Miscellaneous (Indian Polity) (Part-3)

Total Questions: 50

41. Bahujan Samaj Party was founded in______. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 22.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) 1925
(b) 1955
(c) 1984
(d) 2001

Solution:Kanshi Ram founded Bahujan Samaj Party in 1984.

42. Nationalist Congress Party was founded in_______. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 20.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) 1925
(b) 1955
(c) 1984
(d) 1999

Correct Answer: (d) 1999

Solution:Nationalist Congress Party was founded in 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) on 20 May 1999, over the issue of foreign origin of Sonia Gandhi and her right to lead a govt.

43. In which year the Nationalist Congress Party was formed? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 6.08.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) 1999
(b) 1992
(c) 1980
(d) 1984

Correct Answer: (a) 1999

44. What is the full form of the Indian Political Party "NCP"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 25.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Nationalist Congress Party
(b) National Congress Party
(c) National Communist Party
(d) Nationalist Communist Party

Correct Answer: (a) Nationalist Congress Party

Solution:The full form of "NCP" is Nationalist Congress Party.

45. Who among the following was the designer of the National Flag of India? [C.P.O. S.I. 4.06.2016 (Shift-I)]

(a) Kondapalli Seetharamaiah
(b) Pingali Venkaiah
(c) Pingali Parasu Ramaiah
(d) Chalapathy Rao

Correct Answer: (b) Pingali Venkaiah

Solution:Pingali Venkayya was the designer of the Indian National Flag. He was a servant freedom fighter.

He met the Mahatma once again in Vijayawada and showed him his publication with the various designs of the flag. Acknowledging the need for a national flag, Gandhi then asked Venkaiah to design a fresh one at the Congress meeting in 1921.

He came up with saffron and green colours, but it later evolved with a spinning wheel at the centre and a third colour-white. The flag was officially adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1931.

46. What is meant by the expression 'rule of law'? [S.S.C. JE Mechanical Exams 27.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) No person is above law
(b) Law is subjective to one's understanding
(c) Rules that help making law
(d) Rules to become a lawyer

Correct Answer: (a) No person is above law

Solution:A situation in which the laws of a country are obeyed by everyone and no person is above law.

47. The detention of a person cannot exceed________ unless an advisory board consisting of judges of a High Court reports sufficient cause for extended detention. [S.S.C. Online CPO S.I. (T-I) 11.11.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) one month
(b) three months
(c) six months
(d) two months

Correct Answer: (b) three months

Solution:The detention of a person cannot exceed three months unless an advisory board consisting of judges of a High Court reports sufficient cause for extended detention.

The statement is mentioned in Article 22(4) of the Indian Constitution.

48. Who of the following appoints Lokayukta and Upalokayukta? [S.S.C. JE Mechanical Exams 27.10.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Governor/Lieutenant Governor of the concerned State/Union territory
(b) President
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Chief Minister of concerned State

Correct Answer: (a) Governor/Lieutenant Governor of the concerned State/Union territory

Solution:Lokayukta is an anti-corruption authority or ombudsman an official appointed by the government to represent the interests of the public.

He investigates allegations of corruption and maladministration involving public servants and is tasked with speedy redressal of public grievances.

49. Who was the chairman of the commission to study the reorganization of states on linguistic basis which was announced in 1953 by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru? [S.S.C. JE Civil Exams 23.03.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Fazal Ali
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) T.T. Krishnamachari

Correct Answer: (a) Fazal Ali

Solution:Fazal Ali was the chairman of the commission to study the reorganization of states on linguistic basis It's setting up was announced in 1953 by the then Prime Minister that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

50. Which of the following feature was borrowed from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in Indian Constitution? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 2.08.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Five Year Plan
(c) Preamble
(d) Concurrent List

Correct Answer: (b) Five Year Plan

Solution:Five-year planning was part of the economic development of India that was borrowed from the USSR.

It was a socialist approach and J.L. Nehru adopted it due to his deep faith in socialism. Five-Year Plans used to be prepared by the Planning Commission of India which was set up on 15 March 1950.

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