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.

Bharat Ratna is not a title under Article 18. Clause 1 of article 18 covers exceptions like academic or military titles. Awards like Padma...
Article 17 of the Indian Constitution states that “Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The...
Article 23 talks about “Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour”.  Article 23(1): Traffic in human beings and...
Article 28 talks about Freedom as to attendance at religious instruction or religious worship in certain educational institutions. It says: No...
Right to Property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights. Since this Right created a lot of problems in the way of attaining the goal of...
Freedom of conscience means that a person may choose any religion or may choose not to follow any religion. In respect of the Right to freedom of...
The preamble was adopted on 26 November 1949 by the Constituent Assembly of India and came into effect on 26th January 1950. It is an...
According to this doctrine, a provision of the statute should not be interpreted or construed in isolation but as a whole, so as to remove any...
The doctrine of harmonious construction is applied when the court is unable to reconcile the differences between opposing provisions. The courts...
Article 226 is not a fundamental right. It is a constitutional right that empowers a high court to issue writs including habeas corpus, mandamus,...
Article 20: Article 20 of the Constitution provides for the protection in respect of conviction for offences. No one can be convicted for an act...
Effective Strength is defined as the Total Strength of the house i.e., the total number of Vacancies. The maximum strength of the House is 552...
Simple Majority: Simple majority refers to a majority of more than 50% of the members present and voting in the House. For example, in the Lok...
Simple majority refers to a majority of more than 50% of the members present and voting in the House. For example, in the Lok Sabha, out of the...
Absolute majority refers to a majority of more than 50% of the House’s total membership.  For example, as the total membership of Lok...
The Speaker can be removed from office only on a resolution of the House passed by a majority of all the then members of the House. Such a...
There are 543 elected MPs and 2 nominated Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha. So for a political party to form the government, the party should have...
There are 4 major ideals that are enshrined In the preamble of the Indian constitution. They are: JUSTICE, social, economic and political;...
The four main ideals enshrined in the Preamble are: Justice: It comprises three elements, which is social, economic, and political justice....
The ‘Preamble’ of the Constitution of India is a brief introductory statement that sets out the guiding purpose and principles of the...