General Awareness Quiz – Polity and Constitution

General Awareness Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams.

Topic: Polity and Constitution

1. Which of the following country does not have a written constitution? /
   निम्नलिखित में से किस देश में लिखित संविधान नहीं है?
   A) Bangladesh / बांग्लादेश
   B) New Zealand / न्यूज़ीलैण्ड
   C) Egypt / इजिप्ट
   D) Pakistan / पाकिस्तान
   
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     Option B
   Explanation: These are the countries with unwritten or Uncodified Constitutions: Israel, UK, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Canada
2. The constitutional features of procedures for amendment was borrowed by India from which country? /
   संशोधन की प्रक्रियाओं की संवैधानिक विशेषताओं को किस देश से भारत द्वारा अनुकूलित किया गया था?
   A) Britain / ब्रिटेन
   B) Russia / रूस
   C) South Africa / दक्षिण अफ्रीका
   D) China / चीन
   
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     Option C
   Explanation: From South Africa
3. What type of a right is “Right to vote in elections to Parliament”? /
   “संसद में चुनाव के लिए मतदान का अधिकार” किस प्रकार का अधिकार है?
   A) Legal Right / कानूनी अधिकार
   B) Moral Right / नैतिक अधिकार
   C) Equitable Right / न्यायसंगत अधिकार
   D) Constitutional Right / संवैधानिक अधिकार
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Article 326 (in Part XV) gives this right.
4. Which of the following is the guardian of Indian Constitution? /
   निम्नलिखित में से कौन भारतीय संविधान का संरक्षक है?
   A) Indian Government / भारत सरकार
   B) President / राष्ट्रपति
   C) NITI Aayog
   D) Supreme Court / सुप्रीम कोर्ट
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The role of Supreme Court is that of guardian of Consitution and that of federal court.
5. What does the term “Fraternity” in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution denote? /
   भारतीय संविधान की प्रस्तावना में “ फ़्रटर्निटी ” शब्द का क्या अर्थ है?
   A) Statehood
   B) Brotherhood
   C) Livelihood
   D) Affection
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Fraternity refers to a feeling of brotherhood and a sense of belonging with the country among its people.
6. The word ‘integrity’ has been added to the Preamble as per which Constitutional Amendment?/
   इन्टिग्रटी ’शब्द किस संवैधानिक संशोधन के अनुसार प्रस्तावना में जोड़ा गया है?
   A) 43rd Constitutional Amendment
   B) 45th Constitutional Amendment
   C) 42nd Constitutional Amendment
   D) 46th Constitutional Amendment
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The Preamble declares that fraternity has to assure two things—the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation. The word ‘integrity’ has been added to the Preamble by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment (1976).
7. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment was made in which year?/
   42वां संवैधानिक संशोधन किस वर्ष किया गया था?
   A) 1986
   B) 1976
   C) 1968
   D) 1988
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The preamble has been amended only once so far. On 18 December 1976, during the Emergency in India, the Indira Gandhi government pushed through several changes in the Forty-second Amendment of the constitution.
8. As per the 42nd Constitutional Amendment the words “unity of the Nation” were changed to _____. /
   42वें संवैधानिक संशोधन के अनुसार “राष्ट्र की एकता” शब्द को _____ में बदल दिया गया था।
   A) “unity and integrity of the Nation” / “राष्ट्र की एकता और अखंडता”
   B) “unity, integrity and fraternity of the Nation” / “राष्ट्र की एकता, अखंडता और बंधुत्व”
   C) “unity and fraternity of the Nation” / “राष्ट्र की एकता और बंधुत्व”
   D) “unity and secularism of the Nation” / “राष्ट्र की एकता और धर्मनिरपेक्षता”
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Through this amendment, the words “socialist” and “secular” were added between the words “Sovereign” and “democratic” and the words “unity of the Nation” were changed to “unity and integrity of the Nation”
9. Dual citizenship is a feature of which type of government? /
   दोहरी नागरिकता किस प्रकार की सरकार की विशेषता है?
   A) Typical Government
   B) Federal Government
   C) Presidential Government
   D) Secondary Government
   
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   Option
   Explanation: Federal Government
10. How many fundamental rights are recognized by the Indian constitution?/
    भारतीय संविधान ने कितने मौलिक अधिकारों को मान्यता दी है?
    A) 5
    B) 6
    C) 7
    D) 8
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: Right to equality; Right to freedom; Right against exploitation; Right to freedom of religion; Cultural and Educational Right, and; Right to constitutional remedies

 

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