1. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC)?

Ans: Pranab Kumar Das

2. Who is the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

Ans: Arvind Saxena

3. Pappu Karki, a famous Kumauni singer belongs to which State?

Ans: Uttarakhand

4. In which city, India’s first-ever national police museum is going to set up?

Ans: Delhi

5. Which country was the host of 45th G7 summit held in the month of August 2019?

Ans: France

6. Which country’s women cricket team has won the Asia Cup T-20 Series 2018?

Ans: Bangladesh

7. Who has won the men’s singles French Open tennis tournament 2019?

Ans: Rafael Nadal

8. Name the first non-Indian who received the Bharat Ratna award?

Ans: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

9. The right to property was d3leted from the lit of Fundamental Right by:

Ans:  44^th Constitution Act 1978

10. The only state in the Indian Union which has its own separate State Constitution is

Ans: Jammu & Kashmir

11. A person to be eligible for election as President of India should have completed:

Ans:  35 years of age

12. Granville Austin has described the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Right as :

Ans: The Conscience of the Constitution

13. A Money Bill in the Parliament can be introduced only with the recommendation of:

Ans: The President of India

14. Which year, the Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize?

Ans: 1979

15. For making bullet-proof glass, which one of the following glasses is used?

Ans: Reinforced glass

16. Name the personality who is considered to be the originator of Sankhya philosophy?

Ans: Kapil Muni

17. Name the one who is also known as “The Saint of Gutters”?

Ans: Mother Teresa

18. What is the maximum time interval permissible between two successive sessions of the Parliament?

Ans: Six Months

19. Which are the two states (other than Uttar Pradesh) having the highest representation in Lok Sabha?

Ans: Bihar and Maharashtra

20. Which was the second Italian Satellite launched from Soviet Union?

Ans: Bhaskar–1

21. By which Act was a second chamber of India Legislature known as Council of States created?

Ans: Government of India Ac 1919

22. Which body functioned as the Provisional Parliament until the Lok Sabha was constitution following General Election in 1952

Ans: Constitution Assembly

23. Under which Article can the President of India be impeached on the ground of violation of Constitution?

Ans: Article 61

24. By the 69^thConstitutional Amendment Act 1991 Union Territory of Delhi was redesigned as :

Ans: The National Capital Territory of Delhi in 1992

25. Cultural and Educational Right are enshrined in:

Ans:  Article 29-30

26. Which Article declares that a constitutional amendment a law and hence cannot be challenged?

Ans: Article 13

27. The law which imposes penalties retrospectively (retroactively)-upon acts already done or which increases the penalties for such acts is known as:

Ans: Ex-post-facto law

28. The most important law enforcing Article 24 prohibiting the empolyment of children beow the age of 14 years in any factory or other hazardous activities is:

Ans: The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986

29. In India, the president is the head of the state while the Prime Minister is the head of:

Ans: The government

30. In scheme of bicameral legislature as provided in the Constitution of India, Rajya Sabha represent :

Ans: The State of Indian Federation

31. The Constitution of India has divided the powers between the Centre and the States in terms of :

Ans: The Union List, State List and Concurrent List

32. The leader of the largest opposition party having not less than one-tenth seats of the total strength of the House is recognised as the:

Ans: Leader of the opposition in each Houses of Parliament

33. The last session of the existing Lok Sabha,after a new Lok Sabha has been elected is called:

Ans: Lam-Duck Session

34. Which Constitutional Amendment Act facilitates the appointment of the same person as a governor for two or more states?

Ans: 7^th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956

35. Who headed the committee on ‘Revitalisation of Panchayati Raj’ Institutions for Democracy and Development appoited by the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1986:

Ans: M. Singhvi

36. The Central Recruiting Agency of India is:

Ans: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

37. To be eligible as Vice-President a person should have completed:

Ans: 35 years of age

38. The pardoning power of the president in India as enshrined in the Article 72 of the Constitutional of India includes :

Ans: Pardon, Commutation, Remission, Respite, Reprieve

39. Under which Article of the Constitution does the governor of state possess the pardoning power?

Ans: Article 161

40. The Zonal Councils are the statutory bodies established by an Act of the Parliament that is:

Ans: States Reorganisation Act of 1956

41. The first proclamation of National Emergency was issued in October 1962 on account of :

Ans: Chinese aggression in the NEFA (North East Frontier Agency now Arunachal Pradesh)

42. The State has its own Constitution is:

Ans: Jammu and Kashmir

43. The right to equal opportunity for all citizens in matters of public employment has been enshrined in :

Ans: Article 16

44. In the Constitution of India, the idea of Uniform Civil Code is provided in :

Ans: Directive Principle of State Policy

45. The Voting age in India was reduced to 18 years from 21 years in 1989 by :

Ans: The 61^st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1988

46. Indian Constitution provides only for:

Ans: Single Citizenship

47. In which schedule to the Constitution of India have the powers authority and responsibilities of municipalities been mentioned?

Ans: Twelfth Schedule

48. The provision of suspension of Fundamental Right is borrowed from :

Ans: Weimer Constitution of Germany

49. Which Article makes a provision of Administrative Tribunals?

Ans: Article323-A

50. As per the peramble of the Constitution of India, the nature of India State is of :

Ans: A sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic and republican polity