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.

Article 371 G of the Indian Constitution deals with the special provisions for the state of Mizoram. This article was added by the 53rd...
Article 371-J provides for special provisions for the Hyderabad-Karnataka region of the state of Karnataka. This article was inserted in the...
Article 371H of the Indian Constitution deals with the special provisions for the state of Arunachal Pradesh. This article was added by the 55th...
Article 371I of the Indian Constitution deals with the special provisions with respect to the state of Goa. It provides that the Goa Legislative...
Article 3 of the Indian Constitution deals with the formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States. In...
Article 39 of the Indian Constitution deals with certain principles of policy to be followed by the State.  The State shall, in particular,...
Article 39A of the Constitution of India deals with the provisions of equal justice and free legal aid. Furthermore, it provides free legal aid...
Article 38 of the Indian Constitution directs the State to secure a social order for the promotion of the welfare of the people. In this regard,...
The 100th Amendment Act of 2015 gave effect to the acquiring of certain territories by India and transfer of certain other territories to...
The main objectives/purpose and reasons for setting up Family Courts are: To create a Specialised Court which will exclusively deal with family...
Under Article 371, the President is authorised to provide that the Governor of Maharashtra and that of Gujarat would have special responsibility...
The special provisions are incorporated into the Indian Constitution: To meet the aspirations of the people of backward regions of the states...
Article 371B provides for the special provisions for the state of Assam. Under Article 371B, the President is empowered to provide for the...
In general, a Lok Adalat is headed by the Chairman, who is a judicial officer. Also, it has a lawyer (advocate) and a social worker as its...
The Gram Nyayalaya shall be a mobile court and shall exercise the powers of both criminal and civil courts.  The Gram Nyayalaya shall try...
The Gram Nyayalaya Act, 2008 was enacted to provide for the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas at the grassroots level for the purposes of...
The purposes/reasons for the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas are as follows: To provide speedy, inexpensive and substantial justice to the...
Every Gram Nyayalaya will be presided over by a judicial officer called the ‘Nyayadhikari’.  The Nyayadhikari is required to...
The head of Gram Nyayalaya, ‘Nyayadhikari’ will be appointed by the State Government, in consultation with the High Court. The...
The Gram Nyayalaya Act provides that State Governments will establish (in consultation with the concerned High Courts) one or more Gram...