Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 14 — Chapter 14: Our Constitution
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who chaired the Constituent Assembly? [1]
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
2. When was the Constitution adopted? [1]
(A) 26 November 1949
(B) 15 August 1947
(C) 26 January 1950
(D) 2 October 1949
3. Who chaired the Drafting Committee? [1]
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel
4. When did the Constitution take effect? [1]
(A) 26 January 1950
(B) 15 August 1947
(C) 26 November 1949
(D) 1 January 1950
5. What is 26 January celebrated as? [1]
(A) Republic Day
(B) Independence Day
(C) Constitution Day
(D) Gandhi Jayanti
6. What type of republic does the Constitution establish? [1]
(A) Sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic
(B) Only a monarchy
(C) Only a dictatorship
(D) Only a colonial state
7. What does the Constitution balance? [1]
(A) Rights and governance
(B) Only rights, ignoring governance
(C) Only governance, ignoring rights
(D) Neither rights nor governance
8. Why study the Constitution? [1]
(A) It's the foundational framework of India's government
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests
9. Who chaired the Constituent Assembly? [1]
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
10. When was the Constitution adopted? [1]
(A) 26 November 1949
(B) 15 August 1947
(C) 26 January 1950
(D) 2 October 1949
11. Who chaired the Drafting Committee? [1]
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel
12. When did the Constitution take effect? [1]
(A) 26 January 1950
(B) 15 August 1947
(C) 26 November 1949
(D) 1 January 1950
13. What is 26 January celebrated as? [1]
(A) Republic Day
(B) Independence Day
(C) Constitution Day
(D) Gandhi Jayanti
14. What type of republic does the Constitution establish? [1]
(A) Sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic
(B) Only a monarchy
(C) Only a dictatorship
(D) Only a colonial state
15. What does the Constitution balance? [1]
(A) Rights and governance
(B) Only rights, ignoring governance
(C) Only governance, ignoring rights
(D) Neither rights nor governance
16. Why study the Constitution? [1]
(A) It's the foundational framework of India's government
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests