Questions: Making of Constitution

1. Who had given the idea of a Constitution for India first of all ?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Shri M. N. Roy
C. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru
D. None of the above

B. Shri M. N. Roy

2. June 3 Plan was also known as the

A. Mountbatten Plan
B. Cabinet Mission Plan
C. Wavell Plan
D. None of these

A. Mountbatten Plan

3. Which of the following was the original due date announced by Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, for transfer of power to the Indians ?

A. February 20, 1947
B. August 15, 1947
C. June 1948
D. June 1949

C. June 1948

4. Which one of the following was not a provision of the Indian Independence Act, 1947 ?

A. India was no more under the British Crown
B. The power of paramountcy of the British over the Indian States was not to lapse.
C. The British India was partitioned into two independent dominions, India and Pakistan .
D. The Indian States were given the option to join India or Pakistan or to remain independent

B. The power of paramountcy of the British over the Indian States was not to lapse.

25. The formation of an Interim government set up on September 2, 1946 was first envisaged by

A. Cripps Mission
B. Wavel1 Plan
C. Cabinet Mission Plan
D. None of these

C. Cabinet Mission Plan

6. The objectives resolution which formed the basis of the Preamble of the Constitution was moved in the Constituent Assembly on December 13, 1946 by

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

B. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

7. Indian Constitution is

A. Truly federal
B. Truly unitary
C. Federal with unitary bias
D. Federal with bias against the states

D. Federal with bias against the states

8. According to Article 1, the territory of India consists of

A. Union Territories
B. Territories of the states
C. Territories that may be acquired by the government
D. All of the above

D. All of the above

9. Constitutional government means

A. Government according to the terms of the Constitution
B. Government based on the law
C. A democratic government
D. All of the above

A. Government according to the terms of the Constitution

10. Governments are classified as Parliamentary and Presidential on the basis of

A. Relations between the executive and the judiciary
B. Relations between the centre and the state
C. Relations between the legislature and the executive
D. All of the above

C. Relations between the legislature and the executive