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 right to protest is not an explicit right under the Fundamental Rights of the constitution. It can be derived from Article 19(1)(a)- Freedom...
 Article 19 of the Constitution provides for the following six freedoms: (a) Freedom of speech and expression  (b) Freedom to assemble...
National Legal Service Day is celebrated across the country annually on 9 November. It came into force on 9th November 1995. The Day is...
Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon is considered by many as the father of modern legal education in India. He was an Indian civil servant,...
Lok Adalat is one of the alternative dispute redressal mechanisms, it is a forum where disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at the...
Atal Tinker Lab(ATL) is a workspace where young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands on do-it-yourself mode, and learn innovation...
Public interest petitions can be filed only in the Supreme Court or the High Court. Public interest Litigation (PIL) means litigation filed in a...
Ramanan Ramanathan was the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). he has been leading AIM as its first Mission Director since June...
Yes, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is a statutory body constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free...
NITI Aayog is the premier policy think tank of the Government of India, providing directional and policy inputs. Apart from designing strategic...
The Legal Services Authorities Act was enacted by the Parliament in 1987 which came into force on 9th November 1995. The National Legal Services...
ASPIRE scheme was launched to set up a network of technology centres and to set up incubation centres to accelerate entrepreneurship and also to...
Legal service means help or assistance or free service in the field of law. Legal Services includes providing Free Legal Aid to those weaker...
Former IPS officer Iqbal Singh Lalpura has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Commission for Minorities. He hails from Punjab and...
National Commission for Minorities Act was enacted in 1992 to constitute a National Commission for Minorities and to provide for matters...
National Commission for Minorities is not a constitutional body, It is a statutory body that was set up with the enactment of the National...
OBC is not a minority community. OBC is a category used by the Government of India to classify people that are educationally or socially...
Yes, National Commission for Backward Classes is a constitutional body. It was initially constituted by the Central Govt. by The National...
Second marriage, during the subsistence of the first marriage, is illegal in India and the relationship arising from the same does not have any...
National Legal Services Day is celebrated across the country annually on 9 November. It came into force on 9th November 1995 to establish a...