CT 1: Making of the Constitution – I

Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the GoI Act, 1919?

1. Introduced a system of communal and class electorates.

2. Introduced a federal system of government in India.

3. Established a bicameral legislature in 10 provinces.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to Constitutionalism, which among the following is the best meaning of Constitutionalism?

Which of the following provisions and the constitutions of different countries from which they have been adopted in the Constitution of India has been INCORRECTLY paired?

Which of the following countries follow ‘indirect democracy’:
1. Canada
2. India
3. Switzerland
4. USA

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With reference to the Objective Resolution, consider the following statements:

1. It resolved for India to become a Independent Sovereign Republic and to have a written constitution.

2. It recommended having a unitary form of government with a powerful union.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which among the following statements about the System of Dyarchy introduced by the Government of India Act of 1919 are correct?

1. It demarcated and separated the central and provincial subjects.

2. It divided the provincial subjects into two parts— transferred and reserved.

3. It devolved certain subjects to the Indian members of the Viceroy’s executive council and certain others to the British members of the executive council.Select the correct answer using code given below:

Who stated that "‘the Constitution of free India must be framed, without outside interference, by a Constituent Assembly elected on the basis of the adult franchise’.

Consider the following statement with the respective Cabinet Mission Plan.

1. Each province and princely state were to be allotted seats in proportion to their respective population. 

2. Seats allocated to each British province were to be divided among the three principal communities Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindu in proportion to their population.

3. The representatives of each community were to be elected by members of that community in the provincial legislative assembly and voting was to be by the method of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.

4. The representatives of princely states were to be nominated by the Governor-General of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statement regarding the constituent assembly

1. Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the Assembly. 

2. The Muslim League boycotted the meeting and insisted on a separate state of Pakistan.

3. The Constituent Assembly declares its firm and solemn resolve to proclaim India as the Independent Sovereign Republic

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in respect of the Independence Act 

1. The act empowered the Assembly to abrogate or alter any law made by the British Parliament in relation to India.

2. Whenever the Assembly met as the Constituent body it was chaired by G V Mavlankar and when it met as the legislative body, it was chaired by  Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

3. The Muslim League members withdrew from the Constituent Assembly for India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?