The oldest political party in India is?
Answer: B
The Indian National Congress, founded in 1885, is India's oldest political party.
It was started by A.O. Hume with seventy-two delegates at Bombay. The Communist Party of India dates from 1925, the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1980 and the Bahujan Samaj Party from 1984.
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India adopted a written constitution in the year
Answer: A
India adopted its written constitution on 26 November 1949, when the Constituent Assembly passed it.
It came into force on 26 January 1950, the date chosen because the Congress had declared complete independence on that day in 1930.
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the chairman of Committee to Review Working of the Constitution (CRWC) which was constituted in 2000 was?
Answer: A
The Committee to Review the Working of the Constitution, set up in 2000, was chaired by Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, a former Chief Justice of India.
It reported in 2002 with 249 recommendations, most of them on electoral reform, the pace of justice and the working of the parliamentary system. Few were acted on.
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The first vice-president of India was
Answer: A
Dr S. Radhakrishnan was India's first vice-president, from 1952 to 1962, and then president from 1962 to 1967.
A philosopher who had held chairs at Calcutta and Oxford, he is the only person to have served two full terms as vice-president. His birthday, 5 September, is observed as Teachers' Day.
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Who had the longest tenure as Indian MP from same constituency amongst the following?
Answer: B
P.M. Sayeed had the longest tenure from one constituency among those listed, representing Lakshadweep for ten consecutive terms from 1967 to 2004.
He served as Union Power Minister and as Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
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Who had the longest tenure as Indian President among the following?
Answer: D
Rajendra Prasad had the longest presidency, from 1950 to 1962 - two full terms, the only president ever elected twice.
The rule limiting a president to two terms is a convention rather than a bar; no one since has been re-elected.
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Who had the shortest tenure as Indian President among the following?
Answer: C
Zakir Husain had the shortest tenure, dying in office in May 1969 after less than two years.
He was the first president to die in office and the first Muslim to hold it. V.V. Giri, then vice-president, acted as president, and when he resigned to contest the election Chief Justice M. Hidayatullah acted in his place.
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Which of the Indian presidents was the youngest to assume office?
Answer: D
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the youngest to assume the office, at 64, in 1977.
He was also the only president elected unopposed, and the only Speaker of the Lok Sabha to become president.
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Who was the first Indian President to fly in a combat aircraft?
Answer: D
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was the first Indian president to fly in a combat aircraft, taking a thirty-minute sortie in a Sukhoi-30 MKI from Lohegaon near Pune in June 2006.
He was 74. A missile scientist by profession, he had led the development of the Agni and Prithvi missiles before becoming president.
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