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Delhi Police SI Fundamental Rights & DPSP — practice questions

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A constitutional government by definition is aRead the answer and worked solution →There is a Parliamentary System of Government in India because theRead the answer and worked solution →The Constitution of India came into effect on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Panchayati Raj system was given constitutional status by which amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of a constitutionRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what a constitution doesRead the answer and worked solution →Order the making of India's ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Dates of the Constituent AssemblyRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: how the Assembly was chosenRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the first function of a constitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every function of a constitution the chapter namesRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: date or body with what it marksRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Rule, body, or date?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the definitions backRead the answer and worked solution →Match each writ to what it doesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every Fundamental RightRead the answer and worked solution →Fundamental Right or Directive Principle?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: rights and principlesRead the answer and worked solution →Which one does NOT belong?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A constitutional government by definition is a

  1. government by legislature
  2. popular government
  3. multi-party government
  4. limited government
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Correct answer: D. limited government

Answer: D. A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, BY DEFINITION, IS A LIMITED GOVERNMENT. CONSTITUTIONALISM is the political doctrine that GOVERNMENTAL POWER MUST BE EXERCISED WITHIN LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY A CONSTITUTION. The fundamental idea is that even majoritarian, democratically elected governments must be bound by rules to protect individual liberty and prevent tyranny. A 'CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT' is therefore by definition a LIMITED GOVERNMENT — one whose powers are circumscribed by: - A WRITTEN OR UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION that defines the scope of government action. - FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS that act as restraints on legislative and executive power. - SEPARATION OF POWERS that prevents concentration. - JUDICIAL REVIEW that strikes down unconstitutional actions. - RULE OF LAW — every government act needs legal authority. - AMENDMENT PROCEDURES that are formal and entrench certain provisions (in India, the BASIC STRUCTURE DOCTRINE makes core features unamendable). A government may be DEMOCRATIC and MAJORITARIAN but not CONSTITUTIONAL — e.g., a regime that wins elections but routinely violates fundamental rights, dismisses courts, suppresses dissent. Such a government is 'illiberal democracy', not constitutional government. Conversely, even a non-democratic government can in principle be limited by a constitution (constitutional monarchy with limited powers). So the DEFINING FEATURE of constitutional government is LIMITS ON POWER — option D. Why other options are WRONG: (A) 'Government by legislature' — describes parliamentary supremacy, not constitutionalism. Indeed unlimited parliamentary supremacy is the OPPOSITE of constitutionalism. (B) 'Popular government' — a populist or majoritarian government may not be constitutional if it ignores limits. (C) 'Multi-party government' — describes coalition or pluralist politics, not constitutionalism. A multi-party government can still be unconstitutional. Source: syllabus Political Theory / Carl Friedrich, 'Constitutional Government and Democracy' / Indian Constitution at Work.

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There is a Parliamentary System of Government in India because the

  1. Lok Sabha is elected directly by the people
  2. Parliament can amend the Constitution
  3. Rajya Sabha cannot be dissolved
  4. Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha
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Correct answer: D. Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha

UPSC CSE Prelims 2015 (GS-I, Set A), Q.91. Official answer key: D.

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The Constitution of India came into effect on:

  1. 15 August 1947
  2. 26 January 1950
  3. 26 November 1949
  4. 2 October 1949
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Correct answer: B. 26 January 1950

The Constitution was ADOPTED on 26 November 1949 (Constitution Day) but came into EFFECT on 26 January 1950 (Republic Day).

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