General Studies: Indian Politics


§  The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th November 1949
§  The Constituent Assembly of India started functioning from :- 9th December , 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
§  In year Fundamental Duties of citizens were introduced by
§  42nd Amendment 1976
§  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
§  The first woman to become the Prime Minister of a country
§  Sirimavo Bhandharnaike
§  The Father of Indian economic reform - Manmohan Singh


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