India Quiz 132 - Elections and Election Commission of India Quiz

India Quiz 132 - Elections and Election Commission of India Quiz

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1. When was the first Lok Sabha elections held in India?

1947
1949
1951
1952

2. What is the minimum voting age in India?

16
18
21
17

3. Lok Sabha elections are held normally every ….. years in India

5
3
4
2

4. Which constitutional body conducts general elections in India?

Supreme Court of India
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Election Commission of India
NITI Aayog

5. Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Rajiv Kumar
Gyanesh Kumar
Suchil Chandra
Sunil Arora

6. National Voter's Day is celebrated in India on

25 January
26 Janauary
15 August
30 January

7. In order to be recognized as a "National Party", a political party must be recognized as a state party in

At least three states
At least four states
At least five states
At least ten states

8. What is the minimum percentage of seats to be won by a party in the Lok Sabha to be recognized as a National party?

10
5
7
2

9. How many national parties are there in India as per the Election Commission of India?

8
6
10
12

10. The duration for Election Campaign decided by the Election Commission of India is

Two weeks
One week
One month
Changes from time to time

11. How many hours prior to actual voting should election campaigning be stopped?

24 hours
36 hours
48 hours
72 hours

12. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Kalayan Sundaram
S P Sen Verma
Nagendra Singh
Sukumar Sen

13. Who is the only woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

V S Ramadevi
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Pratibha Patil
Meira Kumar

14. Which African country invited Sukumar Sen to conduct their first parliamentary elections in 1953?

Ghana
Sudan
Nigeria
Kenya

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