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 National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. It came into force on 9th...
Hon'ble Mr Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority and Hon'ble Mr Justice N. V. Ramana, The...
According to The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988; Benami transaction means any transaction in which property is transferred to one...
Atal Community Innovation Centers have been launched to encourage a spirit of entrepreneurship in the underserved/unserved regions of India by...
Benami transactions were not illegal in India before the 1988 Act and there was no punishment or bar for entering into Benami transactions. The...
Shri Amitabh Kant is currently the CEO of NITI Aayog. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, Kerala Cadre, 1980 batch. He has been...
In a Benami transaction, a property is transferred or held by one person(say X) and the consideration for such property is paid by another person...
More than 8,700 Atal Tinkering Labs have been set up in schools across the country in 34 States and Union Territories spanning 722 districts....
The Initiating officer deals with the Benami Property and Transactions. Roles and functions of initiating officer: He/she shall have reason to...
The ostensible proprietor is not the genuine owner of a property. He just addresses himself out as a genuine owner to the outsiders. Such an...
Under Benami Transactions Prohibition Amendment Act, 2016; any person who furnishes false information or document is punishable with rigorous...
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 was enacted in January 2003 to prevent money laundering and to provide for confiscation of...
Important provisions of the Prevention of money laundering Act, 2002: PMLA defines the offence of money laundering as whosoever directly or...
The purview of Prevention of Money Laundering Act: Special Courts have been set up in a number of States / UTs by the Central Government to...
 The main objectives of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act are : To prevent and control money laundering To confiscate and seize the...
Money laundering is the process of creating the appearance that large amounts of money obtained from criminal activity, such as drug trafficking...
Smurfing is a money-laundering technique that involves the structuring of large amounts of cash into multiple small transactions. This is done in...
Customer due diligence is the process of collecting and evaluating relevant information about a customer or potential customer by financial...
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog is the Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and...
Atal innovation mission is led by the Noted socio-technologist Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed as its mission director. AIM is the...