election officer MCQs – Page 2

Practise multiple-choice questions from election officer for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

election officer Mcqs
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