1.

Under which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, has the Supreme Court of India
placed the Right to Privacy?

a) Article 15

b) Article 16

c) Article 19

d) Article 21

2. What is the position of the Right to Property in India?

a) Legal right available to citizens only

b) Legal right available to any person

c) Fundamental Right available to citizens only

d) Neither Fundamental Right nor legal right

3. Which one of the following categories of Fundamental Rights incorporates protection against
untouchability as a form of discrimination?

a) Right against Exploitation

b) Right to Freedom

c) Right to Constitutional Remedies

d) Right to Equality

4. Which Article of the Constitution of India safeguards one’s right to marry the person of one’s choice?

a) Article 19

b) Article 21

c) Article 25

d) Article 29

5. Consider the following:

1. Right to education.

2. Right to equal access to public service.

Which of the above is/are human rights/human rights under “universal declaration of human rights’’?

a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only

c) 3 only d) 1, 2, and 3

6. Which Article of the Constitution of India says, ‘No child below the age of fourteen years shall be
employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment’?

a) Article 24 b) Article 45

c) Article 330 d) Article 368

7.Which one of the following rights was described by Dr B R Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the
Constitution?

a) Right to freedom of religion

b) Right to property

c) Right to equality

d) Right to Constitutional remedies

8. In the Indian Constitution, the Right to Equality is granted by Five Articles. They are

a) Article 16 to Article 20

b) Article 15 to Article 19

c) Article 14 to Article 18

d) Article 13 to Article 17

9. Under the Indian Constitution, concentration of wealth violates:

a) The Right to Equality

b) The Directive Principles of State Policy

c) The Right to Freedom

d) The Concept of Welfare

1. Legislative function

2. Executive function

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

11. Which of the following is/are included in the Directive Principles of State policy?

1. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour

2. Prohibition of Consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of other drugs
which are injurious to health

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 Only

b) 2 Only

c) Both 1 and 2 Only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

12.Under the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest Dwellers (recognition of forest rights) act,
2006, who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of
individual or community forest rights or both?

a) State forest department

b) District collector / Deputy Commissioner

c) Tahsildar / Block development officer/mandal remove officer

d) Gram Sabha

13. A Writ of Prohibition is an order issued by the Supreme Court or High Courts to:
a) A government officer prohibiting him from taking a particular action.

b) The Parliament or legisIative Assembly to pass a law on Prohibition.

c) The lower court prohibiting continuation of proceedings in a case.

d) The Government prohibiting it from following an unconstitutional policy.

14. Who/Which of the following is the Custodian of the Constitution of India?

a) The President of India

b) The Prime Minister of India

c) The Lok Sabha Secretariat

d) The Supreme Court of India

15.The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by:

a) First Amendment

b) Eighth Amendment

c) Ninth Amendment

d) Forty second Amendment

16. Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

a) There is an independent judiciary in India

b) Powers have been clearly divided between the Centre and the States

c) The federating units have been given unequal representation in the Rajya Sabha

d) It is the result of an agreement among the federating units

17. Who of the following shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission to be laid
before each House of Parliament?

a) The President of India

b) The Speaker of Lok Sabha

c) The Prime Minister of India

d) The Union Finance Minister

a) Lok Sabha alone

b) Either House of Parliament

c) Joint Sitting of Parliament

d) Rajya Sabha alone

19. Which one of the following is part of the electoral college for the election of the President of India
but does not form part of the forum for his impeachment?

a) Lok Sabha

b) Rajya Sabha

c) State Legislative Councils

d) State Legislative Assemblies

20.Which of the following bodies does not/do not find mention in the constitution?

1. National Development Council

2. Planning Commission

3. Zonal Councils

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

21.Consider the following statements about the Attorney General of India

I. He is appointed by the President of India.

II. He must have the same qualifications as are required for a Judge of the Supreme Court.

III. He must be a member of either House of Parliament.

IV. He can be removed by impeachment by Parliament.

a) I and II b) I and III

c) II, III and IV d) III and IV

22.The power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court of India is vested in

a) The President of India

b) The Parliament

c) The Chief Justice of India

d) The Law Commission

23. The salaries and allowances of the Judges of the High Court are charged do the

a) Consolidated Fund of India

b) Consolidated Fund of the State

c) Contingency Fund of India

d) Contingency Fund of the State

24. The concept of Public Interest Litigation originated in

a) The United Kingdom

b) Australia

c) The United States

d) Canada

25. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the States falls
under its

a) Advisory jurisdiction

b) Appellate jurisdiction

c) Original jurisdiction

d) Constitutional jurisdiction

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26. In India, the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following?

a) Calcutta b) Madras

c) Bombay d) Delhi

27. Panchayati Raj was first introduced in India in October, 1959 in

a) Rajasthan b) Tamil Nadu

c) Kerala d) Karnataka

28. Which was the Capital of Andhra state when it was made a separate State in the year 1953?

a) Guntur b) Kurnool

c) Nellore d) Warangal

29. Who wrote the book-‘the story of the Integration of the Indian States’?

a) B. N. Rao

b) C.Rajagopalachari

c) Krishna Menon

d) V.P. Menon

30. What was the exact constitutional status of India on 26th January, 1950?

a) A Democratic Republic

b) A Sovereign Democratic Republic

c) A Sovereign Secular Democratic Republic

d) A Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic

31. The mind of the makers of the Constitution of India is reflected in which of the following?

a) The Preamble

b) The Fundamental Rights

c) The Directive Principles of State Policy

d) The Fundamental Duties

(a) Dr B.R. Ambedkar

(b) Dr.Rajendra Prasad

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d)C. Rajagopalachari

33. Which one of the following was created by the 'Pitt's India Act'

(a) Board of Control

(b) Board of Revenue

(c) Standing Council

(d) Court of Directors

34. Term 'Federal' has been used in the Indian Constitution in

(a) Part-III

(b) Article-368

(c) Nowhere in the Constitution

(d) Preamble

35. How many members can be nominated to both the Houses of the Parliament by the President ?

(a) 14

(b) 16

(c) 10

(d) 12

36.Under which Article of the Constitution can an individual move to the Supreme Court directly in case
of any violation of Fundamental Rights ?

(a) Article 31

(b) Article 32

(c) Article 28

(d) Article 29
37. The concept of Concurrent List in Indian Constitution is borrowed from the Constitution of

(a) U.S.A.

(b) Japan

(c) Canada

(d) Australia

38. Who admits a new State to the Union of India ?

(a) President

(b) Supreme Court

(c) Prime Minister

(d) Parliament

39. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with Election Commission ?

(a) Article 356

(b) Article 360

(c) Article 324

(d) Article 352

40 . If the President wants to resign, he shall address his letter of resignation to

(a) Vice-President of India

(b) Speaker of Lok Sabha

(c) Chief Justice of India

(d) Prime Minister of India

41.The ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble are borrowed from the Constitution of
which country?

[A] French Constitution

[B] Australian Constitution

[C] British Constitution

[D] USSR Constitution

[A] Prime Minister

[B] President

[C] Chief Justice of India

[D] Vice President

43.Who among the following has the power to prorogue the Lok Sabha?

[A] Speaker of Lok Sabha

[B] Chairman of Rajya Sabha

[C] President of India

[D] Chief Justice

44. What is the minimum age required to become a member of Lok Sabha?

[A] Twenty year's

[B] Thirty years

[C] Twenty two years

[D] Twenty five years

45.Which among the following Act suggested for the post called Comptroller and Auditor General ?

[A] 1909 Act

[B] 1919 Act

[C] 1935 Act

[D] 1947 Act

46. Who is the first law officer of the country?

(A) Attorney General

(B) Chief Justice of India

(C) Law Minister

(D) Solicitor General

(a) Stafford Cripps

(b) A.V. Alexander

(c) Lord Pethick Lawrence

(d) Hugh Gaitskell

48. The Constituent Assembly for undivided India first met on

(a) 6th December, 1946

(b) 9th December, 1946

(c) 20th February, 1947

(d) 3rd June, 1947

49. Who among the following was the Constitutional adviser to the Constituent Assembly of

India?

(a) Dr. B.N. Rao

(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(c) K.M. Munshi

(d) M.C. Setalvad

50.The word 'socialist secular' and 'unity and integrity of the Nation' were added to our

Constitution by :

(a) 42nd Amendment of the Constitution

(b) 44th Amendment of the Constitution

(c) 46th Amendment of the Constitution

(d) 40th Amendment of the Constitution