1st 100 Important Question Indian Polity and Constitution Practice

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1. Who first proposed the idea of a Constituent Assembly in 1934?
2. In which year did the Indian National Congress officially demand a Constituent Assembly?
3. Which offer of 1940 accepted the idea of a Constituent Assembly in principle?
4. Under which plan was the Constituent Assembly formed in 1946?
5. In which month and year was the Constituent Assembly constituted?
6. How many total members were there in the Constituent Assembly?
7. How many members were elected from British India?
8. How many members were nominated by the princely states?
9. How were the elected members of the Constituent Assembly chosen?
10. When was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held?
11. Which political party boycotted the Constituent Assembly?
12. Who was elected as the temporary president of the Constituent Assembly?
13. Who became the permanent president of the Constituent Assembly?
14. Who was appointed as the legal advisor to the Constituent Assembly?
15. Who moved the Objective Resolution on December 13, 1946?
16. On which date was the Constitution of India adopted?
17. When did the Constitution of India come into force?
18. Who is known as the father of the Indian Constitution?
19. How long did the Constituent Assembly take to draft the Constitution?
20. How many sessions and total days did the Constituent Assembly meet?
21. ·  Who proposed the Objective Resolution?
22. ·  When was the Objective Resolution adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
23. ·  What did the Objective Resolution contain?
24. ·  What type of nation was India declared in the Objective Resolution?
25. ·  India was described as a Union of which territories?
26. ·  What type of units were the territories forming the Union to be?
27. ·  From whom would the powers and authority of India flow?
28. ·  What kinds of justice were guaranteed to the people of India?
29. ·  What type of equality was promised to all citizens?
30. ·  What fundamental freedoms were guaranteed to the people?
31. ·  Which groups were promised adequate safeguards in the resolution?
32. ·  What would be maintained according to justice and law of civilized nations?
33. ·  What contribution would India make to world peace?
34. ·  Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee?
35. ·  Who was the chairman of the Flag Committee?
36. ·  Who chaired the Union Constitution Committee?
37. ·  Who was the chairman of the Provincial Constitution Committee?
38. ·  Who headed the Committee on Fundamental Rights and Minorities?
39. ·  Who was the chairman of the Finance and Staff Committee?
40. ·  Who chaired the Committee on Chief Commissioners’ Provinces?
41. ·  Why is the Indian Constitution called the bulkiest Constitution in the world?
42. ·  How many Articles, Parts, and Schedules were there in the original Constitution?
43. ·  How many Articles, Parts, and Schedules are there in the Constitution after amendments?
44. ·  What does the combination of rigidity and flexibility in the Constitution mean?
45. ·  Which Article of the Constitution deals with the amendment procedure?
46. ·  Which system of government is adopted in the Indian Constitution?
47. ·  Who holds the real executive power in the parliamentary system of India?
48. ·  Who is considered the nominal head of the Indian government?
49. ·  On whose confidence does the Council of Ministers remain in office?
50. ·  Why did the framers adopt the parliamentary system in India?
51. ·  What type of federal system is provided in the Indian Constitution?
52. ·  How is India described in the Constitution instead of the word “federation”?
53. ·  Who described India as having a quasi-federal system?
54. ·  Who called Indian federalism “Bargaining Federalism”?
55. ·  Who described Indian federalism as “Cooperative Federalism”?
56. ·  What is meant by division of powers in a federal system?
57. ·  What is meant by a bicameral legislature?
58. ·  What does the supremacy of the Constitution mean?
59. ·  Who appoints the Governors of states in India?
60. ·  What powers does Parliament have regarding the formation of new states?
61. ·  What does the Constitution contain regarding Fundamental Rights?
62. ·  Can the state make laws that take away Fundamental Rights?
63. ·  What can courts do if a law violates Fundamental Rights?
64. ·  Are Fundamental Rights absolute in nature?
65. ·  What balance does the Constitution try to maintain regarding Fundamental Rights?
66. ·  How many Fundamental Duties are mentioned in the Constitution?
67. ·  Which amendment added ten Fundamental Duties in 1976?
68. ·  Which amendment added the eleventh Fundamental Duty?
69. ·  What do Fundamental Duties remind citizens to do?
70. ·  What are Directive Principles of State Policy?
71. ·  What do the Directive Principles aim to establish in India?
72. ·  Are Directive Principles justiciable or non-justiciable?
73. ·  Can a person go to court if Directive Principles are not implemented?
74. ·  What type of state does the Constitution make India?
75. ·  What does a secular state mean?
76. ·  Are citizens free to practise any religion in India?
77. ·  Is freedom of religion absolute in India?
78. ·  What type of judiciary does the Constitution provide?
79. ·  Which court is at the top of the Indian judicial system?
80. ·  What courts function below the High Courts in India?
81. ·  From whom does the Constitution draw its authority?
82. ·  Which part of the Constitution shows that authority comes from the people?
83. ·  What words in the Preamble show that the Constitution is given by the people?
84. ·  What does universal adult franchise mean?
85. ·  What is the minimum voting age in India?
86. ·  Does the Constitution allow discrimination in voting rights?
87. ·  For which groups are seats reserved in elections?
88. ·  Why are seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?
89. ·  Who is given extraordinary powers during emergencies?
90. ·  What type of emergency can arise due to armed rebellion or external aggression?
91. ·  What happens when constitutional machinery breaks down in a state?
92. ·  What is meant by financial emergency?
93. ·  What can happen to the federal system during an emergency?
94. ·  What type of citizenship is provided in the Indian Constitution?
95. ·  Are citizens given separate citizenship for different states in India?
96. ·  What does single citizenship mean?
97. ·  What type of legislature is provided at the Centre?
98. ·  What are the two houses of the Indian Parliament?
99. ·  Which house represents the people of India?
100. ·  Which house represents the states in Parliament?