I LLB

2020-21Batch
MCQ for Practice

1. . The Constitution of India was enacted by a Constituent Assembly set up

(a) Through a resolution of the provisional government
(b) By the Indian National Congress
(c) Under the Indian Independence Act, 1947
(d) Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946
Answer: Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946

2. Who among the folowing was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian
Constution (a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer : B.R. Ambedkar

3. Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly established in
July 1946?
(a) K.M. Munshi
(b) J.B. Kripalani
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer : Mahatma Gandhi

4. Who presided over the inaugural meeting of the Constituent Asembly of India ?
(a) Sachchidananda Sinha
(b) P. Upendra
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer : Sachchidananda Sinha

5. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was held in

(a) Bombay
(b) Lahore
(c) Calcutta
(d) New Delhi
Answer : New Delhi

6. The Constitution names our country as

(a) Bharat
(b) Aryavarta
(c) Hindustan
(d) India, that is Bharat Answer: India, that is Bharat
7. Cripps Mission visited India in
(a) 1927
(b) 1946
(c) 1939
(d) 1942
Answer : 1942

8. Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution ?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) B.N. Rao
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer : Jawaharlal Nehru

9. Which one of the following statements reflects the republic character of Indian
democracy?
(a) Devolution of power to local Government institutions
(b) The President of India is an elected person
(c) No State religion
(d) Written Constitution
Answer : The President of India is an elected person

10. Which of the following features of the Indian Constitution are correct?
(a) Republic, Parliamentary, Unitary
(b) Federal, Presidential, Republics
(c) Unity, Presidential, Republics
(d) Federal, Parliamentary, Republic
Answer : Federal, Parliamentary, Republic

11.What does the word “Secular” mean?

a) absolutely independent,
b) system of political economy that ensures equitable distribution of wealth and protects from
exploitation
c) having no official state religion and granting every citizen the right to freely follow any
religion of his or her choice
d) granting equal voting rights to every single citizen of the nation
Answer : having no official state religion and granting every citizen the right to freely follow
any religion of his or her choice

12 . By which Constitutional amendment was the voting age brought down from 21 to 18?
a) 37st Constitutional Amendment of 1985
b) 61st Constitutional Amendment of 1988
c) 56st Constitutional Amendment of 1993
d) 46st Constitutional Amendment of 1985
Answer : b) 61st Constitutional Amendment of 1988
13. Which of the following is enforceable in a court of law ?
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Fundamental Duties
(c) Directive Principles
(d) Preamble
Answer : Fundamental Rights

14. In which of the following the term “State” is defined ?

(a) Article 10
(b) Article 12
(c) Article 13
(d) Article 32
Answer : Article 12

15. Laws violating Part III of the Constitution are declared to be as :

(a) Valid
(b) Void
(c) Voidable
(d) None of the above
Answer : Void

16. Which famous case involved the term “basic structure” of the Constitution?
a) Kesavananda Bharti vs State of Kerala (1973)
b) Maneka Gandhi vs Union of India (1978)
c) Vishakha vs State of Rajasthan (1997)
d) Indra Sawhney vs Union of India (1992)
Answer : a) Kesavananda Bharti vs State of Kerala (1973)

17. Which of the following is not matched correctly?

a) Part VI: State Governments
b) Part IV: Fundamental Rights
c) Part II: Citizenship
d) Part I: Union and its Territories
Answer : Part IV: Fundamental Rights

18. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth is
a fundamental right under which article?
a) Article 14
b) Article 15
c) Article 17
d) Article 18
Answer : Article 15
19.Which Article of the Constitution empowers the President to appoint a Commission to
investigate the condition of backward classes in general and suggest ameliorative
measures?
(a) Article 340
(b) Article 341
(c) Article 342
(d) Article 343
Answer : Article 340

20. Which one of the following Fundamental Rights is available to Indian citizens only?
(a) Freedom of religion
(b) Protection from discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
(c) Protection of life and personal liberty against any action without authority of law
(d) Equality before law
Answer : Protection from discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of
birth

21. Which article of the Constitution abolishes Untouchability?

(a) Article 14
(b) Article 17
(c) Article 18
(d) Article 20
Answer : Article 17

22. Which Articles in the Constitution grants us the Right to Freedom?

a) Article 14-18
b) Article 19-22
c) Article 32
d) Article 368
Answer : b) Article 19-22

23. Freedom of Press is included under which article of the Constitution ?

a) Article 19 (1)(a)
b) Article 19 (1)(b)
c) Article 19 (1)(c)
d) Article 19 (1)(d)
Answer : Article 19 (1)(a)

24. Security of the State is a restriction under which fundamental freedom ?

a) Freedom of Movement
b) Freedom of Speech and Expression
c) Freedom of Association
d) Freedom of Assembly
Answer : Freedom of Speech and Expression
25. Articles 20-22 relate to the fundamental right to life and personal liberty. These rights
are available to:
a) Citizen only
b) Citizens and non-citizens
c) Natural persons as well as artificial persons
d) All persons who have juristic personality
Answer : Citizens and non-citizens

26. Expos Facto Laws are mentioned under which of the following provisions?
a) Article 20 (1)
b) Article 20 (2)
c) Article 20 (3)
d) Article 21
Answer : Article 20 (1)

27. The concept of „Due Process‟ was established under which of the following case
a) Sajjan Singh v State of Punjab
b) Keshvananda Bharti v State of Kerala
c) Minerva Mills v Union of India
d) Maneka Gandhi v Union of India
Answer : Maneka Gandhi v Union of India

28. Right to life includes right to livelihood was mentioned in which of the following cases?
a) A.K. Gopalan v State of Madras
b) I.R. Coelho v State of Tamil Nadu
c) Olga Tellis v Bombay Municipal Corporation
d) Waman Rao v Union of India
Answer : Olga Tellis v Bombay Municipal Corporation

29. Article 22 provides for protection of safeguards under-----

a) Ordinary Laws Only
b) Preventive Detention Laws Only
c) Ordinary and Preventive Detention Laws
d) None of the above
Answer : Ordinary and Preventive Detention Laws

30. Right to life‟ under Article 21 of the Constitution does not include „right to die‟. This
observation was made by the Supreme Court in
a) P. Rathinam v. Union of India
b) Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab
c) Golak Nath v. State of Punjab
d) Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
Answer : Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab
31.Which Articles in the Constitution grants us the Right to Freedom of Religion?

(a) Article 25-28

(b) Article 25 only
(c) Article 25-26
(d) Article 27-28
Answer : Article 25-28

32.The Right to freedom of religion granted by the Indian Constitution implies that the
Indian citizens
(a) Are free to have faith in a religion other than the state religion.
(b) Have to follow the religion of the state.
(c) Have the freedom to profess, practice or propagate a religion of their choice.
(d) Not having faith in some religion shall not be appointed to government offices.
Answer : Have the freedom to profess, practice or propagate a religion of their choice.

33.Cultural and Educational Right implies:

a) Provision of free and compulsory education up to High School.
b) Special assistance to backward classes to educate them.
c) Provision of religious and cultural instructions in schools run by the government or receiving
aid out of government funds.
d) Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
Answer : Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.

34.Which one of the following rights was described by Dr. B.R Ambedkar as „the heart and
soul of the Constitution‟?
a) Right to Equality
b) Right to freedom
c) Right to Constitutional Remedies.
d) Right to Freedom of Religion.
Answer : Right to Constitutional Remedies

35. Under the writ of Mandamus, the Court can

(a) Ask the person to be produced
(b) Order to transfer the case from one court
(c) Ask to let a person free for a temporary period
(d) Direct the Government to do or not to do a thing
Answer : Direct the Government to do or not to do a thing

36. Which one of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Court and the
Supreme Court ?
(a) Disputes between the States inter se
(b) Protection against the violation of the Constitution
(c) Protection of the Fundamental Rights
(d) Disputes between the Centre and the States
Answer: Protection of the Fundamental Rights
37. Which of the following can a court issue for enforcement of Fundamental Rights ?
(a) An Ordinance
(b) A decree
(c) A writ
(d) A bye law
Answer : A writ

38.Which one among the following is correct relating to the Fundamental Rights can not be
suspended during the enforcement of emergency under Article 359 of the Indian
Constitution?
(a) Article 14 and 15
(b) Article 16 and 17
(c) Article 32
(d) Article 20 and 21
Answer : Article 20 and 21

39. Which one of the following writs is issued by the court in case of an illegal detention of a
person?
(a) Mandamus
(b) Habeas Corpus
(c) Certiorari
(d) Prohibition
Answer : Habeas Corpus

40. Any dispute regarding the violation of Fundamental Rights can be presented:
(a) In the Supreme Court only
(b) In the High Court only
(c) Either in the Supreme Court or in the High Court
(d) First in the Supreme Court and then in the High Court
Answer : Either in the Supreme Court or in the High Court

41. The „Directive Principles of State Policy is from:

(a) Article 35-51
(b) Article 36-51
(c) Article 36-50
(d) Article 36-51A
Answer : Article 36-51A

42. The idea of „Directive Principles of State Policy is borrowed from:

(a) Australia
(b) Canada
(c) Ireland
(d) United Kingdom
Answer : Ireland
43. Fundamental Duties were added in the Constitution after the recommendation of which
committee?
(a) Kalelkar committee
(b) Verma committee
(c) Ketkar committee
(d) Swaran Singh committee
Answer : Swaran Singh committee

44.The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout
the territory of India as per
(a) Article 40
(b) Article 42
(c) Article 43
(d) Article 44
Answer : Article 44

45. By which Amendment Act right of property was removed from the list of Fundamental
Right 24th Amendment Act 1971
(a) 24th Amendment Act 1971
(b) 39th Amendment Act 1975
(c) 42nd Amendment Act 1976
(d) 44th Amendment Act 1978
Answer : 44th Amendment Act 1978

46. By which Amendment Act right to education became a fundamental right under Article
21A?
(a) 81st Amendment Act 2000
(b) 86th Amendment Act 2002
(c) 91stAmendment Act 2003
(d) 93rd Amendment Act 2005
Answer : 86th Amendment Act 2002

47. The Question as to the constitution amending power of the parliament came before
Supreme Court for the first time in
(a) Golakh Nath v. State of Punjab
(b) Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narayan
(c) Shankari Prasad v. Union of India
(d) Minerva Mills v. Union of India
Answer : Shankari Prasad v. Union of India

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