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UPSC CDS Political Theory — practice questions — page 19

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An election held in one constituency to fill a vacancy caused by death or resignation is a:Read the answer and worked solution →For Lok Sabha elections the country is divided into how many constituencies?Read the answer and worked solution →How many Lok Sabha seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes, as on 26 January 2019?Read the answer and worked solution →Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes number:Read the answer and worked solution →In rural and urban local bodies, what share of seats is reserved for women?Read the answer and worked solution →The official name of the voters' list is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The minimum age to vote in India is 18. The minimum age to be a candidate is:Read the answer and worked solution →A complete revision of the voters' list takes place every:Read the answer and worked solution →Election campaigns in India officially run for what period before polling?Read the answer and worked solution →Garibi Hatao was the Congress slogan in the Lok Sabha election of:Read the answer and worked solution →Save Democracy was the 1977 slogan of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Land to the Tiller was the slogan of the Left Front in:Read the answer and worked solution →Election law caps candidate spending in a Lok Sabha constituency at:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Model Code of Conduct, once elections are announced ministers must not:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2014, Mallikarjun Kharge won Gulbarga with about what share of votes polled?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the:Read the answer and worked solution →In about two of every three elections in the last 25 years in India, the:Read the answer and worked solution →Voter turnout means the percentage of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the election slogansRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Election Commission powersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the election numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the polling wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Voter or candidateRead the answer and worked solution →Sort slogans, bodies and stagesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Electoral politics bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Globalisation as a concept fundamentally deals with:Read the answer and worked solution →The crucial element of globalisation created by constant flows is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which invention is credited with laying the basis for nationalism?Read the answer and worked solution →At the simplest level, globalisation results in an erosion of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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An election held in one constituency to fill a vacancy caused by death or resignation is a:

  1. Referendum vote
  2. By-election
  3. General election
  4. Mid-term poll
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Correct answer: B. By-election

1. A general election covers all constituencies. 2. A single-seat vacancy election is a by-election. 3. Both are conducted by the Election Commission. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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For Lok Sabha elections the country is divided into how many constituencies?

  1. 552
  2. 530
  3. 543
  4. 545
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Correct answer: C. 543

1. Each elects one Member of Parliament. 2. There are 543 constituencies. 3. Each should have roughly equal population. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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How many Lok Sabha seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes, as on 26 January 2019?

  1. 47
  2. 79
  3. 41
  4. 84
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Correct answer: D. 84

1. Only an SC member can contest a reserved seat. 2. 84 seats are reserved for SCs. 3. This matches their population share. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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