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 Executive organ of the government includes the Prime Minister, the ministers and a large organisation called the bureaucracy or the...
Here is a list of matters on which the President of India is advised: The Prime Minister advises the president with regard to the appointment of...
The word executive means a body of persons that looks after the implementation of rules and regulations in actual practice. Every formal group...
The executives are classified into different types based on their leadership style. They are System based on the principles of collective...
The principal functions of the executive are as follows: The executive is the branch of government responsible for the implementation of laws...
Before the 91st Amendment Act (2003), the size of the Council of Ministers was determined according to exigencies of time and requirements of...
Article 85 of the Indian Constitution deals with the provisions of Sessions of Parliament, prorogation and dissolution. It further states that:...
The Fifty-Sixth Amendment Act of 1987 fixed the strength of the Goa Legislative Assembly at a minimum of 30 members.  Further Reading:...
The Sixty-Ninth Amendment Act of 1991 accorded a special status to the Union Territory of Delhi by designing it as the National Capital Territory...
Article 364 deals with the Special provisions related to major ports and aerodromes. Further, it also has the following provisions:...
Indian federal system is quasi-federal. It is federal in its form and Unitary in its spirit. Even the pattern of the Union state relation defined...
Article 269 of the Indian Constitution deals with the taxes levied and collected by the union but assigned to the States.  Further Reading:...
Article 265 of the Indian constitution deals with the taxes not to be imposed save by authority of law. It means that no tax shall be levied or...
Article 360 of the Indian constitution deals with the provisions related to financial emergency. It further provides provisions related to:...
Article 248 of the Indian Constitution deals with the residuary powers of legislation. It further states that: Parliament has exclusive power...
Article 19 of the Indian constitution guarantees to all citizens the six rights. These six rights include: Right to freedom of speech and...
The veto power vested in President’s hands has its importance in two ways. The object of conferring the veto power on the President is...
Article 87 of the Indian Constitution deals with the Special address by the President. It further states the following: At the commencement of...
Article 144 of the Indian Constitution advises civil and judicial authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court. It says that all authorities,...
Article 71 of the Indian Constitution deals with the Matters relating to, or connected with, the election of a president or Vice President. ...