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CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
FEDERAL SYSTEM
1. The Constitution of India is
(a) Highly federal
(b) Highly unitary
(c) Neither federal nor unitary
(d) Partly federal and partly unitary
2. Sovereignty under Constitution belong to
(a) the president
(b) the parliament
(c) the people
(d) the executants, judiciary and legislature
3. The Real Guardian of the Constitution of India is
(a) The Prime Minister
(b) The President
(c) Parliament
(d) Supreme Court of India.
4. "The Indian Constitution provides a unitary State with subsidiary federal
features, rather than federal state with subsidiary unitary features."
This statement is of
(a) Sir Ivor Jennings
(b) A.V. Dicey
(c) Prof K.C. Wheare
(d) S.A. Desmith
5. Which one of the following is not an essential characteristic of a federal
Constitution?
(a) Distribution of Powers
(b) Supremacy of the Constitution
(c) Presidential form of Government
(d) A written Constitution
6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given
below the lists:
List I List II

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 A. Independence of Judiciary 1. Administrative adjudication
B. Executive Legislation 2. Parliamentary form of government
C. Quasi-judicial Function 3. Appointment and transfer of Judges
D. Collective Responsibility 4. Ordinance
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 3 1 4 2
7. The basic characteristic of a federal Constitution is that the Constitution:
(a) is written
(b) provides for division of powers in writing
(c) provides for separation of powers
(d) is written and provides for separation of powers
8. "Democracy and federalism are essential features of our Constitution and are
part of its basic structure." This observation was made in S.R. Bommai's case
by:
(a) Justice A.M. Ahmadi
(b) Justice J.S. Verma
(c) Justice P.B. Sawant
(d) Justice S.R. Pandian
9. The structure of the Indian Constitution is
(a) federal in form and unitary in spirit
(b) unitary
(c) unitary in form and federal in spirit
(d) pure federal
10. Assertion (A): In a federalism, there is division of powers between the Centre
and the States.
Reason (R): The legislation is not invalid merely because it incidentally
encroaches of matter which have been assigned to another legislature.
Codes:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false

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 (d) A is false but R is true
11. Consider the following statements: The Indian Constitution is:
1. an unwritten constitution
2. a written constitution
3. largely based on the Government of India Act, 1935.
4. a gift of British Parliament Of these statement:
(a) 2 and 4 are correct
(b) 2 and 3 are correct
(c) 1 and 4 are correct
(d) 1 and 3 are correct
12. The Constitution of India is federal in character because:
(a) the Head of the State (the President) is elected by an electoral college
consisting of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament
and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States
(b) the Governors of States are appointed by the President and they hold
office during the pleasure of the President
(c) there is distribution of power between the Union and the States
(d) the amendment of the Constitution can be made only by following the
procedure laid down in the Constitution and in some cases the
amendment requires ratification by Legislatures of the States
13. In which one of the following cases Supreme Court had held that "States" do
not enjoy sovereignty under the Indian Constitution as it does not provide for a
federal character in the strict sense?
(a) in re Berubari Union
(b) State of West Bengal v. Union of India
(c) State of Bombay v. R.M.D. Chamarbaugwala
(d) Sankari Prasad v. Union of India
14. The Supreme Court of India described the Indian Constitution as 'not truly
Federal' in which one of the following cases.?
(a) State of Bihar v. Shailbala Devi
(b) The State of West Bengal v. Union of India
(c) Kameshwar Singh v. State of Bihar
(d) O.K. Ghose v. E.X. Joseph.

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 CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
ANSWER KEY
FEDERAL SYSTEM

Q. No. Ans.
1. D

2. C

3. D

4. C

5. C

6. B

7. D

8. C

9. A

10. B

11. B

12. C

13. B

14. B