World History and Indian Polity Flashcards

Flashcards covering key concepts and facts from World History and Indian Polity lecture notes.

__ was the head of the Interim Government.

Nehru

Indian Constitution was completed and adopted on __.

26 Nov. 1949

__ is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution.

BRAmbedkar

Republic Day in India is celebrated on __.

26 January 1950

The Indian Constitution took __ to complete.

2 years, 11 months, 18 days

The Indian Constitution has __ Parts.

22 (total-25)

The Indian Constitution has __ Schedules.

12 (Originally 8)

The Indian Constitution has __ Articles.

395

The Constituent Assembly was formed by __ in 1946.

Cabinet Mission Plan

The total members in Constituent Assembly was __.

389

The first meeting of Constituent Assembly was held on __.

09-12-1946

__ was the President of the Constituent Assembly.

Rajendra Prasad

and were the Vice-Presidents of the Constituent Assembly.

HC. Mukherjee, VT Krishnamachari

__ was the chairman of the Drafting Committee.

BR Ambedkar

Parliamentary government, Bicameralism, and Rule of Law were taken from __.

Britain

Fundamental Rights, Supreme Court, and Vice President were taken from __.

USA

The Federal System in Indian constitution was taken from __.

Canada

Fundamental Duties in the Indian constitution was taken from __.

USSR

Election of the President system in Indian constitution was taken from __.

Ireland

Concurrent List in the Indian constitution was taken from __.

Australia

The Preamble of the Indian Constitution is based on __ passed by Nehru.

Objective Resolution

Currently, there are __ States in India.

28

Currently, there are __ Union Territories in India.

8

__ was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis.

Andhra Pradesh

There are __ ways to acquire citizenship of India.

5

There are __ ways to lose citizenship of India.

3

Part 3 of the Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights, is known as __ of India.

Magna Carta

The Indian Constitution provides __ Fundamental Rights.

6

Fundamental rights are taken from __ constitution.

USA

Article __ guarantees the Right to Equality before law.

14

Article __ prohibits discrimination on grounds of caste, religion, sex, or place of birth.

15

Article __ provides Equality of Opportunity.

16

Article __ abolishes Untouchability.

17

Article __ abolishes Titles.

18

Article 19 provides Right to freedom that include __ freedoms.

6

Article __ provides Protection in respect of conviction for offences.

20

Article __ provides Protection of Life.

21

Article __ provides Right to Education for children aged 6-14 years.

21A

Article __ provides Protection against arrest and detention.

22

Article __ prohibits Human Trafficking and forced labor.

23

Article __ prohibits Child labor below the age of 14.

24

Article __ provides Right to Freedom of Religion.

25

Article __ provides Freedom to manage religious affairs like property, institutions etc.

26

Article __ provides Freedom from taxation.

27

Article __ states No religious instruction in state maintained institutions.

28

Article __ provides Protection of Interest of Minorities.

29

Article __ provides Right of Minorities to establish educational institutions.

30

7th Fundamental right (Right to property Article --31 ) was deleted by the __.

44th Amendment Act 1978

Article 32 Right to Constitutional Remedies is also called the __ by BR Amnbedkar.

Heart and Soul of the Constitution

Article __ from Directive Principles of State Policy is for the Panchayat

40

Article __ from Directive Principles of State Policy is for Uniform Civil Code.

44

Article __ from Directive Principles of State Policy is for Early Childhood care.

45

Fundamental Duties were originally added by __ amendment Act 1976.

42nd

Article __ says that Education for 6-14 years child is both fundamental duty and right.

51A

The President of India is the __ Head of the State.

Executive

The President of India is the __ of the country.

First citizen

Article __ is for the President post.

52

Minimum Age for the President of India is __.

35 years

The President Oath is taken By the __.

Chief Justice of India

Vice President is the __ of the Rajya Sabha.

Ex -Officio Chairman

Prime Minister is the Head of the __.

Government

Prime Minister is the Chairman of __ .

NITI Ayog

Rajya Sabha is the __ house of the parliament.

Upper

__ is the Lower House of the parliament

Lok Sabha

First Speaker of Lok Sabha was __.

GV Mavlankar

Article 352 is for __.

National Emergency

Article 356 is for __ .

State Emergency

Article 360 is for __.

Finance Emergency

Supreme court is the __ Court of India.

Highest Court

Number of total Judges in the Supreme Court is __.

34

First Chief Justice of india was __.

Hira Lal J Kania

Current (50th) Chief Justice of india is __.

DY Chandrchud

Retirement Age of Supreme court judge is __.

65

First woman judge of Supreme court was __.

Fatima Beevi

First High Court in India was __.

Calcutta

Total number of High Courts in India are __.

25

PIL - Public Interest Litigation was started in 1980s by __.

PN Bhagwati

__ is the Highest/ First Law oficer of Government of india.

Attorney General

__ is the Guardian of the Public Purse.

CAG - Comptroller and Auditor General

Current CAG is __.

Girish Chandra Murmu

Governor is appointed by __.

President

Governor Tenure is __.

During pleasure of the President

Chief Minister is Appointed by __.

Governor

Maximum strength of Legislative Assembly is __.

500

Minimum strength of Legislative Assembly is __.

60

Minimum Age of members of Legislative Assembly is __.

25

First Panchayati Raj was Introduced on -2 Oct. 1959, in __.

Nagaur (Raj)

Three tier system for Panchayati Raj was recommended by __.

Balwant RaiMehta Committee

Panchayati Raj became constitutional by __ Act.

73rd Amendment Act

No Panchayats are there in __.

Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya

First chief election commissioner was __.

Sukumar Sen