Polity 5 - Union and its Territories

Question 0

What does article 1 refer to?

Answer 0

India , that is, Bharat shall be a union of states.

Question 1

Part I

Articles 1-4

Answer 1

Union and its territories.

Question 2

What did Dr B R Ambedkar say in this regard

Answer 2

‘Union of states’ has been prefered over FEDERATION OF STATES because the Indian federation is not because of an agreement between the states like America.the Indian states have no right to secede from the Indian federation.

Question 3

According to article 1 ,the territory of India includes

Answer 3

1. States of India
2. union territories if India
3. the territories which may be acquired by India in future.

Question 4

Being a sovereign country India can acquire territories by?

Answer 4

1. Cession
2. Occupation(hitherto not occupied by any ruler)
3. Conquest

Question 5

Under article 2 what power has the parliament been given

Answer 5

The power to

1. Establish new states
2. Admit new states

The term state in this regard refers to territories which are not a part of India.

Question 6

Article 3 authorizes the parliament to?

Answer 6

1. Create new states by merging two states , by bifurcation or by added a new region to an existing state or however.
2. Altering the name of the state
3. Altering the boundaries of a state.
4. Altering the area of a state , i.e either increasing the area or decreasing the area.

Question 7

What conditions are laid down by the constitution in reference to article 3?

Answer 7

1. A Bill contemplating the above changes can be introduced in parliament only upon the recommendation of the president.
2. Before recommending such a bill the president has to refer the Bill to the concerned state legislature, which will be allowed to express its views within a given period of time. However the advice given by the state are non binding.
   In case of union territories no intimation needs to be given to them.

Question 8

What have the Indian states been described as

Answer 8

Indian states have been described as an indestructible union of destructible states.

Question 9

In case of a deadlock between the two houses of the parliament what happens to Bill that carries any changes with reference to article 3 ?

Answer 9

It gets defeated and there is no scope for a joint sitting of parliament.

Question 10

Article 4?

Answer 10

It is an enabling article which automatically makes changes to schedules 1 and 4 whenever changes are made to articles 2 and 3.

Question 11

What is the content of schedules 1 and 4?

Answer 11

Schedule 1 : names of the states and union territories and the extent of their boundaries

Schedule 4 : allocation of seats to Rajya Sabha from each state

Question 12

Can an amendment made under article 3 deemed to be constitutional amendment?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

After the partition of India , how many princely states were within India?

Answer 13

552

Question 14

How many princely states joined India?

Answer 14

549

Question 15

Which were the three problematic princely states?

Answer 15

1. yderabad ,which was made to join India by police action
2. Junagadh ,which was made to join India by referendum
3. Jammu and Kashmir , which was made to join India by “instrument of accession”.

Question 16

Which states started demanding the reorganization of states based on language first

Answer 16

The South Indian states

Question 17

Which was the first committee appointed in this regard?

Answer 17

S K Dhar committee of June 1948

Question 18

What did the S K Dhar committee recommend ?

Answer 18

The committee gave its report in June 1948 and suggested reorganization based on administrative convenience rather than language

Question 19

The JVP committee was the outcome of what?

Answer 19

The 1948 session of the INC at Jaipur

Question 20

Who were the members of the JVP committee and what did they recommend

Answer 20

Jawaharlal Nehru , Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya were the members.
They formally rejected the idea of reorganization of states on the basis of language.

Question 21

Which was the first linguistic state to be created and in which year was it created?

Answer 21

Andhra was the first linguistic state to created in the year 1953.

Question 22

Who was Potti Sriramulu

Answer 22

A congressman who died after 56 days by taking up a hunger strike for the creation of a Telugu state.

Question 23

Which is known as the STATES REORGANIATION COMMITTEE?

Answer 23

The Fazl Ali commission

Question 24

When was Fazl Ali commission set up in?

Answer 24

It was setup in December 1953

Question 25

Who were members of Fazl Ali commission

Answer 25

Justice FAZL ALI
H N KUNZRU
K M PANNIKAR

Question 26

When did the Fazl Ali commission gives it report and what did they recommend?

Answer 26

The Fazl Ali commission gave its report in September 1955.
It recommended that reorganization has to be done considering
1. preservation and strengthening of unity and security.
2.linguistic and cultural homogeneity
3.financial ,administrative and economic considerations.
4.welfare of the state as well as the nation

Question 27

During the 1950’s how were the Indian states classified?

Answer 27

Indian states were divided into 4 parts.

Question 28

What states did Part A consist of?

Answer 28

British presidencies

Question 29

What did part B consist of?

Answer 29

Erstwhile princely states with legislatures

Question 30

What did part C consist of?

Answer 30

Chief commissioner areas

Question 31

Part D?

Answer 31

Andaman and Nicobar islands .

Question 32

What did the SRC recommend regarding the four fold classification of states?

Answer 32

It recommended the abolition of the four fold classification of states and the introduction of 16 new states and 3 centrally administered areas.

Question 33

What were the changes brought about by the States Reoraganisation act of 1956?

Answer 33

On November 1st 1956

1. 14 new states were created
2. 6 union territories were created

Question 34

The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 was a part of which constitutional amendment?

Answer 34

7th constitutional amendment.