UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Siddaramaiah to meet Cabinet colleagues today

Q1. When a Chief Minister resigns mid-term and the ruling party continues to hold a majority in the Assembly, the authority solely empowered to appoint the successor as Chief Minister is which one of the following?

  • A. The President of India
  • B. The Governor of the State
  • C. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
  • D. The Chief Justice of the High Court

Q2. The appointment of the Chief Minister and the other Ministers of a State by the Governor is provided for under which Article of the Constitution of India?

  • A. Article 163
  • B. Article 164
  • C. Article 74
  • D. Article 356

Q3. Elections to fill the Rajya Sabha seats allotted to a State are conducted by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat
  • B. The Election Commission of India
  • C. The concerned State Legislature Secretariat
  • D. The State Election Commission

Q4. The maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha and the manner in which its seats are to be filled are laid down in which Article of the Constitution?

  • A. Article 79
  • B. Article 80
  • C. Article 81
  • D. Article 84

Q5. The May 2026 replacement of the Chief Minister of Karnataka, carried out without any fresh election, was effected under the direction of which of the following?

  • A. The Governor of Karnataka
  • B. The Congress party high command (AICC)
  • C. The Election Commission of India
  • D. The Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Q6. The unification of Kannada-speaking regions into a single State in 1956 (the State later renamed Karnataka) was given legal effect by which one of the following?

  • A. The Government of India Act, 1935
  • B. The States Reorganisation Act, 1956
  • C. The Andhra State Act, 1953
  • D. The Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960

Q7. How many directly elected seats does the Karnataka Legislative Assembly have?

  • A. 216
  • B. 224
  • C. 225
  • D. 240

Q8. Among the following categories, the single largest share of members in a State Legislative Council is filled from which one of them?

  • A. Registered graduates of at least three years' standing
  • B. Members of local authorities such as municipalities and district boards
  • C. Teachers of at least three years' standing in the State
  • D. Persons nominated by the Governor

Q9. Under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, the final authority to decide a question of disqualification of a member on the ground of defection is exclusively vested in which one of the following?

  • A. The Election Commission of India
  • B. The Presiding Officer (Speaker or Chairman) of the House concerned
  • C. The Governor of the State
  • D. The Supreme Court of India

Q10. In the Shivakumar Government formed in June 2026, the allocation of portfolios among the newly sworn-in Ministers was carried out by which one of the following?

  • A. The Governor of Karnataka
  • B. The Chief Minister
  • C. The Congress party high command
  • D. The Cabinet Secretariat