Questions for: Articles and Schedules in the Constitution of India

• Q: There were originally how many Articles in the Constitution of India?
  
  A) 420

  B) 380

  C) 395

  D) 270
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Total numbers of Articles and Schedules in Constitution, calculation or numbering wise is
  
  A) 390 Articles, 5 Schedules

  B) 395 Articles, 12 Schedules

  C) 395 Articles, 10 Schedules

  D) 444 Articles, 12 Schedules
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Indian Constitution consists of
  
  A) 300 Articles

  B) 350 Articles

  C) More than 400 Articles

  D) 500 Articles
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: How many parts, Articles and Schedules was there in the original Indian Constitution?
  
  A) 22 Parts, 395 Articles and 8 Schedules

  B) 24 Parts, 450 Articles and 12 Schedules

  C) 22 Parts, 390 Articles and 8 Schedules

  D) 24 Parts, 425 Articles and 12 Schedules
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The Indian Constitution comprises of
  
  A) 395 Articles, 22 Parts and 12 Schedules

  B) 371 Articles, 21 Parts and 11 Schedules

  C) 372 Articles, 20 Parts and 7 Schedules

  D) 381 Articles, 23 Parts and 8 Schedules
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Total number of Schedules in the Constitution is
  
  A) 12

  B) 16

  C) 8

  D) 10
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The Indian Constitution is divided into
  
  A) 16 Parts

  B) 22 Parts

  C) 24 Parts

  D) 25 Parts
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which part of Constitution contains provisions relating to citizenship?
  
  A) Part I

  B) Part III

  C) Part II

  D) Part IV
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is not matched correctly?
  
  A) Citizenship - Part II of Constitution

  B) Fundamental Rights - Part III of Constitution

  C) Fundamental Duties - Part VI-A of Constitution

  D) State - Part VI of Constitution
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which part of our Constitution envisages a three tier system of Panchayats?
  
  A) Part IX

  B) Pat X

  C) Part XI

  D) Part XII
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which part and chapter of the Indian Constitution deal with the legislative relation between the Union and the States?
  
  A) Part XI and Chapter I

  B) Part XI and Chapter II

  C) Part XII and Chapter I

  D) Part XII and Chapter II
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following Schedules of the Indian Constitution lists the names of states and specifies their territories?
  
  A) First

  B) Second

  C) Third

  D) Fourth
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with
  
  A) Allocation of seats for the Council of States

  B) Political defection

  C) Panchayat system

  D) Languages
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: If a new state of the Indian Union is to be created, which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution must be amended?
  
  A) First

  B) Second

  C) Third

  D) Fourth
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: To give constitutional protection, state land reforms laws have been included in the
  
  A) 7th Schedule

  B) 9th Schedule

  C) 8th Schedule

  D) 10th Schedule
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Under the Constitution of India, Economic Planning is a subject
  
  A) In the State List

  B) In the Union List

  C) In the Concurrent List

  D) Not specified in any list
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following is the subject of Concurrent List?
  
  A) Police

  B) Criminal Matters

  C) Radio and Television

  D) Foreign Affairs
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following Entry is subject of Concurrent List?
  
  A) Population control and family planning

  B) Public health and sanitation

  C) Per-person Tax

  D) Treasure Travel
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following subject lies in the Concurrent List?
  
  A) Agriculture

  B) Education

  C) Police

  D) Defence
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Education which was initially a state subject was transferred to the Concurrent List by the
  
  A) 24th Amendment

  B) 25th Amendment

  C) 42nd Amendment

  D) 44th Amendment
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the given Subjects is not correctly matched with their list?
  
  A) Forest - Concurrent

  B) Stock Exchange - Concurrent

  C) Post Office - Union

  D) Public Health - State
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding Anti-defection Act?
  
  A) Second Schedule

  B) Fifth Schedule

  C) Eighth Schedule

  D) Tenth Schedule
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Constitution’s Tenth Schedule relates to
  
  A) National Language of India

  B) Administration of SC’s and ST’s Area

  C) Judicial Review

  D) Anti-defection Law
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is not included in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
  
  A) Banking

  B) Insurance

  C) Census

  D) Gas
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is not included in the ‘Union List’ of the Constitution of India?
  
  A) Defence

  B) Foreign Affairs

  C) Railways

  D) Agriculture
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is included in the State List under Seventh Schedule of Indian Constitution?
  
  A) Education

  B) Electricity

  C) Railway Police

  D) Forest
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: In which list of the Indian Constitution the ‘Panchayati Raj’ subject is included?
  
  A) Union List

  B) State List

  C) Concurrent List

  D) Residuary List
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following subject is in List-III Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India?
  
  A) Criminal Procedure

  B) Police

  C) Prisons

  D) Public Order
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: ‘Marriage’, ‘Divorce’ and ‘Adoption’ are an entry in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution under the following
  
  A) List I - Union List

  B) List II - State List

  C) List III - Concurrent List

  D) None of the above three lists
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The right of the government to impose taxes and fees is provided in which List of Constitution?
  
  A) VI Schedule

  B) VII Schedule

  C) IX Schedule

  D) XI Schedule
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is in the State List?
  
  A) Railway Police

  B) Corporation Tax

  C) Census

  D) Economic and Social Planning
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Land Reform comes under the subjects of
  
  A) Union List

  B) Concurrent List

  C) State List

  D) None of the above
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Schedule of the Constitution of India contains special provisions for the administration and control of Schedule Areas in several states?
  
  A) Third

  B) Fifth

  C) Seventh

  D) Ninth
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Provisions of Schedule Six of the Constitution does not apply to which of these state?
  
  A) Assam

  B) Meghalaya

  C) Tripura

  D) Manipur
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with the administration of tribal areas of which of the following States?
  
  A) Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa

  B) Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram

  C) Uttarakhand, Manipur, Jharkhand

  D) Nagaland, Arunachal, Tripura
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The provisions of the Fifth and Sixth Schedule in the Constitution of India are made to
  
  A) Protect the interests of Scheduled Tribes

  B) Determine the boundaries between States

  C) Determine the powers, authority and responsible of Panchayats

  D) Protect the interests of all the border States
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The Constitutional status has been given to Panchayats under Article
  
  A) 226

  B) 243

  C) 239

  D) 219
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution is related to which of the following?
  
  A) Municipality

  B) Panchayati Raj

  C) Centre-State relationship

  D) Removal of corruption
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The provision that “no bill imposing tax can be introduced in the Legislature except on the recommendation of the President” is covered in the Constitution of India under
  
  A) Article 117

  B) Article 266

  C) Article 306

  D) Article 307
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Special provision regarding Financial Bills is given under
  
  A) Article 117

  B) Article 119

  C) Article 121

  D) Article 123
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following articles of the Indian Constitution provides for All Indian Services?
  
  A) Article 310

  B) Article 311

  C) Article 312

  D) Article 313
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following pairs (Institutions and Articles of the Constitution) is properly matched?
  
  A) Supreme Court of India - Article 318

  B) Election Commission of India - Article 324

  C) Union Public Service Commission - Article 332

  D) Attorney General - Article 351
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  
  A) Article 39A - Equal Justice and Free Legal Aid

  B) Article 40 - Organisation of Village Panchayats

  C) Article 44 - Uniform Civil Code

  D) Article 48 - Separation of Judiciary from Executive
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is matched correctly?
  
  A) Article 17 - Equality before Law

  B) Article 78 - Establishment of Parliament

  C) Article 192 - Salaries and Allowances of Parliament Members

  D) Article 352 - Proclamation of Emergency
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following is correctly matched?
  
  A) Part-II of the Constitution - Fundamental Rights

  B) Part-III of the Constitution - Citizenship

  C) Part-IV(A) of the Constitution - Fundamental Duties

  D) Part-V of the Constitution - Directive Principles of the State Policy
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following is not correctly matched under the Constitution of India?
  
  A) The Panchayats - Part IX

  B) The Municipalities - Part IX-A

  C) The Co-operative Societies - Part IX-B

  D) Tribunals - Part X
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements...Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) Only 2

  C) Only 3

  D) 1, 2 and 3
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following are enshrined in the third schedule of the Indian Constitution?
  
  A) 1, 2 and 3

  B) 2, 3 and 4

  C) 1, 2 and 4

  D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Match the following. List-I: (a) Union List (b) State List (c) Concurrent List List-II: 1. 97 entries 2. 47 entries 3. 66 entries
  
  A) 1 2 3

  B) 1 3 2

  C) 2 3 1

  D) 3 2 1
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which provisions of the Constitution have a bearing on Education?
  
  A) Only 1 and 2

  B) Only 3, 4 and 5

  C) Only 1, 2 and 5

  D) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Part XV (b) Part XVI (c) Part XVII (d) Part XVIII
  
  A) 3 4 1 2

  B) 4 3 2 1

  C) 1 2 3 4

  D) 2 1 4 3
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Formation of new states (b) Citizenship (c) Fundamental Rights (d) Administrative Tribunals
  
  A) 2 1 4 3

  B) 1 2 3 4

  C) 3 4 1 2

  D) 4 2 1 3
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) 4th (b) 6th (c) 8th (d) 9th Schedule
  
  A) 1 2 3 4

  B) 2 3 4 1

  C) 3 4 2 1

  D) 4 2 1 3
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) 7th Schedule (b) 8th Schedule (c) 9th Schedule (d) 10th Schedule
  
  A) 3 1 2 4

  B) 2 3 4 1

  C) 3 1 4 2

  D) 4 2 1 3
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Match the following. List-I: (a) Union List (b) State List (c) Concurrent List (d) Residuary Subject
  
  A) 3 1 4 2

  B) 2 3 1 4

  C) 1 2 3 4

  D) 4 1 2 3
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) 124 (b) 5 (c) 352 (d) 245
  
  A) 1 2 3 4

  B) 2 1 4 3

  C) 4 3 2 1

  D) 3 4 1 2
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Article 14 (b) Article 36 (c) Article 74 (d) Article 368
  
  A) 2 1 4 3

  B) 4 1 3 2

  C) 1 2 3 4

  D) 3 4 2 1
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Admit new state (b) Right to equality (c) Protection against arrest (d) President assent
  
  A) 1 2 3 4

  B) 2 1 4 3

  C) 3 4 2 1

  D) 4 3 1 2
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Article 54 (b) Article 75 (c) Article 155 (d) Article 164
  
  A) 1 2 3 4

  B) 1 2 4 5

  C) 2 1 3 5

  D) 2 1 4 3
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Article 323-A (b) Article 324 (c) Article 330 (d) Article 320
  
  A) 1 2 3 4

  B) 4 3 2 1

  C) 2 1 4 3

  D) 3 4 1 2
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Amendments (b) Finance Commission (c) Financial Emergency (d) All India Services
  
  A) 2 3 4 1

  B) 4 3 1 2

  C) 3 4 1 2

  D) 1 2 3 4
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) CAG (b) Finance Commission (c) Tribunal (d) UPSC
  
  A) 3 2 4 1

  B) 3 4 2 1

  C) 1 2 4 3

  D) 4 1 3 2
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Article 215 (b) Article 222 (c) Article 226 (d) Article 227
  
  A) 4 1 3 2

  B) 2 1 3 4

  C) 1 4 3 2

  D) 4 2 3 1
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II. List-I: (a) Article 76 (b) Article 148 (c) Article 75(I) (d) Article 131
  
  A) 1 2 3 4

  B) 3 1 4 2

  C) 4 1 2 3

  D) 2 3 4 1
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II:
  
  A) (a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)4

  B) (a)3 (b)4 (c)1 (d)2

  C) (a)2 (b)1 (c)4 (d)3

  D) (a)4 (b)3 (c)1 (d)2
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Match List-I with List-II:
  
  A) (a)3 (b)1 (c)4 (d)2

  B) (a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)4

  C) (a)2 (b)4 (c)1 (d)3

  D) (a)4 (b)3 (c)2 (d)1
  Answer: A
  Explanation: