GK Questions About Indian Constitution for Competitive Exams

GK Questions About Indian Constitution for Competitive Exams
Q :  

At what time the Constitution of India was prepared?

(A) 2 years, 11 months and 18 days

(B) 2 years, 10 months and 18 days

(C) 2 years, 9 months and 11 days

(D) 2 years, 11 months and 11 days


Correct Answer : A
Explanation :

The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950. The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with certain unitary features.


Q :  

Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(B) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

(C) H. J. Virgo

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 – 27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, 


Q :  

Who was the first Chief Justice of India?

(A) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

(B) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

(C) H. J. Kania

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : C
Explanation :

Kania was born in a middle-class family in Surat. His grandfather had been a revenue officer in Gujarat with the British Government, and his father Jekisundas Kania was a Sanskrit professor and later principal of Samaldas College in the princely state of Bhavnagar.


Q :  

Which company was formed by the British in India in the year 1600?

(A) India East Company

(B) East India Company

(C) West India Company

(D) British Company


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

The East India Company was initially created in 1600 to serve as a trading body for English merchants, specifically to participate in the East Indian spice trade.


Q :  

Who has been given the right to hear about fundamental rights?

(A) Supreme Court

(B) High Court

(C) Prime Minister `

(D) Supreme Court and High Court


Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

All people, irrespective of race, religion, caste, or sex, have been given the right to move the Supreme Court and the High Courts to enforce their fundamental rights. Seven categories of Fundamental Rights are covered by Articles 12-35. Part III of the Indian Constitution talks about Fundamental Rights.


Q :  

Who looks after the day-to-day administration of Union Territories?

(A) Governor

(B) President

(C) Union Home Minister

(D) State Home Minister


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

apply to union territories as it refers specifically to Territories of India. The executive power of the Union (i.e. union of states only) rests with President of India. The President of India is also the chief administrator of union territories as per Article 239.


Q :  

Which was the first state to be formed on the basis of language?

(A) West Bengal

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Punjab


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

The first state formed on the linguistic basis is Andhra Pradesh. The state of Andhra Pradesh was formed on October 1, 1953. It was bifurcated from Tamil Nadu.


Q :  

When the states were reorganized on the basis of language?

(A) 1947

(B) 1951

(C) 1956

(D) 1966


Correct Answer : C
Explanation :

The reorganization of states on a linguistic basis was done in 1956. THE STATES REORGANISATION ACT, 1956: The reorganization of the states was demanded many times after independence. There were financial, economic and administrative, and regional language issues.


Q :  

The States Reorganization Act 1956 gave the entire country --

(A) Divided into 22 states and 9 union territories

(B) Divided into 14 states and 6 union territories

(C) Divided into 17 states and 7 union territories

(D) None of these


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

The Government divided the country into 14 states and 6 union territories under the State Reorganization Act that was passed in November 1956.


Q :  

In which of the following is not a fundamental right?

(A) right to education

(B) right to equality

(C) right to Freedom

(D) right to property


Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

The right to property is not a Fundamental Right but it is a constitutional right. In the original Constitution, the right to property was listed as a fundamental right.


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