EBook for GK series Pack Basic 500+ MCQs and one liners EBook for extra GK series for First Person, various awards and various ranks for India for Pack Basic. Contents Page 1. ExtraGKseriesPolityandconstitution 2 2. First Person 16 3. Various Awards 22 4. VariousranksforIndia2019and2020latest 35 5. Who’s who, company names and head quarters 41 For any error/suggestion please use the suggestion form at the start of the course. Please note: Who’s who. The names get changed as due to change of tenure and also retirements. New and updated names will be mailed to your email ids. Polity and constitution quick GK 1. India is a secular state because in our country : (1) state has no religion (2) religion has been abolished (3) state patronises a particular religion (4) None of these 2. Which case is related to Fundamental Rights? (1) Golakhnath vs. State of Punjab (1967) (2) West Bengal vs. Union of India (1963) (3) Sharma vs. Krishna (1959) (4) State of Bombay vs. Balsara (1951) 3. Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution were 4. taken from the Constitution of (1) Britain (2) Ireland (3) USA (4) Canada 5. As per Indian Constitution, the Right to Property is a (1) Fundamental Right (2) Natural Right (3) Legal Right (4) Moral Right 6. The success of democracy depends upon the (1) Right to criticise (2) Right to association (3) Right to personal liberty (4) Right to property 7. Which one of the following ceased to be a fundamental right under the Constitution? (1) Right to Education (2) Right to work (3) Right to property (4) Right to Equality before Law 8. Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution were taken from the Constitution of (1) Britain (2) Ireland (3) USA (4) Canada 9. As per Indian Constitution, the Right to property is a (1) Fundamental Right (2) Natural Right (3) Legal Right (4) Moral Right 10. The success of democracy depends upon the (1) Right to criticize (2) Right to association (3) Right to personal liberty (4) Right to property 11. Citizens of India can vote at the age of (1) 18 years (2) 21 years (3) 22 years (4) 25 years 12. According to Preamble, the ultimate power lies in the hands of : (1) Parliament (2) Constitution (3) President (4) People 13. Dual citizenship is an important feature in which form of government ? (1) Parliamentary (2) Federal (3) Unitary (4) Authoritarian 14. Writs are issued by (1) Supreme Court (2) High Courts (3) The President (4) Supreme Court and High Courts 15. Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Indian Constitution on the recommendation of (1) Santhanam Committee (2) Swaran Singh Committee (3) Shah Commission (4) Administrative Reforms Commission 16. In Indian Constitution, fundamental rights were taken from the Constitution of (1) USA (2) UK (3) USSR (4) None of these 17. Which of the following is a political right ? (1) Right to Work (2) Right to Education (3) Right to Freedom of Expression (4) Right to Vote 18. Who can impose reasonable restrictions over fundamental rights ? (1) Council of Ministers (2) Parliament (3) People (4) Cabinet 19. Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution, became applicable in (1) 1950 (2) 1949 (3) 1951 (4) 1952 20. In which part of the Indian Constitution, the fundamental duties are enshrined ? (1) IV A (2) IV B (3) V (4) IV 21. What is meant by social justice? (1) All should have same economic rights. (2) All should have same political rights. (3) All kinds of discrimination based on caste, creed, colour and sex should be eliminated. (4) All should be granted right to freedom of religion. 22. _____ are essential for liberty. (1) Restrictions (2) Rights (3) Privileges (4) Laws 23. Which one of the following is issued by the court in case of an illegal detention of a person? (1) Habeas Corpus (2) Mandamus (3) Certiorari (4) Quo Warranto 24. To which category right to vote belongs ? (1) Human Rights (2) Civil Rights (3) Natural Rights (4) Political Rights 25. Which of the following would be called a “Secular” state? (1) The state which follows a particular religion (2) The state which is anti-religion (3) The state which does not discriminate between religions (4) The state which accepts all religions as religions of state 26. Fill up : 'Right _______ duties.' (1) obstructs (2) instructs (3) implies (4) opposes 27. How many Fundamental Rights were granted initially? (1) Six (2) Seven (3) Four (4) Five 28. How liberty can be limited ? (1) By Rule (2) By Law (3) By Authority (4) By Equality 29. Most important safeguard of liberty is (1) bold and impartial judiciary (2) well-knit party system (3) decentralization of power (4) declaration of rights 30. Which one of the following kinds of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality ? (1) Legal Equality (2) Political Equality (3) Social Equality (4) Economic Equality 31. Political liberty implies (1) people’s control over the government (2) free political activities of the people (3) co-operation between politics and democracy (4) voters can make and unmake their government 32. Which one of the following is an item included in the list of Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen in the Constitution ? (1) To practice secularism. (2) To develop scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform. (3) To pay all taxes to government regularly and correctly. (4) Not to assault any public servant in the (during) performance of his duties. 33. Duties incorporated in the Constitution ? (1) 1975 (2) 1976 (3) 1977 (4) 1979 34. How many fundamental duties are there in our Indian Constitution ? (1) 11 (2) 9 (3) 12 (4) 8 35. The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy in Indian Constitution is adopted from that of (1) Ireland and Spain (2) US and UK (3) USSR and China (4) Japan and Korea 36. Which one of the following chapters in the Indian Constitution guarantees Fundamental Rights to the people? (1) Part II (2) Part I (3) Part IV (4) Part III 37. The directive principles incorporated in the Indian Constitution have been inspired by the constitution of (1) Australia (2) Ireland (3) USA (4) Canada 38. In which of the following Articles, citizenship rights of people who Migrated from Pakistan to India is mentioned ? (1) Article-4 (2) Article-8 (3) Article-6 (4) Article-10 39. The Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted from which Constitution? (1) U.S. Constitution (2) British Constitution (3) Irish Constitution (4) French Constitution 40. The source of authority of the Indian Constitution is: (1) The Supreme Court (2) The Government (3) The People of India (4) The President 41. Which of the following attribute in the Preamble states that ‘No one should treat a fellow citizen as inferior’? (1) Justice (2) Liberty (3) Equality (4) Fraternity 42. Right to Constitutional Remedies comes under ______ (1) Legal rights (2) Fundamental rights (3) Human rights (4) Natural rights 43. Which of the following is not guaranteed by Indian Constitution? (1) Right to Equality (2) Right of religious freedom (3) Right to Constitutional remedies (4) Right to free education for all 44. The Preventive Detention Act curtailed (1) Right to Freedom (2) Right to Equality (3) Right to Property (4) Education Right 45. Ideas of welfare state are contained in (1) Fundamental Rights (2) Directive Principles of State Policy (3) Preamble of the Constitution (4) Part VII 46. Indian Citizenship is granted by (1) The President of India (2) The Prime Minister (3) The Ministry of Home Affairs (4) The Ministry of External Affairs 47. The term ‘Fraternity’ in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution means a sense of (1) friendliness (2) statehood (3) love and affection (4) brotherhood 48. How are legislative excesses of Parliament and Assemblies checked? (1) Intervention from President/ Governor (2) No Confidence motions (3) Judicial review (4) General elections 49. No Money bill can be introduced in the Lok Sabha without the prior approval of the (1) Vice-President (2) President (3) Prime Minister (4) Finance Minister 50. Rajya Sabha enjoys more powers than the Lok Sabha in the case of — (1) Money Bills (2) Non-money bills (3) Setting up of new All-India Services (4) Amendment of the Constitution 51. Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha ? (1) The Chairman, Rajya Sabha (2) The President (3) The Joint-session of Parliament (4) None of these 52. Which of the following Standing Committees of Parliament has no MP from Rajya Sabha? (1) Public Accounts Committee (2) Estimates Committee (3) Committee on Public Undertakings (4) Committee on Government Assurances 53. From which Constitution of the World, the Indian Constitution has adopted the concept of “Directive Principles of State Policy”? (1) Ireland (2) U.S.A. (3) Canada (4) Australiads, tanks and wells 54. The “Residuary Powers” (not mentioned in the Union, State or Concurrent lists of the Constitution) are vested in (1) President of India (2) Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha (3) State Legislature (4) Lok Sabha 55. What is the composition of the electoral college for the election of Vice-President of India ? (1) Elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies (2) Elected members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (3) Members of both Houses of Parliament (4) Members of Rajya Sabha only 56. The function of Protem Speaker is to (1) conduct the proceedings of the House in the absence of the Speaker (2) officiate as Speaker when a Speaker is unlikely to be elected (3) swearing in members and hold charge till a regular Speaker is elected (4) check if the election certificates of members are in order 57.