Constitution Quiz 1. Indian Constitution was adopted by the Government of India on? 26 November 1949. 2. Indian Constitution was enforced by the Government of India on? 26 January 1950 3. How long the Constituent Assembly took to prepare the Indian Constitution, the largest in the world? 2 year 11 month and 18 days. 4. Who drafted the Indian Constitution? Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly. 5. Under which commission the first constituent assembly election was held? Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 6. How many members were there in Constituent Assembly? 389 7. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee? Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 8. Who was the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly? Dr. Rajendra Prasad 9. Who was the legal advisor of the Constituent Assembly? B. N. Rao. 10. What is the other name of India given in the Constitution? India is also called Bharat 11.. What is the constitutional name of India? Republic of India 12.. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Fundamental Rights? America (USA)
13. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Fundamental Duties? Russia (USSR) 14. Directive principles of state policy in Indian Constitution has been adopted from which country? Ireland 15. When the Preamble of Constitution of India adopted by the constituent assembly? 26th Nov, 1949 16. 26th January was chosen as Republic day to commemorate The Purna Swaraj Declaration in 1930 17. How many times and when the preamble has been amended so far? So far the preamble has been amended only once. On 18 December 1976 during the time of Emergency in India in Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi 18. In which amendment did the Preamble amended? 42 nd amendment 19. What are the political ideals, according to the Preamble India seeks to secure? India seeks to secure to her people: Justice,Liberty,Equality 20. What was the basic structure of the Indian constitution during the time of commencement? During the time of commencement there were 395 articles, 22 parts and 8 schedules. 21. What was the present structure of the Indian constitution? 448 articles, 12 schedules, 5 appendices and 100 ammendments till 2015 22.. What are the two major languages, the original constitution written in? The original constitution written in Hindi and English
23. Which most important feature made Indian Constitution unique to any constitution of the world? Indian constitution is the only longest written constitution in the world ever 24. When Hindi became the Official Language of India? The Indian Constitution declared Hindi as the official language in 1950 25. When English became the official language of India across Hindi? According to Official Language Act 1963, English became official language of India in 1965 along with Hindi 26. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity are borrowed features of which nationality? French Constitution 27. In what chapter of the Constitution and in what Arts are the Directive principles of the Constitution given? In chapter IV Arts 35-51 the directive principle of the constitution are given. 28. What is the objective of Directive Principles of State Policy of the constititution? These are guideline to make laws by the government. 29. Currently there are how many fundamental rights are recognized by the Indian constitution? 6 30. Indian constitutional rights were inspired by which historical documents? France s Declaration of the Rights of Man and United States Bill of Rights 31. Who is the famous writer of Introduction to the Constitution of India? Durga Das Basu 32. Who said this famous quote that Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.? Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
33. Constituent Assembly is based on which structure? Unicameral 34.. The words "Socialist", "Secular" were introduced in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by the 1) 38th amendment 2) 40th amendment 3) 42nd amendment 4) 44th amendment 35.. In the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Consitution, how many languages have been officially recognised? 1) 15 2) 18 3) 22 4) 24 36. Which of the following Articles of Indian Constitution guarantees freedom of press? 1) Art. 16 2) Art. 19 3) Art. 22 4) Art. 31 37. According to the Preamble of its Constitution, India is a : 1) Sovereign democratic socialist republic 2) Sovereign scoialist secular republic 3) Sovereign democratic republic
4) Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic 38. The largest constitution of the world 1) Australian 2) Japan 3) Indian 4) Canada 39. Equality before law is mentioned in which article of constitution 1) 14 2) 10 3) 9 4) 17 40. Fundamental Rights are granted to citizens undr which Article 1) Article 36-71 2) Article 5-11 3) Article 52-151 4) Article 12-35 41. Which part of the Indian constitution deals with directive Principles? 1) PART IV 2) PART VII 3) PARTIX 4) PART III 5) 42. Fundamental Duties is mentioned in which article of the Indian constitution? 1) Article 43A 2) Article 48A 3) Article 21A 4) Article 51A
43. Who made the statement The preamble of the constitution is the horoscope of Indian Republic? 1) K.M MUNSHI 2) JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU 3) B.R.AMBEDKAR 4) MAHATMA GANDHI 44. The meaning of the word 'Secular' used in the Preamble of the Constitution is 1) Freedom of religion and worship to all citizen 2) Monotheism 3) Polytheism 4) Abnegation of all religions 45. The electoral college that elects the Vice-President of India consists of: 1) Members of Rajya Sabha only 2) Elected Members of both the Houses of Parliament 3) Elected Members of both the Houses of Parliament 4) Members of the Rajya sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of States 46. Who presides over the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha? 1) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha 2) The Vice-President 3) The President 4) The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
47. A Money Bill in the Parliament can be introduced only with the recomendations of the: 1) President of India 2) Union Cabinet 3) Speaker of the Lok Sabha 4) Union Finance Minister 48. Who finally approves the draft five-year plans? 1) Prime Minister 2) Planning Commission 3) President 4) National Development Council 49. Who presides over the meeting of Lok Sabha? 1) Speaker 2) Vice - President 3) Prime Minister 4) President 50. The Council of the Ministers is collectively responsible to 1) The Prime Minister
2) The President 3) The Lok Sabha 4) The Rajya Sabha 51. The President can make laws through ordinances 1) Only on subjects contained ibn the concurrent list 2) On certain subjects even when Parliament is in session 3) During the recess of Parliament 4) Under no Circumstances Articles 52. Which part of constitution is related to statutory povisions for Panchayet Raj in villages? Part 9 53. Which article is related to reservation of SC/ST Employees in promotion? Article 16 54. By which article, practice of untouchability has been declared a punishable offence by law? Article 17
55. Which article prohibits state from conferring any titles other than military or academic distinctions? Article 18 56. Human trafficking and forced labour are the punishable offence by law under which article? Article 23 57. Which article prohibits employment of child labour under the age of 14? Article 24 58. By which amendment the Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Indian Constitution? 42nd Amendment in 1976 59. In which amendment did Right to property is removed from the Fundamental Rights? 44 th amendment (1978) 60. Which amendment lead to the creation of Panchayat Raj? 73 st amendment (1992) Article 44 61. Which article deals with the free and compulsory education to all children below 14 years of age? Article 45 62. Which State of the Indian Union has a separate Constitution? The state of Jammu and Kashmir has a separate constitution.
63. What is the importance of Arts 370 of the Constitution? Ans. This Art gives the state of Jammu & Kashmir a separate constitutional status. 64. Does the Indian Constitution recognize the principle of dual citizenship? The principle of dual citizenship has not been accepted in the constitution. All Indian s are accepted as the citizens of India. There is no citizenship of the states. 65. Into how many categories are the Indian citizens divided? Indian citizens are divided into two categories citizens by birth and citizens by adoption. 66. What is meant by equality in the eye of law? Law applies to all persons equally. 67. How many kinds of writs the Supreme Court or the High Court may issue in case of transgression of Fundamental Rights? The Supreme Court or the High Courts may issue five kinds of writs.these are writs of (1) Habeas Corpus (2) Mandamus (3) Prohibition (4) Certiorari and (5) Quowarranto. 68. What is Habeas Corpus? What Art of the Constitution provides for it? Habeas Corpus: literally means that human person is sacred. Hence no man can be detained illegally. 69. Through how many lists powers have been distributed between the Union and the States in India? Name them. The Indian constitution distributes powers between the union and the states through three lists, the Union list, the State list and the Concurrent list.
70. Name four important subjects in the Union list? Defence, Foreign relations, Citizenship and Banking are four important subjects in the Union list. 71. Name four important subjects in State list? (i) Land Revenue, (ii) Law and order, (iii) Local government, (iv) Education up to the secondary level. 72. What do you mean by Concurrent list? Name four important subjects in Concurrent list. The concurrent list mentions the subjects on which the union and the state governments, both 73. What is meant by residual powers? In a federal constitution powers not mentioned in any list of powers given to the centre or the states is known as the residual power. In India the residuary belongs to the union government. 74. Who is the authority to decide any dispute in connection with the election of the President and the Vice-President? The Supreme 75. Who gave advice to the Government of India upon legal matters? Attorney General 76. Who is the authority to decide whether the introduced bill is a Money Bill or not? Speaker of the Lok 77. Money Bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha, True or False? True.
78. A bill which is related with revenue and expenditure of the Government is called? Finance Bill. 79. Who is the constitutional head of the Indian union? President of India 80. Constitutionally who is the second powerful person in India? Vice-President 81. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)? Vice-President. 82. Who is empowered by the Indian Constitution to appoint the Attorney General of India? President of India 83. Who is the only person holding the right of appointment of Chief Justice of India? President of India 84. By which procedure the President of India may be removed before the expiry of the term? Impeachment 85. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India? President of India 86. Who is empowered to appoint the Judges of Supreme Court? President on advice of the Chief Justice 87. Who appoints the members of Council of Ministers? President on advice of the Prime Minister
88. Who appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG)? President appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General of India 89. Who appoints the Chairman and other members of the UPSC(Union Public Service Commission)? President 90. Who can proclaim a Financial Emergency? President can proclaim a financial emergency 91. How long the National Emergency can be imposed? Six months. May be extended by six month on Parliamentary approval. 92. Who is empowered by Indian Constitution to employ a state Chief Minister? Governor 93. Which part of constitution indicates the relation between the Union and States? Part XI 94. Who gave advice to the Government of India upon legal matters? Attorney General of India. 95. When was Indian Independence Act passed, by whom and on the basis of what plan? The Indian Independence Act was passed by the British Parliament on 5th July in 1947. This act was passed to give effect to the Mountbatten plan creating the two independent states of India and Pakistan.
96. Do the members of the armed forces enjoy the Fundamental Rights given by the Constitution? The parliament may restrict the fundamental rights by passing laws. Beyond such restrictions the members of the Armed Forces enjoy their fundamental rights. 97. What is the principal difference between the directive principles and the fundamental rights? The fundamental rights are justiciable while the directive principals are nonjusticiable. 98. Mention two taxes the proceeds of which are divided between the union and the state governments. Non-agricultural income tax and excise duties except on cosmetics and medicines. 99. Mention four subjects on which the state government may impose taxes. The state government may realize (i) sales tax, (ii) land revenue, (iii) amusement tax and taxes on (iv) transportations. 100. Mention two circumstances when the Union Government can issue directives to the State Governments. The union government may issue directive to the state government for the protection of the Railways and Ports and also on subjects considered important in the national interest.