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1
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How many Chapters does the Indian Constitution have?

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22

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2
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No of Articles

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395

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3
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No of Schedules

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12

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4
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Article for the provision of amendment

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Article 368

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5
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Which Act transferred the powers from the east india company to the British Crown?

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Govt Of India Act 1858

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6
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Govt of Act 1858 changed the name of Gov Generals to ___________

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Viceroys

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7
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Which act established provincial autonomy in India?

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Govt of India Act 1935

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8
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Which act granted sovereignity to India? Who promulgated it?

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Indian Independence Act- Lord Mountbatten

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9
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Who was the chairman of the Const Assembly?

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Dr Sachidananda Sinha

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10
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President of the CA

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Rajendra Prasad

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11
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The CA was formed after which Plan? and when did they first meet for inaugral?

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Cabinet Mission Plan

Dec 9th 1946

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12
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No of members in the CA

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389

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13
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Who mooted the concept of CA for first time and when

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MN Roy 1934

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14
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Time taken for drafting the Constitution

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2 years 11 months 17 days

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15
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Which amendment reduced the voting age from 21 to 18?

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61st amendment 1989

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16
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Who was the chairman of the drafting committee

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BR Ambedkar

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17
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How many members in the drafting committee

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7

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18
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Who was the constitutional advisor of the dc

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BN Rau

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19
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First Indian judge to serve in the ICJ

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BN Rau

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20
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When was the Indian Flag adopted

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July 22 1947

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21
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When was the Indian anthem, song adopted and Rajendra Prasad declared as the first President?

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Jan 24 1950

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22
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Ratification of Indias membership to commonwealth was in

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1949

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23
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Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Judicial Review borrowed from which Country’s constitution?

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USA

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24
Q

Directive Principles of State Policy which country

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Ireland

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25
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Provision of Fundamental Duties

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Former USSR

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26
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Rule of Law and Citizenship

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Britain

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27
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Parliamentary govt, writs, civil service

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UK

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28
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Procedure for Amendment

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South Africa

29
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Residuary powers and federal system

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Canada

30
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Concurrent list

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Australia

31
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Emergency provisions

A

Germany

32
Q

PIL

A

Australia and USA

33
Q

Procedure est by Law

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Japan

34
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Parliamentary privileges

A

Australia and UK

35
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Which amendment added Article 51A (PART IVA)

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42nd amendment 1976

36
Q

Which articles comprise of FR

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12-35 articles

37
Q

DPSP which articles

A

26-51

38
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Which amendment abolished right to land

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44th amendment 1978

39
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Which article is The doctrine of double jeopardy

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Article 20 (2)

40
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Doctrine of Eclipse

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Art 13 (2)

41
Q

If the laws made by parliament under article ____ & _____ are incoherent with state laws then the union laws will prevail— according to article 251

A

249 and 250

42
Q

The preamble was amended through which amendment once?

A

42nd amendment 1976

43
Q

Article 51A is concerned with _____

A

Fundamental Duties

44
Q

Article 5-11 is about

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Citizenship

45
Q

Decentralisation took place through which amendment

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73rd Amendment 1992

46
Q

Emergency Provisions are in which articles

A

352-360

47
Q

Municipalities added by which amendment

A

74th 1992

48
Q

Cooperatives added by which

A

97th 2011

49
Q

States and UT which Schedule

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first

50
Q

Seventh schedule (ARTICLE 246)

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Union, state and concurrent list

51
Q

12th schedule

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powers of municipalities

52
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8th schedule

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recognised 22 languages

53
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Ninth schedule– (ARTICLE 31B)

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violation of acts and regulations

54
Q

No of Appendix

A

5

55
Q

The Constitution Act was the amendment made in which year and what does it concern

A

Third amendment 1954 relating to concurrent list items

56
Q

Dhar Commission was chaired by

A

NK Dhar

57
Q

When was the Dhar commission set up

A

1948

58
Q

Dhar commission is also known as

A

Linguistic Provinces Commission

59
Q

NVP Commission’s full form and when

A

Nehru- Vallabhai-Pattabhi - 1948

60
Q

First state to be divided on linguistic basis and when

A

Andhra pradesh in 1953 from Madras

61
Q

Which was the seventh amendment

A

Reorganization Bill 1956

62
Q

States Reorganization commission established in

A

1953

63
Q

SRC was chaired by

A

Justice Fazl ali

64
Q

Punjab was created in

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1966 (Punjab reorganization act)

65
Q

3 states created in 2000 and from which state

A

Chattisgarh- MP
Jharkhand-Bihar
Uttarakhand-UP

66
Q

Union list how many items

A

99

67
Q

state list items

A

61

68
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concurrent list how many items

A

52

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