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Q.1 Distribution of power between Union and state govt
policy borrowed from which nation?
Answer: - Canada
Q.2 The idea of ‘Single Citizenship’ taken from
which country?
Answer: - Britain
Q.3 By which legislation India and Pakistan
were divided into two independent nations?
Answer: Indian Independence Act of 1947
Q.4 Currently there are how many fundamental rights
are recognized by the Indian constitution?
Answer: There are six fundamental rights-
1) Right to equality
2) Right to freedom
3) Right against exploitation
4) Right to freedom of religion
5) Cultural and educational rights
6) Right to constitutional remedies
Q.5 Indian constitutional rights were inspired by
which historical documents?
Answer: France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and
the United States Bill of Rights
Q.6 Why 26 November is observed as Indian Constitution
Day or Samvidhan Divas?
Answer: Constitution Day which is also known as
Samvidhan Divas is celebrated on 26 November each year to commemorate the
adoption of Indian Constitution. On this day in 1949 the Constituent Assembly
of India adopted the Constitution of India that came into effect on 26 January
1950. Government of India declared 26 November as Constitution Day on November
2015 on an occasion of B. R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
Q.7 Who is empowered by the Indian Constitution
to appoint the Attorney General of India?
Answer: President of India
Q.8 Who is the only person holding the right of
appointment of Chief Justice of India?
Answer: President of India
Q.9 By which procedure the President of India may be
removed before the expiry of the term?
Answer: Impeachment
Q.10 Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of
India?
Answer: President of India
Q.11 Who appoints Vice President of India?
Answer: The Electoral College of India
Q.12 Who is the inaugural Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
Q.13 Who is the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1947-1950)
Q.14 Who is the first President of India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q.15 Who is the famous writer of ‘Introduction to the
Constitution of India’?
Answer: Durga Das Basu
Q.16 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.”?
Answer: Dr. Bhima Rao Ambedkar
Q.17 Who was the British Prime Minister during India’s
Independence?
Answer: Clement Atlee
Q.18 What was the Mountbatten Plan?
Answer: The Mountbatten Plan was an agreement between
Lord Mountbatten and Indian National Congress, Muslim League and Sikh community
Q.19 Who was the Governor-General during India’s
Independence?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
Q.20 Who is empowered to appoint the Judges of Supreme
Court?
Answer: President on the advice of the Chief Justice
Q.21 Who appoints the members of Council of Ministers?
Answer: President on the advice of the Prime
Minister
Q.22 Who appoints the Comptroller and Auditor
General(CAG)?
Answer: President appoints the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India
Q.23 Who appoints the Chairman and other members of
the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission)?
Answer: President
Q.24 Who can proclaim a Financial Emergency?
Answer: President can proclaim a financial
emergency
Q.25 How long the National Emergency can be imposed?
Answer: Six months. May be extended by six months
on Parliamentary approval.
Q.26 When the Preamble of Constitution of India
adopted by the constituent assembly?
Answer: - 26th Nov 1949
Q.27 How long it took to drafting the
Constitution of India?
Answer: - 2 years 11 months 18 days
Q.28 When the last session of the constituent assembly
was held?
Answer: 24 January 1950
Q.29 Who was the legal advisor to the constitution’s
Drafting Committee?
Answer: B. N. Rau
Q.30 Under which commission the first constituent
assembly election was held?
Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan 1946
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Q.31 How many members were there in Constituent
Assembly?
Answer: 389
Q.32 Constituent Assembly is based on which structure?
Answer: Unicameral
Q.33 Who is regarded as the chief architect of the
Indian Constitution?
Answer: B.R.Ambedkar
Q.33 When the Constitution of India came into effect
on?
Answer: 26th Jan 1950
Q,34 26th January was chosen as Republic day to
commemorate –
Answer: The Purna Swaraj Declaration in 1930
Q.35 Which day is observed as Republic Day every year?
Answer: 26th January
Q.36 How long earlier World War II had ended before
the Indian Constitution came into effect in 1950?
Answer: World War II had ended 5 years earlier in 1945
Q.37 Who was the chairman of the Minorities Committee?
Answer: Harendra Kumar Mukherjee
Q.38 Who was elected the president of Constituent
Assembly after Sachchidanand Sinha?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q.39 What are the two major languages, the original
constitution written in?
Answer: The original constitution written
in Hindi and English
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Q.41 Which most important feature made the Indian
Constitution unique to any constitution of the world?
Answer: Indian constitution is the only longest
written constitution in the world ever
Q.42 When Hindi became the Official Language of India?
Answer: The Indian Constitution declared Hindi as the
official language in 1950
Q.43 When English became the official language of
India across Hindi?
Answer: According to the Official Language Act 1963,
English became the official language of India in 1965 along with Hindi
Q.44 What was the basic structure of the Indian
constitution during the time of commencement?
Answer: During the time of commencement there
were 395 articles, 22 parts, and 8 schedules. The present structure
is 448 articles, 12 schedules, 5 appendices, and 100 amendments till
2015
Q.45 Who is the constitutional head of the Indian
union?
Answer: President of India
Q.46 Constitutionally who is the second powerful
person in India?
Answer: Vice-President
Q.47 One of the basic character of the Indian
Constitution is –
Answer: Judicial Review
Q.48 What is the major basic feature of the
Indian Constitution?
Answer: Fundamental rights
Q.49 When the Sarkaria Commission was set up?
Answer: 1983
Q.50 How the Sarkaria Commission is related to Indian
Constitution?
Answer: Sarkaria Commission can supervise the required
changes of the constitution and the balance of power between state and central
governments. Ranjit Singh Sarkaria is the head of this commission.
GK Questions on Constitution
Q.51 Directive principles of state policy in the
Indian Constitution has been adopted from which country?
Answer: Ireland
Q.52 What is the objective of Directive Principles of
State Policy of the constitution?
Answer: Directive Principles are the guideline to
making laws by the government. In part IV of the Indian Constitution, these
provisions can be enforced by the courts.
Q.53 What is the constitutional name of India?
Answer: Republic of India
Q.54 Which famous Bengali artists have a great
contribution in designing of Indian constitution?
Answer: Nandalal Bose including Biochar
Rammanohar Sinha
Constitutional facts: It is
notable that the Indian Constitution is influenced by the constitution of
different nations. As India is a large and densely populated country so it
took too much time to finish the original constitution. An expenditure of Rs. 1
Crore spent and almost 5 years took on this project.
Q.55 The fundamental rights feature borrowed
from which nation?
Answer: United States of America
Q.56 Who said this famous constitutional quote that
“Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic
gets sick, medicine must be administered.”
Answer: Dr. Bhima Rao Ambedkar
Q.57 Liberty, Equality and Fraternity are borrowed
features of which nationality?
Answer: French Constitution
Objective Questions on
Indian Constitution
Q.61 Which of the following is not a fundamental right
in the Constitution of India?
Answer: Right to work
Q.62 The Panchayath Raj system came in existence by
the ____ ?
Answer: 73rd Constitutional Amendment
Q.63 Fundamental Rights have no value without?
Answer: Right to Constitutional Remedies
Q.64 Who certifies a bill as a money bill when it goes
to other house or for President's assent?
Answer: Speaker of the House of People
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Q.65 Indian citizenship can be acquired by?
Answer: Any of the Indian natives.
Q.66 District Judges in a State are appointed by the….?
Answer: Governor
Q.67 According to the provisions of the Constitution,
the administrative control (posting, promotion, leave etc.) over the district
courts and other subordinate courts, shall be vested in the…
Answer: High Court
Q.68 If a stay order has been granted by the High
Court in a case, the application of the affected party by such an order shall
be disposed of by the High Court within a period of……
Answer: Two weeks
Q.69 The power to make rules for the transaction of
the business of the Government of Indian and for the allocation of business
among Ministers lies with the……
Answer: President
Q.70 Which Union territory sends their members to the
Council of States?
Answer: Pondicherry and Delhi
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