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1. The President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of:
2. Which Amendment Act added the legislative assemblies of Delhi and Puducherry to the electoral college for the presidential election?
3. Which of the following does NOT participate in the election of the President?
4. Consider the following categories with respect to the presidential election:
(I) Nominated members of both Houses of Parliament
(II) Nominated members of state legislative assemblies
(III) Elected members of state legislative councils
Which of the above is/are excluded from voting in the presidential election?
5. Which Amendment Act discontinued the nomination of Anglo-Indian members to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies?
6. The provision for nomination of Anglo-Indian members ceased to have effect from which date?
7. If a state legislative assembly is dissolved before a presidential election, its members:
8. The value of the vote of an elected member of a state legislative assembly is calculated based on the population of the state divided by:
9. The value of the vote of an elected Member of Parliament in the presidential election is obtained by dividing the total value of votes of all MLAs of all states by:
10. The purpose of the vote-value formula used in presidential elections is to ensure:
11. As per the 84th Amendment Act, the "population" used for calculating vote values in presidential elections refers to the population as ascertained at which census, pending publication of relevant post-2026 census figures?
12. The election of the President is held according to which electoral system?
13. Voting in the presidential election is conducted by:
14. The electoral quota required for a candidate to be declared elected as President is calculated by dividing the total valid votes polled by:
15. In the presidential election, if no candidate secures the required quota in the first phase of counting, what happens next?
16. Disputes regarding the election of the President are enquired into and decided by:
17. The election of a person as President cannot be challenged merely on the ground that:
18. If the Supreme Court declares a person's election as President void, acts done by that person before such declaration:
19. Which of the following was cited as a reason by the Constitution makers for adopting indirect election of the President rather than direct election?
20. Why did the Constitution makers reject the suggestion that the President be elected only by members of the two Houses of Parliament?
21. In the Constituent Assembly, it was pointed out that the term "proportional representation" as applied to the presidential election is technically a misnomer because:
22. Which of the following presidential elections was won unopposed?
23. A person must have completed how many years of age to be eligible for election as President?
24. To be eligible for election as President, a person must be qualified for election as a member of:
25. Which of the following is NOT deemed to hold an "office of profit" for the purpose of presidential candidature?
26. The nomination of a candidate for the office of President must be subscribed by at least how many electors as proposers and how many as seconders?
27. Before 1997, the number of proposers and seconders required for a presidential nomination was:
28. The security deposit required for a presidential candidate is liable to be forfeited if the candidate fails to secure what fraction of votes polled?
29. What was the amount of security deposit for a presidential candidate before 1997?
30. The current security deposit for a presidential candidate, set in 1997, is:
31. The oath of office to the President is administered by:
32. In the absence of the Chief Justice of India, who administers the oath of office to the President?
33. If elected President, a sitting member of either House of Parliament or a state legislature is deemed to have vacated their seat:
34. The President is entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of the official residence known as:
35. During the President's term of office, his/her emoluments and allowances:
36. In 2018, Parliament increased the salary of the President from ₹1.50 lakh per month to:
37. As per the 2008 amendment, the pension of a retired President was set at what proportion of his/her salary per month?
38. During the President's term of office, he/she is immune from criminal proceedings, even in respect of personal acts. However, civil proceedings can be instituted against him/her in respect of personal acts after giving how much prior notice?
39. The President holds office for a term of five years from the date on which he/she:
40. A President can resign from office at any time by addressing the resignation letter to:
41. In the USA, a person cannot be elected to the office of President more than twice. In India, a person may be elected as President:
42. The President can be removed from office through impeachment on the ground of:
43. Impeachment charges against the President can be initiated by:
44. Impeachment charges against the President must be signed by what fraction of the members of the House that frames them, and preceded by how many days' notice to the President?
45. Consider the following statements regarding the impeachment procedure of the President:
(I) The impeachment resolution must be passed by a majority of two-thirds of the total membership of the House that frames the charges
(II) The other House investigates the charges after the resolution is passed
(III) The President has the right to appear and be represented at the investigation
Which of the above is/are correct?
46. Which of the following categories of members participates in the impeachment of the President but does NOT participate in his/her election?
47. How many Presidents of India have been impeached so far?
48. If a vacancy in the President's office arises due to the expiry of the sitting President's tenure and the election of a new President is delayed, the outgoing President:
49. If the office of President falls vacant due to resignation, removal, or death, an election to fill the vacancy must be held within:
50. When a vacancy occurs in the office of President due to resignation, removal, or death, who acts as President until a new President is elected?
51. If the office of Vice-President is also vacant when a vacancy occurs in the office of President, who acts as President?
52. Which two Presidents of India have died during their term of office?
53. All executive actions of the Government of India are formally taken in whose name?
54. The President appoints the Prime Minister and other ministers. They hold office during:
55. Who appoints the Attorney General of India and determines his/her remuneration?
56. Which of the following is appointed by the President under executive powers?
57. The President can require the Prime Minister to submit, for consideration of the council of ministers, a matter on which:
58. The President can appoint a commission to investigate into the conditions of:
59. The President can appoint an inter-state council to promote:
60. Union Territories are directly administered by the President through:
61. The President has powers with respect to the administration of scheduled areas and can declare any area as a:
62. Who presides over a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament summoned by the President?
63. The President addresses Parliament at the commencement of the first session after each general election and:
64. When the offices of both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha fall vacant, who can the President appoint to preside over its proceedings?
65. The President nominates how many members to the Rajya Sabha from persons having special knowledge or practical experience in literature, science, art, and social service?
66. The President decides on questions regarding disqualification of members of Parliament in consultation with:
67. The President's prior recommendation is required to introduce a bill for which of the following?
68. A state bill imposing restrictions on the freedom of trade, commerce, and intercourse with or within that state can be introduced in the state legislature only with:
69. When a bill passed by Parliament is presented to the President, which of the following is NOT one of his/her options?
70. If Parliament passes a bill again, with or without amendments, after the President returns it for reconsideration, the President:
71. When a bill passed by a state legislature is reserved by the Governor for the President's consideration, is the President bound to give assent even if the state legislature re-passes the bill?
72. Ordinances promulgated by the President must be approved by Parliament within how many weeks of its reassembly?
73. Before 2020, the President could nominate how many members to the Lok Sabha from the Anglo-Indian community?
74. The President can make regulations for the peace, progress, and good government of which of the following Union Territories?
75. In the case of Puducherry, the President can legislate by making regulations only when:
76. Money bills can be introduced in Parliament only with:
77. The annual financial statement, laid before Parliament by the President, is popularly known as:
78. The President can make advances out of which fund to meet unforeseen expenditure?
79. The President constitutes a Finance Commission to recommend the distribution of revenues between the Centre and states, after every:
80. Which of the following judicial powers is exercised by the President?
81. The President can seek advice from the Supreme Court on any question of law or fact. Is this advice binding on the President?
82. The President's power to grant pardon, reprieve, respite, or remission of punishment extends to sentences given by:
83. International treaties and agreements are negotiated and concluded on behalf of the President, but are subject to:
84. As supreme commander of the defence forces, the President appoints the chiefs of which forces?
85. The President can declare war or conclude peace, subject to:
86. A bill passed by Parliament can become an act only if it receives the assent of the President, under which Article?
87. Which type of veto power is NOT possessed by the President of India?
88. Absolute veto refers to the President's power to:
89. Absolute veto is usually exercised with respect to which type of bill?
90. In 1954, President Dr. Rajendra Prasad withheld assent to which bill?
91. In 1991, President R. Venkataraman withheld assent to a bill that had been passed without obtaining his prior recommendation. Which bill was this?
92. Suspensive veto is exercised when the President:
93. If a bill returned by the President is passed again by Parliament, the presidential veto is overridden by:
94. The President does NOT possess suspensive veto power in respect of:
95. Pocket veto refers to the President's power to:
96. The President can exercise pocket veto because the Constitution does not prescribe:
97. In the USA, the President must return a bill for reconsideration within how many days, unlike in India where no such time limit exists?
98. In 1986, President Zail Singh exercised pocket veto with respect to which bill?
99. The President has no veto power in respect of which type of bill?
100. Which Amendment Act made it obligatory for the President to give assent to a constitutional amendment bill?
101. When a bill passed by a state legislature is presented to the Governor, which of the following is NOT one of the Governor's alternatives under Article 200?
102. When a bill is reserved by the Governor for the President's consideration, the President's alternatives are governed by which Article?
103. If a bill reserved by the Governor is returned for reconsideration and passed again by the state legislature, is the President bound to give assent?
104. Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances during:
105. An ordinance promulgated by the President can be issued when:
106. In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the President's satisfaction in issuing an ordinance can be questioned in court on the ground of malafide?
107. Which Amendment Act made the President's satisfaction in issuing an ordinance final, conclusive, and beyond judicial review, before this provision was later deleted?
108. The President's ordinance-making power is coextensive with the law-making power of Parliament in all respects except:
109. An ordinance issued by the President is subject to the same constitutional limitations as an act of Parliament, meaning it:
110. If Parliament takes no action on an ordinance after reassembly, the ordinance ceases to operate on the expiry of how many weeks from reassembly?
111. What is the maximum possible life of an ordinance if not approved by Parliament, considering the maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament?
112. Can the President promulgate or withdraw an ordinance on his/her own discretion?
113. The ordinance-making power of the President has:
114. In the D.C. Wadhwa case, the Supreme Court examined the repeated repromulgation of ordinances by which state's Governor?
115. Between 1967 and 1981, the Governor of Bihar promulgated how many ordinances, examined in the D.C. Wadhwa case?
116. As per the D.C. Wadhwa case ruling, the exceptional power of law-making through ordinance cannot be used as:
117. Which of the following correctly distinguishes the President's veto power over ordinary bills from that over money bills, at both the Central and state levels?
118. Article 72 of the Constitution empowers the President to grant pardons in all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence against:
119. Under Article 72, the President's pardoning power extends to punishment or sentence given by which type of court?
120. While exercising the pardoning power, does the President sit as a court of appeal?
121. Which type of pardoning power removes both the sentence and the conviction, completely absolving the convict from all sentences, punishments, and disqualifications?
122. Which type of pardoning power denotes the substitution of one form of punishment for a lighter form, such as a death sentence being changed to rigorous imprisonment?
123. Which type of pardoning power implies reducing the period of a sentence without changing its character?
124. Which type of pardoning power denotes awarding a lesser sentence in place of one originally awarded, due to a special fact such as the physical disability of a convict or the pregnancy of a woman offender?
125. Which type of pardoning power implies a stay of execution of a sentence, especially a death sentence, for a temporary period to allow the convict time to seek pardon or commutation?
126. Under which Article does the Governor of a state possess pardoning power?
127. Which of the following can the President pardon, but the Governor cannot?
128. Even if a state law prescribes the death penalty, the power to grant pardon for that death sentence lies with:
129. Regarding suspension, remission, and commutation of a death sentence, the Governor and the President have:
130. In the Kehar Singh case (1988), the Supreme Court held that a petitioner for mercy has:
131. As per the Kehar Singh case, the pardoning power of the President is to be exercised:
132. As per the Kehar Singh case, is the exercise of the President's pardoning power subject to judicial review?
133. Which earlier case had already held that the President's pardoning power is exercised on the advice of the Cabinet and is not ordinarily subject to judicial review, points later reaffirmed in the Kehar Singh case?
134. Under the parliamentary system adopted by the Indian Constitution, the President is:
135. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar compared the constitutional position of the Indian President to that of:
136. Which Article vests the executive power of the Union in the President, to be exercised directly or through subordinate officers?
137. Which Article provides for a council of ministers headed by the Prime Minister to aid and advise the President?
138. Which Article establishes that the council of ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha, forming the foundation of the parliamentary system?
139. Which Amendment Act made the President bound by the advice of the council of ministers headed by the Prime Minister?
140. Which Amendment Act authorised the President to require the council of ministers to reconsider its advice, while making the reconsidered advice binding?
141. In October 1997, President K.R. Narayanan returned for reconsideration a cabinet recommendation to impose President's Rule in which state, after which the cabinet decided not to proceed?
142. In September 1998, President K.R. Narayanan returned a cabinet recommendation seeking imposition of President's Rule in Bihar. When was President's Rule eventually imposed in Bihar, after the cabinet re-advised it?
143. Though the President has no constitutional discretion, he/she has situational discretion in which of the following circumstances?
144. Consider the following situations:
(I) Dismissal of the council of ministers when it cannot prove confidence in the Lok Sabha
(II) Dissolution of the Lok Sabha if the council of ministers has lost its majority
(III) Rejection of the Union Budget without cabinet advice
Which of the above is/are situations of the President's situational discretion?
145. Which Article deals with the manner of election of the President?
146. Which of the following correctly matches an Article with its subject matter?
147. The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of:
148. Which of the following is a correct point of difference between the electoral college for the Vice-President's election and that for the President's election?
149. Why did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar justify excluding state legislative assembly members from the Vice-President's electoral college?
150. Under the original Constitution, the Vice-President was elected by the two Houses of Parliament:
151. Which Amendment Act did away with the joint-meeting procedure for the Vice-President's election?
152. The manner of the Vice-President's election is:
153. Disputes regarding the election of the Vice-President are decided by:
154. If the election of a person as Vice-President is declared void by the Supreme Court, acts done by that person before such declaration:
155. Which vice-presidential election(s) were won unopposed?
156. A person must have completed how many years of age to be eligible for election as Vice-President?
157. To be eligible for election as Vice-President, a person must be qualified for election as a member of:
158. Which of the following is NOT deemed to hold an "office of profit" for the purpose of Vice-Presidential candidature?
159. The nomination of a candidate for the office of Vice-President must be subscribed by at least how many electors as proposers and how many as seconders?
160. The security deposit required for a Vice-Presidential candidate is:
161. Which Act, as amended in 1997, governs the presidential and vice-presidential election requirements including proposers, seconders, and security deposit?
162. In his/her oath, the Vice-President swears to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India and to:
163. The oath of office to the Vice-President is administered by:
164. If a sitting member of either House of Parliament or a state legislature is elected as Vice-President, he/she is deemed to have vacated the seat:
165. Which of the following is one of the two conditions of the Vice-President's office laid down by the Constitution?
166. The Vice-President holds office for a term of five years from the date on which he/she:
167. The Vice-President can resign from office at any time by addressing the resignation letter to:
168. The Vice-President's removal from office does not require a formal impeachment; instead, it requires a resolution passed by:
169. A resolution for removing the Vice-President can be introduced only in:
170. A resolution for the removal of the Vice-President requires how many days' advance notice?
171. Which of the following is true regarding the grounds for removal of the Vice-President?
172. If there is a delay in electing a new Vice-President, the outgoing Vice-President:
173. The Vice-President may be elected for:
174. If the office of Vice-President falls vacant by resignation, removal, or death, an election to fill the vacancy should be held:
175. Who was the first Vice-President of India to die in office?
176. In his capacity as ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the Vice-President's powers and functions are similar to those of:
177. The Vice-President's role as ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha resembles the American Vice-President's role as:
178. The Vice-President can act as President for a maximum period of:
179. While the Vice-President acts as President or discharges the functions of the President, the duties of Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are performed by:
180. When two Presidents died in office, the then Vice-Presidents acted as President. Which Vice-President acted after Dr. Zakir Husain's death?
181. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan discharged the functions of the President in June 1960 and again in July 1961. What was the reason on both occasions?
182. The Constitution has not fixed any separate emoluments for the Vice-President in that capacity. He/she draws a regular salary in his/her capacity as:
183. During any period when the Vice-President acts as President, he/she is entitled to:
184. In 2018, Parliament increased the salary of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha from ₹1.25 lakh to:
185. As per the 2008 amendment, the pension of a retired Vice-President was set at what proportion of his/her salary per month?
186. What is the key structural difference between the Indian and American Vice-President regarding succession to the top office?
187. Since the Constitution has not assigned any significant independent function to the Vice-President, some scholars refer to the office by which title?
188. The office of Vice-President was created primarily with a view to:
189. Which of the following correctly matches an Article with its subject matter?