General Knowledge MCQ — 14 Practice Questions with Answers

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Parliamentary procedure classifies motions broadly as substantive, substitute and subsidiary motions. Subsidiary motions are further divided into ancillary motions, superseding motions and amendments. Since a substitute motion is a separate broad category, option D is not a subsidiary motion category.

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The Right to Constitutional Remedies is the fundamental right that protects enforcement of other fundamental rights. Article 32 guarantees the right to move the Supreme Court through appropriate proceedings for that enforcement. Hence the right named in option C is the correct answer.

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The new Parliament building was constructed by Tata Projects Ltd, which won the contract at Rs 861.90 crore, beating L&T's bid of Rs 865 crore. The building was inaugurated in May 2023 and was built in approximately 26 months. Therefore, option A is correct.

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Article 243G of the Constitution deals with the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats. Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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The CVC was set up in 1964 on the Santhanam Committee's recommendation. The CVC Act, 2003 makes it a statutory multi-member Commission with a Central Vigilance Commissioner and up to two Vigilance Commissioners, and section 8 gives it superintendence over the DSPE/CBI for Prevention of Corruption Act matters. Statement (2) is therefore false, while (1), (3) and (4) are correct, so A is the right code.