The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26, 1950.
The lengthiest written constitution in the world is that of India.
The Constituent Assembly of India appointed a “Drafting Committee” on August 29, 1947.
The Chairman of the “Drafting Committee” for the Indian Constitution was Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
The present Constitution of India was framed according to the Mountbatten Plan.
The Mountbatten or Partition Plan was accepted on June 3, 1947.
The first Governor-General of India was Lord Mountbatten.
The first Prime Minister of India was Jawaharlal Nehru.
The first President of India was Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Under the Indian Independence Act of 1947, India decided to remain a member of the Commonwealth.
The India Act of 1935 created a federal polity for the whole of India.
The India Act of 1935 came into force on April 1, 1937.
Indian Parliament is a bicameral system.
Article 79 of the Indian Constitution establishes a bicameral parliament.
Every Indian citizen has the right to vote at the age of 18.
Residuary powers in India are vested in the Centre.
Articles 12 to 35 of the Indian Constitution deal with Fundamental Rights.
Articles 36 to 51 of the Indian Constitution deal with Directive Principles.
India has a single judiciary system.
Article 124 of the Indian Constitution creates the Supreme Court.
The President of India is indirectly elected for a term of 5 years.
The tenure of the Indian Prime Minister is 5 years.
The Indian Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
A Money Bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha.
The Governor of a state in India is appointed by the President.
The Indian Constitution consists of 395 articles.
The Indian Constitution consists of 395 articles and 12 schedules.
The Indian Federation consists of 28 states and 7 union territories.
The first elections in India were held in 1952.
The states in India are indestructible without their consent.
The states have a subordinate position in administrative matters in India.
The term “secular” was added to the preamble of the Indian Constitution by the Forty-second Amendment.
The Indian Act of 1935 was amended to become the Indian Independence Act of 1947.
The Constitution of India is lengthy.
The system of election in India is a joint electorate.
Every Indian citizen has the right to move the Supreme Court to enforce fundamental rights.
India became a fully Sovereign Democratic Republic on January 26, 1950.
The Provisional Parliament did not provide for a directly elected body.
The Provisional Parliament had 313 members.
The first Amendment Bill 1951 was enacted by the Provisional Parliament.
The first Prime Minister of India at the time of the Provisional Parliament was Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Deputy Prime Minister of India at the time of the Provisional Parliament was Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel.
Lawyers were more represented in the Provisional Parliament.
Rural areas were more represented in the Provisional Parliament.
The first Lok Sabha functioned from 1952 to 1957.
The Prime Minister of India during the first Lok Sabha was Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.
The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha at the time of the first Lok Sabha was Sir Ibrahim Rahim Toola.
The first Speaker of the First Lok Sabha was G.V. Mavalankar.
The last President of the Indian Central Legislative Assembly during the British time was Abdul Rahim.
V. Mavalankar was known as the father of the Lok Sabha.
The origin and evolution of the office of Speaker in India started during the British period.
The Legislative Council of India was presided over by the Governor-General until 1920.
The title ‘Speaker’ was assumed in India in 1947.
The Indian Act of 1935 was amended to become the Indian Federation Act of 1940.
The Constitution of India was drafted and enacted in the English language.
Under Article 356, the Governor shall not be bound by the advice of the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers.
The Constitution of India has a total of 12 schedules.
The first Indian to be the President of the Central Legislative Assembly was M. A. Ayyangar.
After the death of G.V. Mavalankar, the Speaker of the first Lok Sabha, the position remained vacant.
The Governor in India is appointed by the President.
The Speaker of the second Lok Sabha was M. A. Ayyangar.
The President of India was the Speaker of the Fourth Lok Sabha.
The Speaker of the Sixth Lok Sabha was both N. Sanjiva Reddy and K.S. Hegde.
Article 93 of the Constitution defines the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
The Head to transact the business of the Lok Sabha is the Speaker.
In the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha performs the duties of transacting the business.
Under Article 89, the Council of State (Rajya Sabha) has a Chairman and Deputy Chairman.
Members of both Houses of Parliament cannot represent members of Parliament.
Members of Parliament can resign from their seats by writing under their signature addressed to the Chairman or the Speaker.
Salaries and allowances for the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha are fixed by Parliament by law.
Salaries and allowances for the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha are specified in the Second Schedule.
Conduct of Business of Parliament is mentioned under Article 99.
Every member of Parliament takes oath or affirmation under the Third Schedule.
The states were divided into three categories by the Indian constitution.
There are three lists of governmental functions in the Indian constitution.
The number of subjects in the union list of the Indian constitution is 97.
The state is financially subordinate to the Centre in India.
Under Article 169, Parliament can entirely change the composition of a state assembly.
Disqualification for members of Panchayats is defined under Article 243F.
The duration of Panchayats is defined under Article 243E.
Municipalities are defined under Article 243P.
The constitution of Municipalities is defined under Article 243Q.
Election to Municipalities is defined under Article 243ZA.
The Municipalities continued to be in force in the state which existed before the commencement of the Indian constitution through the Forty-seventh Amendment Act 1984.
The Constitution of India was drafted and enacted in the English language.
Under Article 356, the Governor shall not be bound by the advice of the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers.
The Constitution of India has a total of 12 schedules.
The power to make a law on subjects mentioned in the Union List lies with Parliament.
The Indian Parliament is not a sovereign parliament like the British Parliament.
The Indian Parliament is bicameral.
The Council of States is a permanent house in India.
The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution were borrowed from the Irish Constitution.
The Indian federation originally consisted of 28 states.
The Vice-President of India is elected by means of a single transferable vote of both houses of the Indian Parliament.
Members of both houses of Parliament, elected and nominated, can take part in the election of the Vice-President.
In the absence of the Vice-President, Rajya Sabha meetings are presided over by the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
The Prime Minister of India is appointed by the President according to Article 75 of the Constitution.
The supreme personality in India is the Prime Minister of India.
The First Amendment in the Indian Constitution was passed in June 1951.
The Second Amendment in the Indian Constitution was passed in 1952
The Ninety-fourth Amendment in the Indian Constitution was passed in 2006.
The state executive consists of the Governor and his council of Ministers.
The draft constitution of India provided for an elected governor.
The Union of India consists of 7 territories.
The Governor is appointed for a period of five years.
The age of the Governor at the time of appointment must be at least 35 years.
The portfolios of state Ministers are allocated by the Chief Minister.
The members of the legislative council are elected by different electoral colleges.
Money bill can originate only in the state assembly.
In the Constituent Assembly, 500 seats were fixed for the House of People.
In the Constituent Assembly, the number of population fixed for one Representative was 7,50,000.
Rajendra Prasad was elected as the First President of India by the Constituent Assembly.
In the Constituent Assembly, A & B proposed the name of Dr. Rajendra Prasad as President of India.
In the Constituent Assembly, the ad-hoc Committee was appointed for the National Flag on 23rd June 1937.
The name of India’s First Legislature was Constituent Assembly.
The Constituent Assembly of India worked during the period 1947-1949.
The first Speaker of free India’s first Legislature (Constituent Assembly) was G.V. Mavalankar.
After Indian Independence, Provisional Parliament was represented by the Constituent Assembly.
Members of the council states are elected for six years.
A candidate for the council of states must not be less than 30 years old.
The ex-officio chairman of the council of states is the Vice-President of India.
The Ministers are responsible to Lok Sabha only.
The normal life of Lok Sabha is five years.
The presiding officer of Lok Sabha is the Speaker.
The Speaker of Lok Sabha can preside over the house during a discussion about his removal.
The Speaker of Lok Sabha maintains a panel of six chairmen.
The presiding officer of the state assembly is the Chairman.
The Indian Supreme Court was inaugurated on 26th January 1950.
In the Constituent Assembly, the words “Parliament of the Federation” were associated with the Parliament.
In the Constituent Assembly, the Parliament of the Federation was to consist of the President and the National Legislature.
In the Constituent Assembly, the Union Constitution Committee recommended adopting the Parliamentary Form of Executive.
Article 52 of the Constitution provides for the President to be the Head of the state.
The President of India is elected by an electoral college comprising both houses of the Parliament and all state assemblies.
The term of the President is five years.
The President of India, upon entering his office, takes an oath before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The exercise of the military powers of the President is regulated by Parliament.
No bill becomes an act unless signed by the President.
Sanjiva Reddy became President on 25th July 1977.
Under the British Rule, the First Deputy President of Central Legislative Assembly was Shri Sachchidananda Sinha.
Before Indian Independence, the Post of Deputy Speaker in the Central Legislative Assembly was called Deputy President.
The last Deputy President of Central Legislative Assembly during the British Period was Sir Muhammad Yamin Khan.
The Deputy Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (Legislative) was Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
The Deputy Speaker of the First Lok Sabha was Ayyangar.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister at the time of the Second Lok Sabha.
The First Lok Sabha Speaker was unanimously elected as G.V. Mavalankar.
Abraham Lincoln said, “As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes. I cannot see you.”
The First Lok Sabha was dissolved on 4th April 1957.
In the First Lok Sabha, the representation of women was 22.
In the First Lok Sabha, the total number of seats was 499.
The representation of women was equal in the First and Fifth Lok Sabha.
Indira Gandhi imposed President Rule for more number of times.
Members of Rajya Sabha are elected by the Legislative Assembly.
Representative of Union territories in the Council of State is chosen as prescribed by law in the Parliament.
The President has the power of summoning, prorogation, and dissolution of Parliament, subject to the advice of the Council of Ministers.
The President’s authority to accord assent or withhold assent to a Bill passed by Parliament.
The President has to summon a session of the Parliament within 6 months.
The Attorney General has the right to speak in both the Houses of Parliament.
The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha are mentioned under Constitutional Article 89.
Lok Sabha has supremacy in the matter of the Financial Bill.
The Parliament of India holds three sessions in a year: Budget session, Monsoon session, and Winter session.
The President addresses both Houses of Parliament during the first session (Budget session) of the year.
Railway and General Budgets are presented in the first session of the Parliament.
The financial year in India commences on 1st April.
Demands for grants in the Budget are arranged ministry-wise.
The Budget in Lok Sabha is presented in two parts: General Budget and Railway Budget.
A Government Bill is introduced by any Minister in either of the Houses of the Parliament.
The Second reading of a Bill involves a general discussion on the Bill.
A joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament is called by the President.
The President of India can accord his assent or withhold his assent to a Bill passed by Parliament.
The Seventy-fifth Amendment in the Constitution was made in 1980.
The First Amendment in the Constitution of India was made in June 1951.
The power to curb the judicial review power of the judiciary through Constitutional Amendment lies with the Parliament.
The Indian Constitution is amendable, and no part of it is unamendable.
The financial emergency is declared by the President.
After the declaration of a financial emergency by the President, it operates for two months without approval from Parliament.
The Parliament must approve a financial emergency declared by the President within two months.
The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the President.
The Chairman of the Election Commission, after appointment as Election Commissioner, acts as the Chairman.
The Twenty-fifth Amendment Act in the Constitution of India fixed 20 years for reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha and State Legislature.
The post in the Railways, Customs, Postal & Telegraph services for the Anglo-Indian community was reserved for two years at the commencement of the Indian Constitution.
Scheduled Castes are defined under Article 341 of the Indian Constitution.
The composition of Panchayat at the intermediate level is left to the States as per the Seventy-third Amendment of the Constitution.
The maximum strength of Panchayats shall be determined by the State Legislature as per the Seventy-third Amendment.
The administration and control of Panchayats is vested in the Governor of the State.
The Parliament of India has the power to establish new States or alter boundaries, etc.
The members of the State Legislative Assembly are directly elected by the people.
The members of the State Legislative Council are partially elected and partially nominated.
The Union Territories are administered by the President acting through an Administrator to be appointed by him.
The Proclamation of Emergency can be revoked by the President.
The representation of Anglo-Indian Community in the House of the People is nominated by the President of India.
Article 368 of the Constitution deals with the powers of the President to summon, prorogue, dissolve the Parliament.
The Speaker’s vote in Lok Sabha is called casting vote.
The term ”People of India” or ”Citizens of India” implies all persons having permanent residence in India.
Article 74 of the Indian Constitution vests the executive power in the President.
The joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament is convened by the President.
The Parliament can legislate on any subject in the State List with the consent of the majority of States.
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are not members of the respective Houses.
The minimum age to be elected as the Vice-President of India is 35 years.
The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States.
The President’s rule can be imposed in a State for a maximum of three years in the absence of the State Assembly.
The legislative power of the Union is vested in the Parliament of India.
The Parliament of India can make laws on subjects included in the Concurrent List.
The Parliament of India can legislate on a subject in the State List during a national emergency.
The Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains laws that are outside the scope of judicial review.
The President of India can grant pardons, reprieves, respites, or remissions of punishment or suspend, remit, or commute the sentence of any person convicted of an offense.
The term “office of profit under the Government of India” is not defined in the Constitution.
The Prime Minister of India is appointed by the President.
The President of India appoints the Prime Minister of India, who is the leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha.
The Prime Minister of India submits his resignation to the President of India.
The members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected.
The Rajya Sabha represents the states and union territories of India.
The Rajya Sabha can delay a money bill passed by the Lok Sabha for a maximum of 14 days.
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha submits his resignation to the Deputy Speaker.
The qualification for appointment as a High Court Judge is a minimum age of 45 years.
The Constitution of India provides for a uniform civil code for the citizens throughout the territory of India.
The Constitution of India does not use the term “federal.”
The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution are based on the social, economic, and political philosophy of the country’s leaders.
The First Five-Year Plan in India was launched in 1951.
The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the President.
The Prime Minister of India can recommend the dissolution of Lok Sabha to the President.
The State Reorganization Commission was appointed in 1953.
The Union Territories in India are administered by the President through an Administrator.
The term “socialist” was added to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by the Forty-second Amendment.
The Constitution of India recognizes the right to property as a fundamental right.
The impeachment of the President of India can be initiated in either House of Parliament.
The writ of prohibition is issued by a higher court to a lower court to prevent it from exceeding its jurisdiction.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir was accorded special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.
The Legislative Council of a State can be created or abolished by the Parliament of India.
The Election Commission of India is an autonomous body.
The Union Territories are directly administered by the President.
The Union Territories are not represented in the Rajya Sabha.
The Prime Minister of India is not a member of either House of Parliament.
The Indian Constitution recognizes the right to vote as a fundamental right.
The term “Bicameral Legislature” refers to a legislature with two houses.
The Right to Education is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution.
The emergency provision under Article 360 of the Indian Constitution deals with financial emergencies.
The doctrine of “Basic Structure” of the Constitution was laid down by the Supreme Court of India.
The Constitution of India grants the right to equality to all citizens.
The Constitution of India declares India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic.
The Preamble of the Indian Constitution reflects the ideals and aspirations of the people of India.
