CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Election,Political Parties And National Terms Quiz 8 - MCQExams.com

In the USA there is/are official language/s
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
Provisions for disqualification on ground of defection are listed in Schedule _____ .
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
A political party will be treated as recognized in a State only if it has been engaged in Political activity Cora continuous period of ____ years.
  • three
  • four
  • five
  • six
Hindi was declared the Official Language of India under Article ________.
  • 334
  • 333
  • 343
  • 345
The Mandal Commission Report pertains to reservation of jobs for
  • anglo-Indians
  • backward classes
  • scheduled castes
  • scheduled tribes
The principal language of Lakshadweep is
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Malayalam
  • Kannada
The Janata Party was formed in 1977 by the merger of
  • Congress (O) and Jana Sangh
  • Bharatiya Lok Dal and Socialist Party
  • (a) and (b) above
  • Congress (O), Jana Sangh and BLD
What is common to Sanskrit, Kashmiri and Sindhi?
  • Though listed in the Eighth Schedule these three languages are unique in that they are not the official languages of any state
  • These three are the oldest languages of the world
  • Special provision has been made in the Constitution for the development of these languages
  • They did not find a place in the Eighth Schedule of the original constitution but were subsequently included
What is common to Marathi and Konkani?
  • Both are principal languages of the State of Goa
  • Both now find a place in the Eighth Schedule
  • The original Eighth Schedule did not include these languages
  • Both (a) and (b) above
The President can remove the Chief Election Commissioner from office on
  • his own suo moto
  • the advice of the Prime Minister
  • the advice of Parliament
  • the advice of the Supreme Court
Which language was added to the list of regional languages by the 21st Amendment?
  • Assamese
  • Oriya
  • Kashmiri
  • Sindhi
Voting in local bodies elections is compulsory in which one of the following states? 
  • Delhi
  • Maharashtra
  • Kerala
  • Gujarat
Pranab Mukherjee won the Presidential election against
  • PA Sangma
  • Pratibha Patil
  • Hamid Ansari
  • APJ Abdul Kalam
Who defeated Mrs Gandhi in the 1977 Lok Sabha elections?
  • Morarji Desai
  • Raj Narain
  • Charan Singh
  • JP Narayan
Who among the following was elected as permanent President of constituent Assembly?
  • Jaya Prakash Narayan
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Dr Rajendra Prasad
  • K M Munshi
The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was
  • KVK Sundaram
  • SP Sen Verma
  • Sukumar Sen
  • Dr Nagendra Singh
The US President is elected for a period of
  • four years
  • five years
  • six years
  • three years
Bulgaria's parliament is _____________.
  • National Assembly
  • State Assembly
  • Federal Assembly
  • Parliament Council
Which of the following systems is also known as the Hare System?
  • Single transferable vote system
  • List system
  • Limited vote system
  • Single non-transferable vote system
All responsibilities regarding elections in India are entrusted to
  • President
  • Prime Minister
  • Chief Justice
  • Chief Election Commissioner
The Superintendence, direction and control of elections in India  is vested in ___.
  • The Supreme Court of India
  • The Parliament of India
  • The Election Commission of India
  • The Chief Election Commissioner
Which language has been added recently to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India?
  • Urdu
  • Sanskrit
  • Sindhi
  • Assamese
Nowadays the Election Commission of India uses 'EVM' during the general election in the country. What Is the full form of EVM?
  • Election Validation Machine
  • Electronic Voting Machine
  • Electronic Validation Management
  • Early Voting Movement
A candidate to become a member of Lok Sabha should not be less than
  • 21 years
  • 25 years
  • 30 years
  • 35 years
The Indonesia's parliament is:
  • People's Representative Council.
  • National Assembly.
  • Senate.
  • Dictator.
The synthesis of the elitist and pluralist approaches realist democracy assumes that.
  • voters do have a choice in elite competition
  • the elites have a consensus on basic democracy
  • new groups can become the new elite
  • all of the above
Politics may be defined as.
  • the statuses and roles that enforce the law
  • the legitimate use of force within a territory
  • the process by which individuals and groups acquire power
  • all of the above
In 1980 Parliamentary elections which parties got the maximum number of seats in the descending order ?
  • Congress (I), Lok Dal, C. P. I. (M)
  • Lok Dal, C. P. I. (M), Congress (I)
  • D. M. K., Congress (I), Lok Dal
  • Janata, Congress (I), C. P. I. (M)
In regard to public and political opinion.
  • they are the same
  • public opinion is limited to few issues
  • political opinion deals with all matters
  • political opinion is all opinions expressed on political issues
When the public perceives that the government has failed the state may be said to be undergoing.
  • revolution
  • a crisis of legitimacy
  • a crisis of confidence
  • involution
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