TNPSC AE EXAM 2024 - Indian Polity Lecture Notes

Comprehensive fill-in-the-blank practice cards covering the history, composition, key dates, and committees involved in the making of the Indian Constitution.

In $1895$, the __________ Bill, also known as the Constitution of India Bill, was introduced, envisaging basic human rights and equality before the law.

Home Rule

In an article titled 'Independence' published in 'Young India' in $1922$, __________ stated that the constitution of India would be framed as per the wishes of the Indians.

Mahatma Gandhi

The resolution named 'National Demand' was introduced in February $1924$ by __________.

Motilal Nehru

In $1934$, the idea of a Constituent Assembly was put forward for the first time by __________, a pioneer of the communist movement.

M.N. Roy

The __________ of $1928$ provided an outline of a draft constitution, many features of which were later incorporated into the present constitution.

Nehru Report

The Indian National Congress officially demanded a Constituent Assembly for the first time in __________.

$1935$

The demand for a Constituent Assembly was finally accepted by the British in the __________ of $1940$.

August offer

The __________ of $1946$, consisting of Pethic Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander, rejected the idea of two separate constituent assemblies.

Cabinet Mission

The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was set at __________ members.

$389$

In the Constituent Assembly, seats were allotted to British provinces and princely states in the proportion of one seat for every __________ population.

$10$ Lakhs

The Constituent Assembly was a partly __________ and partly __________ body.

elected, nominated

The two prominent Indian personalities who were not members of the Constituent Assembly were Mahatma Gandhi and __________.

Jinnah

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly took place on __________, and was boycotted by the Muslim League.

December 9, 1946

The temporary president of the Constituent Assembly during its first meeting was __________.

Dr. Sachidanand Sinha

On December $11, 1946$, __________ was elected as the permanent President of the Assembly.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The two Vice Presidents of the Constituent Assembly were __________ and V.T. Krishnamachari.

H.C. Mukherjee

The Objectives Resolution, which contained the philosophy of the constitutional structure, was moved by __________ on December $13, 1946$.

Jawaharlal Nehru

When the Assembly functioned as the Legislative Body, it was chaired by __________.

G.V. Mavalankar

The National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on __________.

July 22, 1947

The National Anthem, National Song, and the first President of India were all officially adopted/elected on __________.

January 24, 1950

The total time taken by the Constituent Assembly to finish the constitution was $2$ years, $11$ months, and __________ days.

$18$

The __________ committee, setup on August $29, 1947$, consisted of seven members and was headed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Drafting

The Constitution of India was passed and adopted on __________, at which time it contained $395$ Articles and $8$ Schedules.

November 26, 1949

The __________ of the Constituent Assembly was the Elephant.

Symbol

The legal advisor (Constitutional Advisor) to the Constituent Assembly was __________.

B.N. Rao

The calligrapher of the original Indian Constitution (Italic style) was __________.

Prem Behari Narain Raizada

The $42$nd Amendment Act of $1976$ added three words to the Preamble: Socialist, __________, and Integrity.

Secular

Critiquing the Assembly, Granville Austin stated: 'The assembly was the __________ and the __________ was the assembly'.

congress, congress