indian constitutional development quiz set 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

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.

Answer: (d)

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.

Answer: (d)

The Indian constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on the 26th November, 1949 and it came into force after two months on 26th January, 1950. The day January 26 was chosen because it was this very day when the Poorna Swaraj resolution was made in Lahore in 1930 and the first tricolor of India unfurled.

Answer: (d)

Preventive detention is an imprisonment that is putatively justified for non-punitive purposes. In contrast to this, under preventive detention, the government can imprison a person for some time without a criminal charge.

It means that if the government feels that a person being at liberty can be a threat to the law and order or the unity and integrity of the nation, it can detain or arrest that person to prevent him from doing this possible harm

Answer: (c)