Election Officer Mcqs Practice Test

Question 1

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.

Accepted Answer

A. Section 233

Question 2

A political party shall submit to the ECP annual financial statement and list of donors who have donated Rs. 100,000 and above to the political party.

Accepted Answer

A. Section 211

Question 3

Symbols allocated to the political parties and candidates should be visibly different from each other.

Accepted Answer

A. Section 217

Question 4

If an enlisted political party fails to comply with the provisions of the Act, it will be disentitled for allocation of symbol for the election.

Accepted Answer

C. Section 215

Question 5

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.

Accepted Answer

B. Section 208

Question 6

ECP shall conduct awareness/media campaigns for registration of women voters and their participation in elections.

Accepted Answer

A. Section 12

Question 7

If the variation in the number of men and women voters in a constituency is more than 10% special measures will be taken by ECP to reduce such variation.

Accepted Answer

D. Section 47

Question 8

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.

Accepted Answer

A. Section 47

Question 9

If the turnout of women voters is less than 10% of the total votes polled in the constituency, ECP may presume that women have been restrained through an agreement from casting their votes and may declare polling at one or more polling stations, or election in the whole constituency void.

Accepted Answer

D. Section 9

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

D. Section 206

Question 11

Political parties shall encourage women membership.

Accepted Answer

D. Section 203

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A. Section 59

Question 13

An election official shall, before the commencement of his election duty, make an oath, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, that he shall act strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Act, 2017, Rules and directions of the ECP.

Accepted Answer

A. Section 56

Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

D. Section 79

Question 15

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.

Accepted Answer

A. Section 25

Question 16

Variation of population amongst constituencies in the same Assembly from the same province or territory has been restricted to 10%.

Accepted Answer

D. Section 20

Question 17

ECP shall delimit constituencies after every census.

Accepted Answer

D. Section 17

Question 18

A post-election review of the implementation of the Action Plan shall be included in the next annual report of the ECP.

Accepted Answer

B. Section 14

Question 19

Some degree of accountability of the ECP has also been built into the Elections Act, 2017; the ECP is now required to submit an annual report within 90 days after the end of every calendar year that will be laid in each house of the parliament and each provincial assembly.

Accepted Answer

D. Section 16

Question 20

The ECP shall conduct training programs for election officials and take measures to promote public awareness regarding laws and best practices

Accepted Answer

A. Section 12