukta

40. Which of the following is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution?

Right to Information
Right to Property
Right to Equality
Right to Education

41. Who was the first person to become the President of India from the Indian National Congress?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gopal Krishna Gokhale

42. Who was the first woman to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state?

Sarojini Naidu
Indira Gandhi
Sucheta Kriplani
Jayalalithaa

43. The ‘Swaraj’ concept was famously championed by which Indian freedom fighter?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi
Subhas Chandra Bose
Jawaharlal Nehru

44. What is the purpose of the ‘National Policy on Education’?

Promote digital literacy
Improve the quality of education
Increase international relations
Support environmental initiatives

45. Which Indian leader popularized the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?

Bhagat Singh
Subhas Chandra Bose
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jawaharlal Nehru

46. Who was the first President of independent India?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

47. Who is known as the ‘Iron Man of India’?

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas Chandra Bose
Bhagat Singh

48. The term ‘Fundamental Rights’ is mentioned in which part of the Indian Constitution?

Part III
Part III
Part II
Part IV

49. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?

Sarojini Naidu
Indira Gandhi
Pratibha Patil
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

50. Which Indian state was the first to adopt the Right to Information (RTI) Act?

Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Rajasthan

51. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

President of India
Prime Minister of India
Chief Justice of India
Union Cabinet

52. Who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of India?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh

53. What does the term ‘Janata Curfew’ refer to?

A self-imposed curfew to curb the spread of COVID-19
A restriction on public gatherings
A government-imposed curfew
Curfew in Jammu and Kashmir

54. Which Indian leader is known for the slogan ‘Do or Die’?

Mahatma Gandhi
Subhas Chandra Bose
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bhagat Singh

55. The President of India is elected through which system?

Indirect election
Direct election
Electoral College
Legislative Assembly

56. Who was the first President of India to die in office?

Dr. Zakir Husain
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
R. Venkataraman

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