MCQ Questions for Class 11 Political Science: Ch 1 Constitution: Why and How?
1. Who made the constitution of India?
(a) A British Parliament
(b) The King of England
(c) The Indian Parliament
(d) The Constituent Assembly
► (d) The Constituent Assembly
2. Which of these is not a function of the constitution?
(a) It gives a guarantee of the rights of the citizen
(b) It marks out different spheres of power for different branches of government
(c) It ensures that good people come to power
(d) It gives expression to some shared values
► (c) It ensures that good people come to power
3. In Nepal, the multi-party system started after the year
(a) 1951
(b) 1959
(c) 1962
(d) 1990
► (d) 1990
4. The freedom of speech and expression falls under
(a) Article 17
(b) Article 16
(c) Article 18
(d) Article 19
► (d) Article 19
5. The idea of our Preamble is borrowed from the
(a) Canada constitution
(b) U.K constitution
(c) U.S constitution
(d) French constitution
► (c) U.S constitution
6. The word that does not appear in the Indian Constitution is
(a) Sovereign
(b) Federal
(c) Fraternity
(d) Republic
► (b) Federal
7. A Constitution is a body of
(a) Basic laws
(b) Rules
(c) Principles
(d) Moral values
► (a) Basic laws
8. A body of fundamental principles, according to which a state is constituted is known as
(a) Convention
(b) Constitution
(c) Law
(d) Tradition
► (b) Constitution
9. India borrowed the provision of First Past the Post system from the:
(a) French constitution
(b) Canadian constitution
(c) British constitution
(d) South African constitution
► (c) British constitution
10. Which of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution was passed without virtually any debate?
(a) Introduction of Universal Suffrage
(b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Directive Principles of State Policies
(d) Parliamentary Democracy.
► (a) Introduction of Universal Suffrage
11. The members of Constituent Assembly were :
(a) Directly elected
(b) Nominated by Congress and Muslim League
(c) Indirectly elected
(d) Appointed by the Governor-General and Governors.
► (c) Indirectly elected
12. Parliament gets to decide about________.
(a) Law and Judiciary
(b) Laws and policies
(c) Judiciary and application
(d) None of the above
► (b) Laws and policies
13. Who decides how the government will be constituted?
(a) Parliament
(b) Constitution
(c) Judiciary
(d) None of the above
► (b) Constitution
14. India borrowed the Directive Principles of State Policy from the:
(a) Irish constitution
(b) Canadian constitution
(c) British constitution
(d) South African constitution
► (a) Irish constitution