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PRELIMS MCQ’s:
1.
At the time of British rule in India, the direct elections were for the first
time
incorporated
under which Law/Act?
1) Indian Councils Act, 1892
2) Indian Councils Act, 1909
3) Government of India Act, 1919
4) Government of India Act, 1935
ANSWER:
2
Explanation:
The first attempt at introducing
a representative and popular element was made by Morley-
Minto Reforms or the Indian
Councils Act, 1909. The Act also provided for separate
representation of the Muslim
community and thus sowed the seeds of separatism.
2.
The federation as prescribed by Government of India Act, 1935 never came into
being
because?
1) It was optional for the Indian States
to join the federation
2) The administration of State
subjects like agriculture, law and order was under
Governor-General.
3) The Muslim League did not
support federalism, rather they wanted a strong
Centre to safeguard their
interest.
4) None of the above
ANSWER:
1
Explanation:
The federation as prescribed by
Government of India Act, 1935 never came into being
because it was optional for the
Indian States (or the Princely States) to join the federation.
And since the rulers of the
Indian States never gave their consent, the Federation as
envisaged by the Act of 1935
never came into being.
3.
Which of the following is/are the principal feature(s) of Government of India
Act,
1919?
1) Introduced dyarchy at the
Centre
2) Separated for the first time,
provincial budget from the Central budget.
3) Introduced separate
representation for the Muslim community and sowed
the seeds of separatism.
4) Introduced provincial autonomy
Select
the correct answer using the code given below:
1)
2 only
2) 1 and 3
3) 4 only
4) 2 and 4
ANSWER:
1
Explanation:
Though Government of India Act,
1919 relaxed the central control over the provinces by
demarcating and separating the
central and provincial subjects, the structure of government
continued to be centralised and
unitary. The Act, further divided provincial subjects into two
parts-transferred and reserved.
The transferred subjects were to be administered by the
governor with the aid of
ministers responsible to the legislative Council. The reserved
subjects, on the other hand, were
to be administered by the governor and his executive
council without being responsible
to the legislative Council. This dual scheme of governance
was known as ‘dyarchy’. Separate
electorate was introduced by the Morley-Minto Reforms or the Indian Councils Act,
1909
4.
‘Objective Resolution’ presented by Jawaharlal Nehru in December, 1946 is an
historic
event in the making of the Constitution. What did this resolution contain?
1) abolition of communal
electorate
2) the composition of the
Constituent Assembly
3) the fundamentals and philosophy of
the constitutional structure
4) ratified India’s membership of
the Common wealth
ANSWER:
3
Explanation:
On December 13, 1946, Jawaharlal
Nehru moved the historic ‘Objectives Resolution’ in the
Assembly. It laid down the
fundamentals and philosophy of the constitutional structure.
5.
A democratic polity is based on the doctrine of popular sovereignty. With
regard to
this
principle, consider the following:
1) Plebiscite
2) Referendum
3) Recall
4) Initiative
Which
of the above is/are used in direct democracy?
1) 2, 3 and 4
2) 1 and 2
3) 1, 2 and 3
4) All of the above
ANSWER:
4
Democracy is of two types-direct
and indirect. In direct democracy, the people exercise
their supreme power directly as
is the case in Switzerland. There are four devices of direct
democracy, namely, Referendum,
Initiative, Recall and Plebiscite.
In indirect democracy, on the
other hand, the representatives elected by the people
exercise the supreme power and
thus carry on the government and make the laws. This
type of democracy, also known as
representative democracy, is of two kinds—parliamentary
and presidential.
6.
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the Preamble of the
Indian
Constitution?
1) The Preamble is a source of
power to the legislature
2) Preamble is a part of the
Constitution
3) Preamble cannot be amended
4) It is non-justiciable, or it is not
enforceable in courts of law.
Select
the correct answer using the code given below:
1)
2 and 4
2) 2 only
3) 1, 3 and 4
4) 1, 2 and 4
ANSWER:
1
In the Kesavananda Bharati case
(1973), the Supreme Court held that Preamble is a part of
the Constitution and it can be
amended, subject to the condition that no amendment is
done to the ‘basic features’. The
Preamble has been amended only once so far, in 1976, by
the 42nd
Constitutional Amendment Act, which has added three new words-Socialist,
Secular and Integrity-to the
Preamble. The Preamble is neither a source of power to
legislature nor a prohibition
upon the powers of legislature. It is non-justiciable, that is, its
provisions are not enforceable in
courts of law.
7.
The first schedule of the Indian Constitution pertains to:
1) Names of States
2) Names of Union territories
3) Citizenship
4) Forms of Oaths and Affirmation
Select
the correct answer using the code given below:
1) 1 and 3
2)
1 and 2
3) 4 only
4) 1 only
ANSWER:
2
The first schedule of the Indian
Constitution pertains to Names of the States and their
territorial jurisdiction and
Names of the Union Territories and their extent. Forms of Oaths
and Affirmation comes under Third
Schedule.
8.
In India, the Citizenship Act of 1955 prescribes which of the following ways to
acquire
citizenship?
1) By naturalisation
2) By descent
3) By incorporation of territory
4) By registration
Select
the correct answer using the code given below:
1) 1 and 4
2) 1, 2 and 3
3) 1, 2 and 4
4)
All of the above
Solution
(4)
The Citizenship Act (1955)
provides for acquisition and loss of citizenship after the
commencement of the Constitution.
Originally, the Citizenship Act (1955) also provided for
the Commonwealth Citizenship.
But, this provision was repealed by the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act, 2003. The
Citizenship Act of 1955 prescribes five ways of acquiring
citizenship - birth, descent,
registration, naturalisation and incorporation of territory
9.
Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A) : Article 1
describes India, as a ‘Union of States’ rather than ‘Federation
of States’
Reason (R) : Indian
Federation is not the result of an agreement among the States
Select
the correct answer using the code given below:
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 the correct explanation of A
3) A is True and R is False
4) A is False and R is True
ANSWER:
1
Article 1 describes India, that
is, Bharat as a ‘Union of States’ rather than a ‘Federation of
States’. This provision deals
with two things: one, name of the country, and two, type of
polity. According to Dr B R
Ambedkar, the phrase ‘Union of States’ has been preferred to
‘Federation of States’ for two
reasons: one, the Indian Federation is not the result of an
agreement among the states like
the American Federation; and two, the states have no right
to secede from the federation.
10.
According to the Constitution of India, Article 3 authorises the Parliament to
reorganise
the States. With this authority, the Parliament can:-
a) alter the name of any state
b) diminish the area of any state
c) alter the boundaries of any
state
d) increase the area of any state
Select
the correct answer using the code given below:
1) 1, 3 and 4
2) 1 and 3
3) 2, 3 and 4
4) All of the above
ANSWER:
4
Article 3
authorises the Parliament to:
1. form
a new state by separation of territory from any state or by uniting two or more
states or parts of states or by
uniting any territory to a part of any state,
2. increase
the area of any state,
3. diminish
the area of any state,
4. alter
the boundaries of any state, and
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