Practice · check as you go
Lesson 6 practice: Religion, culture and remedies
Practice for lesson 6: Articles 23 to 32, the writs, the freedom of religion and the rights of minorities. One question mixes in lesson 5.
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 a writ, first ask what went wrong: a person held, a duty not done, a court beyond its jurisdiction, an office held without right, or a case to send up.
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.