indian constitutional development quiz set 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

John Locke's "Two Treatises on Government" of 1689 established two fundamental liberal ideas: economic liberty (meaning the right to have and use the property) and intellectual liberty (including freedom of conscience). According to Locke, the individual was naturally free and only became a political subject out of free choice.

Without the consent of the people, there could not be formed a civil society/ community. Secondly, Locke emphasized that all men were equal. There was a perfect state of equality with all the power being reciprocal and no one having more than the other. This is a fundamental principle of present-day democracy.

From it, flows the democratic principle of universal participation. That no man shall be excluded from the political process.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

At its core, sovereignty is typically taken to mean the possession of absolute authority within a bounded territorial space.

There is essentially an internal and external dimension of sovereignty. Internally, a sovereign government is a fixed authority with a settled population that possesses a monopoly on the use of force.

It is the supreme authority within its territory. Externally, sovereignty is the entry ticket into the society of states.

Answer: (b)

Cabinet system and its collective responsibility is a constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System that members of the Cabinet must publicly support all governmental decisions made in Cabinet, even if they do not privately agree with them.

This support includes voting for the government in the legislature. In the United Kingdom, the doctrine applies to all members of the government, from members of the cabinet down to Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

Answer: (d)

The makers of the Indian constitution borrowed the feature of amendment procedures from South Africa. The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Part XX (Article 368) of the Constitution of India.

Besides, the provision of indirect election of members of the Rajya Sabha was also borrowed from the South African constitution.

Answer: (c)