Practice Constitutional Law Questions and Answers

• Article 150: “The accounts of the Union and of the States shall be kept in such form as the President may, on the advice of the Comptroller and Auditor-G...
• Indira Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) laid down which principle? 
• Golaknath v. State of Punjab (1967) held that: 
• S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994) is associated with: 
• Shayara Bano v. Union of India (2017) dealt with: 
• Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017) held that: 
• Under Section 12(3), on what grounds can a party challenge an arbitrator's impartiality or independence?
• Under Section 13(2), what is the mandatory timeline and procedure for challenging an arbitrator
• Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, which of the following is exempt from disclosure (and can be refused) even if held by the Reserve Bank of India?
• Which of the following correctly states the scope of the writ of Certiorari under Article 226 of the Constitution of India?
• Which Article deals with “Distribution of legislative powers” between the Union and States? 
• The President gives his resignation to the:
• A person has been arrested and detained by the police without any lawful authority. To obtain his immediate release, the most appropriate writ is:
• A writ of MANDAMUS may be issued to:
• A government authority discriminates against a citizen in violation of Article 14, causing denial of an employment benefit. To enforce the fundamental righ...
• A writ of CERTIORARI is issued to:
• An executive order curtails a citizen's freedom of speech and expression contrary to Article 19(1)(a). Desiring the matter to be heard directly by the Supr...
• Where a PROCEEDING is pending before an inferior court or tribunal that is exceeding its JURISDICTION, the appropriate writ to RESTRAIN it from proceeding ...
• Parliament and a State Legislature both enact laws on a subject in the CONCURRENT List, and the State law is repugnant to the earlier Central law. Under Ar...
• Where a State law is challenged as having intruded into a Central legislative field, the court examines whether, in PITH AND SUBSTANCE, the enactment falls...
• With respect to the protection of life and personal liberty, the correct position under the Constitution is that Article 21:
• A citizen's fundamental right is violated, not by the State, but by a PRIVATE individual or body not performing any public function. The citizen approaches...
• Over time, the writ of CERTIORARI in Indian jurisprudence has been extended to lie against ADMINISTRATIVE authorities (not merely inferior courts and tribu...
• By the 2015 AMENDMENT to Article 226(2) of the Constitution, the WRIT JURISDICTION of a High Court in respect of an authority seated outside its territory ...
• 'All authorities, civil and judicial, in the territory of India shall act in aid of the Supreme Court.' This mandate is contained in which Article of the C...
• Which one of the following correctly states the position regarding the supremacy of the Constitution in India as compared with the United Kingdom?
• Which of the following statements is correct regarding Article 20(1) of the Constitution of India, which gives effect to the rule against ex post facto cri...
• Under Article 300 of the Constitution of India, in what manner may the Government of India sue or be sued by the name of the Union of India?
• Which of the following statements correctly reflects the holding of the seven-judge Bench in Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab regarding the exercise of the...
• As interpreted by the Supreme Court in People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, which of the following is the 'sine qua non' for the validity ...
• In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court of India hold that proceedings in cases of constitutional and national importance may be live-streame...
• The Supreme Court held that secularism is a basic feature of the Constitution and upheld the dismissal of state governments for acting against secularism i...
• The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution of India, inserted by the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, enumerates the functional items in re...
• The concept of Fundamental Duties, incorporated as Part IVA of the Indian Constitution by the 42nd Amendment, was inspired by the Constitution of which cou...
• The Supreme Court of India held that the power of judicial review of legislation is an integral and essential feature of the basic structure of the Constit...
• Who may, under Article 123(2)(a) of the Constitution, withdraw an Ordinance promulgated by the President at any time?
• Which provision of the Constitution of India directs the State to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opport...
• Varun is arrested by the police without any warrant and is not produced before a magistrate, and his family believes that his detention is illegal. Which w...
• Under Article 54 of the Constitution of India, the President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of:
• Under Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India, every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest magistrate: