SSC CGL Polity – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Style

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SSC CGL Polity – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Style – 25 questions, subject: Indian Polity & Governance. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
After retirement, a Supreme Court judge may NOT plead or act:

Correct Answer: B [in any court or before any authority in India]

Explanation:

Answer: in any court or before any authority in India. Art. 124(7).

2.  
An additional judge of a High Court is appointed for a period not exceeding:

Correct Answer: A [two years]

Explanation:

Answer: two years. Art. 224(1).

3.  
The Supreme Court of India was inaugurated on:

Correct Answer: D [28 January 1950]

Explanation:

28 January 1950; H. J. Kania was the first CJI.

4.  
The number of Supreme Court judges other than the Chief Justice is at present fixed by the:

Correct Answer: C [Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956]

Explanation:

Art. 124(1) lets Parliament fix the number by law – the 1956 Act.

5.  
How many entries did the State List have in the original Seventh Schedule?

Correct Answer: D [66]

Explanation:

Original: Union 97, State 66, Concurrent 47.

6.  
The Inter-State Council under Art. 263 was set up in:

Correct Answer: B [1990]

Explanation:

1990, by Presidential order, on the Sarkaria Commission's advice.

7.  
Under Art. 293(3), a State that still owes money on a loan from the Union needs whose consent to raise a fresh loan?

Correct Answer: A [Government of India]

Explanation:

Art. 293(3) – consent of the Government of India.

8.  
Who chairs the Zonal Councils set up under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956?

Correct Answer: C [Union Home Minister]

Explanation:

Five Zonal Councils, statutory; chaired by the Union Home Minister.

9.  
Under Art. 356(1)(c), the President's incidental provisions during President's Rule may NOT suspend provisions relating to:

Correct Answer: A [High Courts]

Explanation:

Art. 356(1)(c) proviso – nothing touches the High Courts.

10.  
The National Emergency proclaimed on 26 October 1962 during the Chinese aggression was revoked in:

Correct Answer: D [January 1968]

Explanation:

1962 proclamation revoked January 1968.

11.  
The Shah Commission (1977) was set up to inquire into:

Correct Answer: B [excesses during the Emergency of 1975–77]

Explanation:

Answer: excesses during the Emergency of 1975–77. Shah Commission, 1977.

12.  
After the 44th Amendment (1978), the right to property is a constitutional right under:

Correct Answer: D [Art. 300A]

Explanation:

Answer: Art. 300A. 44th Amendment omitted Art.

13.  
Which set of Articles was inserted by the 106th Amendment (2023) on women's reservation?

Correct Answer: A [330A, 332A and 334A]

Explanation:

Answer: 330A, 332A and 334A. Arts. 330A, 332A, 334A.

14.  
Under Art. 316, at least half the members of a Public Service Commission must have held office under the Government of India or a State for at least:

Correct Answer: B [10 years]

Explanation:

Art. 316(1) proviso – ten years.

15.  
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (Art. 338A) was created by the:

Correct Answer: C [89th Amendment, 2003]

Explanation:

89th (2003) split the SC/ST Commission; NCBC by the 102nd (2018).

16.  
The Central Bureau of Investigation was set up in 1963 by a resolution of the:

Correct Answer: C [Ministry of Home Affairs]

Explanation:

MHA resolution, 1963; powers from the DSPE Act, 1946.

17.  
The National Disaster Management Authority set up under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 is chaired by the:

Correct Answer: B [Prime Minister]

Explanation:

Answer: Prime Minister. NDMA – chaired by the PM.

18.  
Which of these cities does NOT have a zonal bench of the National Green Tribunal?

Correct Answer: A [Lucknow]

Explanation:

Principal Bench Delhi; zonal benches Bhopal, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune.

19.  
The 64th Amendment Bill of 1989, an early attempt to give panchayats constitutional status, failed because it was:

Correct Answer: D [defeated in the Rajya Sabha]

Explanation:

Passed by the Lok Sabha, failed in the Rajya Sabha; the 73rd/74th passed in December 1992.

20.  
The law extending Part IX to the Fifth Schedule areas (PESA) was enacted in:

Correct Answer: B [1996]

Explanation:

Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996.

21.  
Electronic voting machines were first used in 1982 at Paravur in:

Correct Answer: D [Kerala]

Explanation:

Answer: Kerala. Paravur, Kerala, 1982.

22.  
In Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006), the Supreme Court upheld:

Correct Answer: C [the open ballot in Rajya Sabha elections]

Explanation:

Kuldip Nayar (2006) – open ballot and removal of the domicile rule upheld.

23.  
The Union Territory of Chandigarh is administered by the:

Correct Answer: A [Governor of Punjab, as Administrator]

Explanation:

The Governor of Punjab is the Administrator of Chandigarh.

24.  
The Freedom of Information Act, 2002, the forerunner of the RTI Act, 2005:

Correct Answer: A [was never brought into force]

Explanation:

Passed but never notified; replaced by the RTI Act, 2005.

25.  
From 1 July 2026, the rural employment guarantee law in force guarantees wage employment per rural household in a financial year of:

Correct Answer: D [125 days]

Explanation:

Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025 replaced MGNREGA's 100 days with 125 days (as on 15-10-2026, PIB, Ministry of Rural Development, 30-06-2026).

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