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Constitution of India

Practice Test 21

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Fundamental duties enacted in Part IVA of the Constitution are

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Mohini Jain v. Union of India lays down

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Separation of judiciary from the executive has been provided in which of the following?

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Under which article of the constitution confers power to grant pardon on the “Governor of the states”

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Backwardness under Article 15(4)

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Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and give the answer:
Assertion (A): The right to clean drinking water and right to pollution free air to breathare attributes of “Right to Life”.
Reason (R): Because they are the basic elements which sustain life.

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Which of the following feature is not borrowed from United Kingdom?

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“Excessive reservation would be a fraud on the Constitution of India” was observed by the Supreme Court in:

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Article 30 of the Constitution gives the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice to all minorities whether based on:

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The right to Constitutional remedies in India is available to

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The Power of the Parliament to amend the Constitution of India is a constituent power laid down in Article 368 by:

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In which judgment Hon’ble Supreme Court has held Right to Privacy to be a Fundamental Right:

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The maximum interval between the two sessions of each House of Parliament is

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Under which of the following circumstances the President can declare emergency
1. External Aggression
2. Internal Aggression
3. Government instability
4. Financial crisis

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Write the correct order of the words as used in the preamble of the Constitution:

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Which one of the following Amendments inserted the words “Nothing in Article 13 shall apply to any amendments made under this Article” in Article 368?

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Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of Indian Act of 1935?

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Which of the following Fundamental Rights was most prominently used to evolve environmental law in India? Article

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The provision to fill ‘backlog vacancy’ was inserted in Article 16 by which of the following Amendment Act?

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The Finance Commission gives recommendations to President as to:

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Assertion (A): Article 300 of the Constitution has specifically removed the distinction between sovereign and non-sovereign functions with respect to government’s liability for tort in India.
Reason (R): Government is liable for tort which is the result of its non-sovereign function.

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Position of Prime Minister is what?

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In which article of Constitution of India right to free legal aid is stated?

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The protection of life and personal liberty under Article 21 is

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Which one of the following is not a “Money Bill”?

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Judgment should be delivered to the parties or to their pleaders in the open court

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Which amongst the following Articles in the Constitution of India describes the Supreme Court as a Court of Record?

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Jagmohan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1973 SC 947 establishes that award of death sentence is

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By which amendment, special representation in Parliament for the Anglo-Indian community in one of the Houses of Parliament for seventy years has been made?

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In which one of the following cases, 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?

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According to Article 233 of Indian Constitution appointment of the person to be District Judge in any state shall be made by the

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Assertion (A): The President of India has the power to grant pardon, reprieve, respite or remission of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute sentence.
Reason (R): The President exercises not only executive functions but also judicial and legislative functions.

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Prohibition of employment of children below . . . . . . . . years is prohibited under Article 24 of the Constitution of India.

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Under Article 24, which place of employment is not explicitly prohibited:

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No person has fundamental right to:

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What is the number of Judges (including Chief Justices) in the Supreme Court of India as provided in the Constitution of India?

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The purpose of writ of ‘Quo Warranto’ is?

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Which one of the following does not fall within the meaning of ‘State’ under Article 12 of the Indian Constitution?

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Regarding bail applications, a Bench comprising of Justice A. K. Goel and Justice U. U. Lalit of the Supreme Court of India has asked all High Courts to issue directions to their Subordinate Courts that
1. All bail applications normally be disposed of by judicial officers within one week.
2. Magisterial trial where accused is in custody be concluded within six months.
3. Session trial where accused is in custody normally be concluded within two years.
4. Efforts to be made to dispose of all cases, which are ten years old, by the end of the year.
5. The above timelines may, however, will not be the touchstone for assessment of judicial performance in annual confidential reports

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Choose the best option

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By which amendment the ground of “armed rebellion” for imposing national emergency was substituted for the ground “internal disturbance”?

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Election to the Gram Panchayats are

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Under the law, certain posts are reserved for the residents of a region of a state on the ground that it was a very backward area as compared to the other areas of the state. The reservation is

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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?

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Whom does the UPSC submit its annual report on its work to?

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Right to property was deleted by which amendment

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Which one of the following is an incorrect match?

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The number of Fundamental Duties under the Indian Constitution is

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Dyarchy was introduced at the Provincial level by the Act of

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How many elected members are there in the Council of States?

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Match subject matters contained in List I with the provisions of the Constitution of India in List II and select the correct answer:

List I
List II

a. Maternity relief
1. Article 41

b. Living wage
2. Article 42

c. Right to work
3. Article 43

d. Organisation of agriculture
4. Article 48

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Lok Adalats are based on the principles of?

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Who shall have power to seek advice of Supreme Court of India?

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Which Amendment Act of the Constitution reduced the voting age from 21 years to 18 years.

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In the following which dispute is not covered in original jurisdiction of Supreme Court?

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The Cabinet Mission (1946) did not propose that

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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:

List I
List II

a. Article 50
1. Impeachment of the President

b. Article 143
2. Separation between judiciary and executive

c. Article 61
3. Function of Public Service Commission

d. Article 320
4. Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme

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Which one of the following statements relating to the State of Jammu and Kashmir is not correct?

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Finance Bills are introduced:

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Restrictions may not be imposed on freedoms provided under Article 19(1)(a) on this ground

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Which provision of the Constitution spells out “right to clean environment” as a fundamental right?

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Which one of the following is the correct statement? “Full faith and credit” clause of the Constitution does not apply to:

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Article 19(1)(g) provides to practice any profession or any occupation throughout the territory of India. With reference to this give correct response to the following

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Who presides over the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament?

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In which case the Supreme Court of India propound the basic feature doctrine for the first time?

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Which of the following High Courts held that “being Maoist is not a crime”?

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In which case it is discussed that “is it permissible for Parliament under Article 31B to immunise legislations from being struck down for violation of fundamental rights by inserting them into IX Schedule and is its effect on process of judicial review of the Supreme Court and High Courts

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Legal sovereignty in India resides in the Constitution itself and not in ‘we the people of India’. This ideology was expressed in

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“Creamy Layer” rule excluding the well placed members of a caste from reservation was first laid down in the case of:

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According to Austin the positive law has following three attributes:

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In which one of the following cases, did the Supreme Court observe that there is a need to confine the exercise of power under Article 356(1) strictly to the situation mentioned therein which is a condition precedent to the said exercise?

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Under Article 324 of the Constitution the Election Commission of India shall be responsibleto conduct elections to:
Give answers:
1. Parliament and State Legislatured
2. President and Vice President
3. Zilla Parishad and Panchayats
4. Municipal Corporations and Municipal Committees

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In which one of the following cases was it observed that the objectives specified in the preamble contain the basic structure of our Constitution, which cannot be amended in exercise of the power under Article 368 of the Constitution?

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Schedule IX of the Indian Constitution originally dealt with

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The right to clean environment has been elevated to the status of a Fundamental Right through the interpretation of which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution?

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High Court’s powers of contempt are rooted in which provision of the Constitution of India?

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When can the Supreme Court refuse to grant remedy under Article 32

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Which of the following statutes has no preamble.

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In which one of the following case the Supreme Court of India held that right to access to drinking water is fundamental to life and it is the duty of the State under Act 21 to provide clean drinking water to its citizens?

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Consider the following statements:
Judicial review under the Constitution of India
1. Is a part of the basic structure of the Constitution.
2. Can only be ousted or excluded by a constitutional amendment.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Which of the following is not a Fundamental Duty according to the Indian Constitution?

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Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour has been provided under:

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The statement ‘what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly’ relates to the doctrine of-

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Supreme Court decided in S. R. Bommai v. Union of India

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What is the doctrine of Stare Decisis?

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The genesis for the Forty-sixth Amendment Act, 1983 can be traced to which of the following Supreme Court decision relating to levy of sales tax on works contracts”

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Which of the functionaries can be invited to give his opinion to the Parliament?

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The election to fill in the vacancy of the President office should be completed within a maximum time limit of

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The provision of uniform civil code for citizens has been provided in the Indian Constitution in:

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In case there is a conflict between the Preamble and other provisions of the Constitution, which will prevail over the other

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When the proclamation of national emergency is made on the ground of internal armed rebellion, the fundamental rights contained in Article 19

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The Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi is appointed by-

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Which of the following omitted from the list of freedom by 44th Amendment

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In which part of the Constitution of India, the provision for Public Service Commissions is contained?

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Which among the following has the power to legislate on the matters which are neither in the Union List, nor in the State list nor in the Concurrent list of the Constitution of India?

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A citizen of India, who holds any office of profit or trust under the State cannot accept any title from any foreign State without the consent of the:

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The amending power of the Constitution of India is described in Article

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Consider the following statements:
An accused person can be compelled to:
1. Give his finger-prints
2. Give evidence against himself
3. Participate in the identification parade
Which of the above statements are correct?

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Which of the following writs may the Supreme Court use to inquire into the legality of a claim that a person asserts to a public office, and to remove such a person from the public office if the claim is not well-founded?

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Part IVA of the Indian Constitution deal with

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