Practice Quiz set 2 - indian polity mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) When the Constituent Assembly for the Dominion of India reassembled on 31 st October, 1947, its reduced membership was:
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Q-2) By which of the following Act the system of Dyarchy was introduced at the centre?
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The Government of India Act 1935 provided for dyarchy at the Centre. Under this act, the executive authority of the centre was vested in the Governor. It ended the system of dyarchy at the provincial level introduced by Government of India Act 1919.
Q-3) The Constituent Assembly which framed the Constitution for Independent India was set up in :
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Q-4) The method of Impeachment of the President of India is adopted from
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The Indian Constitution has borrowed some features from the U.S Constitution.
Those features are:
- Fundamental rights,
- Independence of the judiciary,
- Judicial review,
- Impeachment of the president,
- Removal of Supreme Court and High Court judges and
- Post of Vice-President.
Q-5) The demand for the Constituent Assembly was put forward by the Indian National Congress in 1936 at its session held at :
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Q-6) The phrase “equality before law” used in Article-14 of Indian Constitution has been borrowed from _____
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The concept of “equality before the law” has been borrowed from the British Common Law upon which English Legal System was founded. However, “equal protection of laws” has its link with the American Constitution.
Q-7) The concept of Sovereign Parliament originated in :
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The concept of Parliamentary sovereignty holds that the legislative body may change or repeal any previous legislation, and so that it is not bound by written law (in some cases, even a constitution) or by precedent.
It is a principle of the UK constitution. It makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK, which can create or end any law. Generally, the courts cannot overrule its legislation and no Parliament can pass laws that future Parliaments cannot change.
Q-8) The concept of “Rule of Law” is a special feature of constitutional system of
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The Rule of Law is an aspect of the British Constitution that has been emphasised by A V Dicey and it, therefore, can be considered an important part of British Politics.
It involves: the rights of individuals are determined by legal rules and not the arbitrary behaviour of authorities; there can be no punishment unless a court decides there has been a breach of the law; and everyone, regardless of your position in society, is subject to the law.
Q-9) The concept of Constitution first originated in
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England is treated as the place where the constitutional concept germinated, though the ancient Greek and Roman Republics, too, had such a facility. In England, Henry I's proclamation of the Charter of Liberties in 1100 bound the king for the first time in his treatment of the clergy and the nobility.
This idea was extended and refined by the English barony when they forced King John to sign Magna Carta in 1215. The most important single article of the Magna Carta, related to "habeas corpus", provided that the king was not permitted to imprison, outlaw, exile or kill anyone at a whim—there must be due process of law first.
Q-10) ThepermanentpresidentofConstituentAssemblywas
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The permanent President of Constituent Assembly was Dr. Rajendra Prasad.