INDIAN POLITY IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

·                     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