General Awareness Quiz on Indian constitution
This quiz comprises questions related to Indian Polity and Constitution with the explanation of answers.
Q1. What does republic mean in the Indian Constitution?
'Republic' is a State in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives. It has an elected head of state rather than a monarch.
Q2. Which one is not the Component of the Preamble?
The preamble declares India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic. The objectives stated by the Preamble are to secure justice, liberty, and equality for all citizens and promote fraternity to maintain the unity and integrity of the nation.
Q3. How many articles, parts, and schedules are in the Indian constitution?
At its enactment, it had 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules. At about 145,000 words, it is the second-longest active constitution—after the Constitution of Alabama—in the world.
Q4. Who prepared the manuscript of the Constitution of India?
Prem Behari Narain Raizada was an Indian calligrapher. He is notable for being the calligrapher who hand-wrote the Constitution of India.
Q5. Procedure for Amendment in Indian Constitution is given in which article?
Article 368 in Part 20 of the Constitution deals with the power of parliament to amend the constitution and its procedures. The procedure of amending the constitution has been adopted from the constitution of South Africa.
Q6. Which article if the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?
Abolition of Untouchability. To make an untouchability law further strong, parliament passed an Untouchability Offenses Act in 1955. However, this act was further amended and also renamed in the year of 1976 as Protection of the Civil Rights Act, 1955.
Q7. Who has the power to create new states?
Article 3 assigns to Parliament the power to enact legislation for the formation of new States. Parliament may create new States in a number of ways, namely by (i) separating the territory from any State, (ii) uniting two or more States, (iii) uniting parts of States, and (iv) uniting any territory to a part of any State.
Q8. Fundamental Rights are described in which articles of Indian Constitution?
Article 12 to 35 contained in Part III of the Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights.
Q9. Which of the following is not a fundamental right?
The Morarji Desai government eventually scrapped the fundamental right to property with the 44th Constitutional Amendment in 1978.
Q10. Who was the Constitutional Advisor of the Constituent Assembly?
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau CIE was an Indian civil servant, jurist, diplomat and statesman known for his key role in drafting the Constitution of India. He was the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly.
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