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This set of Indian Constitutional Law 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Constitutional Law II Set 4

Q1 | A retired judge of High Court cannot
  • practice in the supreme court
  • practice in any high court in india
  • practice in the high court from which he has retired
  • none of the above
Q2 | The jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India may be enlarged by
  • parliament by law
  • parliament by resolution
  • the president
  • the president in consultation with the chief justice of india
Q3 | Which Article lays down thatthe laws declared by the Supreme Court would be bindingon the courts in India?
  • article 131
  • article 141
  • article 143
  • article 142
Q4 | Supreme Court struck down a part of the Preventive Detention Act in the
  • gopalan case
  • golakhnath case
  • ramesh thappar case
  • kochunni case
Q5 | The Structure of Indian Constitution is
  • federal in form and unitary in spirit
  • unitary
  • unitary in form and federal in spirit
  • purely federal
Q6 | The most important feature of a federation is
  • separation of powers
  • division of powers
  • judicial review
  • union of states
Q7 | Which Articles of the Indian Constitution discuss the financial relations between theCentre and the Sates?
  • articles 268-281
  • articles 278-291
  • articles 289-295
  • articles 168-171
Q8 | The Concurrent List contains
  • 47 subjects
  • 68 subjects
  • 42 subjects
  • 38 subjects
Q9 | The Union of India has power
  • to issue administrative directions to the states
  • to delegate administrative functions to the states
  • both (a) and (b)
  • none of the above
Q10 | Emergency can be proclaimed
  • only in whole of the country
  • only in that part of the country where aggression has taken place
  • in any part of the country
  • in the entire country or any part of the territory of india
Q11 | The President can issue the proclamation of Emergency
  • on the advice of prime minister
  • on the advice of council of ministers
  • in his own decisions
  • when the decision of union cabinet for the issuance of such proclamation has been
Q12 | The words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Secularism’ were inserted by the
  • 15th amendment
  • 39th amendment
  • 42nd amendment
  • 44th amendment
Q13 | In which case Supreme Court held that an Amendment of the Constitution underArticle 368 was ‘law within the meaning of Article 13’?
  • golakhnath v. state of punjab
  • sajjan singh v. state of rajasthan
  • sankari prasad v. union of india
  • kesavananda bharati v. state of kerala
Q14 | Which of the following case was the reason behind the Parliament passing the 24thAmendment of Constitution Act, 1971?
  • sajjan singh v. state of rajasthan
  • golakhnath v. state of punjab
  • kesavananda bharati v. state of kerala
  • minerva mills v. union of india
Q15 | First constitutional amendment was challenged in the case of
  • sankari prasad v. union of india
  • sajjan singh v. state of rajasthan
  • a. k. gopalan v. state of madras
  • golakhnath v. state of punjab
Q16 | A Bill to amend the Constitution may be initiated in
  • rajya sebha
  • lok sebha
  • either in rajya sebha or lok sebha
  • none of the above
Q17 | In case of conflict between fundamental rights of citizen and privileges of parliament,
  • parliamentary privilege will have supremacy
  • fundamental rights will prevail
  • some of the fundamental rights are sacrosanct over which privileges will not prevail
  • generally parliamentary privileges will prevail. but, parliament while acting against the
Q18 | Which of the following is incorrect
  • newspapers can publish parliamentary proceedings
  • newspapers can publish any part of the proceedings with the permission of the speaker.
  • newspapers have also the freedom to publish expunged portions of the speech of an mp
  • parliament has freedom to publish its proceedings
Q19 | Vidhan Sebha has a term of
  • five years
  • four years
  • five years unless dissolved earlier
  • two years unless dissolved earlier
Q20 | Which of the following is continuing body?
  • lok sebha
  • legislative assembly
  • legislative council
  • none of the above
Q21 | Who is considered as the Custodian of Lok Sebha?
  • prime minister
  • leader of opposition
  • chief whip of the ruling party
  • the speaker
Q22 | Decisions of the disqualification of member of Lok Sebha are taken by
  • speaker
  • prime minister
  • minister for parliamentary affairs
  • the parliamentary secretary
Q23 | Provision to Financial Bill is provided under
  • article 110
  • article 115
  • article 117
  • article 119