Indian Polity 1

1. Freedom to speech under the Indian Constitution is subject to reasonable restrictions on the grounds of protection of
   1. sovereignty and integrity of the country
   2. the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister
   3. the dignity of the council of minister
   4. all the above
   Answera
2. At present, right to property is a
   1. Legal Right
   2. Human Right
   3. Fundamental Right
   4. Natural Right
   Answera
3. The main objective of the cultural and educational rights granted to the citizens is
   1. to preserve the rich cultural heritage of India
   2. to evolve a single integrated Indian culture
   3. to help the minorities to conserve their culture
   4. all the above
   Answerc
4. Under the Indian Constitution, the responsibility for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights rests with
   1. the High Courts
   2. all District Courts
   3. the Supreme Court
   4. both a and c
   Answerd
5. A person can move the Supreme Court directly in the event of violation of Fundamental Rights under
   1. Article 19
   2. Article 32
   3. Article 34
   4. None
   Answerb
6. The Fundamental Rights of a citizen can be suspended
   1. by the Parliament through a law enacted by two-third majority
   2. by the President during a national emergency
   3. by the Supreme Court
   4. none of the above
   Answerb
7. For the enforcement of Fundamental Rights, the courts can issue
   1. a decree
   2. an ordinance
   3. a writ
   4. a notification
   Answerc
8. Which Fundamental Right granted by the Constitution prohibits traffic in human beings?
   1. right to equality
   2. right against exploitation
   3. right to freedom
   4. none of above
   Answerb
9. Legal Equality under the Indian Constitution implies that
   1. the state cannot enact different laws for different groups of people
   2. every body id equal before law
   3. there should be equality amongst equals and inequality among unequals
   4. there should be no special law for any category of people
   Answerc
10. Right to Property was eliminated from the list of Fundamental Rights during the tenure of
    1. Indira Gandhi
    2. Charan Singh
    3. Rajiv Gandhi
    4. Morarji Desai
    Answerd
11. Which authority can citizen approach for securing right of personal freedom?
    1. the Parliament
    2. the President
    3. Supreme Court alone
    4. both Supreme Court and High Courts
    Answerd
12. Which one of the following rights is/are available only to the citizens within the territory of India?
    1. freedom of speech
    2. right to form associations or unions
    3. equality before law
    4. freedom to assemble peacefully without arms
    Answera,b&d
13. The Constitution grants right against exploitation to
    1. Children
    2. Women
    3. Tribals
    4. Dalits
    Answera&b
14. Writs can be issued for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights by
    1. the Parliament
    2. the President
    3. the Supreme Court
    4. all the above
    Answerc
15. Which one of the following is a bulwark of personal freedom?
    1. Mandamus
    2. Habeas Corpus
    3. Quo Warranto
    4. Certiorari
    Answerb
16. Which of the following can amend the Fundamental Rights granted by the Constitution?
    1. the President
    2. the Supreme Court
    3. the Parliament
    4. none
    Answerc
17. The main objective of the Fundamental Rights is to
    1. ensure independence of judiciary
    2. promote a socialist pattern of society
    3. ensure individual liberty
    4. all the above
    Answerc
18. Under the Indian Constitution, a citizen
    1. cannot be deprived of his life and liberty under any condition
    2. can be deprived of life and liberty by the President during emergency
    3. can be deprived of life and liberty only in accordance with the procedure established by law
    4. none of the above
    Answerc
19. The writ of Habeas Corpus is issued
    1. by a superior court to the lower court directing it to transfer the record of proceedings in a case for its review
    2. in the form of an order calling upon a person who has detained another person to bring that person before court and show authority for such detention
    3. by a superior court to a subordinate court to do something in the nature of its allotted duty
    4. in the form an order to stop proceedings in a certain case
    Answerb
20. The writ of Quo Warranto is an order from a superior court
    1. whereby it can call upon a person to show under what authority he is holding the office
    2. directing to produce a person detained by an official before the nearest court within 24 hours
    3. to an inferior court to stop proceedings in a particular case
    4. to the lower court to transfer a case pending before it to the superior court for trial
    Answera
21. The writ of Mandamus is issued by a superior court
    1. to command a person or public authority to do something in the nature of public duty
    2. to produce an illegally detained person before a court within 24 hours
    3. to command a person or public authority to stop proceedings in a case in national interest
    4. in all the above cases
    Answera
22. The writ of Certiorari is issued by a superior court
    1. to command a person or public authority to do something in the nature of public duty
    2. to an inferior court to transfer the record of proceedings in a case for its review
    3. to command a person or public authority to stop proceedings in a case in national interest
    4. in all the above cases
    Answerb
23. Which of the following writs literally means 'you may have the body'?
    1. Habeas Corpus
    2. Mandamus
    3. Quo Warranto
    4. Certiorari
    Answera
24. A writ of Prohibition is issued by a superior court
    1. to prevent an inferior court or tribunal from exceeding its jurisdiction or acting contrary to the rules and natural justice
    2. to an inferior court or body excercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions to transfer the record of proceedings in a case for its review
    3. whereby it can call upon a person to show under what authority he is holding the office
    4. to an authority to produce an illegally detained person before the court for trial
    Answera
25. Which one the following writs literally means 'what is your authority'?
    1. Habeas Corpus
    2. Mandamus
    3. Quo Warranto
    4. Certiorari
    Answerc
26. Fundamental Duties of the Indian citizens were
    1. enshrined in the original Constitution
    2. added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment
    3. added to the Constitution by the 44the Amendment
    4. added to the Constitution in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment in Keshavananda Bharati case, with the consent of all the political parties
    Answerb
27. The Fundamental Duties of citizens
    1. lie scattered throughout the Constitution
    2. are contained in Part IV-A of the Constitution
    3. are contained in Schedule IX of the Constitution
    4. are contained in the Presidential order issued in 1979
    Answerb
28. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a duty of Indian citizens.
    1. To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and intergrity of the country
    2. to promoter harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood among the people of India
    3. to practice family planning and control population
    4. to protect and preserve the natural environment
    Answerc
29. The Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens were incorporated in the Constitution in
    1. 1952
    2. 1976
    3. 1979
    4. 1981
    Answerb
30. Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution to
    1. prevent misuse of Fundamental Rights
    2. curb subversive and unconstitutional activities
    3. curb the growing power of the executive
    4. make the Fundamental Rights more meaningful
    Answerb
31. What is the main sanction behind the Fundamental Duties?
    1. legal
    2. social
    3. moral
    4. all the above
    Answera
32. The Directive Principles of State Policy are contained in
    1. Part III of the Constitution
    2. Part IV of the Constitution
    3. Schedule VII of the Constitution
    4. None of the above
    Answerb
33. The Directive Principles aim at
    1. ensuring individual liberty
    2. ensuring strengthening of the country's independence
    3. providing a social and economic base for genuine democracy in the cournty
    4. achieving all the above objectives
    Answerc
34. The Directive Principles are
    1. positive instructions to the government to work for the attainment of se objectives
    2. negative injunctions to the government to refrain from encroaching on the freedom of the people
    3. directive to the state to enhance the international prestige of the country
    4. directives to the government to pursue a policy of non-alignment
    Answera
35. Which one of the following amendments accorded precedence to the Directive Principles over Fundamental Rights?
    1. 24th Amendment
    2. 39th Amendment
    3. 42nd Amendment
    4. 44the Amendment
    Answerc
36. In which part of the Constitution does the concept of welfare state find elaboration?
    1. Preamble
    2. Fundamental Rights
    3. Directive Principles of State Policy
    4. All the above
    Answerc
37. The Directive Principles of State Polciy are
    1. justiciable
    2. non-justiciable
    3. only some Directive Principles are justiciable
    4. none of the above
    Answerb
38. Who said in the Constituent Assembly that the Directive Principles of State Policy are like a 'cheque on a bank payable at the convenience of the bank'?
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. K T Shah
    3. B R Ambedkar
    4. K M Munshi
    Answerb
39. Under the Directive Principles of State Policy, the state is expected to provide free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of
    1. 14
    2. 14
    3. 15
    4. 16
    Answera
40. Which one of the following is a Directive Principle of State Policy?
    1. The state shall not deny to any person equality before law
    2. The stat shall no discriminate against any person on grounds of religion, race, caster, sex or place of birth
    3. Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form shall be punishable by law
    4. The state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment
    Answerc
41. The 42nd Amendment made additions to the Directive Principles with regard to which of the following three matters
    1. Participation of workers in the management of industry
    2. Minimising inequality in income and status
    3. Protection of the environment
    4. Free legal aid to the poor
    Answera,c&d
42. Article 40 of the Constitution of India states that "The State shall take steps to organise X and endow them with such powers and authority, as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self government." In this statement X stands for
    1. Village Panchayats
    2. Zila Parishads
    3. Inter State Council
    4. None
    Answera
43. The Directive Principles of State Policy seek
    1. to establish the supremacy of the Constitution
    2. to curb the authoritarian rule
    3. to strengthen judiciary
    4. to make the Constitution an instrument of social change
    Answerd
44. The enforcement of the Directive Principles of State Policy depends upon
    1. the resources available with the government
    2. the will of the government in power
    3. the judiciary
    4. all the above
    Answera
45. Which one of the following wanted the Directive Principles of State Policy to be the basis of all future legislation?
    1. B R Ambedkar
    2. Jawaharlal Nehru
    3. K M Munshi
    4. B N Rau
    Answera
46. In the event of non-enforcement of the Directive Principles of State Policy by the government, the citizen can approach
    1. the High Court
    2. the Supreme Court
    3. any court
    4. none of these
    Answerd
47. Assertion A: The Directive Principles of State Policy enshrined in the Constitution of India aim at providing the social and economic base of genuine democracy.
    Reason R: The Directive Principles are merely directives which the government has to keep in mind while framing policy and are not enforceable through courts.
    1. both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    3. A is true but R is false
    4. A is false but R is true
    Answerb
48. Which of the following statements regarding the Directive Principles of State Policy is/are correct?
    1. The framers of the Constitution borrowed the Directive Principles from the Government of India Act, 1935
    2. The Directive Principles aim at realising the high ideals of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity enshrined in the preamble to the Constitution
    3. The Directive Principles have to be kept in mind by the government while formulating policy and framing laws
    4. The Directive Principles are justiciable
    Answerc&d
49. Which amendment of the Constitution sought to enhance the importance of the Directive Principles by providing that no law passed to give effect to Directive Principles of State Policy contained in Articles 39(b) and 39 (c) shall be deemed to be void on the ground that it abridges the rights conferred by Articles 14 and 19?
    1. 24th amendment
    2. 45th amendment
    3. 42nd amendment
    4. 44th amendment
    Answerb
50. Which amendment of the Constitution accorded precedence to the Directive Principles of State Policy over the Fundamental Rights?
    1. 39th amendment
    2. 42nd amendment
    3. 44th amendment
    4. none of the above
    Answerb