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 first reported case of PIL was ‘Hussainara Khatoon Vs. State of Bihar’ in 1979. Few important facts of this case are as follows:...
The concept of judicial activism is closely related to the concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL). It is the judicial activism of the...
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is absolutely necessary for maintaining the rule of law, furthering the cause of justice and accelerating the...
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was designed to provide legal representation to previously unrepresented groups and interests. The Supreme Court...
Under PIL, any public-spirited citizen or a social organisation can move to court for the enforcement of the rights of any person or group of...
In India, the doctrine of judicial activism was introduced in the mid-1970s. Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Justice P N Bhagwati, Justice O Chinnappa...
The following persons are not entitled or disqualified to file a PIL case. A person without sufficient public interest;  A person acting...
The basic tenets of the system of parliamentary democracy are as follows: Parliament of elected representative candidates. A system of...
Article 172 deals with the Duration of State Legislatures. It has two provisions related to the same: Every Legislative Assembly of every...
The Sixteenth Amendment Act of 1963 has two provisions as follows: Empowered the state to impose further restrictions on the rights to freedom...
Article 301 of the Indian Constitution deals with freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse. It mentions that subject to the other provisions of...
The Thirty-first Amendment Act of 1972 increased the number of Lok Sabha seats from 525 to 545.  Further Reading: Important Amendments in...
The Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management was constituted in 2005.  The functions of the Parliamentary Forum on Water...
Article 260 deals with the Jurisdiction of the Union in relation to territories outside India. It further states that the Government of India may...
The impact of union government on citizens is as follows: The Union government formulates and implements many national-level programs and...
The objectives of a federal system are as follows: To provide sovereign powers to both the Centre and the States.  To safeguard and promote...
Article 262 deals with the Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State rivers or river valleys. Furthermore, it also contains the...
The principle on which the founding fathers’ divided powers between the centre and the states was that the division of powers must be in...
The Indian Parliament is an expression of the faith that the people of India have in the principles of democracy. It was created in 1947. The...
Parliamentary democracy means collegial executive.  Although the Prime Minister is the chief executive, he or she is not a singular...