Q 01/05

Which name does Article 1 place beside India in the phrase declaring that it 'shall be a Union of States'?

A) Hindustan

B) Aryavarta

C) Bharat

D) Jambudvipa

Answer · why

C) Bharat

Bharat stands beside India in the very first article, a Sanskrit name the Constituent Assembly adopted in 1949 while passing over Hindustan.

Q 02/05

How long did the Constituent Assembly take to finish the Constitution, at a total cost of about 6.4 million rupees?

A) 1 year 1 month

B) 2 years 11 months

C) 6 years 2 months

D) 13 years 4 months

Answer · why

B) 2 years 11 months

2 years 11 months ran from the first sitting on 9 December 1946 to adoption on 26 November 1949; the Philadelphia convention of 1787 had written the A...

Q 03/05

Which British statute, drafted mainly by Samuel Hoare, provided the basis for the Constitution adopted in 1949?

A) Indian Councils Act

B) Government of India Act

C) Indian Independence Act

D) Regulating Act

Answer · why

B) Government of India Act

The Government of India Act of 1935 was condemned by the Congress, which vowed to wreck it, yet the party fought the 1937 elections held under it and ...

Q 04/05

Which of the emergencies the President may proclaim, the one provided for by Article 360, has never once been declared?

A) National emergency

B) State emergency

C) External emergency

D) Financial emergency

Answer · why

D) Financial emergency

Financial emergency would let the President order pay cuts for everyone in government service, Supreme Court and High Court judges included.

Q 05/05

Article 343 names Hindi in which script as the Union's official language, a choice that split the Constituent Assembly?

A) Gurmukhi

B) Devanagari

C) Kaithi

D) Brahmi

Answer · why

B) Devanagari

Devanagari Hindi came with a compromise that kept English for official work for fifteen years; when that clock ran out in 1965, alarm in non-Hindi sta...