election officer Mcqs
1. Under Section 2(xxii), Government means
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A. the Local Government

B. the Federal Government

C. the Provincial Government

D. All of these

2. General Requirement for being a Chief Election Commissioner is_________?
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A. Senior official (retires on BS-22)

B. Any one from above

C. A technocrat

D. Judge of SC

3. Election tribunal announce the decision_________ If a respondent does not appears before court hearing.
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A. Ex. Sante

B. De. Parte

C. Ex parte

D. De sante

4. The ECP may, in consultation with political parties, frame a Code of Conduct for political parties , contesting candidates, election agents and polling agents. The Commission may also frame a Code of Conduct for security personnel, media and election observers.
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A. Section 238

B. Section 235

C. Section 233

D. Section 243

5. What is meant by member in election act?
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A. All of these

B. member of national assembly

C. member of senate

D. member of provincial assembly

6. Maintenance of order at the polling station comes under the duty of __________?
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A. polling agent

B. election agent

C. returning officer

D. presiding officer
7. RO is bound to send the final result after the consolidation process to the commission within____________?
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A. 48 hours

B. 72 hours

C. 8 hours

D. 24 hours
8. To a seat of national assembly a candidate shall submit an amount of__________?
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A. 30k

B. 40k

C. 50K

D. 20k

9. Political parties shall award at least 5% party tickets to women candidates on general seats.
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A. Section 276

B. Section 209

C. Section 212

D. Section 206
10. Recount of cast votes shall be made on the request of contesting candidates only
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A. twice

B. as many times as candidate wants for his satisfaction

C. thrice

D. once
11. A person may be nominated in the nomination papers in same constituency by not more than______ nomination papers.
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A. 5

B. 1

C. 3

D. 2

12. As per the previous law, the Election Commission Order, 2002, Section 9E, approval of the President had to be sought to make Rules. Now, ECP has been empowered to make Rules without prior approval of the President or the Government. Rules will be subject to prior publication, seeking suggestions etc. within 15 days of such publication.
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A. Section 191

B. Section 239

C. Section 210

D. Section 223

13. ECP may conduct pilot projects for utilization of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and biometric voters identification system in bye-elections in addition to the existing manual procedures for voter verification, casting and counting of votes to assess their technical efficacy, secrecy, security and financial feasibility.
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A. Section 103

B. Section 119

C. Section 145

D. Section 109

14. Which section provides the poll for election of members of the senate shall be held by secret ballot?
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A. Section 122(3)

B. Section 122(5)

C. Section 122(4)

D. Section 122(6)
15. A candidate may retire from the election by informing RO not later than________ days before the polling day.
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A. 4 days

B. 10 days

C. 5 days

D. 3 days

16. Which of the Elections Act reads: Every member of an Assembly and Senate shall submit to the Commission, on or before Dec 31 each year, a copy of his statement of assets and liabilities, including assets and liabilities of his spouse and dependent children as on the preceding 30th day of June on Form B.
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A. Section 138

B. Section 140

C. Section 139

D. Section 137
17. The ECP has been authorized to redress complaints/grievances during various stages of the election process (other than challenge to the election itself under Article 225). Its decisions will be appealable to the Supreme Court of Pakistan
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A. Section 18

B. Section 54

C. Section 15

D. Section 45

18. what is name of system which recently launched by ECP?
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A. Complain management system

B. Answer management system

C. school management system

D. None of these

19. All expenditure of ECP will be charged upon the Federal Consolidated Fund within the meaning of Article 81 of the Constitution
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A. Section 19

B. Section 12

C. Section 11

D. Section 15

20. The office-bearers of a political party at the federal, provincial and local levels shall be elected periodically provided that a period, not exceeding five years, shall intervene between any two elections.
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A. Section 238

B. Section 178

C. Section 208

D. Section 108

21. Which section of the Elections Act, 2017, provides that a contesting candidate, other than the returned candidate, shall submit the return of his election expenses within 30 days of the publication of the name of the returned candidate?
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A. Section 134(1)

B. Section 136(1)

C. Section 135(1)

D. None of these

22. As far as practicable, the distance between a polling station and the voters assigned to it shall not exceed one kilometer.
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A. Section 223

B. Section 59

C. Section 173

D. Section 65

23. Where the election returns are submitted on form c the assets of candidates are submitted on form_________?
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A. Form B

B. Form C

C. Form D

D. form A

24. Political parties is the title of ____________ in Election Act 2017?
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A. Chapter XI

B. Chapter IX

C. Chapter X

D. Chapter XII

25. Which section of the Elections Act, 2017, states that the ECP was responsible to delimit territorial constituencies for elections to the National Assembly, each provincial assembly and to local governments in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Act, the Rules and the applicable local government law?
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A. Section 17(2)

B. Section 17(1)

C. Section 18(2)

D. Section 18(1)

26. on which form will the candidate submit his election expenses to ECP?
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A. None of these

B. form A

C. form C

D. form B

27. ECP shall annually publish disaggregated data of registered men and women voters in each National Assembly and Provincial Assembly constituency highlighting the difference in number of registered men and women voters.
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A. Section 49

B. Section 47

C. Section 98

D. Section 77

28. Under which section of the act, returning officers (ROs) and district returning officers (DROs) will only be able to punish individuals for impersonation?
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A. Section 137

B. Section 135

C. Section 169

D. Section 170

29. Chapter IX of the Elections Act 2017 deals with?
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A. Election disputes

B. Allocation of symbols

C. Political parties

D. Caretaker government

30. Under Section 2(xvi), electoral area means:_______________?
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A. a village or a census block

B. a ward or a census block

C. None of these

D. Both of these options
31. The ECP shall conduct training programs for election officials and take measures to promote public awareness regarding laws and best practices
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A. Section 8

B. Section 12

C. Section 7

D. Section 6

32. Under which section, the president shall announce the date of the general elections after consultation with the Election Commission of Pakistan?
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A. Section 59

B. Section 56

C. Section 57

D. Section 58

33. A person appointed as Chief Election Commissioner shall held office for a term of_______________?
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A. Five years

B. Seven years

C. Three years

D. None of above

34. ECP shall delimit constituencies after every census.
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A. Section 17

B. Section 89

C. Section 73

D. Section 35

35. the result consolidation process shall be completed within __________ days after the polling day.
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A. 7 days

B. 14 days

C. the very next day

D. 5 days
36. In case of equality of votes between two candidates, both will be declared returned candidates and each shall become Member for half of the term of the Assembly. The candidate who will be Member for the first half of the term will be determined by draw of lots. In case of equality of votes between three or more candidates, there shall be re-election in the constituency.
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A. Section 189

B. Section 79

C. Section 131

D. Section 97
37. Commission means the Election Commission of Pakistan constituted under __________:
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A. None of these

B. Article 208

C. Article 228

D. Article 218
38. Which section of the Elections Act 2017 authorises ECP to extend polling hours already fixed?
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A. Section 72

B. Section 70

C. Section 78

D. Section 82

39. On the application of a candidate or his election agent, the District Election Commissioner or any officer authorized in this behalf by the ECP shall provide to a candidate or an election agent a hard and searchable soft copy on a universal serial bus (USB) in portable document format (PDF) or any other tamper-proof format of the final electoral roll with photographs of the voters and shall ensure that the copy is the same as provided to the Returning Officer and Presiding Officers.
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A. Section 134

B. Section 87

C. Section 79

D. Section 37

40. Elections (Amendment) Act, 2017 was altered mistakenly which could allow:
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A. None of the above

B. Muslims and Ahmadis run for office

C. Ahmadi doesnt run for office

D. Muslims doesnt run for office

41. Under which section, a person is guilty of the offence of illegal practice if he fails to comply with section 134 and does not submit return of election expenses?
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A. Section 134

B. Section 174

C. Section 179

D. Section 175
42. The Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the _________?
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A. Chief Executive

B. President of Pakistan

C. None of these

D. Prime Minister

43. Election expense of a candidate should not exceed__________For a seat of a senate.
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A. 15 lac

B. 20 lac

C. Its upto candidate

D. 30 lac

44. Notaries Ordinance 1961 means:
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A. (XIX of 1961)

B. (X of 1961)

C. (XI of 1961)

D. (IX of 1961)

45. Under Section 2(xx), electoral roll means an electoral roll prepared, revised or corrected under this act and includes the electoral rolls prepared under
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A. the Electoral Rolls Act 2017 (XXI of 2017)

B. the Electoral Rolls Act 1978 (XXI of 1978)

C. the Electoral Rolls Act 1974 (XXI of 1974)

D. the Electoral Rolls Act 1984 (XXI of 1984)

46. Under Section 177, a person is guilty of canvassing in or near a polling station if he is within a radius of how many meters of a polling station?
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A. Five hundred

B. Eight hundred

C. Four hundred

D. Six hundred

47. Return of election expenses shall be scrutinized by the ECP.
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A. Section 213

B. Section 206

C. Section 136

D. Section 312

48. if two independent candidates apply for the same symbol then that particular symbol shall allot to_________?
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A. no one will get that symbol

B. junior candidate

C. none of the above

D. senior candidate

49. NADRA shall transmit relevant data of every CNIC issued by it to the ECP so that every citizen who obtains a CNIC from NADRA can automatically be enrolled as a voter at his permanent or temporary address on the basis of his option in the application for issuance of CNIC.
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A. Section 53

B. Section 25

C. Section 35

D. Section 65

50. ____________ means a person appointed under this Act to hear and dispose of claims and objections and applications for corrections relating to the electoral rolls:
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A. None of these

B. Revising Authority

C. Registration Officer

D. Presiding Officer