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UPSC CDS Politynationalism — practice questions

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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 →In nineteenth century Europe nationalism unified small kingdoms into which two modern states?Read the answer and worked solution →Nationalism helped break up which two large empires in early twentieth century Europe?Read the answer and worked solution →The Quebecois seek separation from which country?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kurds are a separatist nationality in which countries?Read the answer and worked solution →Canada has both English and French speakers. What does this show about nations?Read the answer and worked solution →A nation is held together by the collective beliefs and imagination of its members. What kind of community is it called?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru wrote of the tremendous impress of oneness holding Indians together. In which book?Read the answer and worked solution →The Jewish people, though scattered, always claimed which land as their homeland?Read the answer and worked solution →What distinguishes a nation from other groups according to the fourth assumption?Read the answer and worked solution →Why should democracies imagine the nation in political rather than cultural terms?Read the answer and worked solution →What do nations seek when they claim the right to govern themselves and shape their future?Read the answer and worked solution →The idea of one culture, one state was used to redraw boundaries after which war?Read the answer and worked solution →What was one human cost of redrawing boundaries for one culture, one state?Read the answer and worked solution →The Basque region lies in which country?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of Basque people understand the Basque language today?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Complete the definition of a constitution

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    fundamental
    Choices
    1. fundamental
    2. temporary
    3. local
  2. Answer
    governed
    Choices
    1. governed
    2. divided
    3. funded
Complete the statement
A constitution is a body of {0} principles according to which a state is constituted or {1}.
The chapter's own wording. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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True or false: what a constitution does

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The first function of a constitution is to allow minimal coordination among members of a society.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    It provides a set of basic rules.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    It governs the allocation of power in society.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A constitution is a body of fundamental principles.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    A constitution deals only with elections.
Its first function is coordination, before anything about rights. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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Order the making of India's Constitution

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Steps
  1. Provincial Legislative Assemblies are set up under the Government of India Act, 1935
  2. Their members indirectly elect the Constituent Assembly
  3. The Assembly holds its first sitting on 9 December 1946 for undivided India
  4. Partition changes the country it is writing for
  5. It reassembles as the Constituent Assembly for divided India on 14 August 1947
Two sittings, either side of Partition. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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