Latest Indian Constitution General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Which of the following Directive Principles of State Policy was added to the Constitution at a later date?

A)

Organization of Village Panchayats

B)

Prohibition of Cow Slaughter

C)

Free Legal Aid

D)

Uniform Civil Code

Correct Answer : Free Legal Aid

2 .

Ashok Mehta Committee was constituted to make recommenddations on which one of the following issues?

A)

Division of tax revenues between Centre and States

B)

Panchayati Raj System

C)

Appointment of Governors

D)

Presidential and Vice-Presi-dential elections

Correct Answer : Panchayati Raj System

3 .

Which one of the following Committees of the Parliament has no Members from the Rajya Sabha?

A)

Public Accounts Committee

B)

Committee on Public Undertakings

C)

Estimates Committee

D)

Departmentally Related Standing Committee (DRSC) on Finance

Correct Answer : Estimates Committee

4 .

If the President and the Vice President of India both have resigned, who will act as the President?

A)

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

B)

The Prime Minister

C)

The Home Minister

D)

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Correct Answer : The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

5 .

The power of the President of India to refer a matter back to the Council of Ministers for reconsideration was inserted in the Constitution by -

A)

44th Amendment

B)

42nd Amendment

C)

43rd Amendment

D)

45th Amendment

Correct Answer : 44th Amendment

6 .

Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments has enormously strengthened the powers of the Speaker/ Chairman of the Houses of the Parliament/ State Legislatures?

A)

61st Amendment which reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years

B)

Anti-defection provisions of 52nd Amendment

C)

Repealing of many of the provisions of 42nd Amendment by 44th Amendment

D)

73rd Amendment that conferred extensive powers on Panchayat Bodies

Correct Answer : Anti-defection provisions of 52nd Amendment

7 .

The Sarkaria Commission was set up for reviewing the relations between the -

A)

Prime Minister and President

B)

Legislature and Executive

C)

Executive and Judiciary

D)

Centre and States

Correct Answer : Centre and States

8 .

The federal systems of India and the USA are different in all the following respects, except -

A)

States representation in the Upper House

B)

Dual citizenship

C)

Dual system of Cour

D)

Dual Government

Correct Answer : Dual citizenship

9 .

Which one of the following judgements is associated with the primacy of the Chief Justice of India and the Collegium of Judges in the appointment and transfer of the higher judiciary ?

A)

Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala

B)

S. P. Gupta vs. President of India

C)

Maneka Gandhi vs. Union of India

D)

S. R. Bommai vs. Union of India

Correct Answer : S. P. Gupta vs. President of India

10 .

The framers of the Constitution of India borrowed the concept of Fundamental Rights from the -

A)

Constitution of USA

B)

Constitution of Ireland

C)

Constitution of Canada

D)

Constitution of USSR

Correct Answer : Constitution of USA