Indian Polity - Preamble / Sources of Our constitution

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Question - 1

The constitution of India republican because it

  • A provides for an elected parliment
  • B provides for an adult franchise
  • C contains a bill of rights
  • D has no hereditary elements

Question - 2

Which of the following feature does the Indian Constitution borrow from the Weimar constitution of Germany?

  • A The idea of the federation with a strong center
  • B the method of presidential election
  • C the Emergency powers
  • D Provision concerning the suspension of fundamental rights during National Emergency

Question - 3

Match List I (Provision of the constitution of India with List II (Source) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I List II
A. Directive principal 1. Constitution of Ireland
B. Emergency power of the president 2. Constitution of Germany
C. The union state relations 3. Constitution of Canada
D. Amendments of the Constitution 4. Constitution of South Africa
  • A A B C D 1 2 3 4
  • B A B C D 2 1 3 4
  • C A B C D 2 1 4 3
  • D A B C D 3 4 1 2

Question - 4

Which Constitution has inspired the Indian concepts of rule of law, parliamentary system and law-making procedure?

  • A US Constitution
  • B British Constitution
  • C Canada constitution
  • D All of the above

Question - 5

Which one of the following determines that the Indian constitution is federal?

  • A A written and Rigid Constitution
  • B An independent Judiciary
  • C Vesting of residuary powers with the centre
  • D Distribution of powers between the centre and States

Question - 6

Which one of the following describes India a Secular State?

  • A Fundamental Rights
  • B Preamble to the Constitution
  • C 9th Schedule
  • D Directive Prinicples

Question - 7

The Preamble enshrines certain ideals that were first spelt out in

  • A the speech by Jawahar Lal Nehru on the banks of Ravi when he called for Purna Swaraj
  • B the Nehru report
  • C a resolution adopted at Karachi session of the Indian National  Congress
  • D the objective resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly

Question - 8

Which of the following emerges clearly from the preamble?
1.When the Constitution was encated
2.The ideals that were to be achieved
3.The system of government
4.The source of authority

  • A 2,3 and 4
  • B 1 and 2
  • C 1,2 and 3
  • D 1,2,3 and 4

Question - 9

Which one of the following statements regarding the Preamble is correct?

  • A it is not enforceable in a court of law
  • B The Supreme court has recently ruled that it is not a part of the Constitution
  • C It has been amended twice
  • D All of the above

Question - 10

The part of the Constitution that reflects the mind and ideals of the framers is

  • A Directive principles
  • B Fundamental rights
  • C Preamble
  • D Citizenship
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