1. The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India on
- (a) 26 January 1950
- (b) 26 November 1949
- (c) 26 January 1949
- (d) 15 August 1947
Answer: (b) 26 November 1949
2. When did the Indian constitution come into force?
- (a) 26th Nov 1949
- (b) 15th August 1947
- (c) 26th Jan 1950
- (d) 26th Jan 1930
Answer: (c) 26th Jan 1950
3. Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
- (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- (c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- (d) Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
4. During negotiations for making the Constitution, the whites agreed to
- (a) The principle of majority rule
- (b) One person one vote
- (c) Accept some basic rights for the poor and the workers
- (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
5. The Constitution begins with a short statement of its basic values. What is it called?
- (a) Preface
- (b) Preamble
- (c) Introduction
- (d) Article
Answer: (b) Preamble
6. When did the Assembly adopt the Constitution?
- (a) 26 November 1949
- (b) 26 December 1949
- (c) 26 January 1950
- (d) 26 January 1949
Answer: (a) 26 November 1949
7. which of these countries is/are examples of a Republic?
- (a) USA
- (b) India
- (c) South Africa
- (d) All the above
Answer: (d) All the above
8. The Constitution begins with a short statement of its basic values. What is it called?
- (a) Preface
- (b) Preamble
- (c) Introduction
- (d) Article
Answer: (b) Preamble
9. How many amendments were considered before adopting the Constitution?
- (a) Around 500
- (b) Around 2000
- (c) Around 1550
- (d) Around 1000
Answer: (b) Around 2000
10. Who among these leaders was a bitter critic of Mahatma Gandhi?
- (a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- (b) Sarojini Naidu
- (c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
11. which revolution in the world inspired the Indians to set up a socialist economy?
- (a) French Revolution
- (b) Turkish Revolution
- (c) Russian Revolution
- (d) American War of Independence
Answer: (c) Russian Revolution
12. Mahatma Gandhi’s vision about the Indian Constitution was published in which magazine?
- (a) Discovery of India
- (b) Young India
- (c) New India
- (d) Indian Gazette
Answer: (b) Young India
13. Which of these did not form a part of the changed attitude of the South African government?
- (a) Discriminatory laws were repealed
- (b) Ban on political parties and media was lifted
- (c) Nelson Mandela was freed from imprisonment
- (d) More discriminatory laws were passed
Answer: (d) More discriminatory laws were passed
14. With the end of apartheid, who became the first President of the South African Republic?
- (a) F.W. de Klerk
- (b) P.W. Botha
- (c) Nelson Mandela
- (d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Nelson Mandela
15. What did the black population want in the new Constitution?
- (a) A black President
- (b) Substantial social and economic rights
- (c) Whites should be turned out of the country
- (d) Apartheid for the whites
Answer: (b) Substantial social and economic rights
16. What did the white minority want from the new Constitution?
- (a) Protect its privileges and property
- (b) A separate country for themselves
- (c) Reservation in the legislature
- (d) Some special rights
Answer: (a) Protect its privileges and property
17. According to which Act were the elections held to provincial legislatures in India in 1937?
- (a) Government of India Act, 1935
- (b) Government of India Act, 1919
- (c) Government of India Act, 1909
- (d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Government of India Act, 1935
18. Where was the 1931 session of the Indian National Congress held?
- (a) Nagpur
- (b) Karachi
- (c) Calcutta
- (d) Delhi
Answer: (b) Karachi
19. which of the following sentences is correct?
- (a) All countries that have constitutions are necessarily democratic
- (b) All countries that are democratic necessarily have constitutions
- (c) Both (a) and (b)
- (d) None of the above)
Answer: (b) All countries that are democratic necessarily have constitutions
20. when did South Africa become a democratic country?
- (a) 26 April, 1995
- (b) 26 April, 1994
- (c) 24 March, 1994
- (d) 27 April, 1996
Answer: (b) 26 April, 1994
21. On what charges was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment?
- (a) For treason
- (b) For breaking the laws
- (c) For corruption charges
- (d) for possessing illegal property
Answer: (a) For treason
22. Nelson Mandela remained in jail for
- (a) 28 years
- (b) 29 years
- (c) 30 years
- (d) 31 years
Answer: (a) 28 years
23. Which of the following sentences is wrong about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?
- (а) He was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee.
- (b) He was born in Maharashtra.
- (c) He was the law minister in post-independence India.
- (d) He was the founder of the Republican Party of India.
Answer: (b) He was born in Maharashtra.
24. In which way did the system of apartheid discriminate among the South Africans?
- (a) Restricted social contacts between the races
- (b) Segregation of public facilities
- (c) Created race-specific job categories
- (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
25. On what charges was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment?
- (a) For treason
- (b) For breaking the laws
- (c) For corruption charges
- (d) For possessing illegal property
Answer: (a) For treason
26. Name the organization that led the struggle against the policies of segregation.
- (a) African National Conference
- (b) African Neutral Congress
- (c) African National Congress
- (d) All National Party
Answer: (c) African National Congress
27. What is apartheid?
- (a) Election in proportion to population
- (b) Official policy of discrimination against the Blacks
- (c) Equality among all
- (d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Official policy of discrimination against the Blacks
28. Who prepared the Constitution for India in 1928?
- (a) Motilal Nehru
- (b) B. R. Ambedkar
- (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (a) Motilal Nehru
29. Which of the following sentences is correct?
- (a) All countries that have constitutions are necessarily democratic
- (b) All countries that are democratic necessarily have constitutions
- (c) Both (a) and (b)
- (d) None of the above
Answer: (b) All countries that are democratic necessarily have constitutions
30. Which of these features were accepted by all the Indian leaders much before they sat down to make the Constitution?
- (a) Universal adult franchise
- (b) Right to freedom
- (c) Protection of the rights of minorities
- (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
31. Which of these inspired our leaders while framing the Constitution?
- (a) Ideals of the French Revolution
- (b) Parliamentary democracy in Britain
- (c) Bill of Rights in the US
- (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
32. According to which Act were the elections held to provincial legislatures in India in 1937?
- (a) Government of India Act, 1935
- (b) Government of India Act, 1919
- (c) Government of India Act, 1909
- (d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Government of India Act, 1935
33. Name the body which framed the Constitution of India?
- (a) General Assembly
- (b) Constituent Assembly
- (c) Constitutional Assembly
- (d) People’s Assembly
Answer: (b) Constituent Assembly
34. Which revolution in the world inspired the Indians to set up a socialist economy?
- (a) French Revolution
- (b) Turkish Revolution
- (c) Russian Revolution
- (d) American War of Independence
Answer: (c) Russian Revolution
35. The Constituent Assembly met for how many days?
- (a) 114
- (b) 280
- (c) 365
- (d) 150
Answer: (a) 114
36. Which of these inspired our leaders while framing the Constitution?
- (a) Ideals of the French Revolution
- (b) Parliamentary democracy in Britain
- (c) Bill of Rights in the US
- (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
37. Which of the following combinations is correct regarding the ideals of our Constitution?
- (a) Secular, Sovereign, Socialist, Democratic Republic
- (b) Socialist, Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic
- (c) Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic
- (d) Secular, Socialist, Sovereign, Democratic Republic
Answer: (c) Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic
38. Which of these features were accepted by all the Indian leaders much before they sat down to make the Constitution?
- (a) Universal adult franchise
- (b) Right to freedom
- (c) Protection of the rights of minorities
- (d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
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