01. Which Schedule was added by 74th amendment?
12th
02. Which Schehule of the Constitution contains names and territorial extents of States and
Union Territories?
First
03. Which State has the largest number of members in Rajya Sabha?
U.P.
04. Which state has the largest number of members in the Constituent Assembly?
United Province
05. Which Union territory has the largest number of members in Rajya Sabha?
Delhi
06. Who presides over the joint sitting of Parliament?
Speaker of Lok Sabha
07. Who presides over the Lok Sabha?
Speaker
08. Who presides over the Rajya Sabha?
Vice President
09. Who represented Scheduled Caste Federation in the Constituent Assembly?
BR Ambedkar
10. Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?
BR Ambedkar
11. Who was the Constitutional advisor to the Constituent Assembly?
BN Rao
12. Who was the temporary chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
Sachidananda Sinha
13. The number of languages in the eighth Schedule of the Constitution:
22
14. The number of languages in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution when it was
brought into force:
14
15. Rajya Sabha is also known as:
Council of States
16. The first chairman of Rajya Sabha:
S Radhakrishnan
17. The first Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha:
SV Krishnamurthy
18. The first hour of every sitting of Lok Sabha is called the .......
Question Hour
19. The minimum age required to vote in Lok Sabha elections:
18
20. The tenure of member of Rajya Sabha is ...... years.
6
21. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha:
Vice President
22. Who was known as ‘father of Rajya Sabha’?
S Radhakrishnan
23. How many members are nominated by the president to the Rajya Sabha:
12
24. The number of elected members in Rajya Sabha at present:
233
25. The sovereignty under the Constitution of India vested with:
People
26. Which part of the Constitution of India represent the quintessence, the philosophy
and the ideals or soul of the Constitution?
Preamble
27. The date mentioned in the preamble of the Constitution:
26th November 1949
28. The status of India from 15th August 1947 to 26th January 1950:
Dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations
29. “The state shall have no religion of its own and all persons shall be equally entilted to
freedom of conscience and right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion”-
This principle is termed:
Secularism
30. As per the provisions of the Constitution the minimum strength of State Legislative
Assembly is:
60
31. As per the provisions of the Constitution, the strength of State Legislative Assembly
is limited upto:
500
32. Cabinet system in India was copied from:
Britain
33. From which country Ireland copied Directive Principles?
Spanish Republic
34. If the post of president is vacant, a new president will be elected within ..... months-
6
35. In case of resignation, the President submits his resignation letter to:
Vice President
36. In which case the Supreme Court gave the verdict that the preamble is a part of Constitution?
Keshavananda Bharati Case
37. India borrowed the idea of Fundamental Rights from the Constitutuion of:
USA
38. Legislative Assembly of which state has the tenure of six years?
Jammu & Kashmir
39. “A representative and responsible system under which those who administer the affairs
of the state are chosen by the electorate and accountable to them”- This refers to:
Democracy
40. Which term implies an elected head of state:
Republic
41. The minimum age required to become a candidate for the post of President:
35
42. The minimum age required to contest in the election to Legislative Assembly:
25
43. The minimum age required to vote in the election to Legislative Assembly:
18
44. The number of rooms in Rashrapathi Bhavan:
340
45. The number of states in India with Legislative Council, the second chamber of Legislature:
7
46. The official residence of the President of India, Rashrapathi Bhavan, was designed
by:
Edwin Lutyens
47. The idea of single citizenship has been copied from:
Britain
48. The idea of Suspension of Fundamental Rights during emergency has been copied from:
Weimar Constitution of Germany
49. The idea of the President is the executive head of the state has been copied from:
USA
50. The idea of Vice President as the chairman of upper house has been copied from:
USA
51. The idea of written constitution has been copied from:
USA
52. The Indian state where Article 356 of the Constitution was imposed for the first time:
Kerala
53. A democratic state with hereditary head of state:
Britain
54. A country with collective head of state:
Switzerland
55. The words included in the preamble through the 42nd Amendment:
Socialist, Secular , integrity
56. The words ‘Unity of the Nation’ in the preamble was substituted by ....... through
the 42nd Amendment:
Unity and Integrity of the Nation
57. In which year preamble was amended?
1976
58. Which amendment amended the preamble?
42nd
59. How many words are there in the preamble at present?
85
60. Who drafted the preamble?
Jawaharlal Nehru
61. The wording of the preamble of India is close to the preamble to the Constitution of :
Ireland
62. The idea of council of ministers are collectively responsible to the lower house of the Parliament has been copied from:
Britain
63. How many times the preamble has been amended?
Once
64. Ministers of the State Legislative Assembly are collectively responsible to the:
State Legislative Assembly
65. Name the country other than India to have Fundamental Duties in its Constitution:
Japan
66. Name the Union Territories that have Legislative Assembly:
Delhi and Puthucherry
67. President is empowered to declare how many types of emergency?
3
68. Rule of law has been copied from:
Britain
69. The distribution of powers between centre and states has been copied from:
Canada
70. The executive powers of the union of India is vested with:
President
71. The feature of Federal Scheme has been borrowed from:
Govt of India Act, 1935
72. The first in the world history to codify laws:
Hammurabi
73. The first law giver of the world:
Hammurabi
74. The idea of advisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court has been copied from:
Canada
75. The idea of appointment of Governors of States by the centre has been copied from:
Canada
76. The idea of Parliamentary privileges has been copied from:
Britain
77. The idea of placing the residuary powers with the centre was influenced by the Constitution of:
Canada
78. The idea of post of Vice President has been copied from:
USA
79. The idea of prerogative writs has been copied from:
Britain
80. The idea of President as the nominal head of the state has been copied from:
Britain
81. The idea of President is the supreme commander of the armed forces has been copied from:
USA
82. The idea of Public Service Commission has been copied from:
Govt of India Act, 1935
83. The Indian state where President’s rule was imposed for the first time:
Punjab
84. The law making procedure in India has been copied from:
Britain
85. The Legislative procedure has been copied from:
Britain
86. The member of the Constituent Assembly who made the remark that “The Preamble is
the most precious part of the Constitution. It is the soul of the Constitution. It is the key to
the Constitution”:
Thakurdas Bhargava
87. The method of election of president has been copied from:
Ireland
88. The only Indian state that has its own constitution:
Jammu & Kashmir
89. The ordinances issued by the President must be approved by the President within ......
weeks of the reassembly of Parliament:
6
90. The post of speaker of Lok Sabha has been copied from:
Britain
91. The system of Parliamentary Government has been copied from:
Britain
92. The system that the head of the state is a part of parliament has been copied from:
Britain
93. The tenure of member of Legislative Assembly is ...... years.
Five
94. The tenure of the president of India is ...... years.-
5
95. Union Territory in South India to have Legislative Assembly:
Puducherry
96. What is referred to as an ‘epitome’ of the broad features of the Constitution?
Preamble
97. What is regarded as the corner stone of modern democracy?
Magna Carta
98. Which Article of the Constitution deals with special provisions regarding Jammu and Kashmir?
370
99. Which Article of the Constitution is related to ‘Abolition of untouchability’?
17
100. Which Article of the Constitution is related to ‘Equality of opportunity in matters of
public employment’?
16
