QUESTION BANK UE15HS101 Constitution of India and Professional Ethics

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Socialism means
a) Improving national economy by passing suitable legislation b) Providing
suitable political opportunity to backward people c) Encouraging socioeconomic imbalances d) None of the above
The directive principles of State Policy
a) Confer rights to citizens and non-citizens b) Confer rights only to citizens c)
Do not confer any right to alien enemies d) None of the above
The Indian Constitution does not prohibit
a) Begar b) Employing children in mines who are below 14 years age c) Traffic
in human beings d) Compulsory service for public purpose
The preamble contains in a nut shell the ideals and aspirations of
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b) Mahatma Gandhi c) People of India d) Members of
the Drafting Committee
The reasonableness of restriction under Art 19 implies balance between the
right guaranteed and
a) Social control permitted b) National welfare c) His duties to the community
d) Sovereignty and integrity of India
The right to Education is included in the right to
a) Extensive training in professional ethics b) Equality before law c) Life and
personal liberty d) Speech and expression
The right of equality before the law is applicable to
a) Only to Indian citizens b) Only to Indian citizens and non-citizens c) Any
person
within the territory of India d) None of the above
This article is applicable to both citizens and non-citizens
a) 21 b) 29 c) 15 d) 16
The right of press is included in the right to
a) Information and communication b) Personal liberty c) Speech and
expression
d) Freedom of trade and business.
Art 12 defines
a) Nation b) State c) Executive d) None of the above
Art 19 (1) (b) deals with
a) Speech and Expression b) Occupation and Profession c) Right to Assembly
d) None of these
Directive Principles of State policy is dealt in
a) Part iv b) Part iii c) Part v d) None of the above
Fundamental Rights are
a) Absolute b) Unlimited c) Natural d) Reasonably restricted
Fundamental Rights are
a) Enforceable b) Non Enforceable c) Non-Justiciable d) Justifiable
Liberty means
a) Freedom b) Restriction c) Economics d) All of these.
Restrictions imposed on the rights guaranteed under Art 19 are
a) Reasonable b) Arbitrary c) Conditional d) None of these.

d) None of the
above

d) None of the
above
d) Compulsory
service for public
purpose
c) People of India

a) Social control

c) Life and personal

liberty
c) Any person within
the territory of India

a) 21
b) Personal liberty .

b) State
c) Right to Assembly

a) Part iv
d) Reasonably
restricted
a) Enforceable
a) Freedom .
a) Reasonable

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The head of the state is

a) Chief minister b) Judge c) President d) Speaker.
The State can make special provisions under Art 15 in favour of
a) Other backward classes b) Foreigners c) Higher castes d) All of these
Under Art 32 writ jurisdiction is vested in
a) High court b) Supreme Court c)Civil Court d) None of these
When a person is detained under the law of preventive detention
a) An advisory board must be constituted b) A charge sheet must be filed with
in 90 days
c) He cannot be detained for more than 9 months d) None of the above
Which amendment of the Constitution added the terms Socialist and Secular
to the preamble
a) 25th b) 41st c) 42nd d) 22nd
Writs are issued by
a) Supreme court b) Executive c) Legislature d) All of these
Locus Standi refers to
a) Public interest litigation b) Application of law to local area
c) Local standards for fixing minimum wages d) None of the above
Child labour is prohibited Under _________
a)24 b)32 c)43 d) None of these
For the enforcement of Fundamental rights, the courts can issue
a)notification b)writs c) Decree d)an order
An arrested person should be allowed to
a)To consult his advocate b)To see the concerned judge c) Both a&b d) None
of these
The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy is borrowed from the
constitution of
a) Canada b) Britain c) France d) Ireland
Fundamental Duties are dealt under
a) Part iv b) Part ii c)Part v d)None of these

c) President

Directive Principles of State policy contains

a) duties of the state b) Rights of the Government c) Duties of the Citizens
d) All of these
The right against exploitation prohibits
a) Working of women in nights b) Giving in marriage a minor girl c) Taking or
giving dowry d) Traffic in human beings
The following are the organs of the state
a)judiciary b) Public Corporations c)Executive d) Both a) and c)
High Court is empowered to issue a writ under Art
a) 226 b) 236 c)32 d) 33
Secularism is reflected in Art
a) 23 b) 25 c)35 d) All of these
State is defined under Art
a) 12 b) 15 c)16 d) None of the above
Part iv of the Constitution of India deals with
a) Fundamental rights b) directive principles of State Policy c)Fundamental
freedoms d)None of these
Writs are issue in case of infringement of
a)Fundamental rights b)writs c)Fundamental policies d) All of these

a) Duties of the state

a) Other backward
classes
b) Supreme Court
a) An advisory board
must be constituted

c) 42nd

a) Supreme court
d) None of the
above
a)24
b)writs
a)To consult his
advocate
d) Ireland

d)None of these

d) Traffic in human
beings
d) Both a) and c)
a) 226
b) 25
a) 12
b) directive
principles of State
Policy
a)Fundamental
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Forced labour is prohibited under

a)Right against exploitation b)Right to shelter c)Right to trade d) All of these
The following prohibits discrimination on the basis of caste particularly with
regard to admissions in educational institutions
a)Art 29 b)Art 15 c)Art 16 d) All of these
The following could be minorities under Art 30
a)Muslims in Karnataka b)Brahmins in karnataka c)Both of these d) none of
these
Art 24 Prohibits
a) employment of women b)employment of mentally deranged c)Both of these
d) none of these
Writ of mandamus could be issued in case of
a) erroneous judgments b)non performance of a duty c)non performance of a
legal duty d) none of these
Art 22 deals with the following
a) Right to speedy trial b)Right to free legal aid c)Right of representation d) All
of these
Possession of Kirpans is considered under
a) Art 26 b)Art 27 c)Art 25 d) None of these
Right to property under Art 19 is
a) is fundamental under Right to freedom b)repealed c)Ownership d) None of
these
Constitution of India came into force in the year
a) 1956 b)1935 c)1949 d) None of these
The state list comes under
a) Schedule iv b) Schedule v c) Schedule vii d) None of these
A company recognized under the companies Act having 56% share belonging
to the state government comes under the purview of
a)Art 27 b)Art 13 c) Art 12 d) none of these
Practice of Untouchability is
a) allowed b)prohibited c) non-legal d) None of these
Art 17 deals with
a)Abolition of Untouchability b)Prohibition of caste system c) Abolition of
practice of purity and pollution d) All of these
Constitution of India was adopted in the year
a)1945 b)1950 c) 1947 d) 1949
Right to Die is considered as a right under ______ of the Constitution of India
a)Part iii b)Art 21 c) Criminal laws d) None of these
If A makes a statement voluntarily as a witness of theft committed by him it
amounts to
a)Self incrimination b)violation of art 21 c) both of these d) None of these
Definition of Law includes
a)Order b)Command c) Rights d) All of these
Writ of Certiorari can be issued to
a)The State b)a company c) High Court d) Both (2) & (3)
Reasonable restrictions imposed on the right under Art 19 (1) (g) a) Interest of the Scheduled Tribes b) Monopoly of the state
c) Prescribing conditions d) All of these
The Right to own and acquire property under Art 26 is available to institutions
a) established by the State

a)Right against
exploitation
a)Art 29

a)Muslims in
Karnataka
d) none of these

c)non performance
of a legal duty
c)Right of
representation
c)Art 25
b)repealed

d) None of these
c) Schedule vii
c) Art 12

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a)Abolition of
Untouchability
d) 1949
d) None of these
d) None of these

a)Order
(3) High Court
(2) Monopoly of the
state
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b) Established by a group of individuals belonging to a religious denomination

c)established by an individual belonging to Islam religion
d) None of these
Creating conditions as to compel a worker to work in an organization for
insufficient payment amounts to
a) Begar b) Under employment c) Forced labour d) All of these.
Subjection of an individual to polluted Air is violation of the Right to
a) Life b) liberty c) Exploitation d) Both a) and b)
The emolument accepted by a citizen of India working in a company owned by
the state is
a) Prohibited b) Allowed
c) Allowed if consent is obtained from the central Government d) None of these
India is a --------- State
a) Democratic b) Socialistic c) Welfare d) None of these
Writs are entertained before
a) Supreme Court b) High Court c) District Courts d)Both a) &b)
Directive Principles of State Policy cannot be
a) Enforced b) Justified c)Both a) & b) d)Amended.
Constitution of India is _______ in nature
a)Federal b)Unitary c)Unity in Diversity d) None of these

belonging to a
religious
denomination
(c) Forced labour

Fundamental rights
a)Can be Amended b)Cannot be amended
c) Can be amended only Under Art 366 d) All of these
Constitution of India Prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion in case of
a)employment in state service b) Employment in a religious institution
c) employment in trust belonging to a denomination d) All of these
Right to form any kind of association comes under
a) Art 23 b)Art 25 c) Art 18 d) None of the above
This freedom is guaranteed to only citizens of India
a)Art 25 b) Art 27 c)Art 19 d) None of the above
A society registered under the Society registration Act comes under the
a) definition of state b) Agency of the State c)Central Government d) None of
these
Art 20 deals with
a) Double jeopardy b) rights of an arrested person
c) Rights of an alien enemy d) Both a) and b)
A writ of Quo-Warranto is issued
a) Against a lower court, for violating rules of natural justice
b) To prevent a person from illegally assuming any private office
c) Quash an order issued by the lower court without jurisdiction
d) None of the above
Fundamental rights are dealt in _______ of the Constitution of India
a) Part iv b) Part iii c) Part v d) None of the above
Article 14 deals with
a) Equality before law b) Equal protection of the laws c) Right against
exploitation d) Both a) & b)
The following are the ideals of the Constitution of India
a) Secular b) Democracy c)Sovereignty d) all of these

a) Can be
amended

a) Life
b) Allowed

c) Welfare
d)Both a) &b)
a) Enforced.
d) None of these

a)employment in
state service
d) None of the
above

c)Art 19
d) None of these

a) Double jeopardy

d) None of the
above

b) Part iii
d) Both a) & b)

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Constitution of India is a
a)Text b)Book c)law d) all of these
Constitution of India is given by
a)Central Government b)Supreme Court c)President d) None of these
A negative approach to responsibility is emphasized by
a) Group thinking b) Self-interest c) Minimalist view d) Egocentric tendencies
According to Lawrance, one of the elements of risk is
a) Tight coupling b) Complex interaction c) Magnitude of adverse effect d)
Ignorance
Engineers must protect the public from
a) Natural Calamities b) Acceptable risk c)Technical risk d) Unacceptable risk
Looking out for number one tendency arises out of
a) Self interest b) Good works c) Egocentric tendencies d) Group thinking
One of the aims of engineering ethics is to
a) Acquire latest in engineering research and testing b) Make engineers
morally and professionally sound c) Infuse self confidence in engineers in
discharging their duty efficiently d) Stimulate deep interest in engineering
ethics
When the risk of harm is equated by the probability of producing benefit, the
risk is considered to be
a) Probable Risk b) Expected Risk c) Natural Risk d) Acceptable Risk
Minimalist view involves
a) Group thinking b) negative approach to responsibility c) reasonable care d)
All of these
An engineer should posses
a) Specialised Knowledge b) Money c) Skill d) Both a) & c)
Engineering Ethics involves the study of
a) Moral issues in Engineering b) Questions of Moral Conduct c)Impact of
Engineering activity d) All of the above
Engineering Ethics is a branch of
a) Professional Ethics b) Common Ethics c) Public Ethics d) None of the above
Proper analysis of ethical issues is a part of
a) Preventive ethics b) Moral ethics c) Utilitarianism d) All of these
It is not an impediment to responsibility
a) self interest b) Group thinking c) Fear d) Public interest
Minimalist view is to accept
a) Minimum responsibility b) Adequate responsibility c) Average responsibility
d) None of these
One of the characteristics of High Risk Technology is
a) Tight Coupling b) Hazardous c) Dangerous d) None of these
Tight coupling
a) Helps to increase the product b) Increases the efficiency of the machine
c) Reduces the risk d) None of above
Risk implies
a) Harm b) Danger c) A thing which is Unsafe d) All of the above
Safety means
a) Risky b) Dangerous c) Free of Risk d) All of these
A compound measure of the probability and magnitude of an adverse effect is
a) Acceptable risk b) Risk c) Technical risk d) All of the above

c)law
d) None of these
c) Minimalist view
c) Magnitude of
adverse effect
d) Unacceptable risk
a) Self interest
b) Make engineers
morally and
professionally sound

d) Acceptable Risk.

b) negative
approach to
responsibility
d) Both a) & c)
d) All of the above

a) Professional
Ethics
a) Preventive ethics
d) Public interest
a) Minimum
responsibility
a) Tight Coupling
d) None of above

d) All of the above

c) Free of Risk

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Which of the following is not considered as an aim of engineering ethics

a)Moral imagination b)Identifying ethical issues c)Development of analytical
skills d)Shifting of responsibility
This is not an engineering association (society)
a)NSPE b)IEEE c)BCS d) None of these
They are not Trade Secrets
a) Principles b) Formulas c)Patterns d) Device
The risk experts approach is based on ------------approach
a) Unbiased b)Totalitarian c)Utilitarian d) None of these.
Which of them is not an essential symptom of group think
a)Mind guarding b)Self censorship c) Egoism d) Illusion of unanimity
This is not a conception of Responsibility
a)Standard operating procedure b) Minimalist view c)Good works d) None of
these
One of the impediments to responsibility is
a)Fear b)Jealousy c) Accidents d) None of these
Forging is
a) Copying the data b) writing a wrong data for experiments conducted
c)presenting the data for which the experiments were never conducted d) All of
these
One of the ways of misusing the truth
a) Forging b) Influencing others c) Both a&b d) Lying
Risk as maximising benefit is considered as
a) an engineers responsibility b) Risk/Benefit analysis c)safety/Risk analysis
d)Ethics
Normalising deviance
a) decreases the risk b) increases the risk c) increases the efficiency of risk d)
All of these
Retaining the data to support the theory and discarding the rest amounts to
a) Plagiarism b) Total restriction c) Cooking d) Strict restriction
Microscopic vision is
a)is essential to an engineer b)is essential to understand the amount of risk
involved c) limits the perception of a professional d)None of these
This is not termed as dishonesty
a) Trimming b) Cooking c) Planning d) None of these
Looking out for number one tendency arises out of
a) Self interest b) Good works c) Egocentric tendencies d) Group thinking.
Normal accidents are
a) inevitable b) frequent c)usual d) All of these
They are Trade Secrets
a) designs b) Formulas c)Patterns d) All of these
An engineer should posses
a) Specialised Knowledge b) Money c) Skill d) Both a) & c)
A Company cannot claim if the knowledge used is
a)Trade secret b)Patented information c)Generic information d) None of these
An information exclusively held by the company material to its production of
goods is a
a)Copyright b)Trade Secret c)Secret of trade d) Both b) and c)
Anchoring is dealt in the concept of Acceptable risk in __________ approach
a) Lay person's b) risk expert's c) industrial managers' d) None of these

d)Shifting of
responsibility
d) None of these
a) Principles
c)Utilitarian
c) Egoism
a)Standard
operating procedure
a)Fear
c)presenting the
data for which the
experiments were
never conducted
d) Lying
b) Risk/Benefit
analysis
b) Increases the
Risk

c) Cooking
c) limits the
perception of a
professional
c) Planning
a) Self interest
a) inevitable
d) All of these
d) Both a) & c)
c)Generic
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This is one of the types of dishonesty associated with research and testing
a) copying b) Egoism c)Egotism d) Multiple Authorship
Utilitarianism is associated with
a) Plagiarism b)Reading c)cost-benefit approach d) Al of these
Maximum happiness of the maximum number is associated with
a) Utilitarianism b)Socialism c) Capitalism d) All of these
Amalgamation of the risk and acceptable risk is seen in
a) technological risk b) risks c) estimation of risk by a non technical person d)
All of these
Safety is always
a) absolute b) unconditional c) conditional d) None of these
A thing is said to be safe when its risks are considered to be
a) bearable b) acceptable c) Non-caculable d) calculable
This is one of the problems associated with engineering
a) Dishonesty b) Conflict of interests c)anticipation of accidents d) all of these
Engineering is called a profession because it is
a) an occupation b)an education c)an expertize d) None of these
Risks may be calculated according to
a) free tree analysis b) Safety analysis c) Event tree analysis d) All of these
Risk may be considered as
a) Possibility of causing harm b) Possibility of suffering harm c)Possibility of
safety d) All of these
This is not one of the conceptions of responsibility
a) Minimum responsibility b) reasonable care c) Unreasonable care d) Both a)
and b)
Engineering is an
a) Occupation b)Profession c)Vision d) All of these
Receiving gifts from clients sometimes may lead to
a) line drawing b) risks c) violation of IPRs d) None of these
This is a type of the Conflict of interests
a)Conflicts due to Gift b) Actual Confilict of interest c)Egoism d) None of these
Ford Pinto case is a good example of
a)Negligence b) recklessness c)Due deligence d)All of these
A design associated with a good or a product
a) Trade marks b) Patents c) Copyrights d) None of these
Patents are a kind of
a) Properties b) intelligible property rights c)Copy rights d)None of these
Columbia disaster is a very good example for
a)Group think b) Cooking c) Normalizing deviance d) All of these
The engineers of ford company (in ford Pinto Case) were charged with
a)Criminal liability b)Negligence c) Gross Negligence d)None of these
Diane Vaugn propounded
a)Normal Accidents b)Normalizing deviance c)Theory of Risks d)Both a)&b)
Sustainable development involves
a)economy b)equity among generations c)Engineering d)All of these
Group think is characterised by
a) Thinking in groups b) Mind guarding c) Groups based on caste d) None of
these
Lying is one of the
a) Ways of Misusing truth b) ways of making a statement c) Responsibility d)

d) Multiple
Authorship
c)cost-benefit
approach
a) Utilitarianism
c) estimation of risk
by a non technical
person
d) None of these
b) acceptable
c)anticipation of
accidents
d) None of these
c) Event tree
analysis
b) Possibility of
suffering harm
b) reasonable care

b)Profession
d) None of these
b) Actual Confilict of
interest
b) recklessness
a) Trade marks
b) intelligible
property rights
c) Normalizing
deviance
c) Gross Negligence
b)Normalizing
deviance
b)equity among
generations
b) Mind guarding

a) Ways of Misusing
truth

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Ignorance inculcates in itself

a) Failure to seek out the truth b) willful avoidance c) Lack of knowledge d) All
of these
______ is one of the characteristics of a professional
a) Skill b) Money c)Family d) Society
_________ is one of the conceptions of responsibility
a) Minimalist view b) Virtues c) Money d) Fame
Reasonable care involves
a) perception of an average man b) Reason for the care c) Reasoned care d)
perception of an engineer
Lying means
a) wrong statement b)misleading statement with an ulterior intention c) a
statement which is not true d)all of these
If Engineering is considered as a building , its foundation is
a)Skill b) Knowledge c) Honesty d) All of these
What is morally wrong
a) can be measured as constitutionally right b)Cannnot be considered as
constitutionally right c) Can be legally right d)all of these
The owner of the patent generally holds the patent right for a period of
_______ years
a) 30 b)80 c) 70 d)20
Risk as maximising benefit is understood by
a) Eventree analysis b) fault tree analysis c) Both a) and b) d) Cost/benfit
analysis
This is one of the types of concerns towards environment
a) Non-healthy b) Intrinsic c) extrinsic d) Both a) and b)
Crisis Oriented environmental management is characterised by
a) No full time staff assigned to environmental concerns b) Management
dependent on crisis c) primary goal of responding to the crisis d) Both b) and c)
Anthropocentric approach constitutes _____ concern towards environment
a) Intrinsic b)Concern for the welfare of animals c)Health concern d) None of
these
Mr. Aldo leopald calls the living and non-living part of natural world as
a) Biotic Community b) Environment c) Biotic and Abiotic Community d)
Biosphere

d) All of these

a) Skill
a) Minimalist view
a) perception of an
average man
b)misleading
statement with an
ulterior intention
c) Honesty
Can be legally right

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d) Cost/benfit
analysis
b) Intrinsic
a) No full time staff
assigned to
environmental
concerns
c)Health concern

a) Biotic Community