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1 The Central Information Commission falls under which ministry?
A Ministry of Home Affairs
B Ministry of Personnel
C Ministry of Human Resource Development
D None of the above

Answer: Ministry of Personnel
2 Who appoints the members and chairman of the Central Information Commission?
A President alone can appoint
B Chief Justice of Supreme of India
C Committee under the leadership of Prime Minister
D Home Minister of the country

Answer: Committee under the leadership of Prime Minister
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3 The salary and other allowances of the Chief Information Commission are same as;
A Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India
B Attorney General of India
C Comptroller and Auditor General of India
D Chief Election Commissioner

Answer: Chief Election Commissioner
4 What is the tenure of Chief Information Commissioner?
A 5 years
B 3 years
C 6 years
D Not fixed

Answer: 5 years
5 Who of the following is not the part of the committee to select Chief Election Commissioner and other information commissioners?
A Prime Minister of India
B Chief Justice of Supreme Court
C Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha
D A Union Cabinet Minister appointed by the Prime Minister

Answer: Chief Justice of Supreme Court
6 Till date how many Chief Information Commissioner have been appointed?
A 13
B 11
C 9
D 6

Answer: 9
7 Indian citizens have the right to information because of
A Judgment of Supreme Court
B Implementation of International Laws by Indian Government
C All states adopted agree to implement the Act
D a law passed by the Parliament of India

Answer: a law passed by the Parliament of India.
8 For the PIO to disclose certain information, the Competent Authority should be satisfied that larger public interest warrants its disclosure. This information pertains to
A commercial confidence
B trade secrets
C information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship
D All of the above

Answer: All of the above
9 How could a Public Information Officer receive applications?
A Those submitted by a requester in hand
B Those sent by an applicant by E-Mail
C Transferred by another Public Authority
D All of them

Answer: All of them
10 The First Appellate Authority should decide on first appeals
A Within 30 days from the receipt of the first appeals
B In less number of days that the PIO concerned took to take a decision on the application
C Within 45 days from the date of receipt of the appeal, if the reasons are recorded
D Both a and c

Answer: Both a and c
11 While inquiring into a complaint, Information Commissions have the power to
A Receive evidence on affidavit
B Requisition record or copies thereof from any court or office
C Issue summons for examination of witnesses or documents
D All of them

Answer: All of them
12 Consider the following. A PIO:
A Malafidely denies information
B Obstructed furnishing information
C Knowingly gave incorrect, incomplete or misleading information. For which of these actions can he / she be penalized by an Information Commission
D All of these

Answer: All of these
13 If a PIO reasonably severs non-exempted portions of a record from exempted portions, and partially provides information to an applicant, he / she has to
A Give the name and designation of the person giving the decision
B Reasons for the decision
C Details of fees the applicant may have to pay
D All of them

Answer: All of them
14 A Public Information Officer will be liable to be imposed a monetary penalty for
A refusal to receive an information application
B not providing information within specified time limits
C destroying information
D Slidelink

Answer: All of them
15 A first appeal against the decision of a PIO can be preferred by
A An Applicant
B A person from within the Public Authority
C A person outside the Public Authority to whom the information pertains
D All

Answer: All
16 The time limit specified in the `RTI Act, 2005` for the Central / State Information Commissions to decide on complaints is
A 15 days
B One Month
C Two Months
D No such time limit has been specified

Answer: No such time limit has been specified
17 How many TYPES of `Public Authorities` are there?
A Central Public Authorities
B State Public Authorities
C Both
D None of these

Answer: Both
18 Rules can be made by Appropriate Governments or Competent Authorities by notifying the rules:
A in the Official Gazette
B by publishing them on the website of the Appropriate Government
C by publishing them on the websites of Information Commissions – as applicable
D None of these

Answer: in the Official Gazette
19 How many schedules does the `RTI Act, 2005` have?
A 5
B 10
C 2
D 8

Answer: 2
20 Who is the current Chief Information Commission in India?
A Rajiv Mathur
B Vijai Sharma
C Radha Krishna Mathur
D Sudhir Bhargava

Answer: Sudhir Bhargava

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