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: Indian Polity | Objective General Awareness
(SET-3)
1. It is "an association estalished by nature for the supply of
man's every day wants." About which Aristotle said these words?
(A) Society
(B) Family
(C) Community
(D) State
2. Indian foreign policy of non-alignment stands for—
(A) Acting as a mediator between nations
(B) Non-involvement in the power block politics
(C) Co-operating with the neighbouring countries
(D) Taking side of all the nations
3. A subject is said to be in the concurrent list when a law can be passed on
it by—
(A) The Central Government
(B) The Central and State Government both
(C) The State Government
(D) The President and the Prime Minister together
4. Who among the following persons is acknowledged as the father of the
Indian Constitution ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
5. When a Money Bill is passed by the Lok Sabha, but not returned by the
Rajya Sabha within 14 days of its receipt—
(A) It cannot become an Act
(B) It is deemed to have been passed by both the Houses
(C) It is again referred to the Rajya Sabha
(D) It is reconsidered by the Lok Sabha itself
6. The Industrial Revolution was brought about on account of—
(A) The workers refusing to work with their hands
(B) The Government insisting on the use of machines
(C) Lack of market for hand-made goods
(D) Invention of machinery and its application
7. Which of the following is not the function of the state?
(A) To protect from external aggression
(B) To provide for education and public health
(C) To compel its citizens to be religious persons
(D) To maintain law and order
8. The first General Election of Lok Sabha were held in the year—
(A) 1947
(B) 1951
(C) 1952
(D) 1957
9. The signatories to Panchasheel declaration were—
(A) India and Myanmar
(B) India and Pakistan
(C) Malasiya and Myanmar
(D) India and China
10. Who among the following persons, was responsible for the merger of
Pincely States into the Indian Dominion?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel
(D) Sri Vithalbhai Patel
11. Of the following which is not essential for a welfare state?
(A) Efficient administration
(B) People's participation in administration
(C) Preaching of the morals
(D) Social security system
12. The most essential function of a state is to make—
(A) Labour-laws
(B) Marriage-laws
(C) Laws for the protection of the people and the property
(D) Laws for health and education
13. Who led the Home Rule Movement in India?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai and Vipin Chandra Pal
(B) Mrs. Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Surendra Nath Banerjee
(D) None of these
14. "One who owes allegiance to the state, has access to the civil and
political rights and is inspired with a sprit of-service to the community"
is known as—
(A) An ideal soldier
(B) A true politician
(C) A real citizen
(D) A great patriot
15. The constitution of which country inspired us, to establish a 'Republic'
?
(A) France
(B) Italy
(C) South Africa
(D) Britain
16. One may lose citizenship if one?
(A) Maintains trade with a foreign country
(B) Visits foreign countries
(C) Has correspondence with foreign people
(D) Takes political shelter in a foreign country
17. Which of the following is the hindrance in the way of good citizenship?
(A) To be more educated
(B) To be a wealthy person
(C) To be communal-minded
(D) To be religious-minded
18. "Man's life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." Who
holds such views about the nature of state?
(A) Locke
(B) Hobbes
(C) Rousseau
(D) T.H. Green
19. "A man is born free and everywhere he is in chains," Whose
words are these?
(A) Rousseau
(B) Austin
(C) Plato
(D) Hegel
20. Which of the following is not the duty of a state?
(A) To serve the people
(B) To command the people
(C) To protect the people
(D) To promote the health of the people
21. In a welfare state, the government—
(A) Restricts the liberty of the individuals
(B) Determines the fashions of the people
(C) Controls the trade and commerce
(D) Helps the people against poverty, old age and unemployment
22. Which of the following is not the organ of a government?
(A) Executive
(B) Judiciary
(C) Legislature
(D) Political Parties
23. The essential element of the modern state is—
(A) The Supreme Court
(B) The Political Parties
(C) The Division of Power
(D) The Sovereignty
24. Which of the following is not included in the executive wing of the
government?
(A) The Prime Minister
(B) The President or the King
(C) The Ministers
(D) The Judges of the Courts
25. A legislature of a country—
(A) Makes the laws
(B) Interprets the laws
(C) Protects the laws
(D) Enforces the laws
Answers :
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11.
(C) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (A) 16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (A) 20. (B) 21.
(D) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (D) 25. (A)