2 ND Hour Activity - 20 MCQ

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Logeshwar -132404032
2 hour Activity
16/10/20024

1.The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on:


a) January 26, 1950
b) August 15, 1947
c) November 26, 1949
d) January 30, 1948
Answer: c) November 26, 1949

2.Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: c) B.R. Ambedkar

3.The "Preamble" of the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the Constitution of which country?
a) United Kingdom
b) United States of America
c) Ireland
d) France
Answer: b) United States of America

4.Which of the following leaders proposed the Objective Resolution in the Constituent
Assembly?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: c) Jawaharlal Nehru

5.When did the Constituent Assembly first meet?


a) December 9, 1946
b) January 26, 1947
c) August 15, 1947
d) November 26, 1949
Answer: a) December 9, 1946
6.How many members initially signed the Indian Constitution?
a) 289
b) 299
c) 311
d) 315
Answer: b) 299

7. Who was the first President of the Constituent Assembly?


a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Sachidanand Sinha
Answer: d) Sachidanand Sinha

8.The "Directive Principles of State Policy" in the Indian Constitution are borrowed from the
Constitution of:
a) USA
b) Ireland
c) UK
d) Canada
Answer: b) Ireland

9.Which important feature of the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the British Constitution? a)
Fundamental Rights
b) Parliamentary System of Government
c) Directive Principles of State Policy
d) Judicial Review
Answer: b) Parliamentary System of Government

10.The idea of having a Constituent Assembly for drafting the Indian Constitution was first
mooted by:
a) M.N. Roy
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: a) M.N. Roy

11.The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 proposed:


a) Division of India into two nations
b) A federal structure for India
c) Partition of India
d) Direct rule by the British
Answer: b) A federal structure for India

12.The Constituent Assembly was formed as a result of: a) Cripps Mission, 1942
b) Cabinet Mission, 1946
c) Mountbatten Plan, 1947
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: b) Cabinet Mission, 1946
13. Which of the following acts was the precursor to the Indian Constitution?
a) The Indian Independence Act, 1947
b) The Government of India Act, 1935
c) The Government of India Act, 1919
d) The Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: b) The Government of India Act, 1935

14.The concept of ‘Judicial Review’ in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the
Constitution of:
a) Canada
b) Ireland
c) United States of America
d) United Kingdom
Answer: c) United States of America

15.The concept of the ‘Union of States’ in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from:
a) United Kingdom
b) Canada
c) France
d) Australia
Answer: b) Canada

16.Which of the following committees suggested the Fundamental Rights for the Indian
Constitution?
a) Nehru Committee
b) Motilal Committee
c) Sardar Patel Committee
d) Sapru Committee
Answer: b) Motilal Committee

17.The term 'secular' was added to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by:
a) 44th Amendment
b) 42nd Amendment
c) 73rd Amendment
d) 86th Amendment
Answer: b) 42nd Amendment

18.Which feature of the Indian Constitution ensures that no law passed by the legislature can
violate the rights guaranteed by the Constitution?
a) Fundamental Duties
b) Judicial Review
c) Rule of Law
d) Preamble
Answer: b) Judicial Review

19.Which feature of the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the Constitution of South Africa?
a) Procedure for amendment
b) Fundamental Duties
c) Judicial Review
d) Federal structure
Answer: a) Procedure for amendment

20.Which event is associated with the demand for a Constituent Assembly in India?
a) Simon Commission Report
b) August Offer, 1940
c) Cripps Mission, 1942
d) Mountbatten Plan, 1947
Answer: b) August Offer, 1940

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