This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Constitution > Indian Constitution And Polity – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many times has the word "Secular" been added to the Preamble through amendments? A) It was in the original Preamble. B) Once. C) Thrice. D) Twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twice. 2. The Preamble of the Indian constitution are on the basis of A) American Constitution. B) Irish P-24 Constitution. C) British format Constitution. D) French Constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) French Constitution. 3. Which one is not the feature of Indian constitution? A) Lengthiest written constitution. B) Independent judiciary. C) Dual citizenship. D) Fundamental rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dual citizenship. 4. ..... refers to the cruel and unjust use of power or authority. A) British. B) Tyranny. C) Monarchy. D) Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tyranny. 5. "Cabinet Committees" are:(A) Set up by Parliament according to the exigencies of the time and the requirements of the situation.(B) Headed by the Home minister mostly.Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) (a) Only A. B) Only B. C) Both A and B. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 6. The judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the ..... A) President. B) Governor. C) Prime Minister. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President. 7. When did the Constitution come into force? A) 26th January 1951. B) 26th January 1949. C) 26th January 1950. D) 26th January 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26th January 1950. 8. In addition to fundamental rights, the constitution has a section called the Directive Principles to State Policy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. The Constitution does not guarantee the protection of minorities by the majority. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 10. Which of the following are functional items in the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution? 1) Roads and bridges.2) Urban forestry.3) Urban poverty alleviation.4) Non-conventional energy sources.5) Regulation of land use. A) 1245. B) 1345. C) 1234. D) 2345. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1245. 11. Who is the writer of 'A History of British India'? A) Renner. B) Williams. C) Robert. D) James mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James mill. 12. Right to property according to Constitution of India is a- A) Social Right. B) Directive Principle. C) Legal Right. D) Fundamental Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legal Right. 13. Which Amendment of The Constitution reduced voting age from 21 to 18 years? A) 61st amendment. B) 44th amendment. C) 52nd amendment. D) 42nd amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 61st amendment. 14. Who headed the national planning committee A) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. B) PC mahalanobis. C) Subhash Chandra Bose. D) BR Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. 15. The federal system with strong centre has been borrowed by the Indian constitution from A) Britain. B) United States of America. C) Canada. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canada. 16. In which part of the Constitution does Articles related to Citizenship lie? A) Part 3. B) Part 4. C) Part 1. D) Part 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Part 2. 17. Right to Education has been inserted as A) Article 21 A. B) Article 31. C) Article 31 A. D) Article 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 21 A. 18. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right against Exploitation? A) Article 21. B) Article 19. C) Article 25. D) Article 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 23. 19. Which was described by Dr. Ambedkar as the 'Heart and Soul' of the Constitution? A) Right against Exploitation. B) Right to Equality. C) Right to Constitutional Remedies. D) Right to freedom of Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to Constitutional Remedies. 20. The elected representatives in India are part of the ..... A) Cabinet. B) Executive. C) Legislature. D) Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legislature. 21. Which act created Secretary of state for india and was responsible to the British parliament? A) GOI Act of 1858. B) Indian Councils Act of 1861. C) Charter Act of 1853. D) Charter Act of 1833. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GOI Act of 1858. 22. Below which one is Dr.Ambedkar say 'Novel features of Indian Constitution' A) Ditective principles of state Policy. B) Panchayat Raj Institution. C) Emergency Provisions. D) Fundamental Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ditective principles of state Policy. 23. ..... is responsible for administering and enforcing laws in a country. A) Citizen. B) Political Parties. C) Government. D) Subordinate court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government. 24. Fundamental duties were added in the Indian Constitution under A) 42nd Amendment, 1876. B) 42nd Amendment 1976. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 42nd Amendment 1976. 25. Who can be the citizen of India? A) A person who had been living in India for 5 years before 26th January, 1950. B) A person who had been living in India for 10 years before 6th January, 1947. C) A person who had been living in U.S for 10 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who had been living in India for 5 years before 26th January, 1950. 26. The Bill of Rights are borrowed from ..... Constitution A) USA. B) RSA. C) Russia. D) UAE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 27. State governments have authority to make rules on A) Asian concern. B) National concern. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 28. Under whose leadership has celebration of Foundation Day of the Supreme Court(India) been started? A) V.N.Ramanna. B) D.Y. Chandrachud. C) Uday U. Lalit. D) Sharad Arvind Borde. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D.Y. Chandrachud. 29. Who is the Father of the constitution? A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar. 30. ..... means a group of people living in a specific area and leading a common, social life. A) Community. B) Society. C) Village. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 31. Resources that are drawn from nature without much modification are called ..... A) Natural Resource. B) Sustainable Resource. C) Man-Made Resource. D) Human Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resource. 32. Right to Property (Art. 31) was deleted from Fundamental Rights by 44th Amendment, 1978 & made a legal right under A) Article 300-A in Part XII. B) Article 300 in Part XI. C) Article 300 in Part XII. D) Article 300-A in Part XI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 300-A in Part XII. 33. Israel, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and New Zealand have no written constitution. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) NOT SURE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 34. The word 'Secular' was added to the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment in A) 1972. B) 1976. C) 1951. D) 1978. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1976. 35. A contracts to take in cargo for B at a foreign port. A's Government afterwards declares war against the country in which the port is situated. A) The contract cannot become void when war is declared. B) The contract becomes partly void when war is declared. C) The contract becomes void when war is declared. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The contract becomes void when war is declared. 36. Which of the following is not true about Secularism practiced in the USA? A) The state and religion can interfere in the affairs of each other. B) They cannot give preference to one religion. C) Legislature cannot declare any religion as the official religion. D) It practices strict separation between religion and the state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The state and religion can interfere in the affairs of each other. 37. The 3rd significant purpose of the Constitution is to save us from ourselves. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Preamble Amended by Which Amendment Act? A) 27th Constitutional Amendment. B) 40th Constitutional Amendment. C) 42nd Amendment. D) 44th Constitutional Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 42nd Amendment. 39. Everyone is equal before law.' This right falls under ..... A) Right to Study. B) Right to Equality. C) Right to Vote. D) Right to Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to Equality. 40. Right against exploitation one is not allowed to appoint any child age below A) 18. B) 12. C) 14. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 41. Is this task a right, duty, or responsibility? SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES IF DRAFTED A) Right. B) Duty. C) Responsibility. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duty. 42. Which amendment reduced the voting age in India from 21 to 18? A) I hate it. B) 71 st. C) 61 st. D) Expelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 61 st. 43. Why India is called a republic? A) Because the head of the state is elected. B) Because it has a multi-party system. C) Because it has many religions. D) Because it has many cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the head of the state is elected. 44. Federalism is taken in the Indian Constitutionfrom which of the following countries? A) Australia. B) Canada. C) Italy. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 45. Right that protects secular nature of the Indian State. A) Right to Equality. B) Right to Freedom of Religion. C) Right against Exploitation. D) Right to Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to Freedom of Religion. 46. Dr Ambedkar urged ..... to join the government as well as the civil services A) Schedule tribes. B) Schedule castes. C) People. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schedule castes. 47. Which of the following are other directives apart from Directive Principles in Part 4? 1) Claims of SCs and STs to Services2) Instruction in mother tongue during primary education3) Development of the Hindi Language A) . 1, 2. B) 1, 3. C) 2, 3. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. Which of the following statements regarding the Constitution is incorrect? A) It provides a framework of laws. B) It regulates the functioning of the government. C) It is less important than statue law. D) It guards the fundamental rights of the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is less important than statue law. 49. Indian constitution is a live constitution. (True or False) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. On Whose advice does the President summon and Prorogue the Parliament? A) Speaker of the Lok Sabha. B) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. C) Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. D) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. 51. Which of the following Constitutionalamendments provided for the Right to Education? A) 86th amendment. B) 88th amendment. C) 87th amendment. D) 88th amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 86th amendment. 52. The fundamental rights are ..... in nature. (choose one option) A) Justifiable. B) Non-Justifiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Justifiable. 53. Which act features the dual scheme of governance (dyarchy)? A) GOI Act of 1858. B) GOI Act of 1909. C) GOI Act of 1919. D) GOI Act of 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GOI Act of 1919. 54. Indian constitution does promote equality in different religions. (True or False) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. From which country the ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity borrowed in our Indian Constitution? A) Britain. B) Canada. C) Japan. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) France. 56. Salary, allowance and pension of the President and members of the State Public Service Commission are weighted on ..... A) Consolidated Fund of India. B) On Contingency Fund of India. C) Consolidated Fund of state. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consolidated Fund of state. 57. Which act is known as ' Blue Print of Indian Constitution'? A) Government of India Act 1935. B) Indian Independence Act 1947. C) Government of India Act 1919. D) Government of India Act 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government of India Act 1935. 58. In the Indian Constitution, "Ministry" has been used only once, in which article? A) Article 324. B) Article 343. C) Article 352. D) Article 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 352. 59. ..... organ of Indian Parliament is responsible for making Law A) Judiciary. B) Legislature. C) Executive. D) Supreme court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legislature. 60. Untouchability is prohibited by law according to Article ..... A) 18. B) 22. C) 17. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesIndian Constitution And Polity Quiz 1Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 2Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 3Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 4Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 5Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 6Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 7Indian Constitution And Polity Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books