Indian Constitution: Basic Questions

1. A Constitution is

A. A set of ordinary laws
B. A set of financial laws
C. A set of official laws
D. The basic structure which defines the power of various organs of the state and the rights and duties of its citizens.

D. The basic structure which defines the power of various organs of the state and the rights and duties of its citizens.

2. Who made the Constitution of India?

A. The British Parliament
B. The Indian Parliament
C. The Queen of England
D. The Constituent Assembly



D. The Constituent Assembly

3. "All constitutions are the heirs of the past as well as the testators of the future." Among following, who made the above observation?

A. A. C. Dicey
B. Sir Ivor Jennings
C. A. B. Keith
D. V. N. Shukla


B. Sir Ivor Jennings

4. A Constituent Assembly is

A. Convened to make ordinary laws
B. Convened to change ordinary laws
C. Specially convened to frame the Constitution of the country
D. Convened to pass the budget of the country

C. Specially convened to frame the Constitution of the country

5. The demand for establishment of the Constituent Assembly was first made by the Indian National Congress in 1936 in its session held at

A. Wardha
B. Lahore
C. Lucknow
D. Faizpur

D. Faizpur

6. The Constituent Assembly was set up under the

A. Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946
B. Government of India Act 1935
C. Indian Independence Act 1947
D. Government of India Act 1919

A. Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946

7. The Cabinet Mission Plan was announced on

A. April 16,1946
B. May 16,1946
C. June 16,1946
D. July 17,1946

B. May 16,1946

8. The Constituent Assembly met for the first time on

A. December 9,1947
B. December 9, 1946
C. December 10, 1946
D. December 7, 1949

B. December 9, 1946

9.The Chairman of the Drafting Committee to prepare a Draft Constitution of India was

A. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
B. Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
C. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
D. Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru

A. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

10. The President of the Constituent Assembly was

A. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
B. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
C. Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

B. Dr.Rajendra Prasad