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 20 of the declaration of human rights says that: Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. No one may be...
Two principles come across as the most important pillars of human rights norm-setting effort in the post-Second World War period. Those are the...
Article 1 of the declaration of human rights says that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with...
Although the Declaration did not proclaim itself to be legally binding, it acquired such a character in two ways. It came to be regarded as an...
Saudi Arabia abstained from signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights its call for freedom of religion violated the precepts of Islam,...
When the UN General Assembly adopted UDHR in 1948, it only intended the Declaration to be 'a common standard of achievement for all peoples and...
The Seventh part of the Indian Constitution is known as “The States in Part B of the First Schedule”. It has only one article - that...
Article 279A of the Indian Constitution deals with the Goods and Services Tax Council. It says that the President shall, within sixty days from...
Article 7 of the declaration of human rights says that all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal...
Totalitarianism is an extreme version of authoritarianism. A system of government, in which there is a single party dictatorship, the state is...
Article 6 of the declaration of human rights says that Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.  Further...
Article 125 deals with the Salaries and others of Judges. It further states: There shall be paid to the Judges of the Supreme Court such...
Article 129 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to be a court of record. In other words, the Supreme Court shall be a court of...
The Ninety Sixth Amendment Act of 2011 substituted “Odia” for “Odiya”. Consequently, the “Oriya” language in...
The Ninety-Second Amendment Act of 2003 included four more languages in the Eighth Schedule. They are: Bodo  Dogri (Dongri) Mathilli...
The Seventy-First Amendment to the Indian Constitution included Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule. With this, the...
Some taxes and rates collected by urban bodies include - Property Tax, water tax for water supplied, Seweraging Tax, Fire Tax, taxes on animals...
The limitations of the panchayat system in India are as follows: Scarcity of resources Lack of participation by the youth Interference by the...
Urban local government is the major supplier of essential civic services and facilities in our urban areas, and it represents grassroots...
The Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister plays an important role in the proclamation of emergency. The President can issue a proclamation only...