Q 1.The highest court and the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution is
(a) The Civil Court
(b) The District Court
(c) The High Court
(d) The Supreme Court
(Chapter 3: The Story of Indian Democracy)

Ans: (d) The Supreme Court

Q 2.The basic norm from which all other rules and authorities flow is known as:
(a)Constitution
(b)Supreme Court
(c)Parliament
(d)Government
(chapter 3: The story of Indian democracy)

Ans: (a) Constitution

Q 3.Who said he "the Constituent Assembly alone can produce a constitution indigenous to the country and truly and fully representing the will of the people".
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Dr Ambedkar
(c) Pandit Jawarhal Nehru
(d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(chapter 3: The story of Indian democracy)

Ans: a) Gandhiji

Q 4.Who said "I think it is the primary duty of Government to remove hunger and render social justice to every citizen and to secure social security…….."
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Dr Ambedkar
(c) B.Das
(d) Pandit Jawarhal Nehru
(chapter 3: The story of Indian democracy)

Ans: c) B.Das

Q 5.The clause in the Constituent Assembly that the state shall organise village panchayats and endow them with the powers and authority to be effective units of local self government was suggested by ______________.
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Dr Ambedkar
(c) K.Santhanam
(d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(chapter 3: The story of Indian democracy)

Ans: c) K. Santhanam

Q 6.The clause for promotion of cottage industries on co-operative lines in rural areas in Constituent Assembly was added by _____________.
(a) T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar
(b) K. Santhanam
(c) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(d) None of the above
(chapter 3: The story of Indian democracy)

Ans: a) T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar

Q 7.Which constitutional amendment provides constitutional status of Panchayati Raj Institutions?
(a) 74th Amendment
(b) 73rd Amendment
(c) 75th Amendment
(d) 73rd and 74th Amendment
(chapter 3: The story of Indian democracy)

Ans: b) 73rd Amendment

Q 8.Democracies fall into two basic categories :
(a) Direct and Equal democracy
(b) Direct and unequal democracy
(c) Direct and democratic democracy
(d) Direct and representative democracy
(chapter 3: The story of Indian democracy)

Ans: d) Direct and representative democracy