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TEST – 8

1) Which of the following made the first 7 ) A federal structure of Indian was first attempt to introduce a representative put forward by the and popular element in the governance? (a) Act of 1909 (a) Council Act, 1935 (b) Act of 1919 (b) India Council Act, 1909 (c) Act of 1935 (c) India Council Act, 1891 (d) Act of 1947 (d) None of the above 8) Which of the following commissions 2) Indian Council Act, 1909 is also known was appointed to study about the as: Government of India Act, 1919? (a) Minto Morley Reforms Act (a) Chemsford Commission (b) Montague- Chemsford Reforms Act (b) Hunter commission (c) Indian Council Act (c) (d) None of the above (d) None of the above

3) The system of Dyarchy was introduced 9) Government of India Act, 1935 was a by : lengthy document consists of 321 (a) Government of India Act, 1919 section and 10 schedules. The (b) Government of India Act, 1935 Statement is: (c) Indian Council Act, 1909 (a) True (d) None of the above (b) False (c) Party correct 4) Government of India Act, 1919 is also (d) None of the above known as: (a) Minto Morley Reforms Act 10) Which of the following exercise the (b) Montague – Chemsford Reforms most profound influence, In framing Act the Indian Constitution? (c) Indian Council Act (a) British Constitution (d) None of the above (b) US Constitution (c) Irish Constitution 5) Which of the following Acts gave a (d) The Government of India Act, separate representation to the 1935 Muslims during the Birth rule? (a) India Council Act, 1935 11) Which of the following acts used the (b) India Council Act, 1909 term federation of India for the first (c) India Council Act, 1891 time? (d) None of the above (a) The Act of 1909 (b) The Act of 1919 6) The system communal electorate was (c) The Act of 1935 introduced by: (d) None of the above (a) India Council Act, 1935 12) The demand for a Constituent (b) India Council Act, 1909 Assembly was raised by the Congress (c) India Council Act, 1891 for the First time In: (d) None of the above (a) 1935 (b) 1939 ANIL KHANNA’S ACADEMY OF LAW

(c) 1942 (b) B.R Ambedkar (d) 1945 (c) Sachidananda Sinha (d) None of the above 13) The was constituted on: 19) The first session of the constituent (a) 10.06.1946 assembly was held at: (b) 06.11.1946 (a) Delhi (c) 26.11.1946 (b) Bombay (d) 16.11.1946 (c) Calcutta (d) None of the above 14) The first session of Constituent Assembly was held: 20) To produce the Constitution, the (a) From 9Th December to 23RD Constitution Assembly took: December, 1946 (b) From 9Th December to 31st (a) 2 years 11 months and 18 days (b) 3 years 10 months and 20 days December, 1946 (c) 4 years 11 months and 17 days Th (c) From 29 December to 1946 to (d) 5 years 6 months and 5 days 9th July, 1946 (d) From 29Th December to 22nd 21) Which of the following is a salient feature December, 1946 of the ? 15) The members of Constituent Assembly (a) Blend of rigidity and flexibility whom framed the constitution were: (b) Integrated and Independent judiciary a) Directly elected by the people (c) Federal System b) Indirectly elected (d) All of the above c) Nominated d) Appointed by political parties 22) From where did the makers of the Indian Constitution derive the ‘Parliamentary

Structure of the Government? 16) Who among the following presided over the first meeting of the (a) Britain Constituent Assembly? (b) United State of America a) Rajendra Prasad (c) Ireland (d) None of the above b) B.R Ambedkar c) Sachidananda Sinha 23) The pattern of Centre- state relations in d) None of the above India can be traced back to:

17) Who among the following was the (a) Pandit (b) Sardar Patel elected President of the Constituent (c) Mahatma Assembly? (d) Subhash Chandra Bose (a) Rajendra Prasad (b) B.R Ambedkar 24) The preamble of the Constitution was (c) Sachidananda Sinha prepared by: (d) None of the above (a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 18) Who among the following was the (b) Sardar Patel Chairman of Drafting Committee? (c) (a) Rajendra Prasad (d) Subhash Chandra Bose ANIL KHANNA’S ACADEMY OF LAW

25) On which among the following days the 31) The amendment procedure laid down in constitution was adopted by the Constituent the Constitution of India is on the pattern of: Assembly? a) Government of India Act (a) 26 April 1950 b) Constitution of South Africa (b) 26 March, 1950 c) Constitution of USA (c) 26 November, 1949 d) Constitution of Canada (d) 26 January, 1950 32) The Provisions relating to Emergency are 26) Which of the following was adopted after based on provisions contained I the : the entire constitution was enacted? a) Canadian Constitution (a) Preamble b) South African Constitution (b) Part III – Fundamental Rights c) Weimer Constitution of Germany (c) Part IV – of State d) The Government of India Act, 1935 Policy (d) None of the above 33) The Legislative Procedure in Indian is largely based on the pattern of: 27) We borrowed the concept of Fundamental Duties from the: a) Britain b) France a) American Constitution c) USA b) Irish Constitution d) None of the above c) Canadian Constitution d) USSR Constitution 34) In which of the Following points our Constitution is similar to that of the United 28) The terms ‘secular’, “integrity’ and States of America? socialist’ were added to the Preamble in: a) Rigid Constitution a) 1979 b) Findamental Rights b) 1977 c) Directive Principles c) 1976 d) Rule of Law d) 1975 35) What was the exact constitutional position 29) The concept of Directive Principles has of the Indian Republic when the Constitution been borrowed from: was brought into force with effect from , 1950? a) Irish Constitution b) Canadian Constitution a) A Democratic Republic c) Russian Constitution b) A Sovereign Democratic Republic d) American Constitution c) A Sovereign Republic d) A Sovereign Secular Socialist 30) The National Anthem was adopted by Democratic republic Constituent Assembly on: 36) From which Constitution was the concept a) 27 December, 1911 of a Five Year Plan borrowed into the Indian b) 27 December, 1949 Constitution c) 27 December, 1950 d) 27 December, 1950 a) USA b) USSR ANIL KHANNA’S ACADEMY OF LAW

c) UK a) Unitary d) Ireland b) Federal c) Quasi – Federal 37) Who administered oath of office to the d) None of the above first prime Minister of India? 43) The Constitution of India embodies the a) C. Rajagopalachari Parliamentary form of Government because: b) Rajendra Prasad c) Lord Mountbatten a) The President, the head of the d) None of the above executive is answerable to Parliament b) The Prime Minister, the head of the 38) The concept of Judicial Review was Cabinet, is answerable to Parliament borrowed from the Constitution of: c) The Council of Ministers is responsible both to and Rajya Sabha a) Britain d) The Council of Ministers is collectively b) France answerable to the Lok Sabha c) USA d) None of the above 44) Constitution of India as:

39) The national calendar was adopted by the a) Federal State Government of India on: b) Unitary State c) Union of State a) 22 March, 1957 d) Quasi – federal State b) 27 December, 1949 c) 24 January, 1957 45) Who described the Preamble of the d) 26 January, 1950 Constitution as an identity Card’ of the Constitution? 40) Who among the following was the first person to make the idea of the Constitution of a) N.A Palkhiwala India? b) Ivor Jennings c) B.R. Ambedkar a) a) C. Rajagopalachari d) None of the above b) Rajendra Prasad c) M.N. Roy 46) The source of India’s sovereignty lies in d) None of the above. the:

a) President 41) Which of the following pairs is correct b) Prime Minister regarding the sources of the Constitution of c) People of India India? d) Preamble of the Constitution

a) Structural Part – Government of India 47) India is a Republic because: Act, 1935 b) Philosophical part – American a) It is a member of the Common – wealth Constitution b) It has an elected Parliament c) Political Part – British Constitution c) It has a written Constitution d) All are correct d) The Head of State (the President), is elected 42) Indian Constitution is: ANIL KHANNA’S ACADEMY OF LAW

48) Indian Constitution provides for a______53) In which of the following case, Supreme system Court held that Preamble can be amended without altering its basic features? a) Presidential b) Unicameral a) Golaknath case c) Bicameral b) Maneka Gandhi case d) Unitary c) S.R Bommai vs. Union of the India

49) The correct nomenclature of India 54) How many times has the preamble to the acceding to the present is: Constitution of India amended?

a) Sovereign, Secular, democratic, a) Once republic b) Twice b) Sovereign, Secular, democratic, c) Thrice republic d) Never c) Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, democratic, republic 55) The words ‘socialist’ and secular’ were d) Sovereign, Secular, Socialist, added in the Preamble of the Indian Democracy Constitution by the______Constitutional amendment. 50) Preamble is: a) 42nd a) Part of the Constitution b) 32nd b) Not forms part of the Constitution c) 25th c) Only an introduction not forms part of d) 9th the Constitution d) None of the above 56) Recently, In the case of Good Governance of India &Anr. (2010), Supreme Court 51) Preamble of our Constitute is of extreme dismissed the petition against the use of the importance and the Constitution should be word____ In Preamble to the Constitution. read and interpreted in the light of the grand and noble vision expressed in the preamble”. a) Socialist Justice Sikri expressed the above opinion in b) Secular the case of: c) Democratic d) None of the above a) In the Breu Union b) Kesavanandra Bharati vs. State of 57) Interpretation of India constitution shall kerala be based on the spirit of the c) A.K Gopalan vs. State of Madras a) Preamble d) In the Kerala Education Bill b) Fundamental rights 52) The text of the preamble of the c) Directive principles of state policy Constitution of India aims to secure: d) All of the above

a) Fundamental rights to all individuals 58) The basic characteristic of a federal b) Fundamental duties to citizen of India Constitution is that the Constitution c) Dignity of the individual and unity and a) Is written integrity of the nation b) Provides for devision of powers in d) Security of service to Government writing servant ANIL KHANNA’S ACADEMY OF LAW

c) Provides for separation of powers 64) Which of the following PART of the d) Is written and provides for separation Constitution of India was repealed by the of powers Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956?

59) The question whether the Preamble of the a) V Constitution of India is a part of the b) VII Constitution of India was raised for the first c) VIII time before the Supreme Court in which one of d) IX the following cases? 65) The territory of India shall comprise: a) In re Berubari union b) GolakhNath vs. State of Kerala a) The territories of the States c) Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala b) The Union territories specified in the d) Indira Nehru Gandhi vs. Raj Narain First Schedule c) Other territories as may be acquired 60) In Re Berubari Union (1960) the Supreme d) All of the above Court held that Preamble is: 66) Which of the following Article of the a) Part of the Constitution Constitution of India deals with’ Admission or b) Not form part of the Constitution Establishment of new states’? c) Only an Introduction not Forms part of the Constitution a) 1 d) None of the above b) 2 c) 3 61) Which of the following described as the d) 4 ‘soul of the Constitution, which lays down the pattern of our political society’ by justice 67) Which of the following Article was Hidayatullah? repealed by Constitution (Thirty- Sixth Amendment) Act, 1975? a) Preamble b) Fundamental Rights a) 1A c) Directive Principle b) 2A d) Right to Constitutional remedies c) 3A d) 4A 62) In which of the following Articles the word federation’ is used in the Constitution of India? 68) India had extended” exclusive economic a) 1 zone” of India up to a distance of ______b) 1& 2 nautical miles in to sea form the shore base c) 1 to 4 line after the Constitution ( 40th Amendment ) d) None of the above Act, 1956?

63) How many categories of States were a) 100 provided in the original Constitution? b) 200 c) 300 a) One d) 400 b) Two c) Three 69) A foreigner can acquire Indian d) Four citizenship through: ANIL KHANNA’S ACADEMY OF LAW

(a) Acquiring Property (b) Naturalization (c) Descent (d) None of the above

70) Which of the following is not a condition for Indian citizenship?

(a) Birth (b) Descent (c) Acquiring property (d) None of the above

71) Which of the following Article of the Constitution of the Indian defines the word” domicile?

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) Not defined

72) Which of the following State had changed its name for the first time after Independence?

(a) State of Madras (b) United Province (c) State of Bombay (d) None of the above