Practice · check as you go
Lesson 1 practice: How the Constitution was made
Practice for lesson 1: the dates of the Constituent Assembly, the people who led it, and ideas taken from other constitutions.
Pick an option and press “Check”: the right answer and why show at once. Your score comes at the end, and the clock only counts the time you take.
- Right answer +1. A wrong answer costs nothing.
- Questions come in Hindi and English. Switch any question with “Language”; questions in English only cannot switch.
5 questions, no time limit. After each answer you see at once whether it is right, why, and the reason for the option you picked. Find the event word first, then its date or name.
Sample questions with solutions
A few questions like the ones in this test, with the right answer and why.
- Question 1According to the Preamble, the JUSTICE it secures to all citizens is:
- social, economic and politicalRight answer
- of status and of opportunity
- of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship
- assuring the dignity of the individual
ExplanationThe Preamble reads "JUSTICE, social, economic and political".
- Question 2Which pair of words was added to the Preamble by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976?
- SOCIALIST and SECULARRight answer
- SOVEREIGN and DEMOCRATIC
- DEMOCRATIC and REPUBLIC
- SECULAR and REPUBLIC
ExplanationThe Preamble's footnote: the 42nd Amendment put the present words in place of "SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC", the words of 1949. Compared with today's SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, the new words are SOCIALIST and SECULAR.
- Question 3With which words does the Preamble to the Constitution of India begin?
- WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIARight answer
- IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
- India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States
- There shall be a Parliament for the Union
ExplanationThe Preamble opens: "WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a" SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
- Question 4Which of the following is among the liberties that the Preamble secures to all citizens?
- Liberty of profession
- Liberty of property
- Liberty of worshipRight answer
- Liberty to reside and settle anywhere in India
ExplanationThe Preamble secures "LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship". Worship is in the list; the other three are not.
- Question 5The Constituent Assembly first met on 9 December 1946. On which date did it reassemble as the Constituent Assembly for divided India?
- 14 August 1947Right answer
- 26 November 1949
- 26 January 1950
- 24 January 1950
ExplanationNCERT: the Assembly held its first sitting on 9 December 1946 and reassembled as the Constituent Assembly for divided India on 14 August 1947.