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UPSC CDS Constitutional Amendments — practice questions — page 3

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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 →Key in the amendment numberRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps of amending itRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: amending itRead the answer and worked solution →Match each amendment term to its meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Which one does NOT belong?Read the answer and worked solution →A villager says her Gram Panchayat now has constitutional status. Since which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The word Panchayat comes from an assembly of how many persons?Read the answer and worked solution →Elected local boards were first created in India after 1882 by which Viceroy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act of the British period led to village panchayats being set up in many provinces?Read the answer and worked solution →Before 1992, where in the Constitution did local government appear?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1952 programme first sought people's participation in local development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which States adopted elected local bodies around 1960, before most others?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1989 which committee recommended constitutional recognition for local bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →The 73rd Amendment deals with rural bodies. What does the 74th Amendment cover?Read the answer and worked solution →After the 73rd Amendment, how long did States get to bring their laws into line?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body sits at the apex of the three-tier Panchayati Raj structure, covering a whole district?Read the answer and worked solution →Smaller States may skip one tier of Panchayati Raj. Which one?Read the answer and worked solution →Every adult voter in a village is part of one body created by the 73rd Amendment. Which?Read the answer and worked solution →A State dissolves a Panchayat early. Within how long must fresh elections be held?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Before or after Partition?

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Items
  1. Item
    9 December 1946
    Category
    First sitting, undivided India
  2. Item
    Elected for undivided India
    Category
    First sitting, undivided India
  3. Item
    14 August 1947
    Category
    Reassembled, divided India
  4. Item
    Sat for divided India
    Category
    Reassembled, divided India
Categories
  1. Item
    First sitting, undivided India
  2. Item
    Reassembled, divided India
The Assembly straddles the two. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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True or false: how the Assembly was chosen

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Members were chosen by indirect election.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The electors were members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Those assemblies were set up under the Government of India Act, 1935.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Every adult in India voted directly for the Assembly.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The Assembly was elected for undivided India.
Indirect election, not a direct popular vote. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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Complete the first function of a constitution

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    rules
    Choices
    1. rules
    2. taxes
    3. borders
  2. Answer
    coordination
    Choices
    1. coordination
    2. competition
    3. separation
Complete the statement
The first function of a constitution is to provide a set of basic {0} that allow for minimal {1} amongst members of a society.
Coordination comes first. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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