This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Political Science > Constitutional Design > Class 9 Political Science Chapter 2 Constitutional Design – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Political Science Chapter 2 Constitutional Design Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote Young India? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Dr. Radhakrishnan. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 2. The Constitution of India has been amended for ..... times so far. A) 404. B) 104. C) 204. D) 304. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 104. 3. Under whose leadership a constitution was drafted in 1928? A) Motilal Nehru. B) Dr. BR Ambedkar. C) Rajendra Prasad. D) JL Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motilal Nehru. 4. Which Country has the largest written constitution of the world? A) U.K. B) Indian. C) South Africa. D) U.S.A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian. 5. All are equal before the law. The traditional social inequalities have to be ended. The government should ensure equal opportunity for all. A) Equality. B) Liberty. C) Socialist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equality. 6. Nelson Mandela remained in the jail for A) 31 years. B) 28 years. C) 29 years. D) 30 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28 years. 7. Citizens have complete freedom to follow any religion. A) SECULAR. B) DEMOCRATIC. C) SOCIALISTS. D) SOVEREIGN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SECULAR. 8. Who said 'On 26 January 1950, we are going to enter a life of contradiction. In politics we have equality and in social and economic life, we will have inequality. ' A) Mr. Somnath Lahiri. B) Smt.Not in the alley. C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. D) Mr. K. M. Munshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. 9. Who among the following was not a member of the constituent assembly? A) Jawahar Lal Nehru. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Dr.B R Ambedkar. D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 10. From where did the many countries got inspired to begin their Constitution with a preamble.? A) American Model. B) South Africa. C) Australia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American Model. 11. In which year Indian National Congress adopted the resolution for the Indian Constitution in future? A) 1931 Karachi. B) 1928 Kolkata. C) 1928 Delhi. D) 1930 Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1931 Karachi. 12. Which of these is a provision that a democratic Constitution does not have? A) Powers of the legislature. B) Powers of the head of the state. C) Name of the head of the state. D) Name of the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Name of the head of the state. 13. Gandhiji expressed his vision what he wanted the Constitution to do in his magazine called- A) Hindustan rumor. B) Young India. C) Hindi Swaraj. D) Bengal times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Young India. 14. Which Revolution in the world inspired the Indian to set up a socialist economy A) French Revolution. B) Russian Revolution. C) American war of Independence. D) Turkish Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russian Revolution. 15. The ..... was the umbrella organisation that led the struggle against the policies of segregation A) African People's Congress. B) African National Congress. C) Congress of Africa. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) African National Congress. 16. The bill of rights was borrowed to Indian constitution from? A) Germany. B) US. C) France. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) US. 17. Long walk to freedom is the autobiography of A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Motilal Nehru. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Nelson Mandela. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nelson Mandela. 18. Which of the following countries is /are examples of Republic A) USA. B) India. C) South Africa. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. How many articles are there in Indian Constitution? A) 315. B) 396. C) 395. D) 340. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 395. 20. ..... was the finance minister in the union cabinet. A) B R Ambedkar. B) Jaipal Singh. C) T T Krishnamachari. D) Abul Kalam Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T T Krishnamachari. 21. Which of the following days is celebrated to mark the enforcement of the Indian Constitution? A) Republic Day. B) Independence Day. C) Gandhi Jayanti. D) Constitution Enforcement Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republic Day. 22. The terms 'Socialist' and 'Secular' were added in Preamble in 1976 through the ..... A) 90th Constitutional Amendment. B) 20th Constitutional Amendment. C) 42nd Constitutional Amendment. D) 15th Constitutional Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 42nd Constitutional Amendment. 23. How many members did the Constituent Assembly of India have? A) 299. B) 199. C) 399. D) 499. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 299. 24. How much time it took for Constituent Assembly to finalize the constitution? A) 2 Years 7 Months 18 Days. B) 2 Years 11 Months 18 Days. C) 2 Years 5 Months 20 Days. D) 2 Years 9 Months 8 Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 Years 11 Months 18 Days. 25. Tryst with destiny speech was given by ..... on 14th August, 1947. A) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. B) Babu Rajendra Prasad. C) Not in the alley. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru. 26. Who was the president of the Indian constituent assembly? A) Motilal Nehru. B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. C) Not in the alley. D) B. R. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. 27. Name the first captain of the Indian hockey team who was a member of the constituent assembly A) Somnath Lahiri. B) Km Munshi. C) Baldev Singh. D) Jaipal Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaipal Singh. 28. The Constituent Assembly took almost ..... to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution. A) 4 years. B) Two years, eleven months and seventeen days. C) 1 year. D) 114 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two years, eleven months and seventeen days. 29. Which of the following days is celebrated to mark the enforcement of the constitution? A) Republic Day. B) Independence Day. C) Gandhi Jayanti. D) Constitution Enforcement Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republic Day. 30. Where was the 1931 session of Indian National Congress held A) Kolkata. B) Nagpur. C) Delhi. D) Karachi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karachi. 31. In which year did Motilal Nehru and others draft a constitution for India? A) 1931. B) 1929. C) 1928. D) 1932. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1928. 32. The drafting of the constitution was done by an assembly of elected representatives called A) Parliament. B) Constituent assembly. C) Provincial legislatures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constituent assembly. 33. Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right? A) Right to property. B) Right to constitutional Remedies. C) Right to Equality. D) Right to freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right to property. 34. On the basis of what did the system of apartheid divided people? A) Basis of birth. B) Basis of skin color. C) Basis of gender. D) Basis of property. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basis of skin color. 35. The Constituent Assembly met for how many days A) 114 days. B) 280 days. C) 150 days. D) 365 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 114 days. 36. How many amendments were considered before adopting the Constitution? A) Around 1000. B) Around 1550. C) Around 2000. D) Around 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around 2000. 37. Which national leader first tried to draft a Constitution for India? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Motilal Nehru. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) BR Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motilal Nehru. 38. How many members did the Constituent assembly have? A) 301. B) 255. C) 299. D) 288. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 299. 39. Who was the Finance Minister in the first Union cabinet? A) Abul Kalam Azad. B) T. Krishnamachari. C) Sardar Vallabai Patel. D) Jawahar Lal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T. Krishnamachari. 40. Law minister in the first cabinet of post-Independence India. Founder of the republican party of India.Identify the person- A) Somnath Either. B) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee. C) BR.Ambedkar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BR.Ambedkar. 41. The apartheid policy is the discrimination between A) Male and female. B) Black and white. C) Upper and lower caste. D) Rich and poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black and white. 42. What does a constitution do? A) The Constitution is the supreme law that determines the relationship among people living in a territory (called citizens) and also the relationship between the people and government. B) It allows disputes and fights. C) It specifies how the government will be constituted, who will have power to take which decisions;. D) Both A & C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A & C. 43. AFTER HOW MANY DAYS NELSON MANDELA WALKED OUT OF THE JAIL AS A FREE MAN? A) 28 DAYS. B) 28 MONTHS. C) 28 YEARS. D) 28 HOURS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 28 YEARS. 44. In which magazine did Gandhi ji express his views about the constitution? A) Dinamalar. B) Young India. C) Lotus message. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Young India. 45. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA IS A) FLEXIBLE. B) RIGID. C) PARTLY FLEXIBLE AND PARTLY RIGID. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PARTLY FLEXIBLE AND PARTLY RIGID. 46. Which of the following leaders delivered the speech Tryst with Destiny? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Dr. Radhakrishnan. C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. D) Dr. BR Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru. 47. When did the Indian constitution come to force? A) 26 Nov 1949. B) 26 Jan 1949. C) 26 Jan 1950. D) 26 Nov 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26 Jan 1950. 48. Which one of the following guiding values of the Constitution of India means people have supreme right to make decisions: A) Sovereign. B) Fraternity. C) Secular. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sovereign. 49. In 1928 how many people drafted the constitution? A) 8. B) 9. C) 10. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 50. A preliminary version of a legal document is called ..... A) Copy. B) Final document. C) Law. D) Draft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Draft. 51. "I shall strive for a constitution which will release India from all thralldom and patronage ..... " . This sentence is an extract from the publication written by M.K. Gandhi for a journal called ..... A) New life. B) Harjjin. C) Young India. D) Hindustan daily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Young India. 52. Which of these was the most salient underlying conflict in the making of a democratic constitution in South Africa? A) Between the coloured minority and the black majority. B) Between men and women. C) Between South Africa and its neighbours. D) Between the white majority and the black minority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between the coloured minority and the black majority. 53. There are no unreasonable restrictions on the citizens' thinking, expressions etc. A) Liberty. B) Fraternity. C) Justice. D) Equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberty. 54. The Constituent Assembly represented to Whom? A) Princely States. B) The People of India. C) Indian National Congress. D) Muslim League. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The People of India. 55. Who among the following is not a member of Drafting Commitee? A) B R Ambedkar. B) Mohammad on the obtained. C) Allaadi. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 56. What is the true meaning of "Secular" ? A) All religions are equal in the eyes of the government. B) Special importance to a religion related to minorities. C) One religion is promoted by the government. D) None of the following. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All religions are equal in the eyes of the government. 57. Name the body which framed the Constitution of India? A) Constituent Assembly. B) People's Assembly. C) Constitutional Assembly. D) General Assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constituent Assembly. 58. WHAT DOES "FRATERNITY" MEANS? A) FEELING OF SENSIBILITY. B) FEELING OF NEIGHBOURHOOD. C) FEELING OF RIGHTS. D) FEELING OF BROTHERHOOD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FEELING OF BROTHERHOOD. 59. He was the Minister of Home, Information and Broadcasting in the Interim Government. A) T.T.Krishnamachar. B) H. C. Mookherjee. C) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. D) Jaipal Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. 60. How many Fundamental rights does India Constitution have? A) 8. B) 6. C) 7. D) 5. 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