CBSE Class 11 Political Science Constitution: Why and How MCQs Set B

Question: Which of the following is a good reason to conclude that the authority of the constitution is higher than that of the parliament?
a) The constitution was framed before the parliament came into being.
b) The constitution makers were more eminent leaders than the members of the parliament.
c) The constitution specifies how parliament is to be formed and what are its powers.
d) The constitution cannot be amended by the parliament.
Answer: c

Question: In Nepal, the multi-party system started after the year
a) 1951
b) 1959
c) 1962
d) 1990
Answer: d

Question: Who made the constitution of India?
a) A British Parliament
b) The King of England
c) The Indian Parliament
d) The Constituent Assembly
Answer: d

Question: Who decides how the government will be constituted?
a) Parliament
b) Constitution
c) Judiciary
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: The members of Constituent Assembly were :
a) Directly elected
b) Nominated by Congress and Muslim League
c) Indirectly elected
d) Appointed by the Governor-General and Governors.
Answer: c

Question: The concept of “separation of powers” is given by
a) Plato.
b) Rousseau.
c) Aristotle.
d) Montesquieu.
Answer: d

Question: A Constitution is a body of
a) Basic laws
b) Rules
c) Principles
d) Moral values
Answer: a

Question: India borrowed the Directive Principles of State Policy from the:
a) Irish constitution
b) Canadian constitution
c) British constitution
d) South African constitution
Answer: a

Question: The word that does not appear in the Indian Constitution is
a) Sovereign
b) Federal
c) Fraternity
d) Republic
Answer: b

Question: The idea of our Preamble is borrowed from the
a) Canada constitution
b) U.K constitution
c) U.S constitution
d) French constitution
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution was passed without virtually any debate?
a) Introduction of Universal Suffrage
b) Fundamental Rights
c) Directive Principles of State Policies
d) Parliamentary Democracy
Answer: a

Question: Identify the thinker associated with the Modern Approach.
a) David Easton
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) Socrates
Answer: a

Question: India borrowed the provision of the First Past the Post system from the:
a) French constitution
b) Canadian constitution
c) British constitution
d) South African constitution
Answer: c

Question: Which country has the unwritten constitution
a) Britain
b) USA
c) India
d) Switzerland
Answer: a

Question: The members of the Constituent Assembly were:
a) Directly elected
b) Nominated by Congress and Muslim League
c) Indirectly elected
d) Appointed by the Governor-General and Governors
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following words is not mentioned in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution?
a) Sovereign
b) Socialist
c) Democratic
d) Indians
Answer: d

Question: Which of these is not a function of the constitution?
a) It gives a guarantee of the rights of the citizen
b) It marks out different spheres of power for different branches of government
c) It ensures that good people come to power
d) It gives expression to some shared values
Answer: c

Question: A body of fundamental principles, according to which a state is constituted is known as
a) Convention
b) Constitution
c) Law
d) Tradition
Answer: b

Question: “Man by nature is a social and political animal” is the cornerstone of the philosophy of:
a) Plato
b) Socrates
c) Aristotle
d) Montesquieu
Answer: c

Question: Parliament gets to decide about________.
a) Law and Judiciary
b) Laws and policies
c) Judiciary and application
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: The term ‘Politics’ is derived from:
a) Latin word ‘Polis’
b) Greek word ‘Polis’
c) English word ‘Political’
d) Greek word ‘City-State’
Answer: b

Question: Who among the following is not Political Theorist.
a) Marx
b) Rousseau
c) M.K. Gandhi
d) Napolian
Answer: d