A. Can be amended only by a special procedure
B. Cannot be amended
C. Can be amended by the legislature through ordinary law-making procedure
D. Can be amended only with the consent of the majority of the people
Constitution and Constitutional Government
The preamble of the constitution means:
A. The constitution in its totality
B. The preface of the constitution
C. The spirit of the constitution as distinguished from its body
D. The character of the constitution
Generally an evolved constitution:
A. Cannot be amended
B. Can be amended through a very simple procedure
C. Can be amended through a wry complicated procedure
D. Can be amended by the people alone
The view that the forms of govenments change according to a set-cycle was expressed by:
A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Montesquieu
D. Hobbes
Customs and conventions are a feature of: _________?
A. Only written constitutions
B. Only unwritten constitutions
C. Both written as well as unwritten constitutions
D. Countries which possess no constitution
The method of amending the constitution by popular vote is found in: __________?
A. U.K.
B. U.S.A.
C. Switzerland
D. All the above countries
Who among the following claimed constitution as ‘a set of established rules embodying and directing the practice of government’.
A. Bryce
B. Austin
C. Dicey
D. Aristotle
A constitutional government is on which:
A. Adheres strictly to constitutional provisions
B. Does not have a monarch as head of the state
C. Places effective restrictions on the authority
D. Of the state in the interests of individual liberty.
E. Places effective restrictions on the individual liberty in the interests of state authority
Rule of Law as the basis of constitutional government was propounded most brilliantly by:
A. A.V. Dicey
B. Lord Bryce
C. John Austin
D. Jean Bodin
The view that the form of governments changes according to a set cycle was expressed by:
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Montesquieu
D. Hobbes