Indian Polity 1

Question 1

Idea to have the constitution was given by ____.

Answer 1

MN Roy

Question 2

First Chief Justice

Answer 2

Sir Elijah Impey

Question 3

Current Chief Justice

Answer 3

N Venkata Ramana (April 2021)

Question 4

This act stated that the salaries of members on the Board of Control had to be paid from Indian revenues.

Answer 4

Charter Act, 1793

Question 5

First Governor-General of India

Answer 5

William Bentick

Question 6

First Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council

Answer 6

Satyendra Prasad Sinha

Question 7

Separate electorates for the Muslims were implemented in India from _____.

Answer 7

1909, under Morley Minto reforms

• increased the size of legislative councils, both at provincial & central level

Question 8

The ___ were reforms introduced by the colonial government in British India to introduce self-governing institutions gradually in India.

Answer 8

Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms [Govt. of India Act, 1919]

• central legislature to have bicameral legislature for first time
• provinces to follow dyarchy system

Question 9

____ was set up to inquire the working of the Govt. of India Act, 1919.

Answer 9

Simon Commission, 1927

Question 10

____ Act abolished provincial dyarchy and introduced dyarchy at centre.

Answer 10

Government of India Act, 1935

• and provision for an All India Federation with British India territories and princely states.

Question 11

Who proposed Indian dominion status?

Answer 11

Gandhi

Question 12

Dominion status was proposed in ____.

Answer 12

1942

• Cripps Mission time

Question 13

The partition plan was put forth by ____.

Answer 13

Lord Mountbatten [Mountbatten Plan]

Question 14

Who was in charge of External Affairs in India’s interim govt in 1946?

Answer 14

Nehru

Question 15

Who was in charge of Home & Information and Broadcasting in India’s interim govt in 1946?

Answer 15

Vallabhai Patel

Question 16

Rajendra Prasad was in charge of ____ in India’s interim govt in 1946.

Answer 16

Food & Agriculture

Question 17

India’s constituent assembly was formed in ____.

Answer 17

November, 1946

• Total strength: 389

Question 18

India’s constituent assembly held its first meeting on ____.

Answer 18

9th Dec, 1946

Question 19

It took this long to make our Constitution.

Answer 19

2 years, 11 months, 18 days

Question 20

First president on Constituent Assembly

Answer 20

Sachidanand Sinha

• then Rajendra Prasad & HC Mukherjee became P & VP

Question 21

___ was the constitutional advisor of the assembly in 1946.

Answer 21

BN Rao

Question 22

Constitution was passed on ____.

Answer 22

26th Nov, 1949

Question 23

___ headed the Union Powers Committee.

Answer 23

Nehru

• also the Union Constitution Committee & State Committees

Question 24

___ headed the Provincial Constitutional Committee.

Answer 24

Sardar Patel

Question 25

___ headed the Drafting Committee.

Answer 25

Ambedkar

• appointed on 29 Aug, 1947

Question 26

___ headed the Rules of Procedure and Steering Committee.

Answer 26

Rajendra Prasad

Question 27

Ambedkar submitted the first draft of the constitution on ____.

Answer 27

21 Feb, 1948

Question 28

First constitution originally had ___ articles.

Answer 28

395

• plus 22 parts & 8 schedules
• lengthiest written constitution

Question 29

The current constitution is made up of:

Answer 29

Preamble, 465 articles, 25 parts, 12 schedules

Question 30

Poorna Swaraj day was celebrated on ____.

Answer 30

26 Jan, 1930

• passing of resolution in Lahore session

Question 31

India has ___ style government.

Answer 31

Parliamentary

Question 32

The Linguistic Provinces Commission set up by Rajendra Prasad in June 1948 was also called ____.

Answer 32

Dhar Commission

• to see if states were to be reorganized based on linguistics
• rejected idea

Question 33

___ was the first linguistic state created:

Answer 33

Andhra Pradesh

• Kurnool was first capital

Question 34

The States Reorganisation Commission was also known as ____.

Answer 34

Fazl Ali Commission

Question 35

____ called the preamble, the identity card of the constitution.

Answer 35

NA Palkivala

Question 36

The question of whether the preamble could be amended appeared here:

Answer 36

Keshavananda Bharati Case, 1973

• been amended once to add words: secular, socialist & integrity

Question 37

India has ___ states and ___ UTs.

Answer 37

28 States, 8 Union territories