UPSC Prelims 2024 Polity Quick Revision Module

Comprehensive fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering basic polity concepts, constitutional evolution, fundamental rights, duties, and government structure based on the lecture transcript.

Constitutionalism is defined as specific __ on general State powers to prevent arbitrary decision-making.

limitations

According to A.V. Dicey, the Rule of Law includes the absence of arbitrary power, individual liberties, and __.

Equality before law

The __ case established that Constitutionalism requires control over governmental power to preserve democratic principles.

IR Coelho

A __ system of government is one in which the executive is responsible to the legislature for its policies and acts.

Parliamentary

The Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on __ and became effective on 26 January 1950.

26 November 1949

The feature of Indian federalism that places the residuary power with the central government is considered a __ feature.

Unitary

The doctrine of __ was propounded in the Kesavananda Bharati case on 24th April 1973.

Basic Structure

An __ majority means not less than 50% of the total strength of the house without subtracting vacancies.

Absolute

__ is a political theory that advocates the absence of a privileged class and places political sovereignty with the people.

Republic

The Regulating Act of 1773 designated the Governor of Bengal as the __.

Governor General of Bengal

The __ Act of 1858 transferred the government of India from the East India Company to the British Crown.

Government of India

The Idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was put forward explicitly for the first time by __ in 1934.

M.N. Roy

The __ Resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1946 became the basis for the Preamble.

Objective

According to the Preamble, the date of adoption of the Constitution is __.

26th November 1949

The 42nd Amendment added the words Socialist, Secular, and __ to the Preamble.

Integrity

Article 1 of the Constitution describes India as a __.

Union of States

The __ Commission, appointed in 1953, accepted language as the basis for the re-organisation of states.

Fazl Ali

Article 11 empowers __ to regulate the right of citizenship by law.

Parliament

A person can acquire Indian citizenship by birth, descent, registration, naturalization, and __.

incorporation of territory

Fundamental Rights are enshrined in Part __ of the Constitution from Articles 12 to 35.

III

Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deals with the __.

Abolition of Untouchability

The writ of __ is issued by a court to enquire into the legality of the claim of a person to a public office.

Quo-Warranto

Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution based on the recommendations of the __ Committee.

Swaran Singh

Directive Principles of State Policy are contained in Part IV and are __ in any court of law.

non-enforceable

The maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament cannot be more than __.

six months

A __ Bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha on the recommendation of the President.

Money

Under Article 123, the __ has the power to promulgate ordinances when Parliament is not in session.

President