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Present Judicial System - After Independence

Q: Explain five major factors which contributed to the making of our Constitution.

The Constitution of India was made after a series of events that led to it's making:1) Nationalism arose in people of India, which raised the demand of sovereignty and own Constitution.2)Draft of Constitution was prepared in 1928 by Motilal Nehru and his companions which reflected the belief and ideology of Indians.3) In 1935, the Indian National Congress officially demanded a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution of India 4) Constituent Assembly was constituted in 1946 and was entrusted with the responsibility of preparing India's own Constitution.5) After the Independence, the Assembly was made fully Sovereign body, the partition raised the demand of sovereign recognition of State, the Constituent Assembly adopted Constitution on November 26, 1949.

Q: Describe the composition of the Constituent Assembly of India.

Constituent Assembly of India was set up under Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946. It consisted of 385 members, of which 292 were elected by the elected members of the provincial Legislative Assemblies while 93 members were nominated by the Princely States.It also had one representative each from the four chief Commissioners provinces of Delhi, Ajmer-Marwar, Coorg and British Baluchistan. B N Rao was the Constitutional Advisor of the Assembly. Dr. Rajendra prasad was elected as its president.

Q: What does the word 'Sovereign' mean in the Indian Constitution?

Sovereign- It means people have the supreme right to take decisions on internal as well as external matters. No external power can dictate the government of India.

Q: Who amongst the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly of India?

Mahatma Gandhi was not a member of the Constituent Assembly of India. Members were chosen by indirect election by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies, according to the scheme recommended by the Cabinet Mission. The arrangement was: 292 members were elected through the Provincial Legislative Assemblies;93 members represented the Indian Princely States; and 4 members represented the Chief Commissioners' Provinces.

Q: Sharing of power between the Union Government and State Government is basic to the structure of the Constitution. Any change to it has to be first passed by both the Houses of Parliament with at least ____________.

Indian constitution can be amended in three ways :(1) Amendment by a simple majority of the parliament(2)Amendment by a special majority of the parliament(3)Amendment by a special majority of the parliament and ratification of half of the state legislatures.Sharing of power between union and state government comes into the second category so for that a bill has to be passed by more than fifty per cent majority of total membership of each house and a majority of 2/3 of the members of each house present and voting.

Q: Which of the following is not included in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution?

Education to men, women and children isn't mentioned in the Preamble of India.The Preamble of Indian Constitution goes like:We, The People of India having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens:Justice, social, economic and political,Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship,Equality of status and of opportunity and to promote among them allFRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation.

Q: What do you understand by Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?

1) Liberty means freedom to individual to do he/she wants to do without harming others Liberty. 2) Equality means an equal opportunity to all the citizens irrespective of their caste, religion, race, gender. 3) Fraternity means an environment of brotherhood among the citizens of a nation.

Q: In the Indian Constitution there are _______________ lists.

The Indian Constitution provides three lists. They are Union list, State list and Concurrent list. The union list consist of subjects that only centre can make laws on. On state list, state governments have the powers to form laws. Concurrent list have those subjects on which both centre and state can make laws.

Q: Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly are true?1. It was not based on Adult Franchise.2. It resulted from direct elections.3. It was a multi-party body.4. It worked through several Committees.

The Constituent Assembly was not directly elected by the people of India on the basis of Adult Franchise but the voting was by the method of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. It represented almost all section of Indian Society. It had Congress Party, Muslim League and other small and Independent groups making it multi-party Assembly. It appointed several Committees to deal with different tasks of Constitution Making.

Q: India is a republic because _________________.

A Republic means the head of the State is elected and not a hereditary monarch. India is a republic because the Supreme head of the State/Country i.e the President is elected by the people. The term Republic is incorporated in the Preamble of the Constitution, which explains that India has an elected head as the President, who is indirectly elected for a fixed term of five years.

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Describe Emergency and its three types

An Emergency is ''a sudden unforeseen situation demanding immediate action.'' It is a situation in which the Head of the State (President) assumes extraordinary powers. Three types of emergency are national emergency, state emergency and financial emergency.

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Differences between the two houses of the parliament

The Lok Sabha has more powers than the Rajya Sabha on account of its greater numerical strength. Ordinary Bills can originate in either House of the Parliament, whereas Money Bills can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha cannot reject or amend the Money Bill.