Civil Services Prep

UPSC Prelims MCQs

Polity and Constitution

  1. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru declared that the Constitution…
  2. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Appointment of the Second Backward Classes Commission…
  3. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Drafting Committee was constituted. 2. The…
  4. Article 1 describes India as a “Union of States”. The Indian federation did not arise from an agreement among…
  5. Article 23 prohibits trafficking in human beings, begar and other similar forms of forced labour. It operates…
  6. Consider a constitutional remedy with the following characteristics: It examines the legality of a person’s…
  7. Consider a Directive Principle with the following characteristics: It was not part of the original…
  8. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): A law intended to implement a Directive Principle…
  9. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): A single constitutional Article may contain…
  10. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): After the Indian Independence Act of 1947 made the…
  11. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): In terms of the rights that may be enforced, the…
  12. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): Indian secularism is described as a positive…
  13. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): Liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble…
  14. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The consent of the affected State Legislature is…
  15. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The inclusion of Fundamental Duties was presented…
  16. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The Indian Constitution is regarded as a synthesis…
  17. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The Indian Independence Act of 1947 fundamentally…
  18. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The non-justiciable character of Fundamental…
  19. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The principal sanction behind the Directive…
  20. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The prohibition of untouchability under Article 17…
  21. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The States Reorganisation Act and the Seventh…
  22. Consider the following assertion: Article 29’s protection of cultural interests is not confined exclusively to…
  23. Consider the following assertion: The constitutional and legislative functions of the Constituent Assembly…
  24. Consider the following assertion: The constitutional changes concerning Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 involved…
  25. Consider the following assertion: The Directive Principles were designed to supplement the Fundamental Rights…
  26. Consider the following assertion: The environmental Fundamental Duty is not merely an abstract moral appeal;…
  27. Consider the following assertion: The present constitutional relationship does not permit unlimited primacy to…
  28. Consider the following characteristics of a constitutional writ: It may be issued by a superior court to an…
  29. Consider the following factors concerning the length of the Indian Constitution: 1. The geographical vastness…
  30. Consider the following pairs: 1. Objectives Resolution moved — December 13, 1946 — Jawaharlal Nehru 2. First…
  31. Consider the following pairs: 1. Andhra State Act, 1953 — Created the first linguistic State by separating…
  32. Consider the following proposals of the Swaran Singh Committee: 1. Parliament should be able to prescribe…
  33. Consider the following rights: 1. Right to privacy 2. Right to livelihood 3. Right to strike 4. Right to…
  34. Consider the following rows: 1. B.L. Mitter — Resigned owing to ill health and was replaced by N. Madhava Rau…
  35. Consider the following rows: 1. Introduction of the final draft and first reading — November 4, 1948 2.…
  36. Consider the following statements: 1. Article 31A protects specified categories of laws from challenge under…
  37. Consider the following statements: 1. Article 38 seeks a social order informed by social, economic and…
  38. Consider the following statements: 1. Equal justice and free legal aid under Article 39A are classified among…
  39. Consider the following statements: 1. The Constitution originally contemplated a dual polity comprising the…
  40. Consider the following statements: 1. The Dhar Commission recommended reorganisation primarily on the basis of…
  41. Consider the following statements: 1. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 advances the objective of equal…
  42. Consider the following statements: 1. The State may make special provisions for women and children. 2. Special…
  43. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): The right to propagate religion under Article 25 does not…
  44. Consider the following statements regarding criticisms of Fundamental Duties: 1. The list is considered…
  45. Consider the following statements regarding criticisms of the Directive Principles: 1. Their non-justiciable…
  46. Consider the following statements regarding Fundamental Duties: 1. They apply only to citizens and do not…
  47. Consider the following statements regarding the Directive Principles of State Policy: 1. The term “State” in…
  48. Consider the following statements regarding the legal position of the Preamble: 1. It may assist courts in…
  49. Consider the following table: 1. Article 41 — Right to work, education and public assistance in specified…
  50. Consider the following table: 1. Fundamental Duties are confined to citizens — Constitutional characteristic…
  51. Fundamental Rights are primarily directed towards protecting individual liberty and establishing political…
  52. Match List I with List II: 1. Article 41 — P. Promotion of international peace and security 2. Article 42 — Q.…
  53. Match List I with List II: 1. Forty-second Amendment — P. Added Article 43B concerning cooperative societies…
  54. Match List I with List II: 1. Election Commission — P. Audits Union and State government accounts and acts as…
  55. Match List I with List II: 1. Consideration of the claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in public…
  56. Match List I with List II: 1. Canadian Constitution — P. Federation with a strong Centre, residuary powers…
  57. Match List I with List II: 1. Speech and expression — P. Eight expressly listed grounds, including contempt of…
  58. Match List I with List II: 1. Protect the natural environment and have compassion for living creatures — P.…
  59. Match List I with List II: 1. Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 — P. Prohibits trade in rare…
  60. Match List I with List II: 1. Article 33 — P. Restriction or abrogation of Fundamental Rights of members of…
  61. Match List I with List II: 1. Part A States — P. Former Governors’ Provinces of British India 2. Part B States…
  62. Match List I with List II: 1. Fundamental Rights Subcommittee — P. J.B. Kripalani 2. Minorities Subcommittee —…
  63. The 44th Constitutional Amendment Act repealed Article 19(1)(f) and Article 31 and inserted Article 300A in…
  64. The Constituent Assembly completed the task of making the Constitution on November 26, 1949, and held its…
  65. The Constitution-makers considered that India lacked sufficient financial resources to implement every…
  66. The post-Emergency Janata Government sought to reverse several changes made by the Forty-second Amendment but…
  67. The Supreme Court has held that Article 3 does not authorise the cession of Indian territory to a foreign…
  68. The Supreme Court has held that, while examining the constitutionality of a law, a court may take into account…
  69. The Supreme Court may invalidate parliamentary laws through judicial review. Parliament, on the other hand,…
  70. Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, which one of the following correctly describes the selection of…
  71. Which one of the following best describes the constitutional position of the Directive Principles of State…
  72. Which one of the following best describes the integrated character of the Indian judicial system?
  73. Which one of the following correctly describes the constitutional incorporation of Fundamental Duties?
  74. Which one of the following correctly describes the constitutional source from which the framers borrowed the…
  75. Which one of the following correctly describes the foreign constitutional influence behind India’s Fundamental…
  76. Which one of the following correctly describes the Fundamental Right guaranteed by Article 21A?
  77. Which one of the following correctly describes universal adult franchise under the Indian constitutional…
  78. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes a minimum wage, a fair wage and a living wage?
  79. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes martial law from a National Emergency?
  80. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes the “Territory of India” from the “Union of India”?
  81. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes the two expressions contained in Article 14?
  82. Which one of the following correctly identifies the four components revealed by the Preamble?
  83. Which one of the following is a recognised mode through which India may acquire foreign territory?
  84. Which one of the following is constitutionally permissible under Article 18 without any further condition?
  85. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  86. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  87. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  88. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  89. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  90. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  91. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  92. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  93. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  94. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  95. Which one of the following provided for an authoritative Hindi text of the Constitution by inserting Article…
  96. Which one of the following was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on July 22, 1947?
  97. With reference to Article 15, consider the following statements: 1. It prohibits the State from discriminating…
  98. With reference to Article 22, consider the following statements: 1. A person arrested under an ordinary law…
  99. With reference to Article 39, consider the following statements: 1. It seeks adequate means of livelihood for…
  100. With reference to Articles 12 and 13 of the Constitution, consider the following statements: 1. The expression…
  101. With reference to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Constitution, consider the following statements: 1. Article 2…
  102. With reference to Articles 23 and 24, consider the following statements: 1. The prohibition under Article 23…
  103. With reference to legislative powers concerning preventive detention, consider the following statements: 1.…
  104. With reference to Sikkim’s constitutional integration with India, consider the following statements: 1. The…
  105. With reference to the concept of the Rule of Law, consider the following statements: 1. Absence of arbitrary…
  106. With reference to the constitutional development of Article 45, consider the following statements: 1. In its…
  107. With reference to the constitutional relationship between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles,…
  108. With reference to the federal character of the Indian Constitution, consider the following statements: 1.…
  109. With reference to the Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution, consider the following statements: 1.…
  110. With reference to the integration of princely States into India, consider the following statements: 1. Of the…
  111. With reference to the One Hundredth Constitutional Amendment Act of 2015, consider the following statements:…
  112. With reference to the protections provided by Article 20, consider the following statements: 1. The…
  113. With reference to the Supreme Court’s decision in the Mandal case of 1992, consider the following statements:…
  114. With reference to the Swaran Singh Committee and the insertion of Fundamental Duties, consider the following…
  115. With reference to the terms “Sovereign” and “Republic” in the Preamble, consider the following statements: 1.…