Legal Aptitude Questions for CLAT & IBPS SO Law officer Exam.

Landmark Cases Quiz 6

Direction : Study the following question carefully and choose the right answer.
1. The National Emblem and the Seal of the Government of India is a replica of the Capital of
Ashoka's pillar at?
A. Delhi B. Kangra C. Sarnath D. Ambala

2. The National Emblem and Seal was adopted on

A. January 26, 1949 B. November 17, 1949 C. January 26, 1950 D. August 15, 1947

3. Which one of the following is wrong?

A. The National Flag of India consists of three horizontal tricolour bands.
B. The Flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya.
C. All strips are equal in breadth.
D. The ratio of the width to the length of the Flag is three to two.

4. The design of the Dharma Chakra is of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the
Sarnath Lion Capital. The Dharma Chakra has
A. 12 spokes B. 16 spokes C. 24 spokes D. 36 spokes

5. The Directive Principles of State Policy are directly concerned with

A. Only Social Justice B. Only Economic Justice C. Only Political Justice D. All the above

6. Our National Flag was adopted by the

A. British Parliament B. The Parliament of India C. Constituent Assembly D. Jawahar Lal Nehru

7. The Lower Houses of the State Legislature is

A. House of the People B. Council of States C. Legislative Assembly D. Legislative Council

8. The National Anthem of India was written by

A. Munshi Prem Chand B. Sarat Chandra C. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D. Rabindra Nath Tagore

9. The National Song of India was written by

A. Munshi Prem Chand B. Sarat Chandra C. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D. Rabindra Nath Tagore
10. The National Anthem was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on______?
A. January 24, 1950 B. January 25, 1950 C. January 26, 1950 D. January 26, 1949

Correct Answers:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C C D C D C C D C A

Explanations:
1. The Ashoka Chakra is a depiction of the Buddhist Dharmachakra. It is so called because it appears on a
number of edicts of Ashoka, most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Sarnath which has
been adopted as the National Emblem of the Republic of India.

Hence option C is the right answer.

2. The Emblem is adapted from Ashoka's Lion Capital situated at Sarnath. It was officially adopted on the
day India became a republic, January 26, 1950.

Hence option C is the right answer.

3. The ratio of the width to the length of the Flag is two to three.
Hence option D is the right answer.

4. The Ashoka Chakra is a depiction of the dharmachakra; represented with 24 spokes. It is so called
because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka, most prominent among which is the Lion Capital
of Ashoka.

Hence option C is the right answer.

5. Article 38 (1) of DSP’S state that- The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by
securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and
political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.

Hence, option D is correct.

6. The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly
held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15 August, 1947.

Hence option C is the right answer

7. Legislative Assembly is known as the lower house of state.

Hence option C is the right answer.

8. Rabindranath Tagore wrote the National Anthem of India i.e "Jana Gana Mana ". It was adopted as our
national anthem on 24th Jan, 1950.

Hence option D is the right answer.

9. Vande Mataram is the National Song of India written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882 in a
novel, Anandamath. Originally it was written in two languages i.e. Bengali and Sanskrit.

Hence option C is the right answer.

10. The National Anthem of India Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore,
was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24
January 1950.

Hence option A is the right answer.