Indian Polity- Legislative Assemblies | LOK SABHA ELECTION | IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1. Which one of the following is not correct with regard to the elections to the Lok Sabha?

(A) The elections are on the basis of adult suffrage

(B) The Election Commission is required to conduct the elections

(C) The electoral rolls are prepared under the direction and control of the President of India

(D) On the request of the Election Commission, the President is required to make available to the Election Commission such staff as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions

2. A candidate of Lok Sabha Poll loses his security amount if he/she does not get

(A) 1/3 of valid votes

(B) 1/4 of valid votes

(C) 1/5 of valid votes

(D) None of the above

3. What is the minimum age laid down for a person to seek election. to the Lok Sabha?

(A) 18 years 

(B) 21 years

(C) 25 years 

(D) None of these

4. For election to the Lok Sabha, a nomination paper can be filed by [IAS (Pre) 2017]

(A) Anyone residing in India

(B) A resident of the constituency from which the election is to be contested

(C) Any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency

(D) Any citizen of India

5. The 84th Amendment Act has frozen the total number of existing seats in the Lok Sabha on the basis of 1971 Census. They shall remain unaltered till the first Census to be taken after the year

(A) 2010 

(B) 2015

(C) 2021 

(D) 2026

6. Maximum strength of Lok Sabha as stipulated in the Constitution of India is [MPPCS (Pre) 2008]

(A) 547 

(B) 545

(C) 552 

(D) None of these

7. The Strength of the Lok Sabha was increased from 525 to 545 through which Amendment?

(A) 31st 

(B) 35th

(C) 42nd 

(D) 45th

8. According to the Article 82 of the Constitution of India, the allocation of seats in Lok Sabha to the states is on the basis of the ...... Census.

(A) 1961 

(B) 1971

(C) 1981 

(D) 1991

9. The statewise seat allocation in Lok Sabha is based on

(A) Population 

(B) Area

(C) Pverty 

(D) Language

10. There is no reservation for SC and ST for Lok Sabha in

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Meghalaya

(D) All of the above

11. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha does not exist in the states of

(A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

(B) Karnataka and Kerala

(C) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

(D) All of the above

12. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct control of the

(A) Union Home Ministry

(B) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

(C) Prime Minister

(D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

13. Which one of the following states elects the largest number of members representing Scheduled Tribes to the House of People?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Bihar

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Maharashtra

14. Who holds power to appoint the nominees from Anglo-Indian Community in the Lok Sabha?

(A) Minorities Commission

(B) President of India

(C) Prime Minister

(D) Vice-President

15. The provision for the representation of Anglo-Indian Community in the Legislative Assemblies of the States has been made in the Constitution of India under

(A) Article 330

(B) Article 331

(C) Article 332

(D) Article 333

16. How many members may be by the President from Anglo-Indian Community, if he is of the opinion that the community is not adequately represented in the House of the People?

(A) 3 

(B) 5

(C) 1 

(D) 2

17. The President of India can nominate two members in the Lok Sabha to give representation to

(A) Indian Christians

(B) Anglo-Indians

(C) Buddhists

(D) Parsis

18. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments is related to raising the number of Members of

Lok Sabha to be elected from the States? [IAS (Pre) 2003]

(A) 6th and 22nd

(B) 13th and 38th

(C) 7th and 31st

(D) 11th and 42nd

19. Before completing term, Lok Sabha can be dissolved

(A) By the discretion of President

(B) By the discretion of Prime Minister

(C) By the discretion of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

(D) By the President on the recommendation of Prime Minister

20. Prior to the completion of tenure, the Lok Sabha can be dissolved

(A) By the will of President

(B) By Speaker

(C) By the President on the recommendation of Council of Ministers

(D) By the President on the recommendation of the Speaker Indian Polity and Governance 353

21. Session of Lok Sabha is called for atleast 

(A) Once in a year

(B) Two times in a year

(C) Three times in a year

(D) Four times in a year

22. The quorum of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is

(A) 1/5 of the total membership

(B) 1/6 of the total membership

(C) 1/10 of the total membership

(D) 1/8 of the total membership

23. The maximum number of members in Lok Sabha can be

(A) 540 

(B) 545

(C) 550 

(D) 555

24. What is the fixed number of members of Lok Sabha?

(A) 541 

(B) 543

(C) 444 

(D) 545

25. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of

(A) Ministry of Home Affairs

(B) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

(C) President of India

(D) Lok Sabha Speaker

26. The Union Territories get representation in [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]

(A) Lok Sabha

(B) Rajya Sabha

(C) Both Houses of Parliament

(D) None of the above

27. The sitting of House of the People may the terminated by [UPPCS (Pre) 2000]

(A) Adjournment

(B) Prorogation

(C) Dissolution

(D) All of the above

28. Which one of the following is authorized to prorogue the session of the House of the People? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]

(A) Speaker

(B) Attorney General

(C) Minister of Parliamentary

(D) President

29. The term of the Lok Sabha [IAS (Pre) 2002]

(A) Cannot be extended under any circumstances

(B) Can be extended by six months at a time

(C) Can be extended by one year at a time during the proclamationof emergency

(D) Can be extended for two years at a time during the proclamation of emergency

30. The tenure of which Lok Sabha was about 6 years? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2016]

(A) 5th Lok Sabha

(B) 7th Lok Sabha

(C) 9th Lok Sabha

(D) 11th Lok Sabha

31. In India which State has the largest representation in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha? [UPPCS (Mains) 2012, UPPCS (Pre) 1995]

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Andhra Pradesh

32. So long as the representation in Lok Sabha is concerned, which states rank second and third? [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]

(A) Maharashtra and West Bengal

(B) Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

(C) Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

(D) Bihar and Madhya Pradesh

33. After Uttar Pradesh, the highest number of Lok Sabha seats have been allotted to [UPPSC (GIC) 2008]

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Bihar

(C) Maharashtra

(D) West Bengal

34. How many Lok Sabha seats are allocated to the State of Rajasthan?

[Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017]

(A) 27 

(B) 26

(C) 25 

(D) 24

35. In the case of election to the Lok Sabha, the amount of Security deposited by general category candidates and SC/ST category candidates respectively is [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2018]

(A) ` 5,000 and ` 2,500

(B) ` 10,000 and ` 2,500

(C) ` 10,000 and ` 5,000

(D) ` 25,000 and ` 12,500

36. Which one of the following pair of States has equal seats in Lok Sabha? [UPPCS (Pre) 2005]

(A) Punjab and Assam

(B) Gujarat and Rajasthan

(C) Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

(D) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan

37. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [UPPCS (Pre) 1997]

States Seats in                     Lok Sabha

(A) Andhra Pradesh              25

(B) Assam                            13

(C) Punjab                           13

(D) West Bengal                 42

38. From which of the following States two members of the Lok Sabha are elected? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]

(A) Tripura 

(B) Mizoram

(C) Nagaland 

(D) Sikkim

39. Which among the following group of States/Union Territories has only one seat in the Lok Sabha?

(A) Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland

(B) Manipur, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry

(C) Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Lakshadweep

(D) Chandigarh, Sikkim, Mizoram

40. After delimitation the largest Lok Sabha Constituency with a view to number of voters in U.P. is

[UPPCS (Mains) 2007]

(A) Amethi 

(B) Unnao

(C) Lucknow 

(D) Baghpat

41. What is the maximum expenditure limit for the Parliamentary Elections of a Constituency?

[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011]

(A) ` 25 lakhs 

(B) ` 40 lakhs

(C) ` 70 lakhs 

(D) ` 1 crore

42. First General Election of Lok Sabha was held in 

(A) 1949 

(B) 1952

(C) 1950 

(D) 1954

43. 9th Lok Sabha was dissolved on 

(A) 13 March, 1991

(B) June, 1996

(C) April, 1997

(D) February, 1998

44. The election for 12th Lok Sabha of India was held in

(A) April, 1996

(B) June, 1996

(C) April, 1997

(D) February, 1998

45. Who is the leader of the Lok Sabha? [42nd BPSC (Pre) 1995]

(A) President

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Speaker

(D) None of the above

46. Which one of the following is the largest (areawise) Lok Sabha constituency? [IAS (Pre) 2008]

(A) Kangra 

(B) Ladakh

(C) Kachchh 

(D) Bhilwara

47. A seat of a M.P. can be declared vacant if he absents himself from the house for a continuous period of

(A) Six months

(B) Two months

(C) Three months

(D) One year

48. In India Lok Sabha Speaker is [IAS (Pre) 2009]

(A) Nominated 

(B) Chosen

(C) Elected 

(D) Appointed

49. Speaker of the Lok Sabha is chosen by 

(A) All members of Parliament

(B) Public directly

(C) All members of Lok Sabha

(D) The members of parties in majority

50. Who among the following doesn’t take oath of the office?

(A) President

(B) Vice-President

(C) Prime Minister

(D) Speaker

Answer Sheet

1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (D)

11. (D) 12. (D) 13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (D) 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (C)

21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (D) 26. (C) 27. (D) 28. (D) 29. (C) 30. (A)

31. (A) 32. (A) 33. (C) 34. (C) 35. (D) 36. (D) 37. (B) 38. (A) 39. (D) 40. (B)

41. (C) 42. (B) 43. (A) 44. (D) 45. (B) 46. (B) 47. (B) 48. (B) 49. (C) 50. (D)