The Constitution and Its Significance

Q. What is a Constitution?

1. Systematic collection of rules designed to manage household.
2. Systematic collection of rules designed to govern a country.
3. Systematic collection of rules for maintaining one's health.
4. Systematic collection of rules for conversation.

Q. When did India gain independence?

1. 15 August 1947
2. 14 August 1947
3. 26 November 1949
4. 26 January 1950

Q. The three essential elements of Indian national life are _________.

1. Secularism, sovereignty and social justice.
2. Sovereignty, secularism and socialism.
3. Socialism, secularism and federalism.
4. Democracy, secularism and fundamental rights.

Q. Read the following statements and select the correct code.
a. The authority of the rules of the Constitution is the same as that of any other law.
b. Constitution lays down how different organs of the government will be formed.
c. Rights of citizens and limits on the powers of the government are laid down in the Constitution.
d. A Constitution is about the institutions, and also about the values.

1. a, b and c
2. a, c and d
3. b and c are true
4. a, b and d

Q. Although India finally received independence from British rule on 15th August 1945, we still had to deal with numerous social, economic and political problems.

1. True
2. False

Q. The is a document that contains a collection of rules and principles important for governing a nation.

1. Preamble
2. Constitution
3. Habeas Corpus
4. Book of the Law

Q. Taking into account both Company and Crown Rule, what was the duration of British colonial rule in India?

1. Five centuries
2. Two centuries
3. Three centuries
4. Four centuries

Q. Which of these is true regarding the Constitution of a nation?

1. It has provisions that give us our rights and duties.
2. It contains a collection of rules and principles important for governing a nation.
3. It gives the government powers and responsibilities.
4. It cannot be changed periodically as per people's aspirations, expectations and interests.

Q. When did the British Government give responsibility to the Cabinet Mission to facilitate India's independence?

1. 1947
2. 1946
3. 1948
4. 1950