Practice · check as you go
Lesson 12 practice: Revision of the Constitution basics
Practice for lesson 12: five questions from across the topic, from the signing of the Constitution to the basic structure.
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. For each question, first name the lesson and the Part it belongs to.
Sample questions with solutions
A few questions like the ones in this test, with the right answer and why.
- Question 1According to the Preamble, on which date did the Constituent Assembly adopt the Constitution of India?
- 26 January 1950
- 26 November 1949Right answer
- 24 January 1950
- 9 December 1946
ExplanationThe Preamble ends: "IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION." So the Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949.
- Question 2Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly of India?
- Dr B. R. Ambedkar
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dr Rajendra PrasadRight answer
- Sardar Patel
ExplanationNCERT names "The President of the Constituent Assembly, Dr. Rajendra Prasad". He presided over the whole Assembly.
- Question 3For how many days in all did the Constituent Assembly meet, over two years and eleven months?
- 299
- 166Right answer
- 284
- 292
ExplanationNCERT: "The Assembly met for one hundred and sixty six days, spread over two years and eleven months."
- Question 4The idea of Residual Powers in the Constitution of India was adapted from the constitution of which country?
- United States
- CanadaRight answer
- Ireland
- Britain
ExplanationNCERT's table lists "The idea of Residual Powers" under the Canadian Constitution, together with a quasi-federal form of government.
- Question 5Article 394 lists the articles that came into force at once, before the rest of the Constitution. Which of these is on that list?
- Article 5Right answer
- Article 12
- Article 36
- Article 352
ExplanationArticle 394: "This article and articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 60, 324, 366, 367, 379, 380, 388, 391, 392 and 393 shall come into force at once". Article 5 is citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution.