ALL STATE JUDICIARY
Salient Features of Indian Constitution
Lecture-01
By- Atma Prakash Sir
QUESTION-01
#Q. By which Amendment Act of the Constitution, right to
education was made a Fundamental Right?
[Bihar APO 2011]
A. 42nd Amendment
B. 44th Amendment
C. 49th Amendment
D. 86th Amendment
QUESTION-02
#Q. The Constitution was finally signed by the members of the
Constituent Assembly on—
[UP JS 2018]
A. 24 January, 1950
B. 26 November, 1949
C. 17 October, 1949
D. 10 December, 1948
QUESTION-03
#Q. The Constitution of India is
[MP APPO 2009, HJS 2011]
A. Highly federal
B. Highly unitary
C. Neither federal nor unitary
D. Partly federal and partly unitary
QUESTION-04
#Q. Originally the Constitution of India had.....
[DU LLM Entrance 2020]
A. 395 Articles 22 Parts 8 Schedules
B. 359 Articles 20 Parts 8 Schedules
C. 414 Articles 24 Parts 12 Schedules
D. 141 Articles 22 Parts 12 Schedules
QUESTION-05
#Q. Sovereignty under Constitution belong to
[AJS 2011, PJS 2013]
A. the president
B. the parliament
C. the people
D. the executants, legislature and legislature
QUESTION-06
#Q. Consider the following statements:
The salient features of the Indian Constitution provide
1. single citizenship for whole of India
2. strictly federal form of Government
3. unique blend of rigidity and flexibility are
Which of the above statements correct?
[UPSC CS 1995, Bihar APO 2013]
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3
QUESTION-07
#Q. By which Amendment of the Constitution, the right to
property was altered as legal right?
[Bihar APO 2011]
A. 42nd Amendment
B. 43rd Amendment
C. 44th Amendment
D. None of the above
QUESTION-08
#Q. In which case it was held by the Supreme Court that the right to
trade on pavements is a Fundamental Right?
[Bihar APO 2011]
A. Sukumar Mukherjee v. State of Bengal
B. Fertilizer Corporation Workers' Union, Sindri v. Union of India
C. P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra
D. Sodan Singh v. New Delhi Municipal Committee
QUESTION-09
#Q. The relevance of Bill of Rights and Act of settlement under the
British Constitution is because these Acts have
[Bihar APO 2011]
A. provided more powers to King
B. provided less powers to Parliament
C. more powers to King to use prerogative
D. marked the victory of Parliament over the claim of Kings to govern
by the prerogative
QUESTION-10
#Q. According to Supreme Court decision in S.R. Bommai v. Union
of India, the Constitution of India is
[UP PCS CJ 2016]
A. Federal
B. Quasi federal
C. Co-operative union
D. None of the above a
QUESTION-11
#Q. Which Indian artist decorated the handwritten copy of the
Constitution?
[Guj HJS 2019]
A. Mihir Sen
B. S.N. Banerji
C. Mukesh Bandhopadhyay
D. Nandlal Bose
QUESTION-12
#Q. The Real Guardian of the Constitution of India is
[Goa APO 2017]
A. The Prime Minister
B. The President
C. Parliament
D. Supreme Court of India
QUESTION-13
#Q. The Indian Constitution provides a unitary State with subsidiary federal
features, rather than federal state with subsidiary unitary features." This statement
is of
[UP PCS CJ 2016]
A. Sir Ivor Jennings
B. A.V. Dicey
C. Prof KC Wheare
D. S.A. Desmith
QUESTION-14
#Q. Which one of the following is not an essential characteristic of a
federal Constitution?
[DAPP 2008]
A. Distribution of Powers:
B. Supremacy of the Constitution
C. Presidential form of Government
D. A written Constitution
QUESTION-15
#Q. In which one of the following cases Supreme Court had held that
"States" do not enjoy sovereignty under the Indian Constitution as it
does not provide for a DITUfederal character in the strict sense?
[UPSC CS 2006]
A. in re Berubari Union
B. State of West Bengal v. Union of India
C. State of Bombary V. R.M.D. Chamarbaugwala
D. Sankari Prasad v. Union of India
QUESTION-16
#Q. The Supreme Court of India described the Indian Constitution as 'not
truly Federal' in which one of the following cases.?
[UPSC CS 2003]
A. State of Bihar v. Shailbala Devi
B. The State of West Bengal v. Union of to India
C. Kameshwar Singh v. State of Bihar
D. O.K. Ghose v. E.X. Joseph.
QUESTION-17
#Q. Which of the following is not an official language of India according
to the eighth schedule of the Constitution?
[ILI (LLM) 2018]
A. Bhojpuri
B. Nepali
C. Maithili
D. Bodo
QUESTION-18
#Q. Which of the following category of judges is not mentioned in
the Constitution?
[CLAT (LLM) 2019]
A. Acting Judge
B. Additional Judge
C. Ad hoc Judge
D. Puisne Judge
QUESTION-19
#Q. The Ordinance making power of the President under the
Indian Constitution is:
[CLAT (LLM) 2019]
A. An Executive power
B. A legislative power
C. Quasi-legislative power
D. Quasi executive power
QUESTION-20
#Q. In which one of the following cases, n the Supreme Court has
held that the Government Employees can also file Public Interest
Litigation since the Right to Judicial Remedies is a Constitutional
Right available to all citizens of India?
[AILET 2018]
A. Vijay Shankar Pandey v. UO
B. T.S.R. Subramanian v. UOI
C. Manohar Lal Sharma v. UOL
D. Abhay Singh v. UOI
QUESTION-21
#Q. The Chief Minister of a State of India is not eligible to vote in the
Presidential election if
[AILET 2018]
A. He is an acting Chief Minister.
B. He himself is a candidate.
C. He is member of the Upper House of the State Legislature.
D. He is yet to prove his majority on the floor of the Lower House of
the State Legislature.
QUESTION-22
#Q. Which of the following is the appropriate qualification for
appointment as a judge of a High Court? He/she must
[ILI (LLM) 2018]
A. be an eminent jurist
B. has for at least ten years held a judicial office in the territory
of India
C. has been an IAS officer, familiar with legal knowledge for
ten years
D. has been a law minister for at least ten years
QUESTION-23
#Q. Consider the following statements with reference to the term
'Secularism’:
1. Secularism means that the State has no recognized religion of State
2. Secularism means that the States treats all the religions equally
3. Secularism means that the State regulates the relation of man with God
Which of these statements are correct?
[UPSC CS 2003]
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3
QUESTION-24
#Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes
given below the lists:
List -I List -II
A. Independence of 1. Administrative
Judiciary adjudication
B. Executive 2. Parliamentary form
Legislation of government
C. Quicial 3. Appointment and
Function transfer of Judges
D. Collective 4. Ordinance
Responsibility
[UPSC CS 2002]
QUESTION-24
Codes:
A. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
B. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
C. A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
D. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
QUESTION-25
#Q. The basic characteristic of a federal Constitution is that the
Constitution:
[UPSC CS 2001]
A. is written
B. provides for division of powers in writing
C. provides for separation of powers
D. is written and provides for separation of powers
QUESTION-26
#Q. Which one of the following is not a salient feature of the
Constitution of India?
[UPSC CS 2000]
A. Written Constitution and of the Constitution
B. Quasi-federal structure
C. Committed judiciary
D. Distribution of Powers
QUESTION-27
#Q. Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes give below
the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Republic 1. Head of the State is not a hereditary monarch
B Secular 2. State does not recognize any religion as a state religion
C. Democracy 3. A form of government which gets its authority from the
will of the people
[UPSC CS 2000]
Codes:
A. A-1, B-2, C-3
B. A-1, B-3, C-2
C. A-2, B-3, C-1
D. A-3, B-2, C-1
QUESTION-28
#Q. It has been observed by the Supreme Court of India that the world
'socialist' in the preamble enables the court to lean more and more in
favour of nationalization and state ownership of industry in:
[UPSC CS 1998]
A. Kesavanand Bharati v. State of Kerala
B. Excelwear v. Union of India
C. A.B.S.K Sangh (Railway) v. Union of India
D. Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India
QUESTION-29
#Q. The power to prorogue the House is vested in
[AILET 2017]
A. The Prime Minister
B. The Speaker
C. The Vice President
D. The President
QUESTION-30
#Q. Inspite of being a non-member, who among the following
can participate in the proceedings of either House of
Parliament, without having the right to vote?
[AILET 2018]
A. The Attorney General of India
B. The Vice-President
C. The Chief Justice of India
D. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
QUESTION-31
#Q. Which of the following questions is not relevant in determining the existence of a
constitutional convention?
[CLAT (LLM) 2018]
A. What are precedents?
B. Did the actors in the precedent belie that they were bound by a rule?
C. Are they justified in terms of morality
D. Is there any reason for the rule?
QUESTION-32
#Q. "Democracy and federalism are essential features of our Constitution and are par
of its basic structure." This observation was made in S.R. Bommai's case by
[UPSC CS 1997, CLAT LLM 2015]
A. Justice A.M. Ahmadi
B. justice JS. Verma
C. Justice P.B. Sawant
D. Justice S.R. Pandian
QUESTION-33
#Q. The structure of the Indian Constitution is
[UPSC CS 1997]
A. federal in form and unitary in spirit
B. unitary
C. unitary in form and federal in spint
D. pure federal
QUESTION-34
#Q. Assertion (A): In a federalism, there is division of powers between the Centre
and the States.
Reason (R): The legislation is not invalid merely because it incidentally encroaches
of matter which have been assigned to another legislature.
Codes:
[UPSC CS 1997, 1998, DHJS 2001]
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
QUESTION-35
#Q. Consider the following statements: The Indian Constitution is:
1. an unwritten constitution
2. a written constitution
3. largely based on the Government of India Act, 1935.
4. a gift of British Parliament Constitution of India Of these statement:
[UPSC CS 1996]
A. 2 and 4 are correct
B. 2 and 3 are correct
C. 1 and 4 are correct
D. 1 and 3 are correct
QUESTION-36
#Q. The Chairman and Members of the Union Public Service Commission are
appointed by:
[UP HJS 2018]
A. The Cabinet
B. The Chief Justice of India
C. The Prime Minister of India
D. The President of India
QUESTION-37
#Q. The words "Socialism" and "Secular" were inserted in the Preamble by the
[UPSC CS 1995, MPJS 2012]
A. Fifteenth Amendment
B. Thirty-ninth Amendment
C. Forty-second Amendment
D. Forty-fourth Amendment
QUESTION-38
#Q. The Constitution of India is federal in character because:
[UPSC CS 1994]
A. the Head of the State (the President) is elected by an electoral college consisting
of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and the elected
members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States
B. the Governors of States are appointed by the President and they hold office
during the pleasure of the President
C. there is distribution of power between the Union and the States
D. the amendment of the Constitution can be made only by following the procedure
laid down in the Constitution and in some cases the amendment requires
ratification by Legislatures of the States
