UNIT 1
This feature of constitutionalism limits even a democratically elected government from acting arbitrarily.
A. Popular sovereignty
B. Rule of law
C. Parliamentary supremacy
D. Written constitution
✅ B. Rule of law
Which category of bodies is excluded from “State” unless it performs public functions?
A. Government companies
B. Local authorities
C. Private bodies
D. Statutory corporations
✅ C. Private bodies
Protective discrimination under Article 15(4) applies to:
A. Women
B. SCs/STs only
C. Socially & Educationally Backward Classes
D. Minorities
✅C. Socially & Educationally Backward Classes
Ex-post facto criminal laws are prohibited under:
A. Article 19
B. Article 20(1)
C. Article 21
D. Article 22
✅B. Article 20(1)
Article 30 protects minorities based on:
A. Religion only
B. Language only
C. Religion and language
D. Region
✅C. Religion and language
Which interpretation treats the Preamble as a key to understanding ambiguous constitutional provisions?
A. Literal rule
B. Harmonious construction
C. Purposive interpretation
D. Golden rule
✅ C. Purposive interpretation
Which doctrine renders a post-constitutional law void ab initio if it violates Fundamental Rights?
A. Eclipse
B. Severability
C. Waiver
D. Ultra vires
✅ D. Ultra vires
Untouchability under Article 17 includes:
A. Only caste-based exclusion
B. Religious discrimination
C. Any social disability arising from birth
D. Economic inequality
✅ C. Any social disability arising from birth
Double jeopardy applies only when punishment is imposed by:
A. Any authority
B. Court of law
C. Legislature
D. Executive
✅ B. Court of law
Which writ is known as the “heart and soul” of the Constitution?
A. Habeas Corpus
B. Mandamus
C. Certiorari
D. Article 32
✅D. Article 32
Which case finally settled that the Preamble is part of the Constitution?
A. Berubari Union
B. Golaknath
C. Kesavananda Bharati
D. Minerva Mills
✅C. Kesavananda Bharati
Article 13(2) is violated only when:
A. Any law is unjust
B. Any law restricts rights
C. The State makes a law infringing FRs
D. The judiciary misinterprets the law
✅ C. The State makes a law infringing FRs
Which freedom under Article 19 is the widest in scope?
A. Speech and expression
B. Association
C. Movement
D. Profession
✅ A. Speech and expression
Which case expanded Article 21 to include the right to livelihood?
A. Maneka Gandhi
B. Sunil Batra
C. Olga Tellis
D. Francis Coralie
✅C. Olga Tellis
Which writ is preventive rather than corrective?
A. Certiorari
B. Prohibition
C. Mandamus
D. Quo Warranto
✅B. Prohibition
Citizenship by domicile at the commencement of the Constitution is governed by:
A. Article 5
B. Article 6
C. Article 7
D. Article 11
✅ A. Article 5
The test of “intelligible differentia” must also satisfy:
A. Reasonableness
B. Nexus with objective
C. Equality of outcome
D. Proportionality
✅B. Nexus with objective
Which restriction on free speech is the most recently added ground?
A. Public order
B. Defamation
C. Sovereignty and integrity of India
D. Morality
✅C. Sovereignty and integrity of India
Essential religious practices doctrine was developed in:
A. Shirur Mutt case
B. Sabarimala case
C. Ismail Faruqui
D. Bijoe Emmanuel
✅A. Shirur Mutt case
After 1978, the Right to Property is:
A. Fundamental Right
B. Legal Right
C. Human Right only
D. DPSP
✅B. Legal Right
Which constitutional value bridges the ideals of liberty and equality in the Preamble?
A. Justice
B. Fraternity
C. Sovereignty
D. Secularism
✅B. Fraternity
Which case first held that arbitrariness is antithetical to equality?
A. Maneka Gandhi
B. Royappa
C. Indra Sawhney
D. Anwar Ali Sarkar
✅ B: E.P. Royappa
Commercial speech is protected under which Article?
A. Article 21
B. Article 14
C. Article 19(1)(a)
D. Article 19(1)(g)
✅C. Article 19(1)(a)
🧠 Case: Tata Press v. MTNL
Preventive detention is an exception to which principle?
A. Rule of law
B. Natural justice
C. Due process
D. Separation of powers
✅B. Natural justice
Which case harmonised Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles?
A. Golaknath
B. Kesavananda Bharati
C. Minerva Mills
D. Champakam Dorairajan
✅ C. Minerva Mills