INDIAN POLITY

*The Constitution of
India was adopted
on – 26th
November 1949

*The Constituent
Assembly of India
started functioning
from : 9thDecember, 1946

*The Constituent
Assembly took time
to frame the Constitution of India – 2 years 11
months 18 days

*The Concept of
written constitution,
first born was – USA

*The Constitution of
India is – Partly rigid,
partly flexible

*The word
―Secularism‖ was
inserted in the
Preamble of
the Indian
Constitution by –
42nd Amendment

*The Preamble to the
constitution declares
India as –
A sovereign Socialist
Secular Democratic
Republic

*The item
―Education‖
belongs to the –
Concurrent List

*How many
languages have
recongnised by the
Constitution? – 22

*The number of
Union Territories in
India is – 7

*Part of the Indian
Constitution deals
with―Fundamental
Rights- Part III

*Constitutional
Amendment deleted
the Right to Property
from the list of
Fundamental Rights
– 44th Amendment

*Articles of Indian
Constitution
guarantees freedom
to press - Article 19

*Sikkim was made an
integral part of India
under the –
36thAmendment

*The power to curve
out a new State is
vested in –
The Parliament

*The Constitutional
States has been
given to
Panchayats under -
Article 243

*In year Fundamental
Duties of citizens
were introduced
by 42nd
Amendment – 1976

*The vacancy of the
office of the
President of India
must be filled up
within – 6 months

*The power of the
President to issue
ordinance is a relic
of : – Government of
India Act of 1935

*Rashtrapati Bhawan
was designed by -
Edwin Lutyens

*A Presidential
Ordinance can
remain in force – For
six months

*In Article of the
Constitution of India
can be the President
of India be
impeached – Article
61

*In India, the
President is elected
by – Single
Transferable Vote