1. How many Articles were there in the original Constitution of India?
A. 470
B. 22
C. 395
D. 52
Answer: C. 395
2. As of 2019, how many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 10
D. 15
Answer: B. 12
3. Which part of the Constitution contains the division of powers between the Centre and the states?
A. First Schedule
B. Article 370
C. Seventh Schedule
D. Directive Principles
Answer: C. Seventh Schedule
4. How many subjects are there in the Union List as per the current Constitution?
A. 66
B. 97
C. 98
D. 52
Answer: C. 98
5. In case of a conflict between the Centre and a State on a Concurrent List subject, whose law prevails?
A. State law
B. Supreme Court
C. President
D. Central law
Answer: D. Central law
6. The Constitution of India is considered the ________ Constitution in the world.
A. Shortest
B. Oldest
C. Most flexible
D. Lengthiest
Answer: D. Lengthiest
7. What happens to laws that do not conform to the Constitution?
A. They are enforced regardless
B. They are passed with amendments
C. They are declared invalid
D. They go to referendum
Answer: C. They are declared invalid
8. Who has the power of judicial review in India?
A. Prime Minister
B. High Courts and Supreme Court
C. Rajya Sabha
D. Attorney General
Answer: B. High Courts and Supreme Court
9. What majority is required by Parliament to change the name or boundaries of a state?
A. Special majority
B. Absolute majority
C. Two-thirds majority
D. Simple majority
Answer: D. Simple majority
10. What phrase best describes the Indian Federation according to the Constitution?
A. Union of Equal States
B. Indestructible Union of Destructible States
C. Indestructible States under Indestructible Union
D. Loose Union of Autonomous States
Answer: B. Indestructible Union of Destructible States
11. Which list includes subjects on which both Centre and State can legislate?
A. Union List
B. State List
C. Residuary List
D. Concurrent List
Answer: D. Concurrent List
12. Parliament can legislate on State List subjects if:
A. Lok Sabha passes a special bill
B. Rajya Sabha passes a resolution in national interest
C. President declares emergency
D. Supreme Court issues an order
Answer: B. Rajya Sabha passes a resolution in national interest
Section B
1. How did K.C. Wheare describe the Constitution of India?
A) Unitary with federal spirit
B) Quasi-federal
C) Purely federal
D) Confederation of states
Answer: B) Quasi-federal
2. According to K.C. Wheare, what kind of state is the Indian Union?
A) Federal state with minor unitary features
B) A union of sovereign states
C) Unitary state with subsidiary federal features
D) A decentralized union
Answer: C) Unitary state with subsidiary federal features
3. What term did Morris Jones use to describe Indian federalism?
A) Unitary decentralization
B) Fragmented federalism
C) Bargaining federalism
D) Symmetrical federalism
Answer: C) Bargaining federalism
4. Ivor Jennings characterized Indian federalism as:
A) Centralized federation
B) Federation with a strong centralising tendency
C) Loose confederation of states
D) Cooperative federalism
Answer: B) Federation with a strong centralising tendency
5. According to Ivor Jennings, what does the Indian Constitution aim to enforce?
A) Administrative supremacy
B) State dominance
C) National unity and growth
D) Autonomy of the Union
Answer: C) National unity and growth
6. What type of federalism did Granville Austin attribute to India?
A) Fiscal federalism
B) Coercive federalism
C) Cooperative federalism
D) Asymmetrical federalism
Answer: C) Cooperative federalism
7. According to Granville Austin, how are the state governments treated in Indian federalism?
A) As mere administrative agencies
B) As powerless entities
C) As strong and independent units
D) Not reduced to administrative agencies
Answer: D) Not reduced to administrative agencies
8. What unique kind of federation did Granville Austin claim India represents?
A) Traditional federal model
B) A new kind of federation to meet India’s peculiar needs
C) A union of disjointed states
D) A colonial federation
Answer: B) A new kind of federation to meet India’s peculiar needs
9. What did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar say the Indian Constitution establishes?
A) Single centralized governance
B) Confederation of states
C) Dual polity
D) Monarchical governance
Answer: C) Dual polity
10. According to Ambedkar, from where do both the Union and the States derive their powers?
A) Parliament
B) Supreme Court
C) Constitution
D) The President
Answer: C) Constitution
11. What was Dr. Ambedkar’s remark about the flexibility of the Constitution?
A) Rigidly federal
B) Only unitary
C) Can be both unitary and federal
D) Primarily confederal
Answer: C) Can be both unitary and federal
12. What did the Supreme Court declare in the Bommai case regarding the Constitution?
A) Unitary in spirit
B) Federalism is its basic feature
C) Purely administrative framework
D) Parliament is supreme
Answer: B) Federalism is its basic feature
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