GK: Salient Features of the Constitution

      GK: Salient features of the Constitution

1. The Presidential Government operates on the principle of:

A) Division of powers between centre and states.
B) Centralisation of Powers
C) Balance of Powers
D) Separation of powers.

... Answer is D)

2. Which of the following countries have an Unwritten Constitution?

A) USA
B) UK
C) India
D) Canada

... Answer is B)

3. The Unitary System of Government possesses which of the following advantages?

A) Greater adaptability
B) Strong State
C) Greater participation by the people
D) Lesser chances of authoritarianism.

... Answer is B)

4. Which of the following countries enjoys a federal form of government?

A) China
B) USA
C) Cuba
D) Belgium

... Answer is B)

5. The English Crown is an example of:

A) Real executive
B) Quasi-real executive
C) Nominal executive
D) Nominated executive

... Answer is C)

6. The declaration that Democracy is a Government' of the people, by the people, for the people' was made by:

A) Abraham Lincon
B) Geogre Washington
C) Theodre Roosevelt
D) Winston Chirchill

... Answer is A)

7. What is Gandhi's definition of 'Ram Raj'?

A) Soverreignty of the people based on pure moral authority.
B) The rule as it was during the time of Rama.
C) The greastest good of all
D) The absolute power concentrated in the hands of a king.

... Answer is A)

8. The most essential feature of the Parliamentary form of Government is the:

A) Sovereignty of the Parliament
B) Written constitution
C) Accountability of the executive to the legislature
D) Independent Judiciary.

... Answer is D)

9. In Indian polity which one is Supreme?

A) The Supreme Court
B) The Parliament
C) The Constitution
D) Religion

... Answer is C)

10. In Indian polity, the executive is subordinate to the:

A) Judiciary
B) Legislature
C) Election commission
D) Union Public Service commission.

... Answer is B)

11.Who among the following gave the following statement about the Indian Constitution? 'Indian Constitution strikes a good balance between extreme rigidity and too much flexibility'.

A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) M.V. Pylee
C) Alexanderowicz
D) K.C. Wheare.

... Answer is C)

12. Assertion (A): Indian constitution is quasi-federal. Reason (R): Indian Constitution is neither federal nor unitary.

A) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B) Both A and R is true and R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

... Answer is C)

13. Which of the following official documents is related with India?

A) White Paper
B) Yellow Paper
C) Green Paper
D) Blue Book

... Answer is A)

14. Which one of the following is a basic feature of the Prersidential Government?

A) Rigid Constitution
B) Single executive
C) Supremacy of the Legislature
D) Residual Powers of the States.

... Answer is B)

15. Where was the concept of written constitution, first born?

A) France
B) USA
C) Britain
D) Switzerland

... Answer is B)

16. Where was the first parliamentary form of government formed?

A) Britain
B) France
C) Belgium
D) Switzerland

... Answer is A)

17. Who called Indian Federalism as the Co-operatice Federalism?

A) G. Austin
B) K.C. Where
C) Sir Ivor Jennings
D) D.D.Basu

... Answer is A)

18.The constitution of India is:

A) Rigid
B) Flexible
C) Very rigid
D) Partly rigid, partly flexible

... Answer is D)

19. The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme of Indian Federation from the constitution of:

A) USA
B) Canada
C) UK
D) Ireland

... Answer is B)

20. The federal system with strong centre' has been borrowed by the Indian Constitution from:

A) USA
B) UK
C) Canada
D) France

... Answer is C)