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Introduction to Indian Polity and Governance Test 13

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  • Question 1
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    The Constituent Assembly of India started functioning from _________.
    Solution
    The Constituent Assembly held its first meeting on December 9, 1946. The Muslim League boycotted the meeting and insisted on a separate state of Pakistan. The meeting was thus attended by only 211 members. Dr Sachchidanand Sinha, the oldest member, was elected as the temporary President of the Assembly, following the French practice.
  • Question 2
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    To produce the Constitution, the Constituent Assembly took ________.
    Solution
    In all, the Constituent Assembly took 11 sessions over two years, 11 months and 18 days to complete the constitution. The Constitution-makers had gone through the constitutions of about 60 countries, and the Draft Constitution was considered for 114 days. The total expenditure incurred in making the Constitution amounted to 64 lakhs.
  • Question 3
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    Deferment of adult franchise for fifteen years was advocated in Constituent Assembly by _______.
    Solution
    The Indian Constitution adopts universal adult franchise as a basis of elections to the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies. The introduction of the universal adult franchise by the Constitution-makers was a bold experiment and highly remarkable in view of the vast size of the country, its huge population, high poverty, social inequality and overwhelming illiteracy. During the formation of the constitution, Maulana Azad argued for the deferment of adult franchise for fifteen years.
  • Question 4
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    The Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr BR Ambedkar on __________.
    Solution
    Among all the committees of the Constituent Assembly, the most important committee was the Drafting Committee set up on August 29, 1947. It was this committee that was entrusted with the task of preparing a draft of the new Constitution. The Drafting Committee took less than six months to prepare its draft. In all, it sat only for 114 days.
  • Question 5
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    The number of members included in the Constitution Drafting Committee were ______.
    Solution
    Among all the committees of the Constituent Assembly, the most important committee was the Drafting Committee set up on August 29, 1947. It was this committee that was entrusted with the task of preparing a draft of the new Constitution. It consisted of seven members. They were:
    1. Dr B R Ambedkar (Chairman)
    2. N Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
    3. Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
    4. Dr K M Munshi
    5. Syed Mohammad Saadullah
    6. N Madhava Rau (He replaced B L Mitter who resigned due to ill-health)
    7. T T Krishnamachari (He replaced D P Khaitan who died in 1948)
  • Question 6
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    Which of the following is/are not central tenet(s) of the Constitution of India?
    1. Prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion.
    2. Gives official status to certain religions.
    3. Provides freedom to profess any religion.
    4. Ensure equality of all citizens within religious communities.
    Select the  correct answer using the codes given below:
    Solution
    Article 25 says that all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion. The term ‘secular’ too was added by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976. The Indian Constitution embodies the positive concept of secularism ie, all religions in our country (irrespective of their strength) have the same status and support from the state and no official status was given to certain religions.
  • Question 7
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    The Constitution is declared to have been adopted and enacted by the _______.
    Solution
    The motion on Draft Constitution was declared as passed on November 26, 1949, and received the signatures of the members and the president. Out of a total of 299 members of the Assembly, only 284 were actually present on that day and signed the Constitution. This is also the date mentioned in the Preamble as the date on which the people of India in the Constituent Assembly adopted, enacted and gave to themselves this Constitution. The Constitution was adopted on November 26, 1949, contained a Preamble, 395 Articles and 8 Schedules.
  • Question 8
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    The Unitary System of Government possesses which of the following advantages?
    Solution
    The main characteristics of the unitary or non-federal system of government are a strong Centre, single Constitution, single citizenship, the flexibility of Constitution, integrated judiciary, appointment of state governor by the Centre, emergency provisions and so on.
  • Question 9
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    In which year did the Parliament adopt Indian Constitution?
    Solution
    Some provisions of the Constitution pertaining to citizenship, elections, provisional parliament, etc., came into force on November 26, 1949, itself. The remaining provisions (the major part) of the Constitution came into force on January 26, 1950. This day is referred to in the Constitution as the ‘date of its commencement’ and celebrated as the Republic Day. January 26 was specifically chosen as the ‘date of commencement’ of the Constitution because of its historical importance. It was on this day in 1930 that Purna Swaraj day was celebrated, following the resolution of the Lahore Session (December 1929) of the INC.
  • Question 10
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    The Presidential Government operates on the principle of _______.
    Solution
    The parliamentary system is based on the principle of cooperation and coordination between the legislative and executive organs while the presidential system is based on the doctrine of separation of powers between the two organs. The Constitution of India has opted for the British Parliamentary System of Government rather than American Presidential System of Government.
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