Questions in this quiz: Indian Politics & Constitution. PMs, presidents, election trivia, parlia

1. Which Indian Prime Minister served the shortest tenure in office? — Options: Gulzarilal Nanda, Chandra Shekhar, Charan Singh, V. P. Singh
2. Under which Article can the President of India proclaim a state of emergency on the grounds of failure of constitutional machinery in a state? — Options: Article 352, Article 356, Article 360, Article 370
3. Who was the first Indian to serve as both Vice President and President of India? — Options: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Zakir Husain, V. V. Giri, R. Venkataraman
4. The 'Basic Structure Doctrine', which limits Parliament's power to amend the Constitution, was established in which landmark case? — Options: Golaknath v. State of Punjab, Minerva Mills v. Union of India, Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
5. Which committee of the Constituent Assembly was tasked with preparing the initial draft of the Indian Constitution? — Options: Union Powers Committee, Drafting Committee, Steering Committee, Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights
6. Which Lok Sabha was the first to be dissolved before completing its full five-year term? — Options: Third Lok Sabha, Fourth Lok Sabha, Fifth Lok Sabha, Sixth Lok Sabha
7. Which of these features of the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland? — Options: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Procedure for amendment, Concurrent List
8. Who holds the record for being the only person to win a Lok Sabha election from two different states in the same general election? — Options: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indira Gandhi, Lal Krishna Advani, Narendra Modi
9. Which constitutional amendment is popularly known as the 'Mini-Constitution' due to the sweeping changes it introduced? — Options: 24th Amendment, 42nd Amendment, 44th Amendment, 73rd Amendment
10. Who was the first person to be appointed Chief Election Commissioner of India? — Options: Sukumar Sen, K. V. K. Sundaram, T. Swaminathan, S. P. Sen Verma
11. The Rajya Sabha can delay an ordinary bill passed by the Lok Sabha for a maximum period of how long? — Options: 14 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months
12. Which of the following Presidents of India was elected unopposed? — Options: Rajendra Prasad, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Giani Zail Singh
13. The 'Anti-Defection Law' was added to the Indian Constitution through which schedule? — Options: Eighth Schedule, Ninth Schedule, Tenth Schedule, Twelfth Schedule
14. Which Prime Minister of India was the first to lose a vote of confidence on the floor of the Lok Sabha? — Options: Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, V. P. Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
15. Originally, how many Fundamental Rights were guaranteed by the Indian Constitution at the time of its commencement in 1950? — Options: Five, Six, Seven, Eight