Indian Polity Questions For UPSC, SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, FCI, Quiz-4

Correct Answer – A. England

Explanation:The Indian Constitu- tion borrowed such features as parliamentary form of government, introduction of Speaker and his role, the concept of single citizenship, the Rule of law, procedure of lawmaking, etc from England. The Indian citizenship and nationality law and the Constitu- tion of India provide single citizenship for all of India.

Correct Answer – C. 26th November, 1949

Explanation:- A Draft Constitution was prepared by the committee and submitted to the Assembly on 4 November 1947. Draft constitution was debated and over 2000 amendments were moved over a period of two years. Finally on 26 November, 1949, the process was completed and Constituent assembly adopted the constitution. 284 members signed the document and the process of constitution making was complete.

Correct Answer – C. Dr Rajendra Prasad

Explanation:- The first temporary 2-day president of the Constituent Assembly was Dr Sachidanand Sinha. Later, Rajendra Prasad was elected president of the Constituent Assembly.

Correct Answer – A. U.S.A.

Explanation:-The Indian Constitu- tion has borrowed some features from the U.S. Constitution. Those features are: fundamental rights, independence of Judiciary; judicial review, impeach- ment of the president, removal of Su- preme Court and High Court Judges and post of Vice-President.

Correct Answer – A. England

Explanation:-The concept of Par- liamentary sovereignty holds that the legislative body may change or repeal any previous, legislation, and so that it is not bound by written law (in some cases, even a constitution) or by prec- edent. It is a principle of the UK con- stitution. It makes Parliament the su- preme legal authority in the UK, which can create or end any law. Generally, the courts cannot overrule its legisla- tion and no Parliament can pass laws that future Parliaments cannot change.

Correct Answer –B. B.R. Ambedkar

Explanation:-B.R. Ambedkar was the chief architect of the Indian Consti- tution. Granville Austin has described the Indian Constitution drafted by Ambedkar as ‘first and foremost a so- cial document’. The majority of India’s constitutional provisions are either di- rectly arrived at furthering the aim of social revolution or attempt to foster this revolution by establishing condi- tions necessary for its achievement.

Correct Answer –D. Australia

Explanation:-The Constitution of India borrowed the following features from Australia: concurrent list; language of the preamble; and provisions regarding trade, commerce and intercourse.

Correct Answer –B. 26th November, 1949

Explanation:-The Constitution was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November, 1949, and came into effect on 26 January, 1950. With its adoption, the Union of India officially became the modern and contemporary Republic of India and it replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the country’s fundamental governing document.

Correct Answer –A. Portuguese

Explanation:-The English word ‘caste’ derives from the Spanish and Portuguese casta, which the Oxford English Dictionary quotes John Min- sheu’s Spanish dictionary (1599) to mean, ‘race, lineage, or breed.’ When the Spanish colonized the New World, they used the word to mean a ‘clan or lineage.’ However, it was the Portu- guese who employed casta in the pri- mary modern sense when they applied it to the many in-marrying hereditary Hindu social groups they encountered upon their arrival in India in 1498. The use of the spelling ‘caste,’ with this lat- ter meaning, is first attested to in En- glish in 1613.

Correct Answer –B. Cultural unity

Explanation:-Greater India was the historical extent of the culture of In- dia beyond the Indian subcontinent. This particularly concerns the spread of Hinduism in Southeast Asia, intro- duced by the Indianized kingdoms of the 5th to 15th centuries, but may also refer to the spread of Buddhism from India to Central Asia and China by the Silk Road during the early centuries of the Common Era. To the west, Great- er India overlaps with Greater Persia in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountains. The term is tied to the geographic uncertainties surrounding the ‘Indies’ during the Age of Exploration.