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1. How many women members were there in the Indian Constituent Assembly?
A. 15
B. 13
C. 12
D. 10
ANSWER: A.15
SOLUTION :The Constituent Assembly was formed in 1946, before India gained independence. The Assembly consisted of 389 members, out of whom 15 members were women. Each of them had extensive experience in the national freedom struggle and local movements relevant to their place of operation.
2. Who speaks of India’s self – reliant social system ‘ The rural system in India is a tiny Republic’?
A. Charles Metcalfe
B. Burke
C. Mill
D. Cunningham
ANSWER: A.Charles Metcalfe
SOLUTION:Sir Charles Metcalfe’s writing in which he propounds his famous theory of the self-sufficiency and vitality of the Indian village: “The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations.
3. Who said ‘ India is a Quasi – Federal State’?
A. Lord Bryce
B. Ivor Jennings
C. H.J. Laski
D. K. C. Wheare
ANSWER : D. K.C.Wheare
SOLUTION:K. C. Wheare described the Indian Constitution as quasi-federal. Quasi Federal means a federal form of government where more power is given to the central government than the state government. India is considered a quasi-federal or semi-federal form of government.
4. “Constituent Assembly was Congress and Congress was India” who said this ?
A. Austin
B. C.R. Attlee
C. Winston Churchill
D. Lord Mountbatten
ANSWER: A.Austin
SOLUTION:Granville Austin, a British Constitutional expert, remarked: ‘The Constituent Assembly was a one-party body in an essentially one-party country. The Assembly was the Congress and the Congress was India’.
5. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India ?
A. J. B. Kripalani
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
D. C. Rajagopalachari
ANSWER: A.J. B. Kripalani
SOLUTION:Acharya J.B Kriplani was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India.
6. Who amongst the following advised that the Indian National Congress should be disbanded as a political after the independence of India ?
A. C. Rajagopalachari
B. Jai Prakash Narayan
C. Acharya Kripalani
D. Mahatma Gandhi
ANSWER: D.Mahatma Gandhi
SOLUTION: Mahatma Gandhi suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence as its main aim to fight for Indian independence had been attained.
7. Deferment of Adult Franchise for fifteen years was advocated in Constituent Assembly by ___________.
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Maulana Azad
D. Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
ANSWER: C.Maulana Azad
SOLUTION: During the formation of the constitution, Maulana Azad argued for the deferment of adult franchise for fifteen years.
8. The state emblem was adopted by Govt. of India on _________.
A. 15th August, 1948
B. 2nd October, 1947
C. 26th January, 1948
D. 26th January, 1950
ANSWER:D.26th January, 1950
SOLUTION: The State Emblem of India is an official seal of the Government of India. It is used as the national emblem of India and appears on official documents, currency and passports. The emblem was adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic.
9. Year of Birth and death of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar _________.
A. 1886 , 1951
B. 1891 , 1956
C. 1877 , 1961
D. 1889 , 1961
ANSWER: B.1891 , 1956
SOLUTION: Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (born April 14, 1891, Mhow, India—died December 6, 1956, New Delhi) was a leader of the Dalits (Scheduled Castes; formerly called untouchables) and law minister of the government of India (1947–51).
10. Indian Constitution was adopted by _______.
A. Constituent Assembly
B. British Parliment
C. Governor – General
D. Indian Paliment
ANSWER: A.Constituent Assembly
SOLUTION: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.