Indian Polity

MAKING OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT MCQs

Total Questions : 248

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Question 1. How many Articles are there in the Indian Constitution ?
  1.    396
  2.    399
  3.    395
  4.    398
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> 395
Answer: (c) It is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 448 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 100 amendments. Although the last article of the Constitution is Article 395, the total number, as of March 2012 is 448. New articles added through amendments have been inserted in the relevant location in the original constitution. In order not to disturb the original numbering, the news articles are inserted with alpha numeric enumerations. For example, Article 21A pertaining to Right to Education was inserted by the 86th Amendment Act.
Question 2. Which one of the following Acts formally introduced the principles of elections for the first time?
  1.    Indian Councils Act, 1909
  2.    Government of India Act, 1919
  3.    Indian Independence Act, 1947
  4.    Government of India Act, 1935
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: (a)
Question 3. The amendment procedure laid down in the Constitution of India is on the pattern of?
  1.    Constitution of UK
  2.    Government of India Act, 1947
  3.    Constitution of South Africa
  4.    Government of India Act, 1935
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Constitution of South Africa
Answer: (c)
Question 4. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly ?
  1.    C. Rajagopalachari
  2.    Jawaharlal Nehru
  3.    Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  4.    Dr. Rajendra Prasad
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: (c) On 29 August, 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed, with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman along with six other members assisted by a constitutional advisor.
Question 5. Match the following:




List I
List II


A. Govt. of India Act, 1919
1. Provincial autonomy


B. Govt. of India Act, 1935
2. Separate Electorate


C. Minto-Morley Reforms
3. Dyarchy


D. Cabinet Mission Plan
4. Constituent Assembly




Codes: A B C D
  1.    1 2 3 4
  2.    2 4 3 1
  3.    3 1 2 4
  4.    4 1 3 2
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> 3 1 2 4
Answer: (c)
Question 6. The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to the
  1.    Minto-Morley Reforms
  2.    Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
  3.    First Round Table Conference
  4.    Simon Commission
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Simon Commission
Answer: (d)
Question 7. Which of the following Acts gave representation to Indians for the first time in the Legislature?
  1.    None of the above
  2.    Indian Councils Act, 1919
  3.    Government of India Act, 1935
  4.    Indian Councils Act, 1909
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: (c)
Question 8. The Indian Constitution establishes a secular state, meaning:

  1. The State treats all religions equally.

  2. Freedom of faith and worship is allowed to all the people.

  3. Educational institutions, without exception, are free to impart religious instruction.

  4. The State makes no discrimination on the basis of religion in matters of employment.


  1.    I and II
  2.    I, II and III
  3.    I, II and IV
  4.    II, III and IV
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> I, II and IV
Answer: (c)
Question 9. Under whom among the following was the first draft of the Constitution of India prepared in October 1947 by the advisory branch of the office of the Constituent Assembly?
  1.    B.N. Rau
  2.    Jawaharlal Nehru
  3.    K.M. Munshi
  4.    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> B.N. Rau
Answer: (a)
Question 10. India is a republic because—
  1.    It is a parliamentary democracy
  2.    All of these
  3.    it is democratic country
  4.    the head of the state is elected for a definite period
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> the head of the state is elected for a definite period
Answer: (d) India is a republic because India elects its supreme head. It is called a republic because of the applicable definition of a republic: a form of government in which representatives are entitled to act on behalf of the people whom they represent.