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1. Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) was first used in 2013 in Nagaland and introduced in 8 parliamentary constituencies in 2014 to provide feedback to voters using ballotless voting systems. 2. The Indian Constitution came into effect on January 26, 1950 after being adopted on November 26, 1949, completing India's transition to an independent democratic republic. 3. The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years through a 1988 constitutional amendment.

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1. Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) was first used in 2013 in Nagaland and introduced in 8 parliamentary constituencies in 2014 to provide feedback to voters using ballotless voting systems. 2. The Indian Constitution came into effect on January 26, 1950 after being adopted on November 26, 1949, completing India's transition to an independent democratic republic. 3. The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years through a 1988 constitutional amendment.

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Indian politics quiz

Questions:

1. What is voter verified paper trial in EVM /when was it started


2. Indian constitution came into force from
3. Previous minimum age to cast the vote and present minimum age/when it changed
4. What are 73/74 constitutional amendment
5. Full form of RTI /when was it made a rule /who has started campaign for it
6. What is prevention of atrocities act
7. No of women MP in first and current lok Sabha
a. When was maximum
b. When was minimum
8. Percentage of seats reserved for women in Lok Sabha and what percentage of women
seat reserved in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
9. Which article established election commission and when
10. Who appoint election commissioner and how many for one term?
11. Who was first and current election commissioner
12. Full form of nota
13. National voters’ day
14. Who allotted election symbol to parties?
15. Who was first voter in India and have vote on __and where__
16. Total no of members in Lok Sabha
17. During first election -which strategy was adopted for illiterate people
18. When was EVM started

Answers:

1. Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) or verifiable paper record (VPR) is a method of
providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system. A VVPAT allows voters the
possibility to verify that their votes are cast as intended and can serve as an additional
barrier to changing or destroying votes. Voter-verifiable paper audit trail was first used in an
election in India in September 2013 in Noksen in Nagaland. The voter-verifiable paper audit
trail (VVPAT) system was introduced in 8 of 543 parliamentary constituencies in 2014.
2. The Constitution was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949
and came into effect on 26 January 1950 with a democratic government system, completing
the country’s transition towards becoming an independent republic.
3. Previous minimum age was 21 years. Later it was changed to 18 years. The Sixty-first
Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first
Amendment) Act, 1988, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the
Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.
4. The 73rd amendment is about rural local govt (which is also known as Panchyati Raj
Institutions) and the 74th amendment made the provisions related to urban local govt
(Nagarpalikas). The 73rd and 74th amendments came into force in 1993.
5. RTI (Right to Information) Act has been made by legislation of Parliament of India on 15
June 2005. The Act came into effect on 12 October 2005 and has been implemented ever
since to provide information to crores of Indian citizens. Aruna Roy is a leader of the Right
to Information movement in India through the MKSS and the National Campaign for
People's Right to Information (NCPRI), which was finally successful with the passage of the
Right to Information Act in 2005.
6. The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is an Act of the
Parliament of India enacted to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled
tribes.
7. 24 women were present in the first Lok Sabha. Currently there are 78 women in the Lok
Sabha.
a. Maximum 78 women in 2019
b. Minimum 19 women in 1977
8. The Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008, is a
pending bill in the Parliament of India which propose to amend the Constitution of India to
reserve 33% of all seats in the Lower house of Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all
state legislative assemblies for women.

One third seats are reserved for women in Maharashtra assembly while 50 percent
reservation for women in local body election in Maharashtra

9. Election Commission of India is a permanent Constitutional Body. The Election Commission


was established in accordance with the Constitution (Article 324) on 25th January 1950.
10. Chief Election commissioner is appointed by the president of India. There are 2 election
commissioners in India.
11. Sukumar Sen (1898–1963) was an Indian civil servant who was the first Chief Election
Commissioner of India, serving from 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958.

Shri Sunil Arora assumed charge as the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India
succeeding Shri O.P.Rawat on 2 December 2018.

12. None of the above, NOTA for short.


13. January 25
14. Allotment of symbols to candidates is governed by the Election Symbols (Reservation and
Allotment) Order, 1968.
15. Shyam Saran Negi was the first voter in India and he was a retired schoolteacher. Negi cast
the first vote on October 25, 1951 in Himachal Pradesh.
16. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of people chosen by direct election on the
basis of Universal Adult Suffrage. Maximum strength of the House is 552 members - 530
members to represent the States, 20 members to represent the Union Territories, and 2
members to be nominated by the President from the Anglo-Indian Community. At present,
the strength of the House is 545.
17. Around 85% of the population could not read or write. This widespread illiteracy posed a
challenge to the commission in organising the election. This was overcome by allotting each
candidate a differently-coloured ballot box at the polling booth, on which each candidate’s
name and symbol were written. 16,500 clerks were appointed on a contract of 6 months to
type and collate the electorate rolls and 380,000 reams of paper were used for printing the
rolls.
18. The use of EVMs and electronic voting was developed and tested by the state-owned
Electronics Corporation of India and Bharat Electronics in the 1990s. They were introduced
in Indian elections between 1998 and 2001, in a phased manner.

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