Indian Constitution Test - 1

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, and establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties of government institutions. The Constitution of India has been divided into 25 parts currently.

Part VII has been amended and Parts IV A, IX A, IX B and XIV A have been added till date (2019), which make the total number of parts to 25.

The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly held on the 22^nd July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15^th August, 1947.

Originally, there were 395 articles, 22 parts and 8 schedules in the Constitution of India. Now, the Constitution of India has 448 articles in 25 parts, 12 schedules, 5 appendices and 98 amendments.

The Assembly met in its second plenary session from January 20-24, 1947 and adopted an 'Objective Resolution' moved by Jawaharlal Nehru. The objective of the framers of the Constitution was declared to be the creation of Sovereign Democratic Republic for India.

The Union List or List-I is a list of 100 items (the last item is numbered 97) given in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.

The Constituent Assembly took almost two years, eleven months and seventeen days to be precise to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India. During this period, it held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days.

The Indian Constitution provides for parliamentary form of government not Presidential type of government. Options 2, 3 and 4 are salient features of the Indian Constitution.

The US has Presidential form of government. A presidential system is a system of government where a head of government is also head of state and leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch.