Deck 1: Constitution of India: Interpretation, Fundamental Rights, and Amendments

Question 1

The Union List consists of

A)97 subjects
B)61 subjects
C)47 subjects
D)73 subjects

Answer 1

97 subjects

Question 2

An interpretation of the Constitution of India is based on the spirit of

A)Fundamental Duties
B)Fundamental Rights
C)Preamble
D)Federal System

Answer 2

Preamble

Question 3

The Constituent Assembly was set according to the proposals of

A)The Cripps Mission
B)the Cabinet Mission
C)Mountbatten Plan
D)Rajagopalachari Plan

Answer 3

the Cabinet Mission

Question 4

The Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India were adopted from

A)Canadian Constitution
B)Russian Constitution
C)American Constitution
D)French Constitution

Question 5

Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the Fundamental Duties

A)Article 32
B)Article 50
C)Article51
D)Article 51 A

Question 6

Which article is referred to as 'the jewel of the Constitution'

A)Article 352
B)Article 123
C)Article 32
D)Article 31

Question 7

Which writ give the meaning 'we command' in letters

A)Habeas Corpus
B)Prohibition
C)Quo Warranto
D)Mandamus

Question 8

Which of the following is not included in the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India?

A)Right to adequate means of livelihood
B)Right to Freedom
C)Right against Exploitation
D)Right to Equality

Question 9

The Directive Principles of State Policy have been adopted from

A)US Constitution
B)Irish Constitution
C)French Constitution
D)Canadian Constitution

Question 10

Keshavananda Bharati case was associated with

A)Fundamental Rights
B)Directive Principles of State Policy
C)State right
D)Armed rebellion

Question 11

The word 'socialist' was added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by which amendment

A)44^th
B)27^th
C)21^st
D)42^nd

Question 12

The Constitution of India is

A)Rigid
B)flexible
C)Combination of rigidity and flexibility
D)Neither rigid nor flexible

Question 13

Right to Freedom is guaranteed in which article

A)17
B)19
C)18
D)20

Question 14

Directive Principles of State Policy is

A)Justifiable
B)non-justifiable
C)mandatory
D)None of these

Question 15

The word 'secularism' was added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by which amendment

A)40th
B)42^nd
C)44^th
D)46^th

Question 16

Right to Property is included in Article

A)32
B)19
C)31
D)14

Question 17

Right to Property was removed from Fundamental Rights by which amendment

A)29^th
B)25^th
C)44^th
D)42^nd

Question 18

Part IV A of the Indian Constitution deal with

A)Fundamental Duties
B)Fundamental Rights
C)Directive Principles of state Policy
D)Citizenship

Question 19

The procedure for amending the Constitution of India is

A)Rigid
B)flexible
C)partly rigid and flexible
D)None of these

Question 20

Elections to the local government bodies are made mandatory by which amendment

A)72^nd
B)73^rd
C)64^th
D)63^rd

Question 21

Panchayath Raj is included in the

A)Union list
B)Concurrent list
C)State list
D)Residuary power

Question 22

Village Panchayath is organized under which article of the Constitution of India

A)Article 37
B)Article 38
C)Article 39
D)Article 40

Question 23

Among the following which agency conducts election to the local bodies

A)National Election Commission
B)State Election Commission
C)Local bodies themselves
D)the Government

Question 24

The chairman of the National Development Council is the

A)Prime Minister
B)President
C)Vice President
D)Governor

Question 25

Who appoints the chairman of the Finance Commission

A)The President
B)Prime Minister
C)Council of Ministers
D)Vice President

Question 26

The members of the Council of states in India is elected for a period of

A)4 years
B)5 years
C)6 years
D)life term

Question 27

The President can't --------------------- Lok Sabha

A)Dissolve
B)adjourn
C)prorogue
D)summon

Question 28

The duration of an ordinance issued by the President of India is

A)6weeks
B)1 year
C)6 months
D)6 weeks from the date of assembly of the Parliament

Question 29

All speeches made in the House of People are addressed to

A)The Prime Minister
B)The Speaker
C)Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
D)Respective Ministers

Question 30

Who promulgates ordinance in states

A)Governor
B)Chief Minister
C)President
D)Chief Justice

Question 31

Who presides over the joint sitting of the Parliament

A)President
B)Vice President
C)Speaker
D)Chief Justice

Question 32

The amending power of the Constitution of India is described in Article

A)352
B)368
C)360
D)395

Question 33

The ex-officio chairman of the Council of states is

A)Speaker
B)Vice President
C)Deputy Speaker
D)Deputy Chairman

Question 34

In India the Council of state is responsible to

A)The people
B)the state
C)local government
D)None of these

Question 35

The number of the Anglo Indians nominated to the House of People is

A)4
B)3
C)2
D)1

Question 36

The number of nominated members to the council of states is

A)18
B)12
C)20
D)16

Question 37

The number of elected members to the House of the People

A)540
B)542
C)543
D)545

Question 38

Who is the person authorized to conduct the election of the speaker in a newly elected House of the People in India

A)Prime Minister
B)Speaker
C)Proterm speaker
D)Deputy Speaker

Question 39

Who was the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee

A)Jawahar Lal Nehru
B)Dr B.R. Ambedkar
C)Dr Rajendra Prasad
D)Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Question 40

How many methods are there to amend the Constitution of India

A)5
B)4
C)3
D)2

Question 41

Quo warranto is

A)Writ
B)statute
C)Treaty
D)Act

Question 42

Article 352 of the Indian Constitution deal with

A)centre-state relations
B)Supreme Court
C)state emergency
D)national emergency

Question 43

Which Right was remarked by Dr B.R. Ambedkar as the "heart and soul of the Constitution"

A)Right to Equality
B)Right to Freedom
C)Right to Education
D)Right to Constitutional remedies

Question 44

The Indian constitution guarantees how many categories of Fundamental Rights

A)5
B)6
C)7
D)8

Question 45

Which Constitutional amendment incorporated the Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India?

A)40th
B)44^th
C)42^nd
D)50th

Question 46

Right to property was deleted by which amendment

A)71^st
B)44^th
C)42^nd
D)68^th

Question 47

Who said "the Preamble is the key to the Constitution"

A)Dr B.R. Ambedkar
B)Dr Rajendra Prasad
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)C. Rajagopalachari

Question 48

Article 19 of the Constitution of India contains

A)9 Fundamental Freedoms
B)8 Fundamental Freedoms
C)7 Fundamental Freedoms
D)6 Fundamental Freedoms

Question 49

The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission is appointed by

A)Prime Minister
B)President
C)Vice President
D)Council of Ministers

Question 50

Which among the following is not a Fundamental Right?

A)Right to Equality
B)Right to Property
C)Right to Freedom
D)Right against exploitation

Question 51

Rights given in the Constitution are called Fundamental Right because

A)They are natural rights
B)They can't be suspended
C)They are a part of the Constitution
D)They can be enforced and safeguarded by the courts

Question 52

Article 32 stands suspended during an emergency under Article

A)352
B)356
C)360
D)362

Question 53

Right to privacy is contained in

A)Article 22
B)Article 19
C)Article 21
D)Article 22.

Question 54

Freedom of expression is included in the article

A)15
B)19
C)21
D)22

Question 55

The emergency provisions of the Constitution of India have been borrowed from

A)German Constitution
B)American Constitution
C)French Constitution
D)Irish Constitution

Question 56

Concurrent list was adopted from

A)Russian Constitution
B)American Constitution
C)Swiss constitution
D)French Constitution
E)Australian Constitution

Question 57

Equality before law and Equal protection of law have been modelled on the Constitution of

A)Britain
B)America
C)Russian
D)Switzerland

Question 58

Which article of the constitution of India empower the President to take over the administration of a state on the basis of failure of constitutional machinery

A)365
B)352
C)356
D)360

Question 59

In India the power of 'amnesty' has been given to the

A)President
B)Prime Minister
C)Chief of the army
D)Parliament

Question 60

The President's rule in a state can be continued at a stretch for a maximum period of

A)4years
B)2years
C)3 years
D)one year

Question 61

The Council of state in India has how many elected members

A)250
B)238
C)245
D)230

Question 62

The executive power in India is actually exercised by

A)Speaker
B)President
C)Council of Ministers
D)Parliament

Question 63

42^nd amendment Act was adopted by the Parliament in

A)1967
B)1968
C)1976
D)1977

Question 64

The supreme commander of the armed forces in India is

A)President
B)Prime Minister
C)Defence Minister
D)None of these

Question 65

Public Undertaking Committee is a

A)Cabinet Committee
B)Parliamentary Committee
C)Committee of a political party
D)None of these

Question 66

What is the maximum gap permissible between two sessions of the Parliament?

A)3 months
B)4 months
C)6 months
D)12 months

Question 67

The Governor of a state is a

A)Constitutional head
B)real head
C)Hereditary head
D)nominated head

Question 68

Who elects the Vice President of India

A)House of the People
B)Both Houses of Parliament
C)Council of States
D)Both Houses of Parliament and state legislatures

Question 69

In consequence of the death or incapacity of the President, vice President can become the President for

A)6 months
B)12months
C)1 month
D)5 months

Question 70

Grass root democracy is related to

A)Panchayath system
B)Interstate council
C)Lok Pal
D)Regionalism

Question 71

The Parliament of India consists of

A)President, House of the People and Council of state
B)House of the People and Council of states
C)Vice President, House of People and Council of states
D)President, Vice President, House of the People and Council of States

Question 72

The President of India is elected by

A)Elected members of both Houses of Parliament
B)Members of both Houses of Parliament
C)Elected members of both Houses of Parliament and state legislative assemblies
D)Elected members of both Houses of Parliament and both Houses of the state legislatures

Question 73

A vote taken unexpectedly without voters having been briefed in advance

A)Snap poll
B)by-election
C)opinion poll
D)exit poll

Question 74

The President of India can ---------------------- the House

A)Sine die
B)prorogue
C)adjourn
D)None of these