TGPSC MPSO / ASO Indian Constitution, Polity & Governance questions with answers

Match List I (committee of the Constituent Assembly) with List II (chairman):

List I

a. Credentials Committee

b. House Committee

c. Order of Business Committee

d. Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly

List II

I. G.V. Mavalankar

II. K.M. Munshi

III. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

IV. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about the right to education:

I. Article 21A makes free and compulsory education a Fundamental Right for children aged 6 to 14 years.

II. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was enacted in 2009 to give effect to Article 21A.

III. Before Article 21A was added, the Supreme Court in the Unni Krishnan case (1993) had read a right to primary education into Article 21.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following are features of the parliamentary system of government adopted in India?

I. Collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers to the Lok Sabha

II. Dissolution of the Lok Sabha by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister

III. Membership of ministers in the legislature

IV. A fixed term for the executive that the legislature cannot cut short

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about parliamentary privileges:

I. In Sita Soren v. Union of India (2024), a seven-judge bench held that a legislator who takes a bribe to vote or speak in the House is not protected by the privilege of immunity.

II. That judgment overruled the decision in P.V. Narasimha Rao v. State (1998).

III. As originally enacted, Article 105(3) linked the privileges of each House to those of the British House of Commons.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about voting in a House of a State Legislature:

I. The Speaker or the Chairman does not vote in the first instance, but has and exercises a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes.

II. Proceedings of the House are valid even if it is later found that a person who was not entitled to do so sat or voted in it.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Gauhati High Court has jurisdiction over which of the following States?

I. Nagaland

II. Meghalaya

III. Mizoram

IV. Arunachal Pradesh

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Arrange the following in chronological order of their establishment:

I. Federal Court of India

II. Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta

III. High Court at Calcutta

IV. Supreme Court of India

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Consider the following statements about Article 324:

I. Before each general election to the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies, the President may, after consultation with the Election Commission, appoint Regional Commissioners to assist the Commission.

II. Article 324(5) provides that, subject to any law made by Parliament, the conditions of service and tenure of office of the Election Commissioners and the Regional Commissioners shall be such as the President may by rule determine.

III. Regional Commissioners are permanent members of the Election Commission with the same powers as the Election Commissioners.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List I (Office) with List II (Article of the Constitution):

List I

a. Attorney-General for India

b. Comptroller and Auditor-General

c. Advocate-General of a State

d. Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities

List II

I. Article 165

II. Article 148

III. Article 76

IV. Article 350B

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