📘 Vice President of India – 20 MCQs with Answers and Explanations
1. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
A) President of India
B) Vice President of India
C) Prime Minister of India
D) Speaker of Lok Sabha
✅ Answer: B) Vice President of India
Explanation: The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and presides over its sessions.
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2. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the office of the Vice President?
A) Article 52
B) Article 63
C) Article 74
D) Article 79
✅ Answer: B) Article 63
Explanation: Article 63 provides for the office of the Vice President of India.
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3. What is the minimum age required to be elected as Vice President of India?
A) 25 years
B) 30 years
C) 35 years
D) 40 years
✅ Answer: C) 35 years
Explanation: A candidate must be at least 35 years old to contest the Vice Presidential election.
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4. Who elects the Vice President of India?
A) Members of Lok Sabha only
B) Members of Rajya Sabha only
C) Members of both Houses of Parliament
D) People of India by direct vote
✅ Answer: C) Members of both Houses of Parliament
Explanation: The Vice President is elected by the members of Parliament (Lok Sabha + Rajya Sabha), not by state legislatures.
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5. What is the term of office of the Vice President of India?
A) 4 years
B) 5 years
C) 6 years
D) Till the pleasure of President
✅ Answer: B) 5 years
Explanation: The Vice President holds office for 5 years, but can continue until a successor assumes charge.
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6. Who was the first Vice President of India?
A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
B) Zakir Hussain
C) V.V. Giri
D) B.D. Jatti
✅ Answer: A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Explanation: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President (1952–1962).
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7. Which body conducts the election of the Vice President of India?
A) Election Commission of India
B) Supreme Court
C) Rajya Sabha Secretariat
D) Lok Sabha Secretariat
✅ Answer: A) Election Commission of India
Explanation: The Election Commission of India conducts elections to both the President and Vice President’s offices.
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8. What is the method of election of the Vice President?
A) Direct election by the people
B) Proportional representation by means of single transferable vote
C) First-past-the-post system
D) State legislatures’ vote
✅ Answer: B) Proportional representation by means of single transferable vote
Explanation: Like the President’s election, the Vice President is elected by proportional representation through the single transferable vote system.
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9. In case of a vacancy in the office of Vice President, within how many months must the election be held?
A) 3 months
B) 6 months
C) 1 year
D) No time limit
✅ Answer: B) 6 months
Explanation: The election to fill the vacancy must be held within 6 months.
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10. Which of the following is NOT a qualification to be Vice President of India?
A) Citizen of India
B) 35 years of age
C) Eligible to be a member of Rajya Sabha
D) Eligible to be a member of Legislative Assembly
✅ Answer: D) Eligible to be a member of Legislative Assembly
Explanation: The Vice President must be eligible for Rajya Sabha membership, not for Legislative Assembly.
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11. The Vice President can be removed by:
A) Impeachment process
B) Resolution of Rajya Sabha only
C) Resolution of Rajya Sabha passed by majority and agreed by Lok Sabha
D) By President
✅ Answer: C) Resolution of Rajya Sabha passed by majority and agreed by Lok Sabha
Explanation: Removal requires a resolution passed by Rajya Sabha with majority and agreed by Lok Sabha.
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12. Who administers the oath of office to the Vice President of India?
A) President of India
B) Chief Justice of India
C) Prime Minister of India
D) Speaker of Lok Sabha
✅ Answer: A) President of India
Explanation: The President of India administers the oath of office to the Vice President.
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13. Who acts as President of India when the office of President falls vacant?
A) Prime Minister
B) Vice President
C) Chief Justice of India
D) Speaker of Lok Sabha
✅ Answer: B) Vice President
Explanation: The Vice President acts as President until a new President is elected.
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14. Which Vice President later became the President of India?
A) Dr. Radhakrishnan
B) Zakir Hussain
C) V.V. Giri
D) All of the above
✅ Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: Many Vice Presidents including Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, V.V. Giri, and others became Presidents later.
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15. Who was the first woman to contest for the Vice President’s post in India?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Pratibha Patil
C) Surjeet Kaur
D) Najma Heptullah
✅ Answer: D) Najma Heptullah
Explanation: Najma Heptullah contested for Vice President in 1992 but lost to K.R. Narayanan.
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16. Who is the current Vice President of India (as of 2025)?
A) M. Venkaiah Naidu
B) Jagdeep Dhankhar
C) Hamid Ansari
D) K.R. Narayanan
✅ Answer: B) Jagdeep Dhankhar
Explanation: Jagdeep Dhankhar took office as Vice President on 11 August 2022.
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17. The Vice President draws his salary from:
A) Consolidated Fund of India
B) Consolidated Fund of State
C) Contingency Fund of India
D) Parliament’s own budget
✅ Answer: D) Parliament’s own budget
Explanation: Since the Vice President is ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha, his salary comes from the Parliament budget, not from the Consolidated Fund of India.
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18. Who was the only Vice President to die while in office?
A) B.D. Jatti
B) Zakir Hussain
C) Krishan Kant
D) Gopal Swarup Pathak
✅ Answer: C) Krishan Kant
Explanation: Krishan Kant, Vice President (1997–2002), died in office before completing his term.
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19. Who was the Vice President of India when Emergency (1975–77) was declared?
A) Gopal Swarup Pathak
B) B.D. Jatti
C) R. Venkataraman
D) Shankar Dayal Sharma
✅ Answer: A) Gopal Swarup Pathak
Explanation: Gopal Swarup Pathak was Vice President during the Emergency period (1969–1974).
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20. Which Vice President had also served as the Governor of West Bengal before assuming office?
A) M. Venkaiah Naidu
B) Jagdeep Dhankhar
C) R. Venkataraman
D) Shankar Dayal Sharma
✅ Answer: B) Jagdeep Dhankhar
Explanation: Before becoming Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankhar served as the Governor of West Bengal.
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