Indian Polity – Series 6


1)Who is the highest civil servant of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India ?

a) 6 years

b) Upto 65 years of age

c) 6 years or 65 years of age whichever is earlier

d) Upto 64 years of age

View Answer
Option – c)


2) Who presided over the inaugural meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India?

(a) Sachidananda Sinha

(b) B. R. Ambedkar

(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(d) P. Upendra

View Answer
Option – a)


3) Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru; M.A. Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were members of the Constituent Assembly of India

(c) The First Session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held in January, 1947

(d) The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th January, 1950

View Answer
Option – a)


4) Which one of the following Acts formally introduced the principles of elections for the first time?

(a) Indian Councils Act, 1909

(b) Government of India Act, 1919

(c) Government of India Act, 1935

(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947

View Answer
Option – a)


5) The Crown took the Government of India into its own hands by :

(a) Charter Act, 1833

(b) Government of India Act, 1858

(c) Indian Council Act, 1861

(d) Government of India Act, 1935

View Answer
Option – b)


6) Who among the following was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

(a) B.R. Ambedkar

(b) J.B. Kripalani

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

View Answer
Option – c)


7) The Indian Constitution closely follows the constitutional system of:

(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) Switzerland

(d) Russia

View Answer
Option – b)


8) Which of the following features and their source is wrongly matched?

(a) Judicial review – British practice

(b) Concurrent List – Australian Constitution

(c) Directive Principles – Irish Constitution

(d) Fundamental Rights – US Constitution

View Answer
Option – a)


9) In a Federal State:

(a) States are more powerful than the Centre

(b) Centre is more powerful than States

(c) a Presidential form of government functions

(d) Constitution effects division of powers between the Centre and States with safeguards against transgression of jurisdiction

View Answer
Option – a)


10) The Preamble of our Constitution:

(a) is a part of the Constitution

(b) contains the spirit of the Constitution

(c) is a limitation upon the granted power

(d) None of the above

View Answer
Option – b)