This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Constitution > Indian Constitution And Polity – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who among the following determines that the Constitution of India is federal? A) A written and rigid constitution. B) Independent judiciary. C) Vesting of Residual Powers with Country. D) Distribution of powers between the Center and the States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distribution of powers between the Center and the States. 2. National Commission for Scheduled Castes was established by which amendment? A) 89th Amendment. B) 92nd Amendment. C) 87th Amendment. D) 88th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 89th Amendment. 3. Who has the power to remove a member of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) from office? A) The Parliament of India. B) The Chief Minister of the State. C) The Governor of the State. D) The Supreme Court of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Governor of the State. 4. Who among the following is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution? A) Baba Saheb Ambedkar. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. D) Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baba Saheb Ambedkar. 5. The constitution does not lay down rules that guard the misuse of authority by the political leader. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. The mini constitution A) 1962. B) 42nd amendment. C) Tamil. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. E) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 42nd amendment. 7. The Indian Constitution prescribes the age for becoming a member of the Rajya Sabha? A) Must have completed 21 years of age. B) Should have completed 25 years of age. C) Must be 18 years of age. D) Should have completed 30 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should have completed 30 years. 8. Checks and balances is a term which means that A) We can withdraw money and check our balance. B) All organs of government can keep a check on each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All organs of government can keep a check on each other. 9. How many topics are currently covered in concurrent list? A) 47. B) 52. C) 61. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 52. 10. ....is a group of people who make laws and run the government. A) Government. B) Congress. C) Executive. D) Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Executive. 11. How many parts and schedules are there in Indian Constitution? A) 12 and 25. B) 22 and 12. C) 12 and 22. D) 25 and 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25 and 12. 12. Who has the power to create new All India Services? A) The Parliament of India. B) The Union Public Service Commission. C) The President. D) The Supreme Court of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Parliament of India. 13. Which is the lengthiest Constituion in the world? A) Constitution of India. B) Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. C) Constitution of the United States. D) Constitution of Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constitution of India. 14. The border security force training centre is in ..... A) Pune. B) Yelahanka in Bangalore. C) Gwalior. D) Dehradun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yelahanka in Bangalore. 15. A and B jointly owe 100 rupees to C, A alone pays the amount to C, and B, not knowing of this fact, pays 100 rupees over again to C. A) C is not bound to repay the amount to B. B) C is bound to partially repay the amount to B. C) C is bound to repay the amount to B. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C is bound to repay the amount to B. 16. Nepal became a democracy in- A) 2016. B) 2008. C) 2005. D) 2006. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2008. 17. Before being recognized as Constitution Day, what was November 26 known as in India? A) Independence Day. B) Republic Day. C) Founder's Day. D) Law Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Law Day. 18. What does State refer to? A) Government. B) Law enforcing body. C) Political institution representing a soverign people who occupy a certain territory. D) The physical body which is temporary and can change as per the elections or mood of public. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political institution representing a soverign people who occupy a certain territory. 19. The word 'sovereign' means A) Supreme and independent. B) Free from any external control. C) Sovereign entity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Who is the custodian of the Constitution of India? A) The Supreme Court of India. B) The Prime Minister of India. C) The Parliament of India. D) The President of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Supreme Court of India. 21. The idea of Fundamental Rights and Judicial Review is borrowed from: A) Japanese form of government. B) British form of government. C) Australian form of government. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United States. 22. What is the name of the book that contains the original handwritten copy of the Indian Constitution? A. The Red Book B. The Green Book C. The Blue Book D. The Constitution of India-A Graphic Novel A) The Blue Book. B) The Green Book C. The Blue Book D. The Constitution of India-A Graphic Novel. C) The Red Book. D) The Constitution of India-A Graphic Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Red Book. 23. Which court issue the Writs? A) Supreme Court/High Courts. B) Panchayats. C) District Courts. D) Civil Courts/Criminal Courts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supreme Court/High Courts. 24. Discrimination is the part of our Constitution. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. What Constitutional Principle says "We the People" ? A) Popular Sovereignty. B) Limited Government. C) Separation of Powers. D) Judicial Review. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Popular Sovereignty. 26. .Which of the following is correct in terms of history of democracy? A) .Women have always had the right to vote in democracies. B) He Magna Carta, signed in 1215, was a key milestone in that it established the concept of due process. C) .Democracies have always been richer than monarchies. D) .Democracies have always fully respected minority interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) .Democracies have always fully respected minority interests. 27. "Swaraj is my birthright and i shall have it" who said this? A) Lala Lajput stone. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. D) Bhagat Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 28. Which is NOT a reason for calling certain rights 'Fundamental' Rights? A) They cannot be taken away by the government. B) They are guaranteed by the Constitution. C) They safeguard the liberty of the people. D) They guarantee fun, hence fun-da-mental. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They guarantee fun, hence fun-da-mental. 29. What are the Directive Principles of State Policy? A) Guidelines that promote social welfare. B) Guidelines that cannot be enforced by the judiciary. C) Guidelines that are legally enforceable. D) Guidelines that promote individual welfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guidelines that promote social welfare. 30. Which of the Indian Constitution is described as "Magna Carta of India" ? A) Directives. B) Introduction. C) Section referring to citizenship. D) Fundamental Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fundamental Rights. 31. How many languages are specified in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India? A) 22. B) 18. C) 24. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22. 32. Which king of nepal took over total power of the government in February 2005? A) Gyanendra. B) Rupendra. C) It depends. D) Birendra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gyanendra. 33. Which one of the following describes India as a secular state A) Directive principles. B) Preamble to the constitution. C) Fundamental rights. D) Ninth schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preamble to the constitution. 34. Incase of all emergency provision amendmend is 44th Constitutional Amendment Act 1978. Say its true A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 35. Constitution of India was framed by a Constituent Assembly setup in 1946 under A) Cabinet Mission. B) Cripps Mission. C) Rajaji Formula. D) Wavell Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cabinet Mission. 36. Which Article called the Soul and Heart of the Constitution? A) Article 145. B) Article 15. C) Article 32. D) Article 43. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 32. 37. What was the symbol of the Constituent Assembly? A) Elephant. B) Lotus. C) Rising Sun. D) Tiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elephant. 38. We got our basic principles from ..... A) Constitution of Canada. B) US Constitution. C) Constitution of Russia. D) The Irish Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constitution of Russia. 39. Tamil Nadu Government appointed a 3-member committee under P.V. Rajamannar to examine the Centre-state relations in A) 1971. B) 1966. C) 1965. D) 1969. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1969. 40. During the British Rule in India, who was the first Indian to be appointed as Law Member of the Governor General's Council? A) Satyendra Sinha. B) Tej Bahadur Sapru. C) Raja Kishori Lal Goswami. D) Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satyendra Sinha. 41. An individual who is not a member of either House of Parliament can be appointed a member of the Council of Ministers, but he has to become a member of either House within a period of A) 6 Months. B) 3 Months. C) 2 Months. D) 1 Month. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 Months. 42. All non-living things are known as: A) Exhaustible resource. B) Biotic resource. C) Human resource. D) Abiotic resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abiotic resource. 43. The directive principles can be classified into A) Liberal and Communist principles. B) Socialist and Communist principles. C) Liberal, Gandhian and Communist principles. D) Socialist, Gandhian and liberal principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socialist, Gandhian and liberal principles. 44. Who has the power to remove a judge of the Supreme Court of India? A) The Chief Justice of India. B) The Parliament of India. C) The President. D) The Prime Minister of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Parliament of India. 45. The Chairman of the Planning Commission in India is the ..... A) Finance Minister. B) Prime Minister. C) President. D) Minister of Planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime Minister. 46. On which date the Indian Constitution came into effect? A) On 26 January 1950. B) On 26 September 1949. C) On 26 March 1950. D) On 26 November 1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On 26 January 1950. 47. In which year was the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, seeking to replace the Collegium System, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? A) 2015. B) 2017. C) 2012. D) 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2015. 48. Every religion is treated as equal because India is a A) Secular country. B) Secular and republic. C) Sovereign country. D) Socialist country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secular country. 49. All persons in India are governed by ..... And ..... A) People and government. B) Laws and people. C) Police's and people. D) Laws and policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laws and policies. 50. Who among the following was not a member of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution? A) N Gopalswami. B) M. Munshi. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Which Krishnasam May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru. 51. A hires a horse in Calcutta from B expressly to march to Benaras. A rides with due care, but marches to Cuttack instead. The horse accidentally falls and is injured. A) A is not liable to make compensation to B for the injury to the horse. B) A is partially liable to make compensation to B for the injury to the horse. C) A is liable to make compensation to B for the injury to the horse. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A is liable to make compensation to B for the injury to the horse. 52. The constituent assembly members did a slavish imitation of the constitutional provisions of others. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 53. What is the full name of "VOiCE" organization? A) Voice of Indian Constitution Empowerment". B) Volunteers of Indian Community Empowerment". C) Voice of Indian Community Empowerment". D) "Volunteers of Indian Constitution Empowerment". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Volunteers of Indian Constitution Empowerment". 54. Which section of the Constitution of India makes the Supreme Court a "Court of Record" ? A) Section 129 & 130. B) Section 129. C) Section 130. D) Section 128. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Section 129. 55. Which act separated, for the first time, the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General's council? A) Pitt's India Act of 1784. B) Charter Act of 1833. C) Regulating Act of 1773. D) Charter Act of 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charter Act of 1853. 56. Who is the real head of Indian Parliamentary System? A) President. B) Prime Minister. C) Governor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime Minister. 57. Which of the following Directive Principles were added later? 1) Promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs, etc.2) Minimize inequalities in income.3) Secure the participation of workers in the management. A) . 2, 3. B) . 1, 2. C) 1, 3. D) . All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 2, 3. 58. In which four states the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes? A) Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland. B) Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram. C) Meghalaya, Assam Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland. D) Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram. 59. A state where there is no discrimination in terms of religious practice is known as a A) Secular state. B) Sovereign state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secular state. 60. A delivers a rough diamond to B, a jeweller, to be cut and polished, which is accordingly done. A) B is not entitled to retain the stone till he is paid for the services he has rendered. B) B is entitled to retain the stone till he is not paid for the services he has rendered. C) B is entitled to retain the stone till he is paid for the services he has rendered. D) None of these. 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