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 motion of Draft Constitution passed on November 26, 1949, was signed by 284 members present on that day in the Constituent Assembly. Out of a...
The drafting committee was formed under the chairmanship of Dr B R Ambedkar by the Constituent Assembly on 29th August 1947. S. N Mukherjee was...
There are two versions of the handwritten Indian Constitution, which includes one in English and the other in Hindi. The original copies of the...
The motion on Draft Constitution was declared passed on November 26, 1949. It received the signatures of the members of the Assembly and the...
According to some sources, the original surname of B R Ambedkar was Ramji Sakpal. He was born in a Mahar family, originally hailing from Konkan....
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is known as the father of the Indian Constitution. He was the then Law Minister who introduced the final draft of the...
Prem Behari Narain Raizada was the calligrapher of the Indian Constitution. The original constitution was handwritten by him in a flowing italic...
Article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR) says that human rights are not unlimited. If they are unlimited, then social...
A free and fair world means every individual or an entity or a State has the right to equality of opportunity and outcome within and between...
Article 27 of UDHR says that everyone has the right to get involved in their community’s arts, music, literature and sciences, and its benefits....
Article 28 of UDHR says that everyone has the right to live in a peaceful and orderly society so that the rights and freedoms under UDHR can be...
According to Article 29 of human rights under UDHR, everyone has duties to perform in the communities they live in that should allow them to...
The themes that make up the 30 articles of the UDHR are  Freedom from exploitation: the right to asylum, freedom from torture, free speech and...
Rose Millian Bathew Kharbuli was the first Indian women chairman of the UPSC. Her tenure lasted from 23 September 1992 to 23 August 1996. Read...
After the Second World War, governments all over the world made an effort to foster international peace and prevent conflict which resulted in...
Rose Millian Bathew was the first lady to hold the chairman position of the UPSC. Her tenure lasted from 23 September 1992 to 23 August 1996...
In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations had announced 30 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). 30 Articles of UDHR provides...
According to Article 30 of UDHR, Any government, group or individual should not act in a way that would destroy the rights and freedoms of the...
In 1948, representatives from the 50 member states of the United Nations devised a list of all the human rights. The General Assembly of the...
32nd Constitutional Amendment was made in 1973. Amendment to article 371 of the Constitution was made. It inserted articles 371D and 371E into...