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.

To ensure the conduct of elections in a free, fair and impartial manner, the constitution-makers incorporated Part XV (Articles.324-329) in the...
The US uses first-past-the-post electoral system in which the highest-polling candidate wins the election. The president and vice president are...
Article 326 of the Constitution provides that the elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on...
In some countries, power usually changes between two main parties. Several other parties may exist, contest elections and win a few seats in the...
Article 327 talks about the Power of Parliament to make provisions with respect to elections to Legislatures.  Article 327:Subject to the...
There are mainly three types of party systems. They are: One-party system: Only one party is allowed to control and run the government. For...
An electoral roll is a list of people who have enrolled to vote for particular elections in a particular jurisdiction. The Election Commission of...
The following are the main features of the electoral system in India: Describes the composition of the Election Commission of India. ...
Plurality in voting refers to “the excess of votes received by the leading candidate in an election in which there are three or more...
The Election Commission of India conducts an election process in India. It is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for...
The President is elected by an Electoral College, which consists of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of...
Indirect elections are when the citizens elect a body and the elected body further appoints the officeholders. In India, we have adopted a...
A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative. A state is divided into many electoral constituencies for the state...
According to article 54 of the Constitution of India, the President is elected by an Electoral College, which consists of the elected members of...
Prime Minister is not directly elected by the citizens of India. The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers...
Only two major parties dominate US politics. They are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Yet other parties, such as the Reform,...
 A party that secures at least six per cent of the total votes in Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections in four States and wins at least...
The primary function of the parliament is to make laws for the governance of the country. It has exclusive powers to make laws on the subjects...
The speaker is elected by the Lok Sabha from amongst its members (as soon as, maybe, after its first sitting). Whenever the office of the Speaker...
The constitution of India lays down that the Vice-President should not be a member of either the House of Parliament or a House of the state...