Question

What is the primary purpose of most constitutions?
A) to provide a substitute for government
B) to define and limit government power
C) to give the government absolute power
D) to define a moral code for people to follow

Answer 1

The primary purpose of most constitutions is to define a moral code for people to follow.


D is the right answer.

Answer 2

B) to define and limit government power.

A constitution is a written framework of established precedents or fundamental principles that collectively form the legal basis of an organisation, polity or any other type of entity.

It commonly rules how that entity is to be worked on or governed.

When the principles are jotted down into a single document or multiple sets of legal documents, those documents may be said to form a written constitution; if they are written in a single exhaustive comprehensive document, it is said to form a codified constitution.

Some constitutions like the constitution of the United Kingdom are uncodified, but written in many fundamental Acts of court cases, legislatures or treaties.