President of the Constituent Assembly with whose signature the Indian constitution was adopted was
Dr. Ambedka
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Correct Answer :
B. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Related Questions
Which of the following are included in the Constitution of India as the directive principles of state policy ?
1. Separation of judiciary from executive.
2. Participation of workers in management of industry.
3. Equal justice and free legal aid.
Select the correct answer using the code given below
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
2 and 4Prior Sanction of the President of India is required before introducing the bill, in the Parliament on
1. Formation of a new state.
2. Affecting taxation in which states are interested.
3. Altering the boundaries of the states.
4. Money bill
Considering the above statements.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 4
All of the above
The bureaucracy performs
Only administrative functions
Only judicial functions
Only legislative functions
Administrative as well as quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative functions
The total number of members of legislative council can in no case be less than
40
60
50
No minimum strength has been fixed
The first day session of the Indian Constituent Assembly was chaired by
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha
In India, the states derive their power from the
People
Constitution
State Assembly
Parliament
Who presides over the meetings of the Lok Sabha?
Speaker
Vice President
Prime Minister
President
The Planning Commission of India is
A statutory body
An advisory body
A constitutional body
An independent and autonomous body
Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?
Morarji Desai
Vallabhbhai Patel
G. B. Pant
Devi Lal
Which of the following statements regrading the Contituent Assembly are true
1.It was not based on Adult Franchise .
2.It resulted from direct elections.
3.It was multi-party body.
4.It worked through several Committees.
1 & 2
2 & 3
3 & 4
1,2,3 & 4
Who was the President of India at the time of proclamation of emergency in the year 1976 ?
V. V. Giri
Giani Zail Singh
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Consider the following statements :
1. A money bill cannot be introduced in the Council of States.
2. The Council of States cannot reject a money bill nor amend it.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
The well-known case of Keshavananda Bharti vs The state of Kerala related to which one of the following issues ?
Acquiring private land for Government use
Exploitation of women at work place
Basic feature of the constitution of India
Reservation of jobs for the OBCs in the Government service
How many members of the Rajya Sabha are nominated by the president ?
Five
Twelve
One-fifth of the total members
Ten
Which are the two states (other than UP) having the highest representation in Lok Sabha ?
Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
Bihar and Maharashtra
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan
Assertion (A) : In the Indian system, the executive cannot impose any tax without legislative sanction.
Reason (R) : It is expressly laid down by our constitution that no tax can be imposed unless it is authorised by an appropriation Act
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Parliamentary system in India has been borrowed from which country ?
America
Britain
Australia
Ireland
Who among the following can participate in the proceedings of both the Houses of Parliament ?
Vice-President
Solicitor-General
Chief Justice
Attorney-General
The 84th Amendment Act has frozen the total number of existing seats in the Lok Sabha on the basis of 1971 census. They shall remain unaltered till the first census to be taken after the year
2010
2015
2021
2026
Chief Justice of High Court is appointed by
President
Governor
Chief Justice of India
President at the advice of Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the concerned state
The main organ of U.N.O. is
General Assembly
Security Council
International Court of Justice
All the above
The idea of Directive principles of state policy has been borrowed from the Constitution of
Japan
Canada
France
Ireland
Which of the following is not included in the directive principles of state policy ?
Prohibition of liquor
Right to work
Equal wage for equal work
Right to information
Consider the following statements
1. In Part IX of the constitution of India, there is no provision of reservation for women in any seat to be filled by direct election in every Panchayat.
2. The Eleventh schedule of the constitution of India distributes power between the state legislature and the panchayat just as the seventh schedule distributes powers between the union of India and the states.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
In the general elections to the 13th Lok Sabha, the Congress Party secured
110
114
112
122
The most controversial amendment passed during the emergency was
43rd
41st
42nd
44th
Who has been the only Lok Sabha Speaker to have become the President of India ?
Gyani Zail Singh
V. V. Giri
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
K. R. Narayanan
The ultimate authority according to the preamble of the Indian constitution vests in
The President
The Prime Minister
The President, Prime Minister and rulers of native states
People of India as a whole
A member of the Union Public Service Commission can be removed by the
President
Prime Minister
Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Chairman of the UPSC
Rajya Sabha can delay the Finance Bill sent for its consideration by the Lok Sabha for a maximum period of
One month
One year
Seven days
Fourteen days