Election

Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with elections?
a) Part XVI
b) Part XIV
c) Part XV
d) Part XVII
✅ c) Part XV

Article 324 of the Constitution deals with:
a) Powers of Prime Minister
b) Finance Commission
c) Election Commission
d) Lok Sabha
✅ c) Election Commission

The Election Commission of India is a:
a) Statutory body
b) Executive body
c) Constitutional body
d) Advisory body
✅ c) Constitutional body

The Election Commission is responsible for conducting elections to:
a) Lok Sabha
b) Rajya Sabha
c) State Legislative Assemblies
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above

Article 325 prohibits:
a) Separate electorate
b) Reservation
c) National parties
d) Political alliances
✅ a) Separate electorate

The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by:
a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Chief Justice
d) Vice President
✅ b) President

The Election Commission consists of:
a) One Chief Election Commissioner
b) CEC + other Election Commissioners
c) As fixed by the President
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above

Which Article provides for free and fair elections?
a) Article 14
b) Article 324
c) Article 326
d) Article 21
✅ b) Article 324

Article 326 provides for:
a) Universal adult suffrage
b) Caste-based reservation
c) Separate electorate
d) Panchayat elections
✅ a) Universal adult suffrage

Minimum age for voting in India is:
a) 18 years
b) 21 years
c) 16 years
d) 25 years
✅ a) 18 years

Voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 by which amendment?
a) 42nd
b) 44th
c) 52nd
d) 61st
✅ d) 61st Amendment

The term of the Lok Sabha is:
a) 4 years
b) 5 years
c) 6 years
d) No fixed term
✅ b) 5 years

The body that decides election disputes is:
a) Election Commission
b) Supreme Court
c) High Court
d) Parliament
✅ c) High Court

Disqualification related to electoral malpractices is decided by:
a) CEC
b) President
c) Supreme Court
d) High Court
✅ b) President (after EC’s opinion)

Election Commission supervises elections to:
a) Panchayats
b) Municipalities
c) Parliament and State Legislatures
d) Cooperatives
✅ c) Parliament and State Legislatures

Who conducts elections to Panchayats and Municipalities?
a) President
b) Election Commission of India
c) State Election Commission
d) Chief Justice
✅ c) State Election Commission

Which Article mandates elections to Lok Sabha and Assemblies?
a) 324
b) 326
c) 172
d) 327
✅ c) Article 172

State Election Commissions are established under:
a) Article 324
b) Article 243K
c) Article 325
d) Article 328
✅ b) Article 243K

The Chief Election Commissioner holds office for:
a) 5 years
b) 6 years or until age 65
c) 3 years
d) 7 years
✅ b) 6 years or until age 65

The final authority on the question of disqualification of MPs is:
a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Election Commission
d) Supreme Court
✅ b) President (with EC advice)

Representation of People Act was passed in:
a) 1947
b) 1950 & 1951
c) 1955
d) 1962
✅ b) 1950 & 1951

Conduct of elections is governed by:
a) Article 324 only
b) RPA, 1951
c) Article 326
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above

Election Commission enjoys the same status as:
a) Supreme Court
b) Cabinet Secretariat
c) UPSC
d) None
✅ c) UPSC (in terms of constitutional status)

What is the tenure of the Rajya Sabha?
a) 5 years
b) 6 years (1/3rd retired every 2 years)
c) 4 years
d) 3 years
✅ b) 6 years

Rajya Sabha members are elected by:
a) President
b) Direct public vote
c) MLAs
d) Governors
✅ c) MLAs (by proportional representation)

First General Elections in India were held in:
a) 1949
b) 1950
c) 1951–52
d) 1953
✅ c) 1951–52

VVPAT was used for the first time in:
a) 2009
b) 2012
c) 2013
d) 2015
✅ c) 2013

Model Code of Conduct is enforced by:
a) Ministry of Home Affairs
b) CBI
c) Election Commission
d) Courts
✅ c) Election Commission

Removal of the Chief Election Commissioner is similar to:
a) President
b) Prime Minister
c) Supreme Court judge
d) Governor
✅ c) Supreme Court judge

Article 327 empowers:
a) EC to appoint officials
b) Parliament to make election laws
c) SC to settle disputes
d) President to dismiss MLAs
✅ b) Parliament to make election laws

Electoral rolls are prepared under:
a) Article 324
b) Article 325
c) Article 326
d) Representation of People Act
✅ d) Representation of People Act

Political parties are registered with:
a) Ministry of Law
b) Supreme Court
c) Election Commission
d) President
✅ c) Election Commission

Symbol to a political party is allotted by:
a) Speaker
b) Law Ministry
c) Election Commission
d) President
✅ c) Election Commission

Who decides whether a party is recognized as national or state?
a) Parliament
b) Election Commission
c) Supreme Court
d) President
✅ b) Election Commission

NOTA was introduced in Indian elections in:
a) 2004
b) 2009
c) 2013
d) 2015
✅ c) 2013

Which is not a function of Election Commission?
a) Allotting symbols
b) Deciding disqualifications
c) Conducting elections
d) Declaring results
✅ b) Deciding disqualifications (only advisory)

Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is connected with:
a) Ballot papers
b) EVMs
c) Electoral rolls
d) Postal ballots
✅ b) EVMs

Postal ballots are allowed for:
a) NRIs
b) Soldiers
c) Judges
d) Teachers
✅ b) Soldiers (and select categories)

The concept of election deposits is to:
a) Generate revenue
b) Prevent bogus candidates
c) Control EVMs
d) Block reserved seats
✅ b) Prevent bogus candidates

If a candidate fails to secure a minimum % of votes, deposit is forfeited. That % is:
a) 1%
b) 5%
c) 10%
d) 12.5%
✅ d) 12.5%

Which Amendment reduced voting age?
a) 44th
b) 52nd
c) 61st
d) 73rd
✅ c) 61st Amendment

Which body publishes electoral rolls?
a) Law Commission
b) UPSC
c) Election Commission
d) State Governments
✅ c) Election Commission

Panchayat elections are governed by:
a) Article 324
b) Article 243K
c) Article 330
d) Article 326
✅ b) Article 243K

Election results can be challenged in:
a) High Court
b) Lok Sabha
c) Supreme Court
d) Parliament
✅ a) High Court

Parliament elections use which system?
a) Proportional representation
b) FPTP (First Past the Post)
c) Mixed system
d) Preferential voting
✅ b) FPTP (First Past the Post)

Who determines delimitation of constituencies?
a) Cabinet
b) Election Commission
c) Delimitation Commission
d) Governor
✅ c) Delimitation Commission

Which amendment introduced State Election Commissions?
a) 42nd
b) 44th
c) 73rd
d) 52nd
✅ c) 73rd Amendment

Lok Sabha elections are held every:
a) 4 years
b) 5 years
c) 6 years
d) No fixed term
✅ b) 5 years

Which Article authorizes President to appoint EC?
a) Article 324
b) Article 326
c) Article 330
d) Article 337
✅ a) Article 324

Article 329 bars interference in elections by:
a) Supreme Court
b) High Courts
c) Civil courts
d) Tribunals
✅ c) Civil courts