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61. Who said that a state without a constitution would not be a state but a regime of anarchy?
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A. Finer

B. Gettell

C. Leacock

D. Gilchrist

E. Professor Jellineck

62. A rigid constitution:
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A. Cannot be amended

B. Can be amended by the people as a whole

C. Can be amended by a special procedure

D. Can be amended like an ordinary law

63. At present constitutional monarchy exists in: ___________?
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A. U.S.A.

B. U.K.

C. China

D. Saudi Arabia

64. In Soviet Union constitutional government is closely linked with: _____________?
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A. Democracy

B. Ideology

C. Rule of the proletariat

D. Federal system

E. Form of Government

65. Rule of Law as the basis of constitutional government was propounded most brilliantly by:
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A. John Austin

B. Jean Bodin

C. Lord Bryce

D. A.V. Dicey

66. The development of constitution can take place in a number of ways. Some of the methods are given below, but one of them has been wrongly indicated. Tick the same:
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A. Through formal amendment

B. Through judicial interpretation

C. Through plebiscite

D. Through the conventions

67. A constitution which provides for a rigid distribution of the power of the government between the centre and its constituent units is known as:
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A. Federal constitution

B. Written constitution

C. Rigid constitution

D. Flexible constitution

68. Which one of the following is a hindrance on the way of constitutional government in a developing country?
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A. Their love for democracy

B. Their love for democracy

C. Their indifferent attitude towards religion

D. Their desire to copy the West

69. A constitution is known as flexible:
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A. If it is difficult to amend

B. If it can be amended by the ordinary lawmaking procedure

C. It the states alone can amend the constitution

D. If the procedure for the amendment of constitution is simple than the ordinary lawmaking procedure

70. The Constitution of U.S.A. can be amended by: __________?
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A. By Congress

B. By a procedure laid down in the

C. Through a special Constitution

D. Through referendum

E. Supreme Court

71. In a perfect federation constitution must be: ___________?
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A. Party rigid and partly flexible

B. None of These

C. Flexible

D. Rigid

72. In the Western world constitutional government is associated with: ____________?
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A. Presidential form of Government

B. Party system

C. Monarchy

D. Democracy

E. None of the above

73. A constitutional government is on which:
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A. Of the state in the interests of individual liberty.

B. Does not have a monarch as head of the state

C. Places effective restrictions on the individual liberty in the interests of state authority

D. Places effective restrictions on the authority

E. Adheres strictly to constitutional provisions

74. An unwritten constitution is:
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A. Mostly unwritten

B. Wholly unwritten

C. Contains only some unwritten portions

D. Declared as unwritten by the constituent Assembly

75. Which is a Constitution?
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A. It is an element of state

B. It is an element of the society

C. It is an element of the nation

D. It regulates as well as determines functions of Government.

76. Who has said that a written constitution is one in which most of the fundamental principles of the governmental organisation are contained in a formal written instrument or instruments deliberately created:
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A. Bryce

B. Dicey

C. Gettell

D. Finer

77. In which of the following countries the units have not been given any power to initiate amendment in the Constitution?
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A. India

B. U.S.A.

C. Australia

D. Switzerland

78. Which one of the following philosophers made contribution to the development of constitutionalism?
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A. Aristotle

B. All the above

C. Marsiglio of Padua

D. Plato

79. Which one of the following is not an essential feature of a good constitution?
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A. Written character

B. Flexibility

C. Comprehensiveness

D. Independence of judiciary

80. Who has said that Every constitution is the product of accumulated material and spiritual circumstances of its times?
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A. Gettell

B. Rossueau

C. Finer

D. Leacock

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