Indian Polity - MOST IMPORTANT BPSC PCS Previous Year Questions
Practice real questions from previous year exams of BPSC PCS.
📘 Parliament📚 Presiding Officers of Parliament
Q1
The power to recruit the Secretarial staff of the House of the People is vested in:
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📘 Constitutional Bodies📚 Attorney General of India
Q2
Attorney General of India:
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📘 Subjects of Union, State and Concurrent Lists📚 Questions on subjects of Union, State and Concurrent lists
Q3
Consider the following subjects belonging to different lists of the constitution of India. Which of the following subjects belong to concurrent list?
1) Protection of wildlife.
2) Income on Agriculture
3) Tax on Electricity consumption or sale
4) Price control
Out of these :
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📘 Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP)📚 Classification - Socialistic, Gandhian, Liberal
Q4
Which of the following Directive Principles do not follow Gandhian Principles?
1) Organization of Village Panchayats
2) Common Civil Code
3) Promotion of cottage Industry in rural areas
4) Right to work
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📘 Parts and Schedules of the Constitution📚 Parts and Schedules of the Constitution
Q5
Which pair is not correctly matched?
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📘 Central Government- Council of Ministers📚 Appointment of Ministers
Q6
Consider the following statements about Central Government:
1) Ministries and Departments are formed by the Prime Minister with consultation of the Cabinet Secretary.
2) Every Minister is allocated Ministry by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Out of these:
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📘 State Legislature📚 Legislative Procedure in State Legislature
Q7
What is true about the proceedings of the State Legislature?
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📘 Fundamental Rights📚 Misc
Q8
The constitution of India provides for reasonable restrictions on Fundamental Rights but reasonableness must keep in mind that :
1) The interest of the general public is safeguarded
2) Prevailing social value and also social needs are not bar
3) Directive principles can be bypassed
4) Collective good is not greater
Out of these :
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📘 Constitutional Bodies📚 Finance Commission
Q9
Who among the following determines the qualification which shall be requisite for appointment as member of the finance commission?
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📘 Parliament📚 Terms associated with Sessions- Summoning, Adjournment, Quorum etc.
Q10
Consider the following statements:
1) The summoning of the House means convocation
2) Prorogation ends a session
3) Dissolution terminates a House
4) Prorogation of a session can be effected by the leader of the House alone
Out of these which is not true?
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📘 Local Government- Panchayati Raj📚 Panchayati Raj
Q11
Who is empowered to review financial position of the Panchayats?
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📘 Local Government- Panchayati Raj📚 Panchayati Raj
Q12
What is the main purpose of Panchayati Raj?
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📘 Parliament📚 Devices of Parliamentary Proceedings- Question Hour, Zero Hour, Motions, etc.
Q13
What is true about Censure Motion?
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📘 Types of Writs📚 Writ Jurisdiction of Supreme Court
Q14
Which one of the following subjects fall within the jurisdiction of both High Court and Supreme Court?
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📘 Amendment of the Constitution📚 Important Amendments of the Constitution
Q15
Which Amendment to the Constitution abolished the two seats that were reserved for the Anglo-Indian community?
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📘 Central Government- Council of Ministers📚 Appointment of Ministers
Q16
After elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, who was appointed as the Union Minister of Textiles in the Modi government?
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📘 Local Government- Panchayati Raj📚 Articles related to Panchayati Raj
Q17
Under Article "243J" which of the following can make provisions to the maintenance of accounts by Panchayats ?
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📘 Preamble of the Constitution📚 Text and Keywords (Sovereign, Socialist, etc.)
Q18
Which two words have been incorporated in the Preamble by 42nd Amendment ?
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📘 Political Dynamics📚 Election Process
Q19
In which Lok Sabha seat, one of India's Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), Shompen tribe, for the first time exercised their democratic right to vote in April 2024 ?
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📘 Supreme Court📚 Composition and Appointment
Q20
Before his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in July 2024, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh was the Chief Justice of which High Court?
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