Polity Questions and Answers

Polity Questions and Answers

Indian Polity and governance form an important part of the civil services exam syllabus. Questions based on the same are asked in the two written examinations for UPSC recruitment. In this article, BYJU’S brings to you a compiled list of Polity questions important from prelims and mains perspective.

The answers to the questions below have been given by IAS experts, and candidates can get brief and crisp answers to these questions based on important topics. These topics have been picked from UPSC Syllabus, especially based on the General Studies II paper of the mains examination.

Constitution, political systems and patterns, fundamental rights, parliaments, etc. constitute a part of the polity syllabus for the two phases of the exam and questions given below will help candidates get upfront and unambiguous answers to all polity questions for exam preparation.

The Mayor is the head of the Municipal Corporation. The role of the Mayor is a functional one as the executive powers are vested with the...
The 44th amendment of the Indian Constitution removed the Right to Property in 1978. It was removed from the Constitution under the Moraji Desai...
The Indian Constitution was adopted on November 26, 1949.  This day is known as Constitution Day or National Law Day. The Representative of...
The President of India can suspend the Fundamental Rights on the declaration of Emergency. Under Article 359, the President can suspend the...
Under the Indian Constitution, the concentration of wealth violates the Directive Principles of State Policy. Article 39(c) of the DPSP states...
Britain does not have a written constitution. It has an uncodified constitution in place of a written constitution. Countries including Canada,...
The Supreme Court of India is the guardian of the Indian Constitution. Came into existence on January 26, 1950, the Supreme Court of India is the...
NITI Aayog stands for National Institution for Transforming India. It is an advisory think-tank of the Government of India to promote cooperative...
The judges of the Supreme Court are removed by the parliament. There are two conditions for the removal of the judges of the Supreme Court:...
R. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-general of India from 1948 to 1950. An Indian statesman and activist, he became the only Indian and last...
The 2003 assembly elections introduced the NOTA option in India. Abbreviated as None of the Above, NOTA was introduced in four states of India,...
The Supreme Court of India has the final authority to interpret the Constitution of India. Being the apex body of the judicial system in the...
Simon Commission came to India in 1928. Also known as the Indian Statutory Commission, it was a group of 7 members, who came to India to study...
‘The right to Vote’ in India is a Constitutional right. The rights that are enshrined in the Indian Constitution and conferred on the...
WC Bonnerjee became the first president of the Indian National Congress on 28th December 1885. He presided over the Bombay session which included...
There is no Deputy Speaker for Lok Sabha at present. The seat of Deputy Speaker has been vacant since 23 June 2019. M.Thambidurai was the last...
At present, there are eight national political parties in India. They are; Bharatiya Janata Party Communist Party of India Communist Party of...
Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to hold the office of governor of Independent India. She served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh from 15...
The first Governor General of India was William Bentick. He was also the last Governor General of Bengal. The Governor General of India was...
The Vice-President of India is not considered an integral part of the Parliament. The office of Vice President is the second highest...