Introduction:
Indian Polity is the backbone of governance in India. They define how the country is governed, the powers of different institutions, and the rights and duties of citizens. The Constitution provides a legal framework based on principles like democracy, secularism, federalism, and justice. Understanding Indian Polity is essential for every citizen and for aspirants preparing for competitive examinations in India for building strong democratic awareness among responsible citizens today.
Here are 120+ Gk Question and Answer about Indian Polity:
Q.1 When was the Indian Constitution adopted?
Answer: 26th November, 1949
Q.2 When was Indian Constitution implemented?
Answer: 26th January, 1950
Q.3 Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’?
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Q.4 How many Fundamental Rights are there in the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Six
Q.5 Which part of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights?
Answer: Part III (Article 12 to 35)
Q.6 Which part of the Constitution deals with Directive Principles of State Policy?
Answer: Part IV (Article 36 to 51)
Q.7 What is the supreme law of India?
Answer: The Constitution of India
Q.8 Who is the constitutional head of India?
Answer: The President
Q.9 Who appoints the Prime Minister of India?
Answer: The President
Q.10 What is the minimum age to become the President of India?
Answer: 35 years
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Q.11 What is the minimum age to become a Member of Lok Sabha?
Answer: 25 years
Q.12 What is the minimum age to become a Member of Rajya Sabha?
Answer: 30 years
Q.13 Which house of Parliament is permanent?
Answer: Rajya Sabha
Q.14 What is the maximum strength of Lok Sabha?
Answer: 550
Q.15 What is the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha?
Answer: 250
Q.16 Who presides over the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: The Vice President
Q.17 Who is the head of the Union Council of Ministers?
Answer: The Prime Minister
Q.18 How many schedules are there in the Indian Constitution currently?
Answer: 12
Q.19 How many Union Territories are there in India (2026)?
Answer: 8
Q.20 Which article deals with the abolition of untouchability?
Answer: Article 17
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Q.21 Which article guarantees equality before law?
Answer: Article 14
Q.22 Which article provides freedom of speech and expression?
Answer: Article 19(1)(a)
Q.23 Who can declare a National Emergency in India?
Answer: The President
Q.24 Under which article is National Emergency declared?
Answer: Article 352
Q.25 Which article deals with President’s Rule in states?
Answer: Article 356
Q.26 Which article deals with Financial Emergency?
Answer: Article 360
Q.27 Who is known as the ‘Guardian of the Constitution’?
Answer: The Supreme Court of India
Q.28 What is the tenure of the President of India?
Answer: 5 years
Q.29 What is the tenure of the Vice President of India?
Answer: 5 years
Q.30 What is the tenure of Lok Sabha?
Answer: 5 years
Q.31 How many Fundamental Duties are there currently?
Answer: 11
Q.32 In which part of the Constitution are Fundamental Duties mentioned?
Answer: Part IV-A
Q.33 Which amendment act added Fundamental Duties to the Constitution?
Answer: 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976
Q.34 Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years?
Answer: 61st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1988
Q.35 Who was the first President of India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q.36 Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.37 Who administers the oath of office to the President?
Answer: Chief Justice of India
Q.38 What is the quorum of Lok Sabha?
Answer: One-tenth of total membership
Q.39 Which body conducts elections in India?
Answer: Election Commission of India
Q.40 How many members are nominated to Rajya Sabha by the President?
Answer: 12
Q.41 Which article deals with Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution?
Answer: Article 5
Q.42 Which schedule contains the Union List?
Answer: Seventh Schedule
Q.43 Which schedule contains the languages recognized by the Constitution?
Answer: Eighth Schedule
Q.44 How many languages are in the Eighth Schedule?
Answer: 22
Q.45 What is the official language of the Union Government?
Answer: Hindi
Q.46 Who is the head of the State Government?
Answer: The Chief Minister
Q.47 Who appoints the Governor of a state?
Answer: The President
Q.48 What is the tenure of the Governor?
Answer: 5 years
Q.49 Which article deals with the Supreme Court of India?
Answer: Article 124
Q.50 Where is the Supreme Court of India located?
Answer: New Delhi
Q.51 What is the highest court of appeal in India?
Answer: Supreme Court of India
Q.52 How many judges are there in the Supreme Court?
Answer: 33 Judges and 1 Chief Justice, making total of 34
Q.53 Who appoints the judges of the Supreme Court?
Answer: The President
Q.54 Which article deals with the President’s pardon power?
Answer: Article 72
Q.55 What is the minimum age for retirement of Supreme Court judges?
Answer: 65 years
Q.56 What is the retirement age of High Court judges?
Answer: 62 years
Q.57 Which amendment is known as the ‘Mini Constitution’?
Answer: 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976
Q.58 Which article deals with Panchayati Raj?
Answer: Article 243
Q.59 Which amendment gave constitutional status to Panchayats?
Answer: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992
Q.60 Who appoints the Advocate General of a state?
Answer: The Governor
Q.61 Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission?
Answer: The Prime Minister
Q.62 Which body replaced the Planning Commission?
Answer: NITI Aayog
Q.63 Who is the ex-officio chairman of NITI Aayog?
Answer: The Prime Minister
Q.64 Which article deals with Money Bills?
Answer: Article 110
Q.65 Which article deals with All India Services?
Answer: Article 312
Q.66 Which article deals with the Advocate General of the State?
Answer: Article 165
Q.67 What type of majority is required to amend the Constitution?
Answer: Special majority (More than 50%)
Q.68 Which article deals with Constitutional Amendment?
Answer: Article 368
Q.69 Who was the first woman President of India?
Answer: Pratibha Patil
Q.70 Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi
Q.71 What is the federal system of India with a strong centre called?
Answer: Quasi-federal
Q.72 Which schedule deals with anti-defection law?
Answer: Tenth Schedule
Q.73 Which amendment added the Anti-Defection Law?
Answer: 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1985
Q.74 Which amendment is known for anti-defection strengthening?
Answer: 91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003
Q.75 What is the lower house of Parliament called?
Answer: Lok Sabha
Q.76 What is the upper house of Parliament called?
Answer: Rajya Sabha
Q.77 Who presides over the Lok Sabha?
Answer: Speaker
Q.78 Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?
Answer: G. V. Mavalankar
Q.79 Which article deals with the Attorney General of India?
Answer: Article 76
Q.80 Who is the highest law officer of India?
Answer: Attorney General of India
Q.81 Who appoints the Attorney General of India?
Answer: The President
Q.82 Which article deals with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?
Answer: Article 148
Q.83 What is the lower house of State Legislature called (where bicameral)?
Answer: Legislative Assembly (also known as Vidhan Sabha)
Q.84 What is the upper house of State Legislature called?
Answer: Legislative Council (also known as Vidhan Parishad)
Q.85 Which article deals with Public Service Commissions?
Answer: Article 315
Q.86 Who appoints the UPSC Chairman?
Answer: The President of India
Q.87 What is the tenure of UPSC members?
Answer: 6 years or up to 65 years
Q.88 Which article deals with the Finance Commission?
Answer: Article 280
Q.89 Who appoints the Finance Commission?
Answer: The President of India
Q.90 Which article deals with Inter-State Council?
Answer: Article 263
Q.91 Which schedule deals with the allocation of seats in Rajya Sabha?
Answer: Fourth Schedule
Q.92 Which schedule deals with forms of oath and affirmation?
Answer: Third Schedule
Q.93 Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner?
Answer: The President of India
Q.94 Who administers oath to the Governor?
Answer: Chief Justice of the High Court
Q.95 Which schedule deals with Tribal Areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram?
Answer: Sixth Schedule
Q.96 What is the term of Rajya Sabha members?
Answer: 6 years
Q.97 Which article deals with the Election Commission?
Answer: Article 324
Q.98 How many members are there in the Election Commission?
Answer: Usually 3 (1 Chief Election Commissioner and 2 Election Commissioners)
Q.99 Which amendment added the word ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ to the Preamble?
Answer: 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976
Q.100 Who wrote the Preamble of the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru (Objective Resolution)
Q.101 What type of Constitution does India have?
Answer: Written Constitution
Q.102 Which country has the longest written Constitution in the world?
Answer: India
Q.103 Which article deals with impeachment of the President?
Answer: Article 61
Q.104 What majority is required for impeachment of the President?
Answer: Special majority (2/3 Majority)
Q.105 Which country’s Constitution inspired the Parliamentary system in India?
Answer: United Kingdom
Q.106 Which article provides for the Vice President?
Answer: Article 63
Q.107 Who elects the Vice President?
Answer: Members of both Houses of Parliament
Q.108 What is the minimum age for Vice President?
Answer: 35 years
Q.109 What is the joint sitting of Parliament called by?
Answer: The President of India
Q.110 Who presides over joint sitting of Parliament?
Answer: Speaker of Lok Sabha
Q.111 Which article deals with Ordinance making power of the President?
Answer: Article 123
Q.112 What is the maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament?
Answer: 6 months
Q.113 Who has the authority to dissolve Lok Sabha?
Answer: The President
Q.114 Which article protects life and personal liberty?
Answer: Article 21
Q.115 Which article provides Right to Education?
Answer: Article 21-A
Q.116 Which amendment made Right to Education a Fundamental Right?
Answer: 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002
Q.117 Which amendment introduced GST in India?
Answer: 101st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2016
Q.118 Which article deals with Official Language Commission?
Answer: Article 344
Q.119 Who was the first Vice President of India?
Answer: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Q.120 Which amendment is known as the ‘Nagarpalika Amendment’?
Answer: 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992
Q.121 Which article deals with the Union Public Service Commission?
Answer: Article 315
Q.122 Which political party was founded by Naveen Patnaik in 1997?
Answer: Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
Q.123 Who was the first CAG of independent India?
Answer: V. Narahari Rao
Q.124 What is the name of the official residence of the President of India?
Answer: Rashtrapati Bhavan
Q.125 Who was the first head of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC)?
Answer: Fazal Ali
Conclusion:
In conclusion, Indian Polity plays an important role in maintaining the democratic structure and smooth governance of India. It ensures the proper functioning of constitutional bodies, protects the rights of citizens, and promotes justice, equality, and liberty.
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