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.

There are 24 department-related parliamentary standing committees and have been reconstituted by Chairman of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok...
India’s Parliament has multiple types of committees. They can be differentiated on the basis of their work, their membership and the length of...
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is the guardian of the public purse and controls the entire financial system of the country at...
Article 266 of the Constitution defines the Public Account as being those funds that are received on behalf of the Government of India. Public...
The Select Committees are formed for examining a particular Bill and its membership is limited to MPs from one House. A select committee may...
Article 79 describes the Constitution of Parliament. It says that there shall be a Parliament for the Union, which shall consist of the President...
Article 51 is one of the Directive Principles of State Policy based on Liberal-Intellectual principles. It deals with the Promotion of...
Article 77 of the Constitution of India deals with the Conduct of business of the Government of India. It mentions the following provisions: All...
Article 74 of the Constitution says that there shall be a council of ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the...
Article 155 of the Indian Constitution deals with the appointment of a Governor. It mentions that the Governor of a State shall be appointed by...
Article 80 of the Indian Constitution specifies the Composition of the Council of States. According to Article 80, the Council of States shall...
Article 61 of the Constitution of India prescribes the procedure for impeachment of the President. When the President is to be impeached for...
The Indian Constitution has established an integrated judicial system, with the Supreme Court at the top and the high courts below it.  The...
India has a federal judicial system. There are four types of law in the Indian Judicial System. They are as follows: Criminal law Civil law...
Article 139 of the Indian Constitution deals with the conferment on the Supreme Court of powers to issue certain writs. It states that the...
Article 136 deals with the special leave to appeal by the Supreme court. It means that the Supreme Court is authorised to grant in its discretion...
Article 60 of the Indian Constitution prescribes the Oath or affirmation by the President. It states that the oath of office to the President is...
Article 78 of the Constitution of India deals with the duties of the Prime Minister in respect to the furnishing of information to the...
Article 41 of the Indian Constitution directs the state to secure the right to work, education and public assistance in certain cases such as...
Advocate General of the State is the highest law officer in the state. The Constitution of India (Article 165) has provided for the office of the...