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UPSC CSE Constitutional Development — practice questions — page 2

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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 →Place the constitutional datesRead the answer and worked solution →Match each borrowing to its sourceRead the answer and worked solution →Count the Assembly numbersRead the answer and worked solution →True or false on the ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Order the making of the ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on the AssemblyRead the answer and worked solution →Quick picks on the ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →A club writes down rules everyone must follow on who leads and what they may do. For a country, such rules are its:Read the answer and worked solution →Nelson Mandela and seven other leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment in:Read the answer and worked solution →After how many years in prison did Mandela walk out a free man?Read the answer and worked solution →The system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Separate buses, hospitals, schools and beaches for whites and blacks was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The umbrella body that led the struggle against apartheid was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The new national flag of the Republic of South Africa was unfurled at midnight on:Read the answer and worked solution →Constitution rules work only if the election winner:Read the answer and worked solution →Who gave themselves a constitution after a War of Independence against Great Britain?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many people were killed in partition related violence?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Dates of the Constituent Assembly

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Questions
  1. Question
    The Constituent Assembly first sat on
    Choices
    1. 9 December 1946
    2. 14 August 1947
    3. 26 January 1950
    Correct choice
    9 December 1946
  2. Question
    It reassembled for divided India on
    Choices
    1. 9 December 1946
    2. 14 August 1947
    3. 15 August 1947
    Correct choice
    14 August 1947
  3. Question
    Its members were chosen by
    Choices
    1. direct universal vote
    2. appointment by the King
    3. indirect election
    Correct choice
    indirect election
  4. Question
    They were elected by members of the
    Choices
    1. Provincial Legislative Assemblies
    2. village panchayats
    3. British Parliament
    Correct choice
    Provincial Legislative Assemblies
Both dates are given in the chapter. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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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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