Indian Constitution – Important Questions for Competitive Exams

Indian Constitution is a collection of vast records. So, we have summarized the Constitution of India in important GK question answers for the ease of the candidates who are planning to appear for competitive exams. Constitution of India related questions are often asked in UPSC, IAS, IPS, MULTITASKING STAFF, TET, RAILWAYS, PSC, SSC, CAT, BANKING PO, IFS, UDC, LDC, and almost every state and central level exams. Hence, in this article, we will discuss the Indian Constitution – Important Questions for Competitive Exams. The Questions and Answers are given separately in two sections here.

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Indian Constitution – Important Questions for Competitive Exams: Questions

1. Who appoints Vice President of India?
2. Who is the inaugural Prime Minister of India?
3. Who is the First Deputy Prime Minister of India?
4. Who is the first President of India?
5. Who is the famous writer of ‘Introduction to the Constitution of India’?
6. Who was the British Prime Minister during India’s Independence?
7. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
8. What was the Mountbatten Plan?
9. Who was the Governor-General during India’s Independence?
10. Who is empowered to appoint the Judges of the Supreme Court?
11. Distribution of power between Union and state govt policy borrowed from which nation?
12. The idea of ‘Single Citizenship’ taken from which country?
13. By which legislation India and Pakistan were divided into two independent nations?
14. Currently, there are how many fundamental rights are recognized by the Indian constitution?
15. Indian constitutional rights were inspired by which historical documents?
16. Who is empowered by the Indian Constitution to appoint the Attorney General of India?
17. By which procedure the President of India may be removed before the expiry of the term?
18. Who is the only person holding the right of appointment of Chief Justice of India?
19. How many members were there in Constituent Assembly?
20. Constituent Assembly is based on which structure?
21. Who is regarded as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?
22. When the Constitution of India came into effect on?
23. 26th January was chosen as Republic day to commemorate –
24. Which day is observed as Republic Day every year?
25. How long earlier World War II had ended before the Indian Constitution came into effect in 1950?
26. Who was the chairman of the Minorities Committee?
27. Who was elected the president of the Constituent Assembly after Sachchidanand Sinha?
28. What are the two major languages, the original constitution written in?
29. Who appoints the members of the Council of Ministers?
30. Who appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG)?
31. Who can proclaim a Financial Emergency?
32. How long the National Emergency can be imposed?
33. When the Preamble of Constitution of India adopted by the constituent assembly?
34. How long it took to drafting the Constitution of India?
35. When the last session of the constituent assembly was held?
36. Who was the legal advisor to the constitution’s Drafting Committee?
37. Under which commission the first constituent assembly election was held?
38. Which most important feature made the Indian Constitution unique to any constitution of the world?
39. When Hindi became the Official Language of India?
40. When English became the official language of India across Hindi?
41. What was the basic structure of the Indian constitution during the time of commencement?
42. Who is the constitutional head of the Indian union?
43. Constitutionally who is the second powerful person in India?
44. One of the basic characters of the Indian Constitution is –
45. What is the major basic feature of the Indian Constitution?
46. When the Sarkaria Commission was set up?
47. Directive principles of state policy in the Indian Constitution have been adopted from which country?
48. What is the constitutional name of India?
49. Which famous Bengali artists have a great contribution in designing of Indian constitution?
50. The fundamental rights feature borrowed from which nation?

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Indian Constitution – Important Questions for Competitive Exams: Answers

1. The Electoral College of India
2. Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1947-1950)
4. Rajendra Prasad
5. Durga Das Basu
6. Clement Atlee
7. President of India
8. The Mountbatten Plan was an agreement between Lord Mountbatten and Indian National Congress, Muslim League and Sikh community
9. Lord Mountbatten
10. President on the advice of the Chief Justice
11. Canada
12. Britain
13. Indian Independence Act of 1947
14. There are six fundamental rights-
    1. Right to equality
    2. Right to freedom
    3. Right to freedom of religion
    4. Right against exploitation
    5. Cultural and educational rights
    6. Right to constitutional remedies
15. France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and the United States Bill of Rights
16. President of India
17. Impeachment
18. President of India
19. 389
20. Unicameral
21. R.Ambedkar
22. 26th Jan 1950
23. The Purna Swaraj Declaration in 1930
24. 26th January
25. World War II had ended 5 years earlier in 1945
26. Harendra Kumar Mukherjee
27. Rajendra Prasad
28. The original constitution was written in Hindi and English
29. President on the advice of the Prime Minister
30. President appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
31. President can proclaim a financial emergency
32. Six months. May be extended by six months on Parliamentary approval
33. 26th Nov 1949
34. 2 years 11 months 18 days
35. 24 January 1950
36. N. Rau
37. Cabinet Mission Plan 1946
38. Indian constitution is the only longest written constitution in the world ever
39. 14th September 1949
40. According to the Official Language Act 1963, English became the official language of India in 1965 along with Hindi
41. During the time of commencement, there were 395 articles, 22 parts, and 8 schedules. The present structure is 448 articles, 12 schedules, 5 appendices, and 100 amendments until 2015
42. President of India
43. Vice-President
44. Judicial Review
45. Fundamental rights
46. 1983
47. Ireland
48. Republic of India
49. Nandalal Bose including Biochar Rammanohar Sinha
50. United States of America

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