Constitutional Design (Class - IX)
Description: Social Studies | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Gauri Chanda | |
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Why was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?
Who among the following had voting rights in South Africa under the 'white' rulers who had initially settled there during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
a. People of European origin b. People of mixed races c. People of Indian origin d. People of African descent
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Nelson Mandela was charged for treason by the South African government. b. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1956. c. He was in prison for 20 years.
In which year did South Africa become a democracy?
Which of the following is/are correct about the emergence of the new democratic South Africa?
a. A multiracial government was formed. b. It took the new government two years to draw up the constitution. c. The whites had to rescind a lot of rights in favour of the blacks.
In which year was the first ever constitution for India drafted?
Which of the following is incorrect about a constitution?
Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian constitution?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian constitution had 299 members. b. H. C. Mookherjee was the Chairman of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly. c. The members deliberated for 114 days spread over three years before the constitution was drafted.
Who gave the famous 'A tryst with destiny' speech to the Constituent Assembly at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947?
Which of the following is incorrect about the preamble to the Indian constitution?
What is the importance of the ‘Constituent Assembly Debates’?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The Indian constitution is a sacred, static and unalterable law. b. There are provisions to incorporate changes in the constitution from time to time. c. The Indian constitution lays down a procedure for choosing persons to govern the country. d. The Indian constitution puts limits to what the government can do by providing some rights to the citizen that cannot be violated.
Which of the following guiding values of the constitution and their meanings are paired correctly?
a. Sovereign : People have supreme right to make decisions on internal as well as external matters b. Socialist : All are equal before the law c. Secular : No official religion d. Fraternity : No one should treat a fellow citizen as inferior
When did the Indian constitution come into effect?