Constitution Flashcards

(68 cards)

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How many Chapters does the Indian Constitution have?

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22

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2
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No of Articles

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395

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3
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No of Schedules

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12

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4
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Article for the provision of amendment

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Article 368

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5
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Which Act transferred the powers from the east india company to the British Crown?

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Govt Of India Act 1858

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6
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Govt of Act 1858 changed the name of Gov Generals to ___________

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Viceroys

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7
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Which act established provincial autonomy in India?

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Govt of India Act 1935

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8
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Which act granted sovereignity to India? Who promulgated it?

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Indian Independence Act- Lord Mountbatten

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9
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Who was the chairman of the Const Assembly?

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Dr Sachidananda Sinha

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10
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President of the CA

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Rajendra Prasad

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11
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The CA was formed after which Plan? and when did they first meet for inaugral?

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Cabinet Mission Plan

Dec 9th 1946

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12
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No of members in the CA

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389

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13
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Who mooted the concept of CA for first time and when

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MN Roy 1934

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14
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Time taken for drafting the Constitution

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2 years 11 months 17 days

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15
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Which amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?

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61st amendment 1989

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16
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Who was the chairman of the drafting committee

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BR Ambedkar

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17
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How many members in the drafting committee

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7

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18
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Who was the constitutional advisor of the dc

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BN Rau

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19
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First Indian judge to serve in the ICJ

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BN Rau

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20
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When was the Indian Flag adopted

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July 22 1947

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21
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When was the Indian anthem, song adopted and Rajendra Prasad declared as the first President?

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Jan 24 1950

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22
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Ratification of Indias membership to commonwealth was in

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1949

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23
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Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Judicial Review borrowed from which Country’s constitution?

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USA

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24
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Directive Principles of State Policy which country

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Ireland

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Provision of Fundamental Duties
Former USSR
26
Rule of Law and Citizenship
Britain
27
Parliamentary govt, writs, civil service
UK
28
Procedure for Amendment
South Africa
29
Residuary powers and federal system
Canada
30
Concurrent list
Australia
31
Emergency provisions
Germany
32
PIL
Australia and USA
33
Procedure est by Law
Japan
34
Parliamentary privileges
Australia and UK
35
Which amendment added Article 51A (PART IVA)
42nd amendment 1976
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Which articles comprise of FR
12-35 articles
37
DPSP which articles
26-51
38
Which amendment abolished right to land
44th amendment 1978
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Which article is The doctrine of double jeopardy
Article 20 (2)
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Doctrine of Eclipse
Art 13 (2)
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If the laws made by parliament under article ____ & _____ are incoherent with state laws then the union laws will prevail--- according to article 251
249 and 250
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The preamble was amended through which amendment once?
42nd amendment 1976
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Article 51A is concerned with _____
Fundamental Duties
44
Article 5-11 is about
Citizenship
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Decentralisation took place through which amendment
73rd Amendment 1992
46
Emergency Provisions are in which articles
352-360
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Municipalities added by which amendment
74th 1992
48
Cooperatives added by which
97th 2011
49
States and UT which Schedule
first
50
Seventh schedule (ARTICLE 246)
Union, state and concurrent list
51
12th schedule
powers of municipalities
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8th schedule
recognised 22 languages
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Ninth schedule-- (ARTICLE 31B)
violation of acts and regulations
54
No of Appendix
5
55
The Constitution Act was the amendment made in which year and what does it concern
Third amendment 1954 relating to concurrent list items
56
Dhar Commission was chaired by
NK Dhar
57
When was the Dhar commission set up
1948
58
Dhar commission is also known as
Linguistic Provinces Commission
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NVP Commission's full form and when
Nehru- Vallabhai-Pattabhi - 1948
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First state to be divided on linguistic basis and when
Andhra pradesh in 1953 from Madras
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Which was the seventh amendment
Reorganization Bill 1956
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States Reorganization commission established in
1953
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SRC was chaired by
Justice Fazl ali
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Punjab was created in
1966 (Punjab reorganization act)
65
3 states created in 2000 and from which state
Chattisgarh- MP Jharkhand-Bihar Uttarakhand-UP
66
Union list how many items
99
67
state list items
61
68
concurrent list how many items
52