Class IX - Working of the Institutions

Multiple Choice Questions

Q.1. What is meant by ‘Office Memorandum’?

(a) Order issued by the Government of India (b) Memoirs of the leaders of the past

(c) Important defence documents (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.2. When was the Second Backward Class Commission appointed?

(a) 1989 (b) 1979 (c) 1999 (d) 2001

Ans. (b)

Q.3. Why did people react strongly to the Mandal Commission Report?

(a) It left out many backward communities (b) It affected thousands of job opportunities

(c) Some high castes wanted to be included in it

(d) Both (a) and (c)

Ans. (b)

Q.4. What do the Civil Servants do?

(a) They take important policy decisions (b) They implement the ministers’ decisions

(c) They settle the disputes (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.5. What is ‘Parliament’?

(a) Assembly of elected representatives at the national level

(b) A body consisting of appointed ministers

(c) Body comprising judges (d) Assembly of only appointed members

Ans. (a)

Q.6. Which of these are correct so far as powers of the Parliament are concerned, apart from making laws?

(a) Exercising control over the government (b) Controlling finance of the country

(c) Serving as the highest forum of discussion and debate

(d) All the above

Ans. (d)

Q.7. Apart from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, who else constitutes the Parliament?

(a) Prime Minister (b) Chief Minister (c) Governor (d) President

Ans. (d)

Q.8. What happens if there is a difference of opinion between Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over an ordinary bill?

(a) The President decides the matter (b) The will of Rajya Sabha prevails

(c) There is a joint sitting of the two Houses (d) The bill is cancelled

Ans. (c)

Q.9. For how long can the Rajya Sabha delay a Money Bill?

(a) 15 days (b) 1 month (c) 3 months  (d) 14 days

Ans. (d)

Q.10. Who is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha?

(a) Speaker (b) Vice President (c) President (d) Prime Minister

Ans. (a)

Q.11. Two features of Indian judicial system are:

(a) Independent Judiciary (b) Integrated Judiciary (c) Dependent Judiciary (d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

Q.12. Which of these disputes can the Supreme Court take?

(a) Between citizens of the country (b) Between citizens and the government

(c) Between two or more state governments (d) All the above

Ans. (d)

Q.13. Who appoints the judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts?

(a) President, according to his own wishes (b) President, on the advice of the PM

(c) President on the advice of the PM in consultation with the Chief Justice of India

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

Q.14. How can a judge of the Supreme Court be removed?

(a) By the Supreme Court itself (b) By the Parliament through impeachment

(c) By the President alone (d) By the Police

Ans. (b)

Q.15. What is the power of the Supreme Court to judge the constitutional validity of a law passed by the Parliament or an action of the Executive called?

(a) Judicial Revision (b) Judicial Review (c) Judicial Consent (d) Judicial Permission

Ans. (b)

Q.16. Which of the following institutions can make changes to the existing law of the country?

(a) The Supreme Court (b) The President (c) The Prime Minister (d) The Parliament

Ans. (d)

Q.17. What does the Supreme Court say over the Parliament’s power of amendment of the Constitution?

(a) Parliament can amend the entire Constitution

(b) Parliament can amend only the basic structure of the Constitution

(c) Parliament cannot amend the basic structure of the Constitution

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

Q.18. Which body acts as the guardian of Fundamental Rights?

(a) District Courts (b) Supreme Court (c) Election Commission (d) Legislature

Ans. (b)

Q.19. What is a Public Interest Litigation?

(a) Filing a case in the court in the interest of the public

(b) Reviewing of Supreme Court judgements

(c) Procedure of removal of a judge (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.20. What are the two types of ‘Executives’ in India?

(a) Political Executive (b) Permanent Executive (c) Judicial Executive (d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

Q.21. Why does the political executive have more powers than the permanent executive?

(a) Because hardly any expertise is required in taking policy decisions

(b) Because political executive consists of the direct representatives of the people

(c) Political leaders are more educated (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.22. Who holds the most important and powerful position in the government?   

(a) President (b) Vice President (c) Prime Minister (d) Speaker

Ans. (c)

Q.23. Whom does the President appoint as the Prime Minister?

(a) Anyone he likes (b) Leader of the majority party

(c) MP who has secured the largest number of votes

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.24. What is the tenure of office of the Prime Minister?

(a) 5 years (b) 6 years (c) As long as he wants (d) He does not have a fixed tenure

Ans. (d)

Q.25. What is the government formed by an alliance of two or more political parties called?

(a) Cooperation government (b) Coalition government 

(c) Consensus government (d) Cooperative government

Ans. (b)

Q.26. Who among the following is a part of the political executive?

(a) Home Minister (b) District Collector

(c) Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs

(d) Director General of Police

Ans. (a)

Q.27. Which organ of the government has the power to interpret the Constitution?

(a) Supreme Court (b) District Court (c) High Court (d) Both (a) and (c)

Ans. (a)

Q.28. About how many ministers are there in the Cabinet?

(a) 80 (b) 60 (c) 20 (d) 10

Ans. (c)

Q.29. Which of these options is/are correct regarding the powers of the Prime Minister?

(a) He chairs the Cabinet meetings

(b) He distributes work to the different departments

(c) He can dismiss ministers (d) All the above

Ans. (d)

Q.30. What is the position of the President?

(a) Nominal head of the state (b) Real head of the state 

(c) Hereditary head of the state (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.31. Which of the following statements is not true?

(a) The Judiciary safeguards the laws (b) The Legislature implements the laws

(c) The political executives are more powerful than the permanent executives

(d) The permanent executives comprises the civil servants

Ans. (b)

Q.32. The Council of Ministers at the centre is responsible to :

(a) The President (b) The Prime Minister  (c) The Rajya Sabha (d) The Lok Sabha

Ans. (d)

Q.33. The president of India is elected by

(a) Direet Election by citizens ... 18 yers of age           (b) Indirect Election by the Electoral College

(c) The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers    (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.34. President of India is :

(a) Head of the Government (b) Head of the State (c) Head of the parliament (d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.35. The judges of Supreme Court are appointed by :

(a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Chief Justice (d) Law Minister

Ans. (a)