Framing of Indian Constitution MCQ Questions with Answers

Question 1 : Who in the beginning, presented the idea of Indian Constituent Assembly in pre-independence day?

a) MN Roy
b) BR Ambedkar
c) Annie Besant
d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer : a

Question 2 : The proposal for framing of the Constitution of India by an elected Constituent Assembly was made by 

a) Simon Commission
b) Government of India Act, 1935
c) Cripps Mission
d) British Cabinet Delegation

Answer : c

Question 3 : Indian Constituent Assembly was established under

a) Government of India Act, 1935
b) Cripps Mission, 1942
c) Cabinet Mission, 1946
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Answer : c

Question 4 : What was the basis for Constituting the Constituent Assembly of India?

a) The resolution of Indian National Congress
b) The Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946
c) The Indian Independence Act, 1947
d) The resolution of the Provincial/State Legislature of the Dominion of India

Answer : b

Question 5 : Member of Constituent Assembly, who drafted the Constitution of India, were

a) nominated by British Parliament
b) nominated by Governor General
c) elected by Legislative Assemblies of various provinces
d) elected by Indian National Congress and Muslim League

Answer : c

Question 6 : How many women members were there in the Indian Constituent Assembly?

a) 15
b) 13
c) 12
d) 10

Answer : a

Question 7 : Who was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?

a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Dr Rajendra Prasasd
c) Sardar Patel
d) GV Mavalankar

Answer : a

Question 8 : Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?

a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Acharya JB Kripalani
c) Jay Prakash Narayan
d) KM Munshi

Answer : c

Question 9 : Who among the following stated in the Constituent Assembly that on January 26, 1950, India was going to enter a life of contradictions?

a) Dr BR Ambedkar
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) SP Mukherjee

Answer : a

Question 10 : Which member of ‘the Constituent Assembly proposed the resolution that the National Flag of India be a “horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion”, with a wheel in navy, blue at the centre?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) BR Ambedkar
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer : c

Question 11 : Who among the following are the two Civil servants who assisted the Constituent Assembly in framing the Constitution of India?

a) BN Rau and KM Munshi
b) SN Mukherjee and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar
c) BN Raw and SN Mukherjee
d) KM Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar

Answer : c

Question 12 : Who presided over the inaugural meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India?

a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Dr Sachidanand Sinha
c) BR Ambedkar
d) Sardar Patel

Answer : b

Question 13 : Who was the first elected Chairman of Constituent Assembly? 

a) Dr BR Ambedkar
b) Dr Sachchidanand Sinha
c) Dr Rajendra Prasad
d) Dr S Radhakrishnan

Answer : b

Question 14 : Which one of the following statements is correct?

a) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946
b) Jawaharlal Nehru, MA Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were members of the Constituent Assembly of India
c) The first session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held in January, 1947
d) The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th January, 1950

Answer : a

Question 15 : The Constitution of India was adopted by 

a) Indian National Congress
b) Indian League
c) Indian Constituent Assembly
d) None of the above

Answer : c

Question 16 : Which one among the following is an incorrect statement about the Constituent Assembly?

a) It worked with the help of a large number of committees, the most important among them being the Drafting Committee
b) Minority communities like Christians, Anglo-Indians and Parsis were adequately represented in the Assembly
c) It was elected on the basis of Universal Adult Franchise
d) Its electoral process was based on the sixth schedule of the Act of 1935 which allowed for a restricted franchise based on tax, property and educational qualification

Answer : c

Question 17 : The Draft Constitution as framed only provides a machinery for the government of the country. It is not a contrivance to install any particular party in power as has been done in some countries. Who should be in power is left to be determined by the people, as it must be, if the system is to satisfy the test of democracy”?

The above passage from Constituent Assembly debates is attributed to  

a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Dr BR Ambedkar
c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d) Acharya JB Kriplani

Answer : b

Question 18 : Which of the following statements are correct regarding to Indian Constituent Assembly?

I. It was not based on Adult Franchise
II. It resulted from direct election
III. It was not a multi-party body
IV. It worked through several committees

a)  I and IV
b) I and II
c) II and III
d) All of these

Answer : a

Question 19 : Who among the following was/were not part of the Constituent Assembly?

I. Gopinath Bordoloi
II. Mahatma Gandhi
III. MN Roy
IV. MA Jinnah
V. KM Munshi

a) I and II
b) Only II
c) II, III and IV
d) All of these

Answer : c

Question 20 : With reference to the Cabinet Mission, which of the following statements is/are correct?

I. It recommended a Federal Government
II. It enlarged the powers of the Indian Courts
III. It provides for more Indians in the ICS

a) Only I
b) II and III
c) I and III
d) None of the above

Answer : a

Question 21 : Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly are true?

I. It was not based on Adult franchise
II. It resulted from direct elections
III. It was a multi-member body
IV. It worked through several committees

a) I and II
b) I, III and IV
c) II and III
d) All of these

Answer : a

Question 22 : Which of the following statements about the formation of the Constituent Assembly is/are correct?

I. The members of the Constituent Assembly were chosen on the basis of the Provincial election of 1946
II. The Constituent Assembly did not include representatives of the princely states
III. The discussion within the Constituent Assembly were not influenced by opinions expressed by the public
IV. In order to create a sense of collective participation, submissions were solicited from the public.

a) Only I
b) II and III
c) III and IV
d) I and IV

Answer : d

Question 23 : Which of the following statements is/are not correct?

I. The Constituent Assembly was directly elected by the people of India
II. The Muslim League boycotted the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly which was held on 9th December 1946
III. BN Rau was appointed as the Constitutional advisor to the Assembly
IV. On 13th December, 1946, Pandit Nehru moved the historic ‘Objectives Resolution’

a) I and II
b) II and IV
c) II, III and IV
d) Only I

Answer : d

Question 24 : The Chairman of Drafting Committee of Indian Constituent Assembly was

a) Dr Rajendra Prasad
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dr BR Ambedkar
d) Purushottam Das Tandon

Answer : c

Question 25 : The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly under Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had how many other members?

a) 7
b) 6
c) 5
d) 4

Answer : b

Question 26 : Who amongst the following was not a member of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?

a) Mohammad Sadullah
b) KM Munshi
c) AK Ayer
d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer : d

Question 27 : Who among the following was not a member of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

a) NG Ayyangar
b) KM Munshi
c) BN Rau
d) Muhammad Sadullah

Answer : c

Question 28 : Who was the Chairman of Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights and Minorities constituted by the Constituent Assembly?

a) Pandit Nehru
b) Sardar Patel
c) BN Rao
d) Ambedkar

Answer : b

Question 29 : Who among, the following was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

a) BR Ambedkar
b) JB Kripalani
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

Answer : c

Question 30 : Who was the Chairman of the Provincial Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

a) Dr BR Ambedkar
b) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dr Rajendra Prasad
d) Sardar Patel

Answer : d

Question 31 : Who among the following were the members of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?

I. KM Munshi
II. Jawaharlal Nehru
III. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
IV. Sardar Patel

a) I, III and IV
b) I and IV
c) I and III
d) II, III and IV

Answer : c

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Question 33 : The first draft of the Constitution was prepared by 

a) BR Ambedkar
b) BN Rao
c) K Santhanam
d) KM Munshi

Answer : b

Question 34 : Who was appointed as Assembly’s Constitutional Adviser in 1946 during the framing of Indian Constitution?

a) BN Rau
b) BR Ambedkar
c) Gopalswami Ayengar
d) KM Munshi

Answer : a

Question 35 : How many Sessions of the Indian Constituent Assembly were conducted for the formation of Indian Constitution?

a) 7
b) 9
c) 12
d) 15

Answer : c

Question 36 : To produce the Constitution, the Constituent Assembly took

a) 2 years 11 months and 18 days
b) 3 years 10 months and 10 days
c) 4 years 11 months and 11 days
d) 5 years 5 months and 5 days

Answer : a

Question 37 : ‘Indian Constitution’ is adopted by the Constituent Assembly on

a) 15th August, 1947
b) 26th January, 1950
c) 26th November, 1949
d) 2nd October, 1920

Answer : c

Question 38 : Deferment of Adult Franchise for fifteen years was advocated in Constituent Assembly by

a) Dr Rajendra Prasad
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Maulana Azad
d) Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Answer : c

Question 39 : Which of the following freedoms is not specifically mentioned in the constitution of Indian as a Fundamental Right but has been subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court as such?

a) Freedom of trade, occupation and business
b) Freedom to reside and settle in any part of the country
c) Freedom of association and union
d) Freedom of the press

Answer : b

Question 40 : Which of the following was not included when the writing of the Constitution of India was completed on 29th November, 1949?

a) Fundamental Rights
b) Fundamental Duties
c) President’s Rule
d) Emergency

Answer : b

Question 41 : January 26 was selected as the date for the inauguration of the Constitution, because

a) the Congress had observed it as the Independence Day in 1930
b) on that day the Quit India Movement was started in 1942
c) It was considered to be an auspicious day
d) None of the day

Answer : a

Question 42 : Consider the following statements regarding Constituent assembly functions.

I. It ratified the India’s membership of the Common Wealth in May 1949
II. It adopted the National Flag on 22nd July, 1947
III. It adopted the National Anthem on 24th January , 1950
IV. It adopted the National Song on 24th January, 1950

a) I and II
b) I, II and III
c) II, III and IV
d) I, II, III and IV

Answer : d

Question 43 : Which of the following provision(s) of the Constitution of India became effective from 26th November, 1949?

I. Elections
II. Citizenship
III. Emergency provisions
IV. Appointment of the Judges

a) Only I
b) I and II
c) I, II and III
d) II and IV

Answer : b

Question 44 : ………. is a document that lays down the basic rules and regulation for people and the government in the country to follow

a) Rule book
b) Regulation book
c) Constitution
d) Democratic book

Answer : c

Question 45 : Which type of the democracy do we follow in India?

a) Direct
b) Presidential
c) Representative
d) Dictatorship

Answer : c

Question 46 : The Constitution of India is a republic because it

a) provides for an elected Parliament
b) provides for adult franchise
c) contains a bill of rights
d) has no hereditary elements

Answer : d

Question 47 : How many parts are there in Indian Constitution?

a) 18
b) 20
c) 22
d) 25

Answer : d

Question 48 : Which part of the Indian Constitution consists of articles on election?

a) Part XV
b) Part V
c) Part XX
d) Part X

Answer : a

Question 49 : Which part of the Indian Constitution contains the provisions on the Union Territories?

a) Part-VIII
b) Part-VII
c) Part-IX
d) Part-IXB

Answer : a

Question 50 : Which among the following states does not come under sixth Schedule of Indian Constitution?

a) Tripura
b) Mizoram
c) Assam
d) Sikkim

Answer : d

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