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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
  1. Only 1 and 3

  2. Only 1, 2 and 3

  3. Only 1, 3 and 4

  4. Only 1, 2 and 4

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The framers of the Indian constitution made DPSPs non-justiciable and legally non-binding because of the following reasons:

  1. The country did not possess sufficient financial resources to implement them. 2. In their opinion, vast diversity and backwardness in the country would stand in the way of their implementation. 3. In their opinion, the newly-born independent Indian states, with their many preoccupations, might be crushed under the burden unless they were free to decide the order, the time, the place and the mode of fulfilling these DPSPs.
Multiple choice
  1. Lok Sabha

  2. Rajya Sabha

  3. Supreme Court of India

  4. None of these

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D Correct answer
Explanation

International law is primarily derived from international treaties, customs, and general principles of law recognized by civilized nations, not from the domestic institutions of a single country.

Multiple choice
  1. Free Legal Aid

  2. Free and Compulsory Education

  3. Free Housing to the Poor

  4. Free Medical Aid to the Citizen

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Article 39A of the Constitution of India deals with equal justice and free legal aid.

Multiple choice
  1. Article 20(1)

  2. Article 22

  3. Article 20(3)

  4. Article 20(2)

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Self-incrimination is the act of exposing oneself (generally, by making a statement) "to an accusation or charge of crime; to involve oneself or another [person] in a criminal prosecution or the danger thereof. It is related to the article 20(3) of Indian constitution. 

Multiple choice
  1. Article 353

  2. Article 360

  3. Article 352

  4. Article 356

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D Correct answer
Explanation

In the Republic of India, the phrase "President's rule" refers to the imposition of Article 356 of the Constitution of India on a State whose constitutional machinery has failed. In the event that a State government is not able to function as per the Constitution, the State comes under the direct control of the central government; in other words, it is "under President's rule".

Multiple choice
  1. Article 4

  2. Article 1

  3. Article 3

  4. Article 2

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Article 1 in the Constitution states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. The territory of India shall consist of: The territories of the states, The Union territories, and Any territory that may be acquired.

Multiple choice
  1. set of ordinary laws

  2. set of official laws

  3. set of financial laws

  4. basic structure defining the powers of the state and the rights and duties of the citizens

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D Correct answer
Explanation

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is.

Multiple choice
  1. Federal

  2. Unitary

  3. Parliamentary

  4. Federal in form and Unitary in spirit

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian Constitution is regarded as Federal in form and Unitary in spirit.

Multiple choice
  1. Restricted franchise

  2. Hereditary privilege

  3. Universal adult Suffrage

  4. Proprietary qualifications

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C Correct answer
Explanation

 Universal adult Suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens.