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Which of the following is the inalienable attribute of the parliamentary system of government?

(1) Flexibility of the Constitution

(2) Fusion of Executive and Legislature

(3) Judicial Supremacy

(4) Parliamentary Sovereignty

Grassroots democracy is related to

(1) Devolution of powers

(2) Decentralisation of powers

(3) Panchayati Raj System

(4) All of the above

The phrase “equality before the law” used in Article-14 of Indian Constitution has been borrowed from _____

(1) U.S.A.

(2) Germany

(3) Britain

(4) Greece

Democratic Socialism aims at

(1) bringing about Socialism through peaceful means

(2) bringing about Socialism through violent and peaceful means

(3) bringing about Socialism through violent means

(4) bringing about Socialism through democratic means

Which one of the following judgments stated that ‘Secularism’ and ‘Federalism’ are the basic features of the Indian Constitution?

(1) Keshavananda Bharati case

(2) S.R. Bommai case

(3) Indira Sawhney case

(4) Minerva Mills case

Universal adult franchise shows that India is a country that is

(1) Secular

(2) Socialist

(3) Democratic

(4) Sovereign

Who among the following was not a member of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?

(1) B. R. Ambedkar

(2) Alladi Krishnaswamy

(3) Rajendra Prasad

(4) Gopalachari Ayyangar

Autocracy means ______

(1) Rule by few

(2) Rule by King

(3) Absolute rule by one

(4) Rule by the representatives of the People

Constitutional Monarchy means :

(1) The King writes the constitution

(2) The King interprets the constitution

(3) The King exercises power granted by the constitution

(4) The King is elected by the people

What is popular sovereignty?

(1) Sovereignty of peoples representative

(2) Sovereignty of the legal head

(3) Sovereignty of the head of state

(4) Sovereignty of the people

The idea of a parliamentary form of government is adapted from

(1) US

(2) UK

(3) Ireland

(4) USSR

Who among the following proposed the suggestion for a Constituent Assembly first in 1935?

1) Nehru

(2) Gandhi

(3) J.P. Narayan

(4) M. N. Roy

Name of the country from which the constitutional features of procedures for the amendment was borrowed by India.

(1) Britain

(2) America

(3) South Africa

(4) Germany

From which of the following country Indian Constitution borrowed the feature ‘The written Constitution’?

(1) USSR

(2) UK

(3) U.S.

(4) Japan

In which of the following Acts the territorial division of governance in India was done?

(1) Government of India Act, 1858

2) Indian Councils Act, 1861

(3) Indian Councils Act, 1892

(4) Government of India Act, 1861

By which of the following Act the system of Dyarchy was introduced at the center?

(1) 1909

(2) 1919

(3) 1935

(4) 1947

Who was the first Chairman of the Indian Constitution’s Drafting Committee?

(1) B L Mitter

(2) Madhav Rao

(3) Dr. B R Ambedkar

(4) T T Krishnamachari

In which year the constituent assembly of India started functioning?

(1) 1945

(2) 1946

(3) 1947

(4) 1948