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Constitutions and Law

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Constitutions and Law questions cover fundamental rights, the preamble, critical articles, and amendments from the Indian and United States constitutions. This topic is indispensable for UPSC, state PSC, and SSC exams. Practicing these questions ensures a solid understanding of political frameworks and legal provisions.

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Constitutions and Law Questions

Multiple choice

Which department of U.S.A. has used punched cards?

  1. Defense

  2. Fire

  3. Census

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The U.S. Census Bureau used Herman Hollerith's punched card system to tabulate the results of the 1890 census. This was a landmark moment in the history of automated data processing.

Multiple choice

Which article of our constitution deals with the amendment of constitution?

  1. Article 368

  2. Article 352

  3. Article 356

  4. Article 360
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Article 368 of Part XX of the Indian Constitution grants Parliament the power to amend the Constitution and specifies the procedure for doing so. Other articles like 352, 356, and 360 deal with emergency provisions (National, State, and Financial respectively).

Multiple choice

Under the provisions of which Article of the Constitution is President's rule imposed in a state?

  1. Article 352

  2. Article 350

  3. Article 356

  4. Article 360
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Article 356 of the Constitution allows for the imposition of President's Rule in a state if the Governor reports that the state government cannot be carried on in accordance with the Constitution. Article 352 refers to National Emergency, and Article 360 refers to Financial Emergency.

Multiple choice

In the Indian Constitution opportunities for the development of scientific temper, humanism and sprit of inquiry and reform are found in the:

  1. Fundamental Rights

  2. Fundamental Duties

  3. Directive Principles of State policy

  4. Preamble

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Article 51A(h) of the Indian Constitution explicitly lists the development of scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and reform as a Fundamental Duty. These duties were added by the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976.

Multiple choice

Directive Principles of state policy have been taken from the Constitution of which of the following countries?

  1. U.K

  2. U.S.A.

  3. France

  4. Ireland
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) enshrined in Part IV of the Indian Constitution were inspired by the Irish Constitution. Ireland had previously adopted these principles from the Spanish Constitution. These principles serve as guidelines for the government to ensure social and economic justice.

Multiple choice

Which of the following bodies come(s) under Article 12 of the Indian Constitution?

  1. Life Insurance Corporation of India

  2. Indian Law Institute

  3. Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies

  4. Affiliated to Government, but privately owned and managed colleges

  5. All of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Under Article 12 of the Constitution, the word “State” is defined. It includes government, parliament and legislature of each state and local authorities which are established by the Government in the territory of India. 

Multiple choice

Under Article 16 (4), the State is empowered to make provisions for reservations of appointments and posts for

  1. backward classes of citizens

  2. SC/ST

  3. economically backward classes

  4. socially and educationally backward classes

  5. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Article 16 (4) states that nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of citizens which in the opinion of the State is not adequately represented in the services under the State.

Multiple choice

Reservation of seats in educational institutions in favour of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is governed under

  1. Article 15 (4) of the Constitution

  2. Article 16 (4) of the Constitution

  3. Article 29 (2) of the Constitution

  4. Article 14 of the Constitution

  5. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Article 15 (4) of the Constitution provides that the State can make any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward class of citizens or for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

Multiple choice

India is a republic country because _____.

  1. its head of the state is elected for a fixed period

  2. there is a parliamentary rule

  3. it is completely free

  4. it prescribes democratic republic
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Explanation

A republic is defined by having an elected head of state rather than a monarch. India fits this definition because its President is elected by an electoral college for a specific term of five years.

Multiple choice

In the context of pursuing the objectives of the Indian administrative system as laid down in our Constitution, administrative theory should address itself to the problem of:

  1. reducing the waste of time and money needed for administration at various levels

  2. strengthening the Central Government in the context of fissiparous tendencies

  3. transforming the administrative system to make it a dynamic and result-oriented instrument of social change

  4. safeguarding the rights and privileges of the civil servants
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In the Indian context, the Constitution envisions the state as a welfare state, requiring administration to be an instrument of social change. Administrative theory must therefore focus on transforming the system into a dynamic, result-oriented mechanism to achieve socio-economic justice. Simply reducing waste or protecting civil servant rights are secondary to these broader constitutional goals.