Deck 4: Indian Constitution and Judiciary

Question 1

A retired judge of High Court cannot

A)practice in the supreme court
B)practice in any high court in india
C)practice in the high court from which he has retired
D)none of the above

Answer 1

practice in the high court from which he has retired

Question 2

The jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India may be enlarged by

A)parliament by law
B)parliament by resolution
C)the president
D)the president in consultation with the chief justice of india

Answer 2

parliament by law

Question 3

Supreme Court struck down a part of the Preventive Detention Act in the

A)gopalan case
B)golakhnath case
C)ramesh thappar case
D)kochunni case

Answer 3

gopalan case

Question 4

The Structure of Indian Constitution is

A)federal in form and unitary in spirit
B)unitary
C)unitary in form and federal in spirit
D)purely federal

Question 5

The most important feature of a federation is

A)separation of powers
B)division of powers
C)judicial review
D)union of states

Question 6

Which Articles of the Indian Constitution discuss the financial relations between the Centre and the Sates?

A)articles 268-281
B)articles 278-291
C)articles 289-295
D)articles 168-171

Question 7

The Concurrent List contains

A)47 subjects
B)68 subjects
C)42 subjects
D)38 subjects

Question 8

The Union of India has power

A)to issue administrative directions to the states
B)to delegate administrative functions to the states
C)both (a) and (b)
D)none of the above

Question 9

Emergency can be proclaimed

A)only in whole of the country
B)only in that part of the country where aggression has taken place
C)in any part of the country
D)in the entire country or any part of the territory of india

Question 10

The President can issue the proclamation of Emergency

A)on the advice of prime minister
B)on the advice of council of ministers
C)in his own decisions
D)when the decision of union cabinet for the issuance of such proclamation has been

Question 11

The words 'Socialism' and 'Secularism' were inserted by the

A)15th amendment
B)39th amendment
C)42nd amendment
D)44th amendment

Question 12

In which case Supreme Court held that an Amendment of the Constitution under Article 368 was 'law within the meaning of Article 13'?

A)golakhnath v. state of punjab
B)sajjan singh v. state of rajasthan
C)sankari prasad v. union of india
D)kesavananda bharati v. state of kerala

Question 13

Which of the following case was the reason behind the Parliament passing the 24th Amendment of Constitution Act, 1971?

A)sajjan singh v. state of rajasthan
B)golakhnath v. state of punjab
C)kesavananda bharati v. state of kerala
D)minerva mills v. union of india

Question 14

First constitutional amendment was challenged in the case of

A)sankari prasad v. union of india
B)sajjan singh v. state of rajasthan
C)a. k. gopalan v. state of madras
D)golakhnath v. state of punjab

Question 15

A Bill to amend the Constitution may be initiated in

A)rajya sebha
B)lok sebha
C)either in rajya Sabha or lok sebha
D)none of the above

Question 16

In case of conflict between fundamental rights of citizen and privileges of parliament,

A)parliamentary privilege will have supremacy
B)fundamental rights will prevail
C)some of the fundamental rights are sacrosanct over which privileges will not prevail
D)generally parliamentary privileges will prevail. but, parliament while acting against the

Question 17

Which of the following is incorrect?

A)newspapers can publish parliamentary proceedings
B)newspapers can publish any part of the proceedings with the permission of the speaker.
C)newspapers have also the freedom to publish expunged portions of the speech of an mp
D)parliament has freedom to publish its proceedings

Question 18

Vidhan Sabha has a term of

A)five years
B)four years
C)five years unless dissolved earlier
D)two years unless dissolved earlier

Question 19

Which of the following is continuing body?

A)lok sebha
B)legislative assembly
C)legislative council
D)none of the above

Question 20

Who is considered as the Custodian of Lok Sebha?

A)prime minister
B)leader of opposition
C)chief whip of the ruling party
D)the speaker

Question 21

Decisions of the disqualification of member of Lok Sabha are taken by

A)speaker
B)prime minister
C)minister for parliamentary affairs
D)the parliamentary secretary

Question 22

Provision to Financial Bill is provided under

A)article 110
B)article 115
C)article 117
D)article 119