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.

Water is one of the most important requirements of human beings. It is used for multi-purposes – drinking, cleanliness, agriculture...
Out of the three lists in the seventh schedule of the Indian Constitution, water is a matter included in Entry 17 of List-II, i.e. State...
Article 263 of the Indian Constitution deals with provisions with respect to an inter-State Council. It further has the following provisions:...
The 52nd Amendment Act of 1985 is popularly known as Anti-Defection Law because it provided for disqualification of members of Parliament and...
Article 261 of the Indian Constitution deals with Public acts, records and judicial proceedings. It has the following provisions: Full faith and...
Cooperative federalism means a combination of cooperation and interdependence between the Centre and the States to ensure smooth governance of...
Justice Bhagwati in S.P. Gupta’s case pointed out the essentials of PIL, as under: There must be a legal wrong caused to a person or to a...
The concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) originated and developed in the USA in the 1960s. In the USA, it was designed to provide legal...
In India, the PIL is a product of the judicial activism role of the Supreme Court. It was introduced in the early 1980s. Justice V R Krishna Iyer...
The advantages of Public Interest Litigation are as follows: The first and foremost advantage of PIL is access to a National Forum of...
There are two types of Public Interest Litigation (PIL): Representative Social Action and Citizen Social Action  This is a form of PIL...
The disadvantages of public interest litigation are as follows: There is always the possibility that the instrument of PIL may be misused by a...
PIL can be filed in the Supreme Court and High Courts in the following ways: Sending registered letter petitions with relevant facts and...
Judicial Review means the power of the Supreme Court (or High Courts) to examine the constitutionality of any law if the Court arrives at the...
In India, the Constitution itself confers the power of judicial review on the Judiciary (both the Supreme Court and High Courts). Further, the...
Justice Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri has classified the judicial review into the following three categories: Judicial review of constitutional...
The constitutional validity of a legislative enactment or an executive order can be challenged in the Supreme Court or in the High Courts on the...
Judicial review is needed for the following reasons.  To uphold the principle of the supremacy of the Constitution.  To maintain...
In a number of cases, the Supreme Court has pointed out the significance of the power of judicial review in our country.  Some...
Judicial activism and judicial restraint are the two alternative judicial philosophies in the United States.  ‘Judicial...