This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Constitution > Indian Constitution And Polity – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following system is established on the basis of direct election? A) Gram Panchayat. B) Block Committee. C) District Council. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gram Panchayat. 2. Part 14A Administrative Reform & Tribunal is formed which committee A) Veerappamoili. B) Morarji Desai. C) Mandal. D) Narasimha Rao. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veerappamoili. 3. We need constitution to ..... us from ourselves. A) Send. B) Borrow. C) Save. D) Lend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Save. 4. First 'Law' minister of Independent India was ..... A) Gandhi. B) Nehru. C) Sardar Patel. D) Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambedkar. 5. The President can nominate how many members in the Rajya Sabha & Lok Sabha? A) 12, 2. B) 6, 3. C) 8, 2. D) 10, 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12, 2. 6. To become a President one must be at least ..... years old A) 25 years. B) 35 years. C) 45 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35 years. 7. The first meeting of constiuent Assembly was held in ..... A) 1950 Jan 26. B) 1946 Dec 9. C) 1947 aug 15. D) 1947 aug 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1946 Dec 9. 8. Which of the following deal with the conflict between Fundamental Rights (FRs) and Directive Principles (DPSPs)? 1) Champakam Dorairajan case (1951)2) Bommai case (1978)3) 42nd Amendment Act (1976)4) Minerva Mills case (1980) A) 1, 3, 4. B) . 3, 4. C) 1, 3. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 3, 4. 9. Who has the power to amend the Indian Constitution? A. The President of India B. The Prime Minister of India C. The Parliament of India D. The Supreme Court of India A) The Supreme court of India. B) The President of India. C) The Prime Minister of India. D) The Parliament of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Parliament of India. 10. Secularism means that the state promotes A) One religion. B) No religion. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No religion. 11. The Constitution prohibits human trafficking, forced labour, and children working under 14 yrs of age. It is mentioned under which Fundament Right? A) Right to Freedom. B) Right to Freedom of Religion. C) Right to Constitutional Remedies. D) Right against Exploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right against Exploitation. 12. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right to Life and Personal Liberty? A) Article 16. B) Article 14. C) Article 12. D) Article 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 21. 13. Who was the Chairman of the Federal Powers Committee of the Indian Constituent Assembly? A) Sardar Patel. B) Dr. B.S. R.S. Ambedkar. C) Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer. D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. 14. A person may or may not choose to follow any Religion. This is called ..... A) Freedom of Thought. B) Freedom of Conscience. C) Freedom of Religion. D) Freedom of Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freedom of Conscience. 15. How many parts of Indian constitution? A) 20. B) 21. C) 22. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22. 16. Which of the following constitution Amendment the age of voting from 21 to 18 A) 61st Amendment. B) 51st Amendment. C) 86th Amendment. D) 48th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 61st Amendment. 17. Which fundamental right safeguards Indian citizens from any kind of discrimination A) Right to freedom. B) Right to equality. C) E right to get redressal. D) Right to education. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to equality. 18. Unaided minority institutions are excluded from the purview of the RTI Act due to which fundamental rights conferred by the Constitution of India. A) Article 19(1). B) Article 16. C) Article 30 (1). D) Article 29. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 30 (1). 19. Resources which can be renewed or reproduced are known as: A) Exhaustible resource. B) Renewable resource. C) Useful resource. D) Non-renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource. 20. Right to Constitutional Remedies is: A) Right to complain to the government. B) Right to speak one's mind. C) Right to criticise the government and the courts. D) Right to move the courts if you feel your Fundamental Rights are being violated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right to move the courts if you feel your Fundamental Rights are being violated. 21. The Supreme Court of India at present contains the following number of Judges? A) 20 judges. B) 25 judges. C) 30 judges. D) 31 judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 31 judges. 22. Who was the first Prime Minister of Free India A) Dr B R Ambedkar. B) Vallabhbhai Patel. C) Shri A K Ayyar. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru. 23. What are the number of Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Indian Constitution? A) 8. B) 6. C) 7. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 24. The draft constitution contains ..... articles and ..... schedules. A) 315 & 8. B) 375 & 8. C) 308 & 10. D) 395 & 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 395 & 8. 25. If Andhra pradesh state is altered to AP&Telangana. It is which article A) Art1. B) Sew. C) He is terrified. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is terrified. 26. What is the length of the Indian Constitution? A) 395 sections. B) 395 pages. C) 395 articles. D) 395 chapters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 395 articles. 27. Who is known as ' Modern Manu'? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) BR Ambedkar. C) MN Roy. D) Gandhiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BR Ambedkar. 28. What is the name of the highest judicial body in India? A. High Court B. Supreme Court C. District Court D. Constitutional Court A) Constitutional Court. B) District Court. C) High Court. D) Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constitutional Court. 29. The draft of Indian Constitution was completed in 2 years 11 months and 18 days? A) True. B) False. C) Don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. Whcih act ended the system of double govt by abolishing Board of Control and Court of directors of the company? A) Charter Act of 1853. B) Indian Councils Act of 1861. C) GOI Act of 1858. D) Pitt's India Act of 1784. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GOI Act of 1858. 31. How many fundamental rights are granted to the citizens by the constitution? A) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 32. Who can amend or modify any of the Fundamental Rights given in the Constitution? A) Prime Minister can amend or modify. B) President can amend of modify. C) Parliament can amend them by special majority. D) B. Parliament cannot amend or modify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President can amend of modify. 33. Constuent Assembly came into existence in the year ..... A) 1947. B) 1946. C) 1950. D) 1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1946. 34. What defines the introduction to our constitution? A) Preamble. B) Sovereignty. C) Constitution. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preamble. 35. How many times has the Preamble of the Constitution of India been amended? A) Once. B) Twice. C) Not always. D) Three times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Once. 36. Which of the following subject comes under the Central Government? A) Banking. B) Agriculture. C) Public health. D) Prison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banking. 37. What does the word 'secular' mean in the Indian context? A) All religions are equal in the eyes of the government and the state does not recognize any particular religion as its official religion. B) Religions associated with minorities are of particular importance. C) A religion is promoted by the government. D) None of the following. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All religions are equal in the eyes of the government and the state does not recognize any particular religion as its official religion. 38. The elected representatives in India are part of A) Cabinet. B) Judiciary. C) Legislature. D) Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legislature. 39. A National Policy for Child Labour was formulated in A) 1986. B) 1987. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1987. 40. A preamble outlines the A) Objectives of the Indian constitution. B) Is an introduction page. C) Is the first page of the constitution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. Who is the patron of Indian Constitution? A) President. B) President and Vice President. C) Prime Minister and Cabinet. D) Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supreme Court. 42. Which of the following provisions in Directive Principles of State Policy reflect the Gandhian Principles? A) Uniform civil code. B) To promote equal justice and to provide free legal aid to the poor. C) Organize village panchayats. D) Equitable distribution of material resources of the community for the common good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organize village panchayats. 43. The members of the constituent Assembly were elected on the basis of A) 1944 Provincial election. B) Complete independence resolution. C) Cabinet Mission selection. D) 1946 Provincial elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1946 Provincial elections. 44. India became a republic on A) 29th January 1950. B) 26th of January 1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 29th January 1950. 45. The Hindustan Ship-building yard is at ..... A) Vishakhapatnam. B) Kochi. C) Chennai. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kochi. 46. Which of these articles deals with Prohibition Of Child Labor? A) Article 21. B) Article19. C) Article 21 A. D) Article 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 24. 47. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right to Equality? A) Article 14. B) Article 19. C) Article 25. D) Article 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 14. 48. How many women members were there in our Constituent Assembly? A) 9. B) 23. C) 7. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15. 49. What is Article 123 of the Constitution related to? A) Presidential Ordinance. B) Advisory jurisdiction of supreme court. C) Special status of Jammu and Kashmir. D) Election Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presidential Ordinance. 50. How does the Indian Constitution protect the rights of minorities? A) By imposing restrictions on their rights. B) Through provisions such as Article 29 and Article 30. C) By excluding them from the Constitution. D) By denying them access to education and employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through provisions such as Article 29 and Article 30. 51. The Rights provided by the Constitution are called A) Fundamental Rights. B) Optional Rights. C) Governmental Rights. D) Economic Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fundamental Rights. 52. The first statute for the governance of India, under the direct rule of the British Government, was the A) Government of India Act, 1858. B) Government of India Act, 1861. C) Government of India Act, 1892. D) Government of India Act, 1815. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government of India Act, 1858. 53. Which one of the following is NOT a key feature of the Indian Constitution? A) Separation of Power. B) Federalism. C) Presidential form of Government. D) Secularism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presidential form of Government. 54. Indian Parliament includes: A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. B) Only Lok Sabha. C) President and Lok Sabha. D) President, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) President, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 55. Which amendment is also known as the Mini Constitution of India? A) The 1st Amendment is also known as the Mini Constitution of India. B) The 42nd Amendment is also known as the Mini Constitution of India. C) The 10th Amendment is also known as the Mini Constitution of India. D) The 25th Amendment is also known as the Mini Constitution of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The 42nd Amendment is also known as the Mini Constitution of India. 56. Which of the following article remains in force during the National Emergency? A) Article 15. B) Article 19. C) Article 21. D) Article 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 21. 57. What is not taken from British Constitution in the Constitution of India? A) Fundamental Rights. B) Cabinet System. C) Parliamentary rule. D) Single citizenship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fundamental Rights. 58. Which Article contains special provisions for the state of Mizoram? A) Article 371 G. B) Article 371 F. C) Article 371 E. D) Article 372 H. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 371 G. 59. Who's resignation means the resignation of the entire Council of Ministers? A) Vice president. B) State Legislative Assembly. C) Prime minister. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prime minister. 60. Which is a factor that contributed to the elephantine size of the Indian constitution? A) Geographical Factors, eg, vastness and diversity. B) Historical Factor that Pazhassi Raja was defeated by Britishers. C) Dual constitution. D) Dominance of political lumanaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographical Factors, eg, vastness and diversity. 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