THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
CONSTITUTION - NATURE & CHARACTERISTICS
1. Which one of the following is considered as a Supreme source of power?
(a) Supreme Court of India
(b) Parliament of India
(c) President of India
(d) Constitution of India
2 The Indian Constitution is dedicated to:
(a) The Constituent Assembly
(b) The Parliament
(c) The whole society
(d) The people of India
3. The Constitution defines and determines the re-lation between
(a) Various institutions and the areas of Government
(b) Executive, the legislative and the Judiciary
(c) Central Government, State Government and the Local Governments
(d) All the above
4. The number of Articles and Schedules in original Indian Constitution was :-
(a) 395 Articles and 8 Schedules
(b) 394 Articles and 9 Schedules
(c) 396 Articles and 10 Schedules
(d) 395Articles and 7 Schedules
5. How many parts are present in the Constitution of India?
(a) XXII parts.
(b) XXIV parts.
(c) XXV parts.
(d) XXIII parts.
6. According to the Constitution of India which one of the following is supreme?
(a) The President
(b) The Supreme Court
(C) The Parliament
(d) The Constitution
7. Who is known as the architect of the Constitution of independent India?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(C) S. Radhakrishnan
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
8. The idea of forming the Constituent Assembly of India was contained in the-
(a) Cripps Proposals
(b) Cabinet Mission Plan
(c) Government of India Act, 1935
(d) Simon Commission Report
9. 'Diarchy' was established in India by which of the following?
(a) The Indian Council Act, 1909
(b) The Government of India Act, 1935
(c) The Government of India Act, 1919
(d) None of the above
10. Which one of the following Acts made the Cen-tral Legislature bicameral i.e. the Council of States and the Legislative Assembly-
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(b) Indian Councils Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1909
(d) Government of India Act, 1919
11. What was the basis of constituting the Constituent Assembly of India?
(a) Wavell Plan
(b) ‘Purna Swaraj’ resolution
(c) Cabinet Mission Plan
(d) All of the above
12. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into force on–
(a) 18 July, 1947
(b) 14 August, 1947
(c) 3 June, 1947
(d) 26 July, 1947
13. The first Constituent Assembly's meeting held on 9-12-46 was presided over by–
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Shri S.N. Sinha
(c) Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) None of the above
14. Who was the temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
(c) Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha
(d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
15. The Chairman of the Constituent Assembly was–
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Jaiprakash Narayan
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
16. Which day is observed as 'Law Day'?
(a) 9th November
(b) 25th November
(c) 26th November
(d) 18th December
17. On which amongst the following days the Constitution of India came into effect?
(a) 26th November, 1949
(b) 26th January, 1950
(c) 26th March, 1950
(d) 26th April, 1950
18. Sovereignty under Constitution belong to–
(a) the President
(b) the Parliament
(c) the People
(d) the Executives, Judiciary and Legislature
19. Which Indian artist decorated the hand written copy of the Constitution?
(a) Mihir Sen
(b) S.N. Banerji
(c) Mukesh Bandhopadhyaya
(d) Nand Lal Bose
20. Which among the following is described as ‘Lawyers’ Paradise’?
(a) Constitution of India
(b) Indian Penal Code
(c) Criminal Procedure Code
(d) Supreme Court of India
21. In India we follow–
(a) Adversary system of justice
(b) Inquisitional system of justice
(c) Amicus Curie system of justice
(d) Both (a) and (b)
22. Which was the first country to have a written Constitution?
(a) UK
(b) USA
(c) France
(d) Russia
23. The Constitution of India is:
(a) Highly federal
(b) Highly unitary
(c) Neither federal nor unitary
(d) Partly federal and partly unitary
24. “The Indian Constitution provides a unitary State with subsidiary federal features, rather than federal State with subsidiary unitary features.”
(a) Sir Ivor Jennings
(b) A.V. Dicey
(c) Prof K.C. Wheare
(d) S.A. Desmith
25. Who amongst the following has said that “Indian Constitution is a federation with strong centralizing tendency”?
(a) K.C. Wheare
(b) A.V. Dicey
(c) Sir Ivor Jennings
(d) None of the above
26. Which one of the following is not an essential characteristic of a federal Constitution?
(a) Distribution of Powers
(b) Supremacy of the Constitution
(c) Presidential form of Government
(d) A written Constitution
27. The basic characteristic of a Federal Constitution is that the Constitution –
(a) is written
(b) provides for division of powers in writing
(c) provides for separation of powers
(d) is written and provides for separation of powers
28. Which of the following determines the federal character of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Written Constitution
(b) Independent Judiciary
(c) Distribution of Power between the Centre and the State
(d) Judicial Review
29. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists –
List-I
A. Republic
B. Secular
C. Democracy
List-II
- Head of the State is not a hereditary monarch
- State does not recognize any religion as a State religion
- A form of government which gets its authority from the will of the people
Code:
(a) A-1, B-2, C-3
(b) A-2, B-3, C-1
(c) A-3, B-2, C-1
(d) A-2, B-1, C-3
30. Consider the following statements –
The salient features of the Indian Constitution are –
- single citizenship for whole of India
- strictly federal form of Government
- unique blend of rigidity and flexibility
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answers:
1. (d)
2. (d)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (a)
6. (d)
7. (d)
8. (b)
9. (c)
10. (d)
11. (c)
12. (a)
13. (b)
14. (c)
15. (d)
16. (c)
17. (b)
18. (c)
19. (d)
20. (a)
21. (a)
22. (b)
23. (d)
24. (c)
25. (c)
26. (c)
27. (d)
28. (c)
29. (a)
30. (d)
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