Question

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.

• A. a, b and c
• B. a,c and d
• C. b and c are true
• D. a,b and d

Answer 1

The correct option is C b and c are true

a) Not True

The Constitution is the supreme law. It describes how government elects and their powers, rights of citizens and their protection. This is totally different than any other law.

(b) True

The Constitution defines the role of the legislature, the executive and the judiciary and how they should be formed and by whom.

(c) True

The Constitutional set up limits the powers of the government through different institutions and also talks about the right of citizens.

(d) Not True

The Constitution contains all the values which the institutions have to promote. The Preamble to the Constitution is a shining example of this and states clearly that justice, liberty, equality and fraternity have to be promoted. Secularism has to be followed and socialism and democracy should be the basis of the government.