Class 9 Social Science Civics MCQ Constitutional Design

Question : When was the Constitution of India adopted?
(a) 26th Nov, 1949
(b) 26th Jan, 1949
(c) 26th Jan, 1950
(d) 26th Nov, 1950

Question : Who framed Indian Constitution?
(a) Ordinary Citizens
(b) Governor General of India
(c) British Parliament
(d) Constituent Assembly

Question : Which of the following sentences is wrong about Dr B.R. Ambedkar?
(a) He was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee.
(b) He was born in Maharashtra.
(c) He was law minister in post-independence India.
(d) He was the founder of the Republican Party of India.

Question : Name the organisation that led the struggle against the policies of segregation.
(a) African National Conference
(b) African Neutral Congress
(c) African National Congress
(d) All National Party

Question : Which among the following is not a feature of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Double citizenship
(b) Parliamentary form of government
(c) Federal form of government
(d) A written constitution

Question : Which of these positions is correct in relation to the ‘Sovereign’ status of India?
(a) USA can decide India’s foreign policy
(b) USSR can support the CPI (M) in setting up its government here
(c) The Indian government only can decide its internal and external policies
(d) Pakistan can control India’s Armed Forces

Question : President of constituent Assembly was
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) B.N. Rao
(c) K.M. Munshi
(d) Rajendra Prasad

Question : Nelson Mandela remained in the jail for
(a) 28 years
(b) 29 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 31 years

Question : Mahatma Gandhi’s vision about the Indian Constitution was published in which magazine?
(a) Discovery of India
(b) Young India
(c) New India
(d) Indian Gazette

Question : The Constitution of India is
(a) partly flexible and partly rigid
(b) flexible
(c) rigid
(d) none of these

Question : How many amendments were considered before adopting the Constitution?
(a) Around 500
(b) Around 2000
(c) Around 1550
(d) Around 1000

Question : How much time did framing of constitution took?
(a) 3 years, 11 months, 18 days
(b) 2 years, 11 months, 18 days
(c) 1 years, 11 months, 18 days
(d) 1 year, 11 months, 16 days

Question : How many members had the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian Constitution?
(a) 200
(b) 299
(c) 198
(d) 190

Question : What did the white minority want from the new Constitution?
(a) Protect its privileges and property
(b) A separate country for themselves
(c) Reservation in legislature
(d) Some special rights

Question : The first captain of the National Hockey Team who was also the member of the Constituent Assembly was?
(a) Jaipal Singh
(b) Baldev Singh
(c) Somnath Lahiri
(d) K. M. Munshi

Question : Which of these features were accepted by all the Indian leaders much before they sat down to make the Constitution?
(a) Universal adult franchise
(b) Right to freedom
(c) Protection of the rights of minorities
(d) All the above

Question : Which article of the Indian Constitution, the procedure of amendment of constitution is mentioned?
(a) Article 366
(b) Article 367
(c) Article 368
(d) Article 369

Question : On what charges was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment?
(a) For treason
(b) For breaking the laws
(c) For corruption charges
(d) for possessing illegal property

Question : According to which Act were the elections held to provincial legislatures in India in 1937?
(a) Government of India Act, 1935
(b) Government of India Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1909
(d) None of the above

Question : Who prepared the Constitution for India in 1928?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) B. R. Ambedkar
(c) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question : When did South Africa become a democratic country?
(a) 26 April, 1995
(b) 26 April, 1994
(c) 24 March, 1994
(d) 27 April, 1996

Question : When was the first amendment to the Indian Constituent made?
(a) In 1950
(b) In 1951
(c) In 1952
(d) In 1953

Question : what did the white minority want from the new Constitution?
(a) Protect its privileges and property
(b) A separate country for themselves
(c) Reservation in legislature
(d) some special rights

Question : Which revolution in the world inspired the Indians to set up a socialist economy?
(a) French Revolution
(b) Turkish Revolution
(c) Russian Revolution
(d) American War of Independence

Question : Which of the following days is celebrated to mark the enforcement of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Republic Day
(b) Independence Day
(c) Gandhi Jayanti
(d) Constitution Enforcement Day

Question : In which way did the system of apartheid discriminate among the South Africans?
(a) Restricted social contacts between the races
(b) Segregation of public facilities
(c) Created race-specific job categories
(d) All the above

Question : System of ‘Apartheid’ was prevalent in which country?
(a) Ghana
(b) India
(c) Gold Coast
(d) South Africa

Question : Where was the 1931 session of Indian National Congress held?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Karachi
(c) Calcutta
(d) Delhi

Question : The Constitution begins with a short statement of its basic values. What is it called?
(a) Preface
(b) Preamble
(c) Introduction
(d) Article

Question : The Constituent Assembly met for how many days?
(a) 114
(b) 280
(c) 365
(d) 150

Question :What does a Republic mean?
(a) King has the power to decide
(b) The head of the state is hereditary
(c) Dictatorship
(d) The head of the state is an elected person and not a hereditary positions.

Question :Who framed Indian Constitution?
(a) Ordinary Citizens
(b) Governor General of India
(c) British Parliament
(d) Constituent Assembly

Question :When were elections of Constituent Assembly held?
(a) June, 1946
(b) July, 1946
(c) August, 1946
(d) September 1946

Question :President of constituent Assembly was ……………. .
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) B.N. Rao
(c) K.M. Munshi
(d) Rajendra Prasad

Question :Who was the Chairman of Drafting Committee?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) K.M. Munshi
(d) B.N. Rao

Question :The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on ……………. .
(a) September, 1946
(b) October, 1946
(c) November, 1946
(d) December, 1946

Question :How much time did framing of constitution took?
(a) 3 years, 11 months, 18 days
(b) 2 years, 11 months, 18 days
(c) 1 years, 11 months, 18 days
(d) 1 year, 11 months, 16 days

Question :When was Indian Constitution adopted?
(a) 26 November, 1949
(b) 26 December, 1949
(c) 26 January, 1950
(d) 26 February, 1950