Constitutional GK Flashcards
The Constitution of India was enacted by
a Constituent assembly set up in
July 1946
Who among the following was a member of the Constituent Assembly established in July 1946? (a) Vallabhbhai Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) K. M. Munshi (d) Abdul Kalam Azad
(c) K. M. Munshi
The idea of the Constitution of India was
first of all given by
(d) M. N. Roy
The Indian Constitution was enforced on
b) 26 January 1950
Who was the Chairman of the Constituent
Assembly?
(b) Rajendra Prasad
India became a sovereign, democratic republic on
(c) 26 January 1950
The Constitution names our country as
(b) India, that is Bharat
Who proposed the Preamble before the
Drafting Committee of the Constitution?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
When did the first linguistic state of
Andhra come into existence?
(b) 1 October 1953
Who was the fi rst speaker of the Lok
Sabha?
(a) Malgaonkar
The state of Bombay was bifurcated into
Maharashtra and Gujarat on 1 May in the
year
(d) 1960
Which of the following Union Territories
attained statehood in February 1987?
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
The 25th Indian state to achieve statehood
was
GOA
. The Constituent Assembly for undivided
India first met on
(b) 9 December 1946
. How long did the Constituent Assembly
take to finally pass the constitution?
(d) about 3 years since 9 December 1946
. The fi rst state to become bifurcated after
independence was
(b) Bombay
When the Constituent Assembly for the
Dominion of India reassembled on 31 October 1947 its reduced membership was
(a) 299
. For the philosophy underlying our Constitution, the historic ‘Objectives Resolution’
was moved in the Constituent Assembly
on (1) by (2)
- 22 Jan 1947
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
. The Indian Constitution closely follows
the Constitutional system of
UK
India opted for a federal form of government because of
linguistic and regional diversity
The concept of welfare state is included in
which part of the Indian Constitution?
Directive Principles of State Policy
Which of the following words were added to the ‘Preamble to the Constitution’
through the 42nd amendment?
(b) Socialist
The Constitution of India borrowed the
Parliamentary system of Government
from
UK
Which of the following is a feature of the
Parliamentary form of government?
Executive is responsible to Legislature
The Indian Constitution is regarded as
Federal in form and Unitary in spirit
The Constitution of India borrowed the
scheme of Indian Federation from the
Constitution of
Canada
Separation of the Judiciary from the Executive is enjoined by
Directive Principle
The word ‘Economic Justice’ is found in
Preamble, Directive Principles
The Preamble to the Indian Constitution
reads
(a) We, the people of India….adopt, enact
and give to India this Constitution
(b) We, the people of Constituent Assembly…. adopt, enact and give to India
this Constitution
(c) We, the citizens of India….adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution
(d) We, the people of India….in our Constituent Assembly…adopt, enact and
give to ourselves this constitution
(d) We, the people of India….in our Constituent Assembly…adopt, enact and
give to ourselves this constitution
The part of the constitution that reflects
the mind and ideals of the framers is
Preamble
The insertion of ‘Liberty, Equality and
Fraternity’ was derived from
French revolution
The correct nomenclature of India according to the Preamble is
Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic
