Indian Constitution Questions PDF

Constitution Questions 1. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution? A. Answer: B. R. Ambedkar 2. Who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly? A. Answer: Rajendra Prasad 3. The idea of the Constitution of India was first of all given by whom? A. Answer: M. N. Roy 4. Constitut...

Constitution Questions 1. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution? A. Answer: B. R. Ambedkar 2. Who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly? A. Answer: Rajendra Prasad 3. The idea of the Constitution of India was first of all given by whom? A. Answer: M. N. Roy 4. Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on? A. Answer: 26 November, 1949 5. Constitution of India came into effect from? A. Answer: 26 January, 1950 6. The Constituent Assembly took how much time to finally complete the Constitution? A. Answer: 2 years, 11 months, and 18 days 7. The first linguistic state of Andhra came into existence on? A. Answer: 1st October, 1953 8. The first speaker of the Lok Sabha was? A. Answer: G. V. Mavalankar 9. The Constituent Assembly for undivided India first met on? A. Answer: 9th December, 1946 10. The Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of? A. Answer: UK 11. Which words were added to the 'Preamble to the Constitution' through the 42nd amendment act? A. Answer: Socialist, Secular, Integrity 12. Under which article can the President declare State Emergency? A. Answer: Article 356 13. The insertion of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity in the Preamble is derived from? A. Answer: French Revolution 14. Which Fundamental Right is also available to a foreigner on the soil of India? A. Answer: Right to Life 15. From which country's Constitution has the Right to Equality been borrowed? A. Answer: Britain 16. Which article defines Equality before law and equal protection of law? A. Answer: Article 14 17. The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands was changed to Lakshadweep in which year? A. Answer: 1973 18. The members of the Lok Sabha hold office for a term of? A. Answer: 5 years 19. The minimum age to qualify for election to the Lok Sabha is? A. Answer: 25 years 20. Which is the fourth estate in democracy? A. Answer: Media 21. Right to Property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by which amendment? A. Answer: 44th Amendment 22. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India? A. Answer: President 23. Which Fundamental Right has been described by Dr. Ambedkar as the "heart and soul of the Constitution"? A. Answer: Right to Constitutional Remedies 24. The Objectives Resolution, which laid down the main objectives to guide the deliberations of the Assembly, was moved by? A. Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru 25. The minimum age of a voter in India is? A. Answer: 18 years 26. What is the minimum permissible age for employment in any factory or mine? A. Answer: 14 years 27. Which state government has prohibited the use of the word 'Harijan' and replaced it with 'Anusuchit Jati' in official work? A. Answer: Uttar Pradesh 28. From which country's Constitution has the Rule of Law been borrowed? A. Answer: UK 29. Fundamental duties were incorporated in the Indian Constitution in which year? A. Answer: 1976 30. From which country's Constitution has the distribution of powers between Union and State been borrowed? A. Answer: Canada 31. In which year was the Constitution of India amended for the first time? A. Answer: 1951 32. Free and compulsory education to all children from 6-14 years of age was made a Fundamental Right by which amendment? A. Answer: 86th Amendment 33. Who among the following can suspend Fundamental Rights? A. Answer: President 34. Which article deals with the rights of citizenship for certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India? A. Answer: Article 8 35. In which year was Uttaranchal renamed as Uttarakhand? A. Answer: 2007 36. Who wrote the book “The Spirit of Laws”? A. Answer: Montesquieu 37. Which article states that there shall be a council of ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President? A. Answer: Article 74 38. Which amendment is related to Goods and Services Tax (GST)? A. Answer: 101st Amendment 39. Who is authorized to extend the jurisdiction of a High Court? A. Answer: Parliament 40. Who administers the oath to a judge of a High Court? A. Answer: Governor 41. What percentage of total votes is required by a party in the state in general or assembly elections to be recognized as a state political party? A. Answer: 6% 42. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 replaced which previous act? A. Answer: Consumer Protection Act, 1986 43. In which General Elections were Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used for the first time? A. Answer: 1982 44. Which of the following taxes are imposed and collected by the state government? A. Answer: Estate duty, Sales tax, Land revenue (All of the above) 45. Which article deals with the election of the Vice-President? A. Answer: Article 66 46. Who can remove the Vice-President from office? A. Answer: Parliament 47. The term of office of the Vice-President is? A. Answer: 5 years 48. Initially, how many members were part of the Constituent Assembly? A. Answer: 389 49. What was the number of articles at the time of the commencement of the Constitution? A. Answer: 395 50. Which Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with matters like the formation of a new State? A. Answer: First Schedule 51. Which house is called the Upper House of the Parliament? A. Answer: Rajya Sabha 52. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a time period of? A. Answer: 6 years 53. The Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution are derived from which country? A. Answer: Russia 54. Which article states that there will be a Vice-President of India? A. Answer: Article 63 55. The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha is? A. Answer: 552 56. The President of India can nominate how many members to the Rajya Sabha? A. Answer: 12 members 57. The Parliament or a state legislature can declare a seat vacant if a member absents himself without permission from sessions for? A. Answer: 60 days 58. What was the number of princely states in India at the time of partition? A. Answer: 562 59. The most controversial amendment passed during the emergency was? A. Answer: 42nd Amendment 60. Diet is the name of the Parliament of which nation? A. Answer: Japan 61. How many times has a financial emergency been declared in India so far? A. Answer: Never 62. The Supreme Commander of India’s Defence Forces is? A. Answer: President of India 63. What is the minimum age for a candidate to run for the office of the Vice-President? A. Answer: 35 years 64. By which amendment was Delhi made the National Capital Territory? A. Answer: 69th Amendment 65. How many Schedules are there in the Constitution of India? A. Answer: 12 Schedules 66. Who among the following became President of India without serving as Vice-President? A. Answer: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 67. The Constitution names our country as? A. Answer: India, that is Bharat 68. The "Bill of Rights" and "Judicial Review" are features of which country’s Constitution? A. Answer: USA 69. Which of the following was not a Union Territory before being accorded the status of a full-fledged state? A. Answer: Sikkim 70. Which President of India was the only person to be elected unopposed? A. Answer: 6th President (Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy) 71. Who was the Chairman of the Special Committee to examine the Draft Constitution of India? A. Answer: Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyer 72. What is the maximum age for a judge of a High Court to hold office? A. Answer: 62 years 73. Which was the first state in India to set up the institution of Lokayukta? A. Answer: Maharashtra 74. The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was added by? A. Answer: First Amendment 75. Which article made the right to form cooperative societies a Fundamental Right? A. Answer: Article 19 76. A Bill passed by the Parliament has to be signed by? A. Answer: President 77. The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) was established in which year? A. Answer: 2003 78. Which amendment increased the age of retirement of High Court judges from 60 to 62 years? A. Answer: 15th Amendment 79. How many times can a person be elected as the President of India? A. Answer: No bar 80. Which of the following is not a language included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution? A. Answer: English 81. Into how many parts has the Indian Constitution been divided? A. Answer: 22 parts 82. How many members retire from the Rajya Sabha every second year? A. Answer: 1/3 83. According to the provisions of the Constitution, which one of the following can be abolished? A. Answer: Legislative Council 84. In the Panchayati Raj system, the 'Panchayat Samiti' is constituted at the? A. Answer: Block level 85. In India, there is? A. Answer: Multi-party system 86. Who was the first Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha? A. Answer: S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao 87. The legislature having two houses is known as? A. Answer: Bicameral 88. "Democracy is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people." Whose statement is this? A. Answer: Abraham Lincoln 89. The official legal advisor to the State Government is? A. Answer: The Advocate-General 90. How many women were elected to the First Lok Sabha? A. Answer: 22 91. Name the Chairman of the Committee on whose recommendations the Panchayati Raj system with two tiers was introduced in India. A. Answer: Balwant Rai Mehta 92. Which President of India was elected unopposed? A. Answer: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 93. A judge of a High Court can resign from his/her office by writing to? A. Answer: President of India 94. The first Chairman of the Rajya Sabha was? A. Answer: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 95. Who was the first Governor-General of free India? A. Answer: Lord Mountbatten 96. In which state were EVMs used for the first time in general elections? A. Answer: Goa 97. In the first General Election to the Lok Sabha in 1952, how many national parties contested? A. Answer: 14 98. How many parts of the Constitution are specifically related to emergency provisions? A. Answer: 3 (Part XVIII - Emergency Provisions) 99. What is the term for a legislature with only one house? A. Answer: Unicameral 100. Which amendment added the concept of fundamental duties to the Indian Constitution? A. Answer: 42nd Amendment