Constitutional Law

chapter 4, the most comprehensive one yet

MN Roy

Who gave the idea of the constitution?

7

How many members were in the drafting committee?

284

How many members were there in the constituent assembly?

Article 14,19 and 21

Which all articles are called the golden triangle?

42nd amendment

Which amendment incorporated fundamental duties into the constitution?

11

How many fundamental duties are there in the constitution?

10

How many fundamental duties were there originally in the constitution?

86th amendment

Which amendment incorporated the 11th fundamental duty?

61st amendment

Which amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?

42nd amendment

Which amendment added secular, socialist and integrity to the preamble?

People of India

Who is the source of political authority in India?

Provincial assemblies

Who elected the members of the constituent assembly?

British monarch

The President of India has the same constitutional authority as which country?

Legislature

In a parliamentary system, who is the executive responsible to?

United Nations

The source ‘We the people’ in the preamble is derived from?

Soverign, socialist, secular, democratic republic

What is the correct nomenclature of the preamble?

5th July 1947

When was the home ministry set up?

29th January 1949

When was Junagadh acceded to Indian union?

23rd November 1949

When was Hyderabad acceded to the Indian union?

Dhar commission

What was the name of the committee appointed to study and report the desirability of the reorganization of states on linguistic basis?

1st October 1953

When was Andhra Pradesh formed?

Andhra Pradesh

Which was the first linguistic state of independent India?

Gujarat

Which was the fifteenth linguistic state of independent India?

Maharashtra and Gujarat

Which two states was Bombay divided into?

Nagaland

Which was the sixteenth linguistic state of independent India?

Haryana

Which was the seventeenth linguistic state of independent India?

Himachal Pradesh

Which was the eighteenth linguistic state of independent India?

Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura

Which were the nineteenth, twentieth and twienty-first linguistic states of independent India?

Sikkim

Which was the twenty-second linguistic state of independent India?

Goa

Which was the twenty-fifth linguistic state of independent India?

Telengana

Which was the twenty-ninth linguistic state of independent India?

Article 11

Which article gives the constitution the power to make laws regarding citizenship?

1. Birth

2. Descent

3. Registration

4. Naturalization

5. Incorporation of territories

What are the five modes to acquire citizenship in India?

1. Renunciation

2. Termination

3. Deprivation

What are the three modes of losing citizenship?

Article 12

Which article defines state?

Part 3

What part of the constitution is called the cornerstone/magna carta of the constitution?

Article 13

Which article provides for judicial review of all the legislations?

Ajay Hassia v Khalid Mujib

In which case did the SC summarize the criterion for judging whether a body is a state or not?

86th amendment

Which amendment added article 21-A?

Article 21A

Which article casts a duty on the state to provide free and compulsory education to all children between the ages of 6-14?

Habeas corpus

Which writ challenges unlawful detention?

Mandamus

Which writ commands a person to do something in the nature of public duty mentioned in it?

Prohibition

Which writ is issued to an inferior court to prevent it from exceeding its jurisdiction?

Certiorari

Which writ is issued to inferior courts to transfer a case pending with them or to quash their order in it?

Quo warranto

Which writ prevents illegal usurpation of a public office?

Article 33

Which article gives Parliament the power to limit or remove the fundamental rights of certain groups of people?

Article 44

Which article says there shall be a Uniform Civil Code in India?

Article 51A

Which article mentions the fundamental duties of the citizens of India?

Arunachal Pradesh

Which union territory gained statehood in 1987?

President and governors

Who is an exception to equality before law?

Article 16(4)

Reservation of seats in educational institutions in favour of Schedules Castes/Tribes is governed by which article?

Swaran Singh Committee

Fundamental duties have been added in the constitution by 42nd amendment in accordance with the recommendation of which committee?

1. President

2. Vice President

3. Prime Minister

4. Council of ministers

5. Attorney general

Who all does the union executive consist of?

Article 54

Which article provides for the election of the president?

Article 71

Which article states that all doubts/disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of the president shall be inquired into and decided by the SC whose decision shall be final

Article 61

Which article provides the procedure for impeachment of president?

Violation of the constitution

On what grounds can the president be impeached?

Article 361

Which articles state the privileges of the president?

1. Absolute

2. Suspensive

3. Pocket

What are the four types of veto powers the president has?

Suspensive veto

Which veto can be overridden by the legislature with an ordinary majority?

Pocket veto

Which veto results from taking no action on the bill passed by Parliament?

6 weeks

When does an ordinance cease to operate?

Article 72

Which article confers the president to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment and so on?

Article 352

Under which article can the president declare national emergency?

Article 356

Under which article can the president declare constitutional emergency?

Article 360

Under which article can the president declare financial emergency?

44th amendment

Which amendment incorporated the word ‘cabinet’ into the constitution?

One month

Within what time should the emergency be approved by both houses?

Article 358

Which article states that article 19 will be suspended during national emergency

3

How many times has national emergency been declared?

Article 63

Which article states that there shall be a vice president in India?

Article 74

Which article says there shall be a council of ministers with the prime minister at the head to aid and advise the president?

Article 76

Which article provides for the appointment of attorney general?

Attorney general

Who is the first legal officer of India?

Comptroller and Auditor general

Who is called the ‘Ears and Eyes’ of the Public Accounts Committee?

Article 153

Which article states that there shall be a governor in states?

Chief Justice of SC

Who administers the oath to the president?

Chief Justice of HC

Who administers the oath to the governor?

Governor

Who appoints the advocate general?

Indefinite

What is the maximum term of a national emergency?

Article 79

Which article says there shall be a parliament consisting of the president and two houses?

550

What is the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha?

543

How many members are there in LS at present?

84th amendment

Which amendment extended freeze on LS and State Assembly seats till 2026?

250

What is the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha?

245

How many members are there in RS at present?

Pondicherry and Delhi

What are the two UTs that have representation in the RS?

1/10th of total members

What is the quorum to constitute a meeting in either house of parliament?

Article 110

Which article defines a money bill?

Article 368

Which article deals with the power of the parliament to amend the constitution?

Speaker of LS

Who decides whether a bill is a money bill or not?

Article 129

Which article declares that the SC shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself

Article 233

Under which article is the appointment of district judges given?

Article 324

Which article provides the election commission with the superintendence, direction and control of certain elections?

Public service commission

Which constitutional body is regarded the ‘watch dog of the merit system’?

Article 280

Which article provides for a finance commission?

Finance commission

Which constitutional body is envisaged as the ‘Balancing wheel of fiscal federalism’?

Article 40

Which article directs the state to organize village panchayats as units of self government?

Balwant Rai committee

Which committee recommended the establishment of Panchayati Raj on the principle of democratic decentralization?

Ashok Mehta committee

Which committee was appointed to fix the shortcomings of Panchayati Raj?