14 questionswith explanationsfor RAS, Patwari, VDO and other Rajasthan exams
Who was the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Answer: (3) Meira Kumar
Explanation
Meira Kumar was elected Speaker unopposed on 3 June 2009, succeeding Somnath Chatterjee; she is the daughter of Jagjivan Ram. Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker from 2014 to 2019, was the second woman to hold the office.
Under Article 69, the Vice-President of India makes the oath of office before:
Answer: (2) The President of India
Explanation
Article 69 requires the Vice-President to make and subscribe the oath before the President or a person appointed by him. It is the President's own oath (Article 60) that is taken before the Chief Justice of India.
Which of the following States does NOT have a Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad)?
Answer: (4) Gujarat
Explanation
Six States have a bicameral legislature (as of 2026): Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. Gujarat has only a Legislative Assembly. Under Article 169, Parliament creates or abolishes a State's Legislative Council by law after the State Assembly passes a resolution by a special majority.
Which of the following pairs of subject and Legislative List of the Seventh Schedule is correctly matched?
Answer: (1) Railways – Union List
Explanation
Railways are Entry 22 of List I (Union List). Electricity is Entry 38 of List III (Concurrent List), betting and gambling is Entry 34 of List II (State List), and water (water supplies, irrigation, canals, water storage and water power) is Entry 17 of List II, subject to Entry 56 of List I on inter-State rivers.
National Civil Services Day in India is observed every year on:
Answer: (2) 21 April
Explanation
It is observed on 21 April, marking Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 1947 address to the first batch of administrative service probationers at Metcalfe House, Delhi; the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration are presented on this day. 24 April is Panchayati Raj Day.
Which Chief Justice of India acted as the President of India for a short period in 1969?
Answer: (3) M. Hidayatullah
Explanation
After President Zakir Husain died in May 1969, Vice-President V.V. Giri acted as President and resigned in July to contest the presidential election; Chief Justice M. Hidayatullah then acted as President from 20 July to 24 August 1969 under the President (Discharge of Functions) Act, 1969. K. Subba Rao had instead resigned as Chief Justice in 1967 to contest that year's presidential election.
The first three High Courts of India, set up in 1862 under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861, were at Calcutta, Bombay and:
Answer: (2) Madras
Explanation
The Indian High Courts Act, 1861 created High Courts at the Presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1862. The High Court for the North-Western Provinces followed in 1866 at Agra (later shifted to Allahabad), and Patna in 1916.
Which of the following pairs of State and the principal seat of its High Court is correctly matched?
Answer: (3) Kerala – Ernakulam
Explanation
The Kerala High Court sits at Ernakulam in Kochi, not at the capital Thiruvananthapuram. Likewise the Orissa High Court is at Cuttack, the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur (with benches at Indore and Gwalior) and the Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur.
President's Rule under Article 356 was imposed for the first time, in 1951, in which State?
Answer: (4) Punjab
Explanation
President's Rule was first proclaimed in Punjab on 20 June 1951 and lasted until April 1952. PEPSU (Patiala and East Punjab States Union) came under it later, in March 1953.
In the Lok Sabha, the first hour of every sitting is normally known as:
Answer: (3) Question Hour
Explanation
Under the Lok Sabha's rules the first hour of every sitting is Question Hour, in which Members ask Ministers starred and unstarred questions. Zero Hour, an Indian practice not mentioned in the rules, follows it at noon; Calling Attention notices and Adjournment Motions are taken up under separate rules, not in the first hour.
Consider the following statements about Union Territories: 1. Article 239A, inserted by the 14th Amendment (1962), enables Parliament to create by law a Legislature and a Council of Ministers for Puducherry. 2. Under Article 239B, the Administrator of Puducherry may, on the President's instructions, promulgate ordinances when its Legislature is not in session. 3. Lakshadweep has a Legislative Assembly. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: (1) 1 and 2 only
Explanation
Article 239A now applies only to Puducherry, and Article 239B, inserted by the 27th Amendment (1971), gives its Administrator a limited ordinance power; such an ordinance lapses six weeks after the Legislature reassembles. Lakshadweep is run by an Administrator appointed by the President under Article 239 and has no legislature, so statement 3 is wrong; Delhi's Assembly rests on Article 239AA.
Who was elected President of India unopposed in 1977, a few months after being chosen Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Answer: (4) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Explanation
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the sixth Lok Sabha in March 1977 and, after President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed died in office in February 1977, was elected President unopposed in July 1977, the only such case so far. V. V. Giri (1969) and Giani Zail Singh (1982) won contested elections.
Which of the following Fundamental Rights is available to foreigners living in India as well as to citizens?
Answer: (2) Protection of life and personal liberty
Explanation
Article 21 applies to every person, not only citizens. Article 19 (freedom of speech), Article 16 (public employment) and Article 29 are available only to citizens.
In which year did Goa become a full-fledged State of the Indian Union?
Answer: (1) 1987
Explanation
The Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 made Goa the 25th State on 30 May 1987, while Daman and Diu stayed a Union Territory. 1961 is the year Goa was freed from Portuguese rule and became part of a Union Territory; 1975 is when Sikkim became a State, and 1972 when Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya did.