1. The Constituent Assembly of India was step up d.

Neither I nor II
under the framework of?
a. Cripps mission (1942) 7.The provisions in the Constitution of India like
b. Cabinet mission (1946) Constitutional Amendment can be done by 2/3rd
c. Simon commission (1927) majority in Parliament and election of the
d. None of these members of Rajya Sabha on the basis of
proportional representation are incorporated
2.The all important drafting committee had two form ?
distinguished jurist and lawyers along with the a. Government of India Act, 1935
chairman Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. They were? b. Britain
a. B.N Rau and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer c. Weimer Constitution of Germany
b. B.N Rau and S.N. Mukherjee d. Constitution of South Africa
c. Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer and K.M. Munshi
d. K.M. Munshi and S.N. Mukherjee 8.The national Anthem was adopted by the
constituent Assembly on which of the following
3.After the creation of Constituent Assembly of day- 24 January,1950
Pakistan in 1947, the membership of Constituent
Assembly of India was reduced to 299 from 389 9.The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly had
earlier. What was the total number of members taken place on December 9, 1946 was presided by
from the provinces in the Constituent Assembly? whom as its interim president?
a. 229 a. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
b. 70 b. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c. 292 c. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d. 93 d. Dr. Sachidanand Sinha

4.The Constituent Assembly of India was passed 10.The Constituent Assembly of India comprised of:
and adopted on which of the following days? a) 292 members from British provinces, 4 from
a. 24 January, 1950 Chief Commissionaires and 93 from Princely
b. 26 January, 1950 States
c. 26 November, 1949 b) 294 members from British provinces, 4 from
d. 29 August, 1947 Chief Commissionaires and 91 from princely States
c) 291 members from British provinces, 3 from
5.The philosophy underlying the Indian Chief Commissionaires and 95 from princely States
constitution was embodied quite early in the d) 292 members from British provinces, 5 from
Objective Resolution, which was moved in the first Chief Commissionaires and 92 from princely States.
session of the Constituent Assembly (on 13
December 1946) by: 11.Match List – I with List – II and select the correct
a. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru answer from the codes given below.
b. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel List – I List – II
c. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1. Judicial British
d. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Review,
Fundamental Rights. i. British
6.The Objective Resolution was unanimously 2. Single Citizenship ii. Irish
adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22nd 3. Nomination of Members
January 1947, had the following provisions as given to Rajya Sabha iii. Canadian
below: 4. Residuary Powers iv. American
I. Adequate safeguards shall be provided for Codes: 1 2 3 4
minorities, backward and tribal areas, and a) iv i ii iii
depressed and other backward classes. c) i iii iv i
II. All power and authority of the Sovereign b) iii ii i iv
Independent India, its constituent parts and organs d) i iv iii ii
of government, are derived from the people.
12.Given below are two statements, one labelled as
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Assertion (A) and the other labelled as
a. I only Reason (R):
b. (b)II only Assertion (A): A federal arrangement aims at
c. Both I and II reconciling freedom with unity and diversity of
political cultures and identities with effective (iv) Prime Minister is the leader of the largest party
collective action. on the floor of the House.
Reason (R): India opted for a pluralistic model of
nation building. a) (i) and (ii) are correct
a) Both (A) and are correct and (R) is the correct b) (ii) and (iii) are correct
explanation of (A). c) (iii) and (iv) are correct
b) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the d) (i) and (iv) are correct.
correct explanation of (A).
c) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct. 17.Who among the following was not a member of
d) (R) is correct, but (A) is not correct. the Indian Constituent Assembly?
a) Sir firoz Khan Nur
13.Given below are two statements, one labelled as b) Sir Zafarullah Khan
Assertion (A) and the other labelled as c) Dr. Jay Shankar
Reason (R): d) Jai Prakash Narayan
Assertion (A): Bulk of the provisions of the
constitution of India were adopted from the 18.The Drafting committee member of the
Government of India Act of 1935. Constituent Assembly said that Governor
Reason (R): The congress party passed a resolution nominated
adopting the government of India Act of by the President will be the agent of the Central
1935 as the basis of the constitution. Government. Identify
a) T.T. Krishnamachari
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct b) B.R. Ambedkar
explanation of (A). c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Both (A) and (R) is not the correct explanation of d) Rajendra Prasad
(A).
c) (A) is true but (R) is false. 19.Who among the following had favoured
d) (R) is true, but (A) is false. Panchayati Raj System by giving the following
statement in the Indian constituent Assembly?
14.Who made the following statement in the “…in the interest of democracy, the villages may be
Constituent Assembly in connection with the trained in the art of self-government…
Amendment Procedure of the Constitution of India? We must be able to reform the villages and
‘That while we want this Constitution to be sold and introduce democratic principles of government
as permanent as a structure we can make there…”
it, nevertheless there is no permanence in a) Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
Constitutions. … If you make anything rigid and b) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
permanent, you stop the Nations’s growth, the c) B.N. Rao
growth of a living, vital organic people’. d) Jawaharlal Nehru
a) Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
b) Jawaharlal Nehru 20.Which congress President during British Raj
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel initiated the idea of a Planning Commission?
d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. a) Jawaharla Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
15.Which of the following Committees of the c) Maulana Azad
Constituent Assembly was chaired by Jawarharlal d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Nehru?
a) Steering Committee 21.Which one of the following Acts/Reports created
b) Union Powers Committee the Federal Court in India?
c) Committee on Fundamental Rights and a) Government of India Act, 1909
Minorities b) Government of India Act, 1919
d) Provincial Constitution Committee c) Montague-Chelmsford Report
d) Government of India Act, 1935.
16.Which of the following are the common features
of India and U.K? 22..“We are under the constitution but the
(i) Supremacy of Parliament Constitution but the Constitution is what the judges
(ii) a written Constitution say
(iii) Bicameralism it is”. Which of the following countries can this be
applicable to?
1. India 2. America 3. Switzerland 4. Australia b) 299
Select the correct answer from the codes given c) 300
below: d) 301
a) 1 and 3 b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 3 d) 3 and 4 Ans B
Ans B
31.Who among the following was the Chairman of
23.Who said the following? ‘India’s Constitution the State Committee of the Constituent
was born more in fear and trepidation than in Assembly?
hope and inspiration? a) B.R.Ambedkar
a) Paul Brass b) B.N.Rao
b) Myron Weiner c) Dr.Rajendra Prasad
c) K.C. Wheare d) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Jennings Ans D
Ans A
32.Who was the de facto Prime Minister at the time
24. Who of the following constituted an oligarchy of evolution of the Indian Constituent Assembly—
within the Constituent Assembly of India? a) Moti Lal Nehru
a) Nehru, Patel, Prasad, Azad b) Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patal
b) Ambedkar, B.N. RAo, K.M.Mushi, Nehru c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
c) Patel, Azad, Munshi, Ambedkar d) H.N. Kunzru
d) Krishnamachari, Pannikar, Nehru, Patel Ans C
Ans A
33. Whoboi cotted the Indian Constituent Assembly
25. The Constitution of India, was drafted and —
enacted in which language— a) Unionist Muslim
a) Hindi b) Muslim League
b) English c) Unionist Scheduled Caste
c) Tamil d) Krishak Poja
d) Telugu Ans B
Ans B
34. In the Constituent Assembly, which parties were
26. In which language script, Constitution of India members—
was signed by the members of the Constitutent a) Congress, Muslim League, Unionist Muslim
Assembly on 21st Jan.1950— b) Unionist Scheduled Caste, Krishak Poja,
a) English Scheduled Castes Federation, Sikh (Non Congress)
b) Hindi c) Communists, Independents
c) a and b d) All the above
d) None of the above Ans D
Ans C
35. How many Articles and Schedules were in the
27.What was the total number of members in the First Draft Constitution presented by the
Drafting Committee of Constitution-7 Drafting Committee to the Constituent Assembly—
a) 318 Articles and 7 Schedules
28.Who was India’s Constitutional Advisor-- B.N. b) 319 Articles and 10 Schedules
Rao c) 315 Articles and 8 Schedules
d) 399 Articles and 5 Schedules
29.Which Indian artist decorated the handwritten Ans C
Copy of the Constitution?
a) MihirSen 36. In the final form of the Constitution adopted by
b) S.N. Banerji the Constituent Assembly, how many Articles
c) Mukesh Bandhopadhyaya and Schedules were there---
d) Nandalal Bose a) 397 Articles and 9 Schedules
Ans D b) 395 Articles and 4 Schedules
c) 396 Articles and 7 Schedules
30.The Indian Constituent Assembly, after the d) 395 Articles and 8 Schedules
partition, had the following number Ans D
a) 298
37. On which date the ‘Objective resolution ‘was Ans A
moved in the Constituent assembly?
a) December 13, 1946 44. What was the last session of the Constituent
b) December 09, 1946 Assembly---
c) December 16, 1946 a) Eleventh Session
d) December 19, 1946 b) Twelfth Session
Ans A c) Sixteenth Session
d) Seventh Session
38. The idea of Rule of Law has been taken by the Ans B
Indian Constitution from
a) USA 45. When was the last Twelfth session of the
b) France Constituent Assembly held—
c) South Africa a) 24th Jan 1950
d) Britain b) 24th Feb 1950
Ans D c) 24th April 1950
d) 24th Dec 1950
39. Who supported the views of the Constituent Ans A
Assembly for making the Indian Constitution---
a) Sardar Padal 46. Which song was sang in the Constituent
b) Gandhiji c) Jinnah Assembly before its adjournment sine die—
d) None of the above a) Jana Gana Man
Ans B b) Vande Matram
c) a and b
40. Gandhiji wrote which article in the Harijan of d) None of the above
19th November 1939 to support the formation Ans C
of Constituent Assembly for making the
Constitution of India--- 47. For how many years, months and days, did the
a) The need of Constitution Constituent Assembly work on the Constitution of
b) Formation of Constituent Assembly India—
c) The only way a) 2 years, 11 months and 19 Days
d) The way b) 3 Years, 12 months and 16 Days
Ans C c) 4 Years, 18 months and 6 Days
d) None of the above
41. When did Constituent Assembly adopt a Ans A
national Flag—
a) 22nd Aug.1947 48. Constitution of India came into effect from?
b) 22nd July 1947 a) 15 January 1950
c) 22nd Jan 1947 b) 26 January 1950
d) 22nd Oct 1947 c) 15 August 1950
Ans B d) 15 January 1950
Ans B
42. Who was the last British Governor General who
addressed the Constituent Assembly— 49. After independence, who decided to determine
a) Lord Attlee the Future Constitution of India—
b) Lord Mount Batten a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
c) Lord Bentick b) Sardar Ballabh Bhaj Patel
d) None of the above c) Constituent Assembly
Ans B d) None of the above
Ans C
43. When did the Constituent Assembly passed a
resolution for translation of the 50. Through which offer, the British Government
Constitution of India into Hindi and other many authoritatively supported a Constituent Assembly
languages of India--- for making the Indian Constitution
a) 17th Sep 1949 a) August offer
b) 17th Oct 1949 b) Viceroy offer
c) 17th Nov 1949 c) Sir Strafford Cripps offer
d) 17th Dec 1949 d) None of the above
Ans A 55.Who among the following were the members of
drafting committee of the constitution?
51.In the Constituent Assembly which words were
associated with the Parliament— 1) Syed Mohammad Saadullah
a) Parliament of the Legislature 2) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Parliament of the Union 3) N. Madhava Rau
c) Parliament of the Federation 4) H. C. Mukherjee
d) All the above
Ans C a. 1, 3, 4
b. 1, 4
52.The constituent assembly was constituted under c. 1, 3
the scheme formulated by the Cabinet Mission Plan. d. 2, 3, 4
What were the features of the scheme? Ans C

1) One seat was to be allotted for every million 56.Which of the following are true?
population.
2) Voting was to be by the method of proportional 1) Out of 299 members of the Constituent Assembly
representation by means of single transferable vote. only 284 signed the Constitution.
3) The representatives of princely state were to be 2) The adopted Constitution contained Preamble,
nominated by the heads of princely states. 395 Articles and 8 Schedules.
3) The Constitution was adopted and commenced
a. 1, 2 on November 26, 1949.
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 3 a. 1, 2
d. All of the above b. 2, 3
Ans D c. 1, 3
d. All of the above
53.Which of the following are true? Ans A

1) Constituent Assembly adopted the national flag 57.Which of the following changes took place in the
on July 22, 1947. Constituent Assembly due to the India
2) Constituent Assembly adopted the national Independence Act of 1947?
anthem on January 24, 1950.
3) On January 26, 1950, the Constituent Assembly 1) Assembly became fully sovereign body.
held its final session. 2) Assembly as a legislative body was chaired by
Jawaharlal Nehru.
a. 1, 2 3) Muslim league members (hailing from Pakistan)
b. 2, 3 withdrew from the Assembly.
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above a. 1, 2
Ans C b. 2, 3
c. 1, 3
54.Which of the following are correctly matched? d. All of the above
Ans C
1) States Committee (Committee for Negotiating
with states) - Jawaharlal Nehru 58.Which of the is/are true?
2) Provincial Constitution Committee - Sardar Patel
3) Drafting Committee - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 1) Constituent Assembly held its first meeting on
4) Rules of Procedure Committee - Dr. Rajendra December 9, 1946.
Prasad 2) The oldest member, was elected as the
temporary President of the Assembly, following the
a. 1, 2, 4 British practice.
b. 3, 4 3) H. C. Mukherjee was Vice-President of the
c. 1, 2 and 3 Constituent Assembly.
d. All of the above
Ans D a. All of the above
b. 1, 3
c. 1, 2
d. None of the above
Ans B