Social Science MCQ (1 Mark)

3. 26 November, 1949.

Explanation:
The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950. The Constitution Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on 29 August, 1947 to prepare a Draft Constitution for India. The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950.

4. B.R. Ambedkar

Explanation:
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution. He was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards the untouchables (Dalits). He was independent Indias first law and justice minister, the major architect of the Constitution of India.

3. Between the white majority and the black minority.

The most salient underlying conflict in the making of a democratic constitution in South Africa was between the white minority and the black majority.

2. Part II, Articles 5-11

Explanation:
Citizenship constitutes the central foundational principle of democratic polity. A citizen of any country is a person owing allegiance to and entitled to the protection of the sovereign state. Citizenship provides rights, such as right to vote, and is also subjected to duties or obligation, such as paying taxes. Citizenship is covered in Part II of the Constitution, within articles 5-11.

2. Substantial social and economic rights.

3. 26 January, 1950

Explanation:
The history of the Republic of India begins on 26 January 1950. The country became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Concurrently the Muslim-majority northwest and east of British India was separated into the Dominion of Pakistan, by the partition of India.

2. African National Congress.

Explanation:
The African National Congress is the Republic of South Africas governing social democratic political party. It has been the ruling party of post-apartheid South Africa on the national level, beginning with the election of Nelson Mandela in the 1994 election, the first election after the end of apartheid. Passive resistance to apartheid was initiated by the African National Congress with its Defiance Campaign in the early 1950s.

3. The Constitution of South Africa

4. Opposing groups within a country.

Explanation:
Civil war is a violent conflict among various opposing groups with different interest and belief in Country.
 

1. Social equality.

Explanation:
Social equality is a state where people are treated fairly and given equal chances without any discrimination whereby all the people in the society have equal rights under the law, including right to vote, physical security, freedom of speech and assembly, and the right to own property and to protect it.
If a country adopts the policy of racial discrimination, social equality will be affected of a country.

4. Shri M.N. Roy

Explanation:
Shri M.N. Roy was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India. He was the one who gave the idea of the Constitution of India.

3. The Indian government only can decide its internal and external policies.

4. Preamble.

Explanation:
The Constitution of India is preceded by the Preamble. The Preamble sets out the main objectives which the Constitution is intended to achieve and promote. It is the introductory part of the Constitution though not an operative part of it. It reveals the intention of the framers of the Constitution and its basic features as well as ideals of the nation.

4. All the above.

4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Explanation:
The Constituent Assembly was formed on 9th December, 1946 to frame the Constitution of India. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly on 11th December, 1946.

4. Secular, Socialist, Sovereign, Democratic Republic.

3. 1965

Explanation:
According to the Constitution, the use of English for the official purposes was to stop in 1965. However many non-Hindi speaking states demanded that the use of English should continue. In Tamil Nadu this movement took a militant form. The central government agreed to continue the use of English also with Hindi for official purposes.

3. 16th Lok Sabha.

Explanation:
The Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. Running in nine phase from 7 April to 12 May 2014, it was the longest election in the countrys history.

4. South Africa

Explanation:
South Africa is called the Rainbow Nation. This is because of its multicultural diversity, after different groups came here in previous centuries. The countrys more recent history of apartheid is better known. Now people can live anywhere if they have the right opportunities, such as a good education. Rainbow nation is a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe post-apartheid South Africa, after South Africas first fully democratic election in 1994.

1. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Explanation:
All arrests should be made as per the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It is a legislation that provides the procedure for the administration of substantive criminal law in India. The code is an exhaustive law which came into force on 1st April 1974.

1. Nelson Mandela

Explanation:
Nelson Rolihlahla was born on July 18, 1918. He was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader. He was the leader of the African National Congress. The African National Congress, a group of people who led the struggle against apartheid. Nelson Mandela fought the apartheid system for several years. Finally, they succeeded and in 1994 South Africa became a democratic country in which all people of all races were considered equal.

1. 299

Explanation:
The Constituent Assembly was Constituted in November 1946 under the Scheme of Cabinet Mission Plan. The first meeting of Constituent Assembly was held on December 9, 1946, which was boycotted by Muslim League. After the passing of Independence Act, 1947 the Muslim League members withdrew from Constituent Assembly which reduced the strength of Assembly to 299 as against 389 which was originally fixed.

3. Languages.

Explanation:
The Eight Schedule to the Constitution of India lists the official languages of the Republic of India. The Eight Schedule initially had 14 languages that were recongnised by the Constitution of India. Subsequently, Sindhi was added in 1967, Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added in 1992 and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in 2003.

2. 199

2. Flexible.

Explanation:
A Constitution can be said to be rigid or flexible on the basis of its amendability. A flexible constitution can be amended by ordinary law making procedure whereas a rigid one requires special procedures.

2. Name of the head of the state.

2. India, that is Bharat.

Explanation:
The Constitution names our country as India, that is Bharat. The first article of the Constitution of India states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states, implicitly codifying India and Bharat as equally official short names for the Republic of India.

4. Article 356

Explanation:
The constitution of India has provided the President of India the power to impose emergency using article 356 and article 365 on two different accounts, if the state does not follow the Indian constitution and if the state does not obey the union government direction.

1. 11

Explanation:
Part IVA of the Indian Constitution deals with the Fundamental Duties. Originally, the Constitution did not provide for the fundamental duties. It was by the 42nd and 86th Constitutional Amendment Act that these were added in the Constitution. As of now there are 11 fundamental duties from Article 51A (a to k).

1. Government of India Act, 1935.

Explanation:
The Government of India Act was enacted in 1935 and functioned as the working Constitution of India under the British rule. In 1950, the new Constitution of free India was adopted, replacing the Government of India Act of 1935.

2. 26 April, 1994.

Explanation:
The Republic of South Africa was established on 26 April 1994. South Africa is not a republic country, it was a republic some few years ago. A republican government is a system of rule in which the citizens of a nation have the power to govern themselves.

4. Habeas corpus.

Explanation:
Habeas corpus means you may have the body. It is a writ issued by the Supreme court or the High court against the illegal detention of any person and to set any such person illegally detained at liberty after examining the detention and reason by ordering the production of the person before the court.

2. 26 November 1949

2. 26 January 1950

2. VIIIth schedule.

Explanation:
The Eight Schedule to the Constitution of India lists the official languages of the Republic of India. The Eight Schedule initially had 14 languages that were recognised by the Constitution of India. Subsequently, Sindhi was added in 1967, Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added in 1992 and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in 2003.

4. All of the above.

3. Article 117 of Constitution.

Explanation:
Financial bills are those bills that deal with fiscal matters, that is, revenue or expenditure. However, the Constitution uses the term financial bill in a technical sense. Financial bills are of three kinds which are dealt with in the following provisions:
Money Bills- Article 110 (money bills are a specie of financial bills).
Financial Bills (I)- Article 117 (1)
Financial Bills (II)- Article 117 (3)
Only those financial bills are money bills which contain exclusively those matters which are mentioned in Article 110. These are also certified by the Speaker of Lok Sabha as money bills. However, on the other hand, financial bills (I) and (II) have been dealt with in Article 117 of the Constitution.

2. Young India.

2. 9 December 1946.

Explanation:
The Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December 1946, and its last session was held on 24 January 1950. During this period which was of two years, eleven months and eighteen days in which the Assembly held eleven sessions, sitting for a total of 166 days.

4. Three

Explanation:
The Indian Constitution provides three lists. They are Union list, State list and Concurrent list.

2. It gives official status to one religion.

Explanation:
Freedom of religion in India is a fundamental right guaranteed by Article 15 and Article 25 of the Constitution of India. Modern India came into existence in 1947 and the Indian constitutions preamble was amended in 1976 to state that India is a secular state. Every citizen of India has a right to practice and promote their religion peacefully.

1. 9 December, 1946

Explanation:
The Constituent Assembly was formed to draft the Constitution of India and met for the first time in New Delhi on 9th December, 1946.

3. He dared to oppose apartheid regime in his country.

1. Dr. B.N. Rau

Explanation:
The Constituent Assembly was Constituted in November 1946 under the Scheme of Cabinet Mission Plan. The first meeting of Constituent Assembly was held on December 9, 1946. Sir B.N.Rau was appointed as the Constitutional advisor of the Assembly.

2. All countries that are democratic necessarily have constitutions.

4. 250

Explanation:
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Membership of Rajya Sabha is restricted by the Constitution to a maximum of 250 members. Members of the House are indirectly elected by state and territorial legislatures using votes.

4. New Delhi

Explanation:
The Constituent Assembly constituted on November 1946 under Cabinet Mission Plan held its first meeting on December 9, 1946, at Constitutional Hall, New Delhi.

2. The American War of Independence.

Explanation:
The United States Constitution, ratified June 21, 1788, was influenced by the writings of Polybius, Locke, Montesquieu, and others. The document became a benchmark for republicanism and codified constitutions written there after.

4. 1931 Karachi.

Explanation:
In 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a constitution for India. In 1931, the resolution at the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress dwelt on how independent India constitution should look like. Both these documents were committed to the inclusion of universal adult franchise, right to freedom and equality and protecting the rights of minorities in the constitution of independent India.

4. Article 326

Explanation:
Article 326 of Constitution of India states that elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage. Every person who is a citizen of India and who is not less than eighteen years of age and is not otherwise disqualified under this Constitution or any law made by the appropriate Legislature on the ground of non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt or illegal practice, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter at election.