This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Defence > Chiefs > Cds – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cds Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Under which Constitutional Article review of judgement or orders lies with the Supreme Court A) Article 139. B) Article 140. C) Article 141. D) Article 137. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 137. 2. Who among the following recommends to the Parliament for the abolition of a legislative Council in a state? [CDSE 2009] A) The President of India. B) The Governor of the concerned state. C) The Legislative assembly of the Concerned State. D) The legislative council of the concerned state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Legislative assembly of the Concerned State. 3. The 25th Indian state to achieve statehood is A) Sikkim. B) Goa. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Mizoram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goa. 4. Elections to the Constitutent Assembly was held in the year, A) 1945. B) 1942. C) 1946. D) 1941. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1946. 5. Righty to Property is now a A) Directive Principle. B) Legal Right. C) Fundamental Right. D) Executive Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legal Right. 6. The Preamble was amended by the A) 41st Amendment 1976. B) 42nd Amendment 1976. C) 43rd Amedment 1978. D) 44th Amendment 1978. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 42nd Amendment 1976. 7. Who had given the idea of a Constitution for India of all? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) M. N. Roy. C) B. R. Ambedkar. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) M. N. Roy. 8. 42nd amendment of Indian Constitution (1976) added which of the terms to Preamble A) Socialist. B) Secular. C) Sovereign. D) Both 1 & 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 & 2. 9. Which of the following dignitaries who became Vice Presidents after having held diplomatic positions? A) S. Radhakrishnan. B) G. S. Pathak. C) K R Narayanan. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 10. Which Constitutional Article lays down qualification for becoming a voter A) Article 339. B) Article 295. C) Article 326. D) Article 328. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 326. 11. Who appoints the Advocate General? A) The Prime Minister. B) The President. C) The Governor. D) The Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Governor. 12. Fundamental Rights guaranteed in the Constitution can be suspended A) An Act passed by the Parliament. B) Proclamation of national emergency. C) An amendment of the Constitution. D) Judicial decision of the Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proclamation of national emergency. 13. The concept of Electoral College was taken from the constitution of A) USA. B) Germany. C) Soviet Union. D) Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 14. Which of the Act Introduced Dyarchy in the provinces? A) Indian Council Act 1862. B) Government of India Act 1919. C) Government of India Act 1909. D) Indian Council Act 1861. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government of India Act 1919. 15. The Council of States can keep a money bill for a maximum period of A) 13 days. B) 14 days. C) 17 days. D) 15 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 days. 16. Which one of the following Vice President(s) resigned from his Office to contest for the Office of the President? A) S. Radhakrishnan. B) G. S. Pathak. C) B D Jatti. D) VV Giri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VV Giri. 17. Before which Constitutional Amendment, Prince, Chief or other person were recognised by the President of India as the Ruler of the Indian State A) 24th Amendment Act 1971. B) 17th Amendment Act 1964. C) 16th Amendment Act 1963. D) 26th Amendment Act 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26th Amendment Act 1971. 18. The President can make laws through ordinances A) During the recess of the Parliament. B) Under no circumstances. C) On certain subjects even when Parliament is in session. D) Only on subjects contained in the concurrent list. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the recess of the Parliament. 19. How many copies of the Constitution were printed after the Constituent Assembly framed the same A) Two. B) Three. C) Four. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three. 20. Which Constitutional Article lays down the provision for a National Commission for SC and ST A) Article 337. B) Article 338. C) Article 334. D) Article 339. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article 338. 21. At the time of H. D. Deva Gowda, what was the number of President's Rule A) 16. B) 2. C) 13. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 22. Which Indian leader participated in all the three round-table conferences? A) Bala Gangadar Tilak. B) M.K.Gandhi. C) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. 23. Who among the following was a extremist leader of Indian National Congress? A) Bala Gangadar Tilak. B) Sarojini Naidu. C) Gopala Krishna Gokhale. D) M K Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bala Gangadar Tilak. 24. Which Act provided separate representative system for Muslim community? A) Government of India act1935. B) Government of India act1919. C) Indian Independence Act 1947. D) Indian councils act 1909. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian councils act 1909. 25. Which of the following was the basis on which the Government of India Act 1919 was made? A) The Council Act of 1909. B) Montague s Declaration 1917. C) The victory of England in World War I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montague s Declaration 1917. 26. With reference to Indian History, the Members of the Constituent Assembly from the Provinces were A) Directly elected by the people of those Provinces. B) Nominated by the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League. C) Elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies. D) Selected by the Government for their expertise in constitutional matters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies. 27. During the time of Jawahar Lal Nehru, how many Times Presidents Rule was reproduced A) Zero. B) Two. C) Seven. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seven. 28. Under the Govt. of India Act 1935, which communities were provided separate representation in the Electorate system A) Sikh, Europeans. B) Indian Christians. C) Anglo-Indians. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 29. The President wants to tender the resignation before expiry of normal term, he / she has to address the same to ---- A) Prime Minister. B) Vice President. C) Lok Sabha Speaker. D) Supreme Court Chief Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vice President. 30. Who has the power to declare that citizen has no right to move any court for the enforcement of the rights conferred by Part 3 of Fundamental Rights during the course of emergency A) Governor. B) President. C) Executive. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President. 31. Through which Constitutional Article duties and powers of 'Comptroller and Auditor General' is detailed A) Article 149. B) Article 153. C) Article 168. D) Article 199. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Article 168. 32. Jurisdiction of the High Courts under Article 226 over service matters has been taken over by which judicial institution A) Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. B) Administrative Court. C) District Court. D) High Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Administrative Court. 33. Which party said that Indian Constituent Assembly does not have a fully representative character A) Congress. B) Unionist Scheduled Castes. C) Unionist Muslim. D) Muslim League. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muslim League. 34. The interval between two sessions of parliament must not exceed A) 6 months. B) 4 months. C) 100 days. D) 3 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 months. 35. Before 61st Amendment Act 1989, what was the age of Indian citizen eligible to vote in the Election A) 21. B) 23. C) 22. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21. 36. Right to education is a A) Neither fundamental nor legal right. B) Natural right. C) Fundamental right. D) Legal right. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fundamental right. 37. When was the Objective Resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly? A) 26.01.1948. B) 22.01.1947. C) 13.12.1946. D) 15.08.1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22.01.1947. 38. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the supervision of the A) Ministry of Home Affairs. B) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. C) Speaker of Lok Sabha. D) Prime Minister s office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker of Lok Sabha. 39. By which Constitutional amendment, the appellation Rajpramukh was omitted A) 10th Amendment Act 1961. B) 6th Amendment Act 1956. C) 7th Amendment Act 1956. D) 4th Amendment Act 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7th Amendment Act 1956. 40. Who supported the views of the Constituent Assembly for making the Indian Constitution A) Sardar Patel. B) Gandhiji. C) Jinnah. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gandhiji. 41. Which of the following presides over the sitting of the House of the people? A) Prime Minister. B) Chief Justice of India. C) Vice-President of India. D) Speaker of Lok Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker of Lok Sabha. 42. After which Constitutional Amendment, even though decision of the Election Commission is issued from New Delhi, the order of the commission can be challenged by the aggrieved party in another state in the High Court of that State under Article 226 A) 15th Amendment Act. B) 11th Amendment Act. C) 12th Amendment Act. D) 10th Amendment Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15th Amendment Act. 43. In the Indian National Flag, what does Ashoka's wheel represent A) Wheel of the Law. B) Wheel of the Moral. C) Wheel of the Dharm. D) Wheel of the Truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheel of the Law. 44. Which Fundamental Rights article is enforceable during the period of emergency A) 20. B) 21. C) A & B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A & B. 45. Under which Constitutional Article, President has the power to consult Supreme Court A) Article 145. B) Article 146. C) Article 144. D) Article 143. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 143. 46. Which schedule gives details regarding the subjects included in the three lists Central, State and Concurrent Lists? A) Schedule VII. B) Schedule VIII. C) Schedule V. D) Schedule VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schedule VII. 47. Which one of the following acted as the Provisional President of the Constituent Assembly? A) Rajendra Prasad. B) B. R. Ambedkar. C) Sachidananda Sinha. D) Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sachidananda Sinha. 48. Vice President of India can be removed from Office before expiry of his / her term by A) President. B) Supreme Court. C) Two Houses of Parliament. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two Houses of Parliament. 49. Right to equality before law is guaranteed under A) Article 16. B) Article 13. C) Article 15. D) Article 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 14. 50. Consider the following statements: 1. The Rajya Sabha has no power either to reject or to amend a Money Bill. 2. The Rajya Sabha cannot vote on the Demands for Grants. 3. The Rajya Sabha cannot discuss the Annual Financial Statement. Which of the statements given above is / are correct? A) 1 only. B) 1 and 2 only. C) 2 and 3 only. D) 1, 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 and 2 only. 51. The British Secretary of the State governed India through which Institution A) Governor assisted by an Executive Council. B) Executive Council. C) Parliament. D) Governor General appointed by an Executive Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Governor General appointed by an Executive Council. 52. The Lok Sabha is more powerful than the Rajya Sabha in A) Amending powers. B) Financial powers. C) Emergency powers. D) Electoral powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Financial powers. 53. The concept of independence of the judiciary and separation of powers among the three branches of the government was taken from the constitution of A) USA. B) Soviet Union. C) Japan. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 54. Which Fundamental Rights Article is not in operation during the emergency A) Article 19. B) Article 24. C) Article 22. D) Article 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 19. 55. Which community gets special provision for Central Services in Article 336 A) Sikh Community. B) Anglo-Indian Community. C) Muslim Community. D) Hindu Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anglo-Indian Community. 56. Under which article of the Indian Constitution proclamation of emergency has been defined A) Article 352. B) Article 353. C) Article 358. D) Article 354. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article 352. 57. The concept of 'Emergency Provisions' under article 356 was taken from the constitution of A) Soviet Union. B) South Africa. C) Germany (Weimar Constitution). D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany (Weimar Constitution). 58. Which of the following State has a separate constitution of its own? A) AndhraPradesh. B) Karnataka. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Jammu and Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jammu and Kashmir. 59. Which Constitutional Article specifies official language of the Union A) Article 344. B) Article 343. C) Article 346. D) Article 345. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article 343. 60. Which of the following writs may be issued to enforce a Fundamental Right A) Certiorari. B) Habeas Corpus. C) Mandamus. D) Prohibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habeas Corpus. Next →Related QuizzesDefence QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesCds Quiz 2Cds Quiz 3Cds Quiz 4Cds Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books