TEST PAPER-1

INDIAN CONSTITUTION
(1) The Union List consists of
(a) 97 subjects (b) 61 subjects
(c) 47 subjects (d) 73 subjects

(2) An interpretation of the Constitution of India is based on the spirit of

(a) Fundamental Duties (b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Preamble (d) Federal System

(3) The Constituent Assembly was set according to the proposals of

(a) The Cripps Mission (b) the Cabinet Mission
(c) Mountbatten Plan (d) Rajagopalachari Plan

(4)The Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India were adopted from

(a)Canadian Constitution (b) Russian Constitution
(c) American Constitution (d) French Constitution

(5)Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the Fundamental Duties
(a) Article 32 (b) Article 50
(c) Article51 (d) Article 51 A

(6) In India Right to Property is a

(a) Moral Right (b) Legal Right
(c) Fundamental Right (d) Personal Right

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(7) Which article is referred to as the jewel of the Constitution
(a) Article 352 (b) Article 123
(c) Article 32 (d) Article 31

(8) Which writ give the meaning we command in letters

(a) Habeas Corpus (b) Prohibition
(c) Quo Warranto (d) Mandamus

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(9) Which of the following is not included in the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India?
(a) Right to adequate means of livelihood (b) Right to Freedom
(c) Right against Exploitation (d) Right to Equality

(10)The Directive Principles of State Policy have been adopted from

(a) US Constitution (b) Irish Constitution
(c) French Constitution (d) Canadian Constitution

(11) Keshavananda Bharati case was

associated with

(a) Fundamental Rights

(b) Directive Principles of State Policy
(c) State right (d) Armed rebellion
(12)The word socialist was added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by which
amendment
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(a) 44 (b) 27
st nd
(c) 21 (d) 42
(13) The Constitution of India is
(a) Rigid (b) flexible
(c) Combination of rigidity and flexibility (d) Neither rigid nor flexible

(14) Right to Freedom is guaranteed in which article

(a) 17 (b) 19
(c) 18 (d) 20

(15) Directive Principles of State Policy is

(a) Justifiable (b) non-justifiable
(c) mandatory (d) None of these
(16) The word secularism was added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by which
amendment
th nd
(a) 40 (b) 42
th th
(c) 44 (d) 46
(17)Right to Property is included in Article
(a) 32 (b) 19
(c) 31 (d) 14

(18)Right to Property was removed from Fundamental Rights by which amendment

th th
(a) 29 (b) 25
th nd
(c) 44 (d) 42

(19)
 Part IV A of the Indian Constitution deal with
(a) Fundamental Duties (b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Directive Principles of state Policy (d) Citizenship

(20)The procedure for amending the Constitution of India is

(a) Rigid (b) flexible
(c) partly rigid and flexible (d) None of these
(21)Elections to the local government bodies are made mandatory by which amendment
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(a) 72 (b) 73
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(c) 64 (d) 63
(22) Panchayath Raj is included in the
(a) Union list (b) Concurrent list
(c) State list (d) Residuary power

(23)Village Panchayath is organized under which article of the Constitution of India

(a) Article 37 (b) Article 38
(c) Article 39 (d) Article 40

(24) Among the following which agency conducts election to the local bodies
(a) National Election Commission (b) State Election Commission
(c) Local bodies themselves (d) the Government

(25) The chairman of the National Development Council is the

(a) Prime Minister (b) President
(c) Vice President (d) Governor

(26) Who appoints the chairman of the Finance Commission

(a) The President (b) Prime Minister
(c) Council of Ministers (d) Vice President

(27) The members of the Council of states in India is elected for a period of
(a) 4 years (b) 5 years
(c) 6 years (d) life term

(28) The President cant --------------------- Lok Sabha

(a) Dissolve (b) adjourn
(c) prorogue (d) summon

(29) The duration of an ordinance issued by the President of India is

(a) 6weeks (b) 1 year
(c) 6 months (d) 6 weeks from the date of assembly of the Parliament

(30) All speeches made in the House of People are addressed to

(a) The Prime Minister (b) The Speaker
(c) Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (d) Respective Ministers

(31) Who promulgates ordinance in states

(a) Governor (b) Chief Minister
(c) President (d) Chief Justice
(32)Who presides over the joint sitting of the Parliament
(a) President (b) Vice President
(c) Speaker (d) Chief Justice

(33) The amending power of the Constitution of India is described in Article

(a) 352 (b) 368

(c) 360 (d) 395

(34) The ex-officio chairman of the Council of states is
(a) Speaker (b) Vice President
(c) Deputy Speaker (d) Deputy Chairman

(35)In India the Council of state is responsible to

(a) The people (b) the state
(c) local government (d) None of these

(36) The number of the Anglo Indians nominated to the House of People is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1

(37) The number of nominated members to the council of states is

(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) 16

(38)The number of elected members to the House of the People

(a) 540 (b) 542 (c) 543 (d) 545

(39) Who is the person authorized to conduct the election of the speaker in a newly elected
House of the People in India
(a) Prime Minister (b) Speaker
(c) Proterm speaker (d) Deputy Speaker

(40)Who was the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Dr Rajendra Prasad (d) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

(41) How many methods are there to amend the Constitution of India
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
(42) Quo warranto is
(a) Writ (b) statute
(c) Treaty (d) Act
(43) Article 352 of the Indian Constitution deal with
(a) centre-state relations (b) Supreme Court
(c) state emergency (d) national emergency
(44) Which Right was remarked by Dr B.R. Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the
Constitution
(a) Right to Equality (b) Right to Freedom
(c) Right to Education (d) Right to Constitutional
remedies
(45) The Indian constitution guarantees how many categories of Fundamental Rights
 (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8

(46)Which Constitutional amendment incorporated the Fundamental Duties in the

Constitution of India?
th th nd th
(a) 40 (b) 44 (c) 42 (d) 50
(47)Right to property was deleted by which amendment
st th nd th
(a) 71 (b) 44 (c) 42 (d) 68
(48) Who said the Preamble is the key to the Constitution
(a) Dr B.R. Ambedkar (b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d)C. Rajagopalachari
(49) Article 19 of the Constitution of India contains
(a) 9 Fundamental Freedoms (b) 8 Fundamental Freedoms
(c) 7 Fundamental Freedoms (d) 6 Fundamental Freedoms
(50)The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission is appointed by
(a) Prime Minister (b) President
(c) Vice President (d) Council of Ministers
(51)Which among the following is not a Fundamental Right?
(a) Right to Equality (b) Right to Property
(c) Right to Freedom (d) Right against exploitation
(52)Rights given in the Constitution are called Fundamental Right because
(a) They are natural rights (b) They cant be suspended
(c) They are a part of the Constitution (d) They can be enforced and safeguarded by the courts
(53) Article 32 stands suspended during an emergency under Article
(a) 352 (b) 356 (c) 360 (d) 362
(54) Right to privacy is contained in
(a) Article 22 (b) Article 19
(c) Article 21 (d) Article 22
(55) Freedom of expression is included in the article
(a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 22
(56)The emergency provisions of the Constitution of India have been borrowed from
(a) German Constitution (b) American Constitution
(c) French Constitution (d) Irish Constitution
(57) Concurrent list was adopted from
(a) Russian Constitution (b) American Constitution
(c) Swiss constitution (d) French Constitution
(58)Equality before law and Equal protection of law have been modelled on the Constitution of
(a) Britain (b) America
(c) Russian (d) Switzerland
(59)Which article of the constitution of India empower the President to take over the
administration of a state on the basis of failure of constitutional machinery
(a) 365 (b) 352 (c) 356 (d) 360

(60) In India the power of amnesty has been given to the

(a) President (b) Prime Minister
(c) Chief of the army (d) Parliament
(61)The Presidents rule in a state can be continued at a stretch for a maximum
period of
(a) 4years (b) 2years
(c) 3 years (d) one year
(62) The Council of state in India has how many elected members
(a) 250 (b) 238
(c) 245 (d) 230
(63) The executive power in India is actually exercised by
(a)Speaker (b) President
(c) Council of Ministers (d) Parliament
nd
(64) 42 amendment Act was adopted by the Parliament in
(a) 1967 (b) 1968
(c) 1976 (d) 1977
(65) The supreme commander of the armed forces in India is
(a) President (b) Prime Minister
(c) Defence Minister (d) None of these
(66) Public Undertaking Committee is a
(a)Cabinet Committee (b) Parliamentary Committee
(c) Committee of a political party (d) None of these
(67)What is the maximum gap permissible between two sessions of the Parliament?
(a)3 months (b) 4 months
(c) 6 months (d) 12 months
(68) The Governor of a state is a
(a) Constitutional head (b) real head
(c) Hereditary head (d) nominated head
(69)Who elects the Vice President of India
(a) House of the People (b) Both Houses of Parliament
(c) Council of States (d) Both Houses of Parliament and state legislatures
(70) In consequence of the death or incapacity of the President, vice President can become the President for
(a) 6 months (b) 12months
(c) 1 month (d) 5 months
(71) Grass root democracy is related to
(a) Panchayath system (b) Interstate council
(c) Lok Pal (d) Regionalism
(72) The Parliament of India consists of
(a)President, House of the People and Council of state
(b)House of the People and Council of states
(c)Vice President, House of People and Council of states
(d) President, Vice President, House of the People and Council of States
(73) The President of India is elected by
(a) Elected members of both Houses of Parliament
(b) Members of both Houses of Parliament
(c) Elected members of both Houses of Parliament and state legislative
assemblies
(d) Elected members of both Houses of Parliament and both Houses of the state
legislatures

(74)A vote taken unexpectedly without voters having been briefed in advance
(a) Snap poll (b) by-election
(c) opinion poll (d) exit poll

(75) The President of India can ---------------------- the House

(a) Sine die (b) prorogue
(c) adjourn (d) None of these

(76) Recess means

(a) The interval between the prorogation of Parliament and its reassembly
(b) The Parliament in session
(c) Adjournment of the House
(d) Dissolution of the House

(77) The Speaker use the casting vote

(a) to maintain status quo (b) to challenge the opposition
(c) to defeat the government (d) in the absence of the Prime Minister

(78) Council of states in India can delay a money bill for

(a) indefinite period (b) 6 months
(c) 1 month (d) 14 days

(79) Starred questions requires

(a) Oral answer (b) unwritten answer
(c) supplementary question (d) None of these

(80) Consolidated Fund is

(a)votable (b) non votable
(c)non plan (d) None of these

(81) Council of States in India can create an All India Service by

(a) Simple majority (b) majority
(c) 2/3 majority (d) unanimously
(82)Public Accounts Committee has members from
(a) House of the People (b) Council of states only
(c) state legislatures (d) Both Houses of Parliament

(83)Adjournment of the House is the power of the

(a) President (b) Speaker

(c) Prime Minister (d) Council of Minister

(84)Committee in Public Undertakings has members from
(a) Both Houses of Parliament (b) Lok Sabha only
(c) Rajya Sabha only (d) State Legislative Council

(85) Unstarred questions requires

(a) Oral answer (b) Zero Hour
(c) supplementary question (d) written answer

(86) Sine Die is associated with the power of the

(a) President (b) Speaker
(c) Chief Justice (d) Prime Minister

(87) Who holds the purse holds the power who said this
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Harold Laski
(c) Clement Attle (d) James Madison

(88)Which article of the Constitution of India says there shall be a council of

Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advice the President
(a) Article 74 (b) Article 75
(c) Article 79 (d) Article 80

(89)The President of the Indian Republic has

(a) Only suspensive veto (b) Absolute veto
(c) Pocket veto (d) None of these

(90)The members of the Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to

(a) Judiciary (b) House of the People
(c) Council of States (d) The President

(91) Under which Article of the Constitution of India, the Governor of a state can resume a
Bill for the consideration of the President
(a) Article 196 (b) Article 200
(c) Article 202 (d) Article 204

(92)The term federal is derived from the Latin word foedus which means
(a) Separation (b) Distribution
(c) Covenant (d) None of these

(93)Which commission has examined the centre- state relations

(a) Sarkaria Commission (b) Sri Krishna Commission
(c) Rajamannar Commission (d) Kher Commission
(94) In the Indian federal system, residuary powers rest with the
(a) Local government (b) State
(c) Judiciary (d) Centre

(95) Unequal representation of states in the Council of States in India indicates

(a) The Federal nature (b) the unitary features
(c) the bicameral features (d) none of these
(96) The chairman of the National Development Council is
(a) Finance Minister (b) Defence Minister
(c) Prime Minister (d) Home Minister
(97)The Indian federal system is largely based on the pattern of
(a) US Federal system (b) Australian Federal system
(c) Swiss Federal system (d) Canadian Federal system

(98)The Constitution of India adopted the federal system from the Act of
(a) 1919 (b) 1935 (c) 1947 (d) 1909
(99) National Integration Council reflects the ----------------- nature of the Indian Federal system
(a) Federal nature (b) Unitary nature
(c) competitive nature (d) con-federal nature
(100)Madan Mohan Punchi commission was appointed to study
(a) Centre-state relations (b) State reorganization
(c) Panchayat Raj (d) delimitation of constituencies

(101)Which article of the Constitution of India provides for co-operation between states
(a) Article 32 (b) Article 360
(c) Article 14 (d) Article 263
(102) The members of the Planning Commission have the status equal to that of
(a) Central cabinet ministers (b) state ministers
(c) Deputy Ministers (d) Members of Parliament
(103) which among the following is not created by the Constitution
(a) Planning Commission (b) Finance Commission
(c) Election Commission (d) UPSC
(104)Chairman of the Planning Commission is the
(a) President (b) Vice President
(c) Prime Minister (d) Speaker
(105) The Constitution of India is parliamentary because
(a) There is an elected President (b) there is a bicameral legislature
(c) There is a Supreme Court (d) the executive is responsible to the Legislature
(106)India is a Republic in the sense that
(a) it has an elected Head of the state (b) it has an elected Head of the Government
(c) it has a bi-cameral legislature (d) it has sovereign power
(107)Chairman of the Finance Commission is appointed by the
(a) Prime Minister (b) Council of Ministers
(c) President (d) Vice President

(108)Planning Commission was formed by Government of India by a resolution in

(a) 1950 (b) 1947
(c) 1944 (d) 1946
(109)Which of the following is not a feature of the Constitution of India?
(a) It is democratic (b) it is republic
(c) it is federal (d) it is Presidential
(110)The word procedure established by law in the constitution of India have been borrowed
from
(a) UK (b) USA (c) French (d) Germany

(111) The President of the Constituent

Assembly was
(a) Maulana Abdul Kalam
Azad (b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel (d) Dr BR Ambedkar
(112)India that is Bharat shall be a union of states. From which Constitution was
adopted the words union of states?
(a) US (b) France (c) Swiss (d) Canada
(113)The list dividing powers between union and states are given in the ------------- schedule
(a) IV (b) V (c) VI (d) VII
(114)The Indian Constitution is an
(a) Enacted one (b) evolved one
(c) unwritten one (d) None of these
(115)Dyarchy was introduced at the Provincial level by the Act of
(a) 1892 (b) 1919 (c) 1935 (d) 1909
(116) Dyarchy was introduced at the Centre by the Act of
(a) 1909 (b) 1919 (c) 1935 (d) 1947
(117) The Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly was moved by
(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad (b) B.R.Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharalal Nehru (d) Alladi Krishna swamy Iyer
(118) The election to the Constituent Assembly was held in
(a) June 1946 (b) July 1946
(c) August 1946 (d) September 1946
(119)The Montague Chelmsford Reforms is known as
(a) Government of India Act 1919 (b) Government of India Act 1935
(c) Government of India Act 1909 (d) Government of India Act 1892
(120) Government of India Act 1909 is known as
(a) Montague Chelmsford Reforms (b) Minto Morley Reforms
(c) Cabinet Mission Plan (d) Cripps Mission Plan
(121)The Objective Resolution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in
(a) January 1947 (b) July 1947
(c) August 1947 (d) May 1947

(122)The Constitution Drafting Committee constituted by the Constituent Assembly consisted

of
(a) 5 member (b) 6members

(c) 7 members (d) 8 members

(123) The Constitution of India consists of

(a) 390 articles (b) 396 articles

(c) 395 articles (d) 394 articles
(124) The Constitution of India was adopted on
th th
(a) 26 January 1950 (b) 26 January 1947
th th
(c) 26 November 1949 (d) 26 June 1948
(125)Which among the following Acts introduced the principle of election for the first time?
(a) Indian Independence Act of 1947 (b) Indian Council Act 1909
(c) Government of India Act 1935 (d) Government of India Act 1919
(126)Directive Principles of state Policy are included in the Articles
(a) 15-24 (b) 25-32 (c) 36-51 (d) 52-60
(127)The procedure for amending the Constitution is in
(a) Article 368 (b) Article 360
(c) Article 367 (d) Article 371
(128)The Concurrent list in the Constitution of India was adopted from
(a) Switzerland (b) Australia
(c) Canada (d) Irish
(129) The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India was adopted from
(a) Irish (b) Canada (c) Germany (d) Australia

(130) The makers of the Constitution of India adopted the concept of Judicial Review from
(a)Russia (b) Germany (c) US (d) Australia
(131)The Indian federal system can be transformed into a unitary system under
(a) Article 368 (b) Article 356 (c) Article 360 (d) Article 352
(132)Fundamental Rights are included in articles
(a) 15-24 (b) 12-36 (c) 36-51 (d) 52-62
(133) Untouchability Offence Act 1955 was renamed as The Protection of Civil Rights
Act 1955 in
(a) 1972 (b) 1977 (c) 1976 (d) 1955
(134)Right to Property was omitted from Part III of the Constitution by the
nd th
(a) 42 amendment (b) 44 amendment
th nd
(c) 86 amendment (d) 62 amendment
(135)The watchword of a Parliamentary government is
(a) Stability (b) checks and balances
(c) Political homogeneity (d) responsibility
(136)Who presides over the joint session of the Parliament?
(a) Speaker (b) Deputy Chairman
(c) President (d) Vice President
(137)The position of the Vice President of India resembles to the position of Vice President of

(a) France (b) USA

(c) Canada (d) Russia

(138) who prepares the agenda in meeting of the Council of Ministers

(a) President (b) Prime Minister
(c) Deputy Prime Minister (d) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

(139)The Chairman of Council of States is elected

by

(a) Elected members of Council (b) All members of the Council of

of States States

(c) Members of both Houses of (d) elected members of the Parliament

Parliament

(140) which of the following is not an objective of the Directive Principles of State Policy
(a) To ensure a welfare state (b) to ensure socio-economic justice
(c) To establish a religious state (d) to ensure the creation of village
Panchayath

(141)The Head of the government under a Parliamentary government enjoys

(a) Real power (b) nominal power
(c) limited power (d) no power
(142) The classification of government as unitary and federal is on the basis of
(a) Centralization of power (b) division of power
(c) delegation of powers (d) separation of powers

(143)Majority provisions of the Constitution of India can be amended by

(a) the Parliament (b) The President
(c) the State Legislature (d) the Parliament of the consent of
states

(144)Community Development Program was

launched on
(b) 2nd October 1952
(a) 2nd October 1951
(d) 2nd October 1954
(c) 2nd October 1953
(145)National Extension Service was
launched on
(b) 2nd October 1952
(a) 2nd October 1953 (d) 2nd October 1950
(c) 2nd October 1951
 (b) Parliamentary system
(d) Collegiate executive
(146) Political homogeneity is a feature of
(a) Presidential system

(c) Democratic system

(147)To organize village Panchayath as units of self government is an example of
(a) Liberal principle (b) Economic principle
(c) Gandhian principle (d) None of these
(148)The age to exercise franchise was reduced from 21 years to 18 years by
(a) 42nd amendment (b) 44th amendment
(c) 61st amendment (d) 72nd amendment

(149)The President of India can dissolve the House of People on the recommendation of the
(a) Vice President (b) Chief Justice
(c) Cabinet (d) Council of Ministers
(150) Motion suggesting that expenditure earmarked for particular ministry should be reduced is
known as

(a) Adjournment motion (c) Privilege motion

(b) Cut motion (d) Call of attention motion

(151)A member of the Parliament formally loss his membership if he consecutively abstain
himself from
sitting of the House
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 60 (d) 90

(152) In India a person can be a member of the Council of Ministers without being a
Member of Parliament for a maximum period
(a) 1 month (b) 6 month (c) 1 year (d) 2 years
(153)Who is the Head of the Government in India?
(a) The President (b) the Prime Minister
(c) the speaker (d) the Deputy Chairman of Rajya sabha
(154)The Governor of a state can nominate how many members to the Legislative Assembly?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 5
(155)Which among the following type of authority is given to the President of India?
(a) Political (b) Defacto (c) Dejure (d) Popular
(156)The Public Accounts Committee submits its report to the
(a) President (b) Prime Minister
(c) Council of States (d) House of the People

(157)The revenue estimate of a budget are prepared by

(a) Estimates Committee (b) Central Ministry of Finance
(c) Union Council of Ministers (d) Respective Ministers

(158) The committee which examine the extravagance of the government

(a) Public Accounts Committee (b) Estimates Committee
(c) Public Undertaking Committee (d) Ad hoc Committee

(159)The budget is an instrument of control by

(a) the Government (b) the Executive
(c) the Legislature (d) the Judiciary
(160)Separate electorate for Muslims were introduced by the Act of
(a) 1919 (b) 1935 (c) 1909 (d) 1947

(161)The Cabinet Mission was appointed

(a) To work out the modalities for the transfer of power
(b) to finalise the date for the transfer of power
(c) To discuss the Plan of partition
(d) to partition of Bengal

(162) Provincial autonomy was introduced by the Act of

(a) 1935 (b) 1919
(b) (c) 1909 (d) 1947

(163)The interim government proposed under the Cabinet Mission Plan

was formed on

(a) 15th August 1946 (b) 2nd September 1946

(c) 26th July 1947 (d) 26th January 1950

(164)The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act in

(a) July 1947 (b) January 1947
(c) June 1947 (d) August 1947

(165)Periodic elections to the local bodies are made mandatory by

(a) 72nd amendment (b) 73rd amendment
(c) 86th amendment (d) 87th amendment

(166)Balvant Rai Mehta Committee was appointed to review

(a) National Extension Service (b) Panchayati Raj
(c) Electoral system (d) Community Development
Programme

(167)The Committee appointed in 1977 to study the working of Panchayati Raj

institutions was under the chairmanship of
(a) Balvant Rai Mehta (b) Ashok Mehta
(c) GVK Rao (d) LM Singhvi
(168)Mandal Commission recommendations were appointed by
(a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) A B Vajpayee
(c) P V Narasimha Rao (d) V P Singh
(169)Minto Morley Reforms is also known as
(a) Government of India Act 1919 (b) Government of India Act 1892
(c) Government of India Act 1935 (d) Government of India Act 1909
(170)How many duties are included in the Constitution as Fundamental Duties?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 6
(171)From among the following which amendment of the Constitution of India made
education to Children as a Fundamental Duty?
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(a) 86 (b) 85 (c) 42 (d) 72
(172)National Development Council was constituted in
(a) 1950 (b) 1951 (c) 1952 (d) 1947
(173)The qualification for the Chairman and the members of the Finance Commission are
specified in
(a) Finance Act of 1951 (b) Finance Act of 1952
(c) Finance Act of 1950 (d) Finance Act of 1953

(174)Finance Commission is constituted every 5 years by the

(a) President (b) Parliament
(c) Union Council of Ministers (d) Speaker

(175)The states enjoy exclusive jurisdiction over subjects of

(a) Union list (b) State list
(c) Residuary List (d) Concurrent list

(176)Which is the list that contains subjects in which both the centre and the states can legislate?

(a) Union list (b) State list

(c) Residuary list (d) Concurrent list
(177)The authority to alter the boundaries of state in India rests with
(a) State government (b) Parliament
(c) Prime Minister (d) President
(178)The Union Government gives grants-in-aid to the states on the recommendations of the
(a) Planning Commission (b) National Integration Council
(c) Finance Commission (d) National Development Council
(179)Which among the following is empowered to constitute Inter State Council?
(a) The Parliament (b) The President
(c) The National Development Council (d) The Planning Commission
(180)The salary of judges during their offices can be reduced by the
(a) Article 352 (b) Article 356 (c) Article 360 (d) Article 359
(181) The unlawful detention of a person is questioned by the writ of
(a) Habeas Corpus (b) Certiorari
(c) Quo Warranto (d) Mandamus
(182)The High Court in India do not possess
(a) Original jurisdiction (b) Appellate jurisdiction
(c) Advisory jurisdiction (d) Revisory jurisdiction
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(183)Provisions under 9 schedule
(a) Can be challenged in a court of law (b) Cant challenge in a court of law
(c) Can seek opinion in a court of law (d)None of these
(184)Under which article of the Constitution the Supreme Court of India has been established
(a) 24 (b) 124 (c) 224 (d) 231
(185) The High Court has the power to issue writ under article
(a) 32 (b) 220 (c) 226 (d) 344
(186)The power of the Supreme Court can be enlarged by
(a) Cabinet (b) Parliament
(c) President (d) Chief Justice
(187)Judge of the Supreme Court can be removed from offices by
(a) Executive order (b) Impeachment
(c) Judicial order (d) Bureaucracy

(188)Which article of the Constitution of India deals with the Advisory jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court
(a) Article 74 (b) Article 142 (c) Article 143 (d) Article 147
(189) Subjects in the -------------- schedule is beyond the scope of Judicial Review

(a) 8th (b) 9th

(c) 12th (d) 3rd

(190)The Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court was adopted from the Constitution of

(a) Germany (b) US (c) Australia (d)

Canada

(191)The Union Legislature in India is empowered

(a) Not to amend the basic structure of the Constitution
(b) to amend the basic structure of the Constitution
(c) To abrogate the basic structure
(d) None of these

(192)Preventive Detention is a reasonable restriction on

(a)Article 14 (b) Article 19
(c)Article 21 (d) Article 32
(193)Which of the following is the inevitable outcome of liberalization?
(a) Retrace of the state (b) reentry of the state
(c) Neutrality of the state (d) None of these
(194) which of the following is inherent in communalism
(a) Peace for all religious sects (b) racial overtone
(c) Ethnic rivalry (d) Antagonistic assertion in all spheres of life
(195)Communalism is opposed to
(a)Secular credential (b) ethnic conflict
(c) friendship between class (d) All of the above
(196) Globalisation gives primacy to unbriddled
(a) Welfare means (b) Trade
(c) Socialism (d) Consumerism
(197)Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is contained in
(a) Article 131 (b) Article 129
(c) Article 132 (d) Article 136
(198) The power of the President to consult the Supreme Court is under Article
(a) 132 (b) 143 (C) 136 (d) 131
(199)The sequence of procedure for passing a Bill in the House is
(a) First reading, Committee stage, report stage, second reading, third reading
(b) First reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading
(c) First reading, second reading, third reading, Committee stage, report stage
(d) First reading, Committee stage, second reading, third reading

(200)In a federal system the guardian of the Constitution is

(a) the Parliament (b) the Judiciary
(c) the council of Ministers (d) the National Security Advisor
 ANSWER KEY

(1) (a) 97 subjects

(2) (c) Preamble
(3) (b) the Cabinet Mission
(4) (b) Russian Constitution
(5) (d) Article 51 A
(6) (b) Legal Right
(7) (c) Article 32
(8) (d) Mandamus
(9) (a) Right to adequate means of livelihood
(10) (b) Irish Constitution
(11) (a) Fundamental Rights
nd
(12) (d) 42
(13) (c) Combination of rigidity and flexibility
(14) (b) 19
(15) (b) non-justiciable
nd
(16) (b) 42
(17) (c) 31
nd
(18) (d) 42
(19) (a) Fundamental Duties
(20) (c) partly rigid and flexible
rd
(21) (b) 73
(22) (c) State list
(23) (d) Article 40
(24) (b) State Election Commission
(25) (a) Prime Minister
(26) (a) The President
(27) (c) 6 years
(28) (b) adjourn
(29) (d) 6 weeks from the date of assembly of the Parliament
(30) (b) The Speaker
(31) (a) Governor
(32) (c) Speaker
(33) (b) 368
(34) (b) Vice President
(35) (b) the state
(36) (c) 2
(37) (b) 12
(38) (c) 543
(39) (c) Proterm speaker
(40) (b) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
(41) (c) 3
(42) (a) Writ
(43) (d) national emergency
(44) (d) Right to Constitutional remedies
(45) (b) 6
 nd
(46) (c) 42
st
(47) (a) 71
(48) (a) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
(49) (d) 6 Fundamental Freedoms
(50) (b) President
(51) (b) Right to Property
(52) (d) They can be enforced and safeguarded by the courts
(53) (a) 352
(54) (c) Article 21
(55) (b) 19
(56) (a) German Constitution
(57) (c) Swiss Constitution
(58) (a) Britain
(59) (c) 356
(60) (a) President
(61) (d) one year
(62) (b) 238
(63) (c) Council of Ministers
(64) (c) 1976
(65) (a) President
(66) (b) Parliamentary Committee
(67) (c) 6 months
(68) (a) Constitutional head
(69) (b) Both Houses of Parliament
(70) (d) 5 months
(71) (a) Panchayath system
(72) (c)Vice President, House of People and Council of states
(73) (d) Elected members of both Houses of Parliament and both Houses of the state
legislatures
(74) (a) Snap poll
(75) (b) prorogue
(76) (a) The interval between the prorogation of Parliament and its reassembly
(77) (a) to maintain status quo
(78) (d) 14 days
(79) (a) Oral answer
(80) (b) non votable
(81) (c) 2/3 majority
(82) (d) Both Houses of Parliament
(83) (b) Speaker
(84) (a) Both Houses of Parliament
(85) (d) written answer
(86) (b) Speaker
(87) (d) James Madison
(88) (a) Article 74
(89) (a) Only suspensive veto
(90) (b) House of the People
(91) (b) Article 200
(92) (c) Covenant
(93) (a) Sarkaria Commission
(94) (d) Centre
(95) (b) the unitary features
(96) (c) Prime Minister
(97) (d) Canadian Federal system
(98) (b) 1935
(99) (b) Unitary nature
(100) (a) Centre-state relations
(101) (d) Article 263
(102) (a) Central cabinet ministers
(103) (a) Planning Commission
(104) (c) Prime Minister
(105) (d) the executive is responsible to the Legislature

(106) (a) it has an elected Head of the state

(107) (c) President
(108) (a) 1950
(109) (d) it is Presidential
(110) (b) USA
(111) (b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(112) (d) Canada
(113) (d) VII
(114) (a) Enacted one
(115) (b) 1919
(116) (c) 1935
(117) (c) Jawaharalal Nehru
(118) (b) July 1946
(119) (a) Government of India Act 1919
(120) (b) Minto Morley Reforms
(121) (a) January 1947
(122) (c) 7 members
(123) (c) 395 articles
th
(124) (a) 26 January 1950
(125) (b) Indian Council Act 1909
(126) (c) 36-51
(127) (a) Article 368
(128) (b) Australia
(129) (a) Irish
(130) (c) US
(131) (d) Article 352
(132) (b) 12-36
(133) (c) 1976
th
(134) (b) 44 amendment
(135) (d) responsibility
(136) (c) President
(137) (b) USA
(138) (b) Prime Minister
(139) (c) Members of both Houses of Parliament
(140) (c) To establish a religious state
(141) (a) Real power
(142) (b) division of power
(143) (a) the Parliament
nd
(144) (b) 2 October 1952
nd
(145) (a) 2 October 1953
(146) (b) Parliamentary system
(147) (c) Gandhian principle
st
(148) (c) 61 amendment
(149) (d) Council of Ministers
(150) (b) Cut motion
(151) (c) 60
(152) (b) 6 month
(153) (b) the Prime Minister
(154) (c) 1
(155) (c) Dejure
(156) (d) House of the People
(157) (b) Central Ministry of Finance
(158) (b) Estimates Committee
(159) (c) the Legislature
(160) (a) 1919
(161) (a) To work out the modalities for the transfer of power
(162) (a) 1935
nd
(163) (b) 2 September 1946
(164) (c) June 1947
rd
(165) (b) 73 amendment
(166) (d) Community Development Programme
(167) (b) Ashok Mehta
(168) (d) V P Singh
(169) (a) Government of India Act 1909
(170) (b) 11
th
(171) (a) 86
(172) (c) 1952
(173) (a) Finance Act of 1951
(174) (a) President
(175) (b) State list
(176) (d) Concurrent list
(177) (b) Parliament
(178) (c) Finance Commission
(179) (b) The President
(180) (c) Article 360
(181) (a) Habeas Corpus
(182) (c) Advisory jurisdiction
(183) (b) Cant challenge in a court of law
(184) (b) 124
(185) (c) 226
(186) (b) Parliament
(187) (b) Impeachment
(188) (c) Article 143
th
(189) (b) 9
(190) (d) Canada
(191) (a) Not to amend the basic structure of the Constitution
(192) (c)Article 21
(193) (a) Retrace of the state
(194) (d) antagonistic assertion in all spheres of life
(195) (a) secular credential
(196) (d) Consumerism
(197) (a) Article 131
(198) (b) 143
(199) (b) First reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage, third reading
(200) (b) the judiciary