Indian Constitution Quiz 2

It is stated in Article 85 of the constitution that there should not be a gap of more than six months between two sessions of Parliament.

The entire process of removal is impeachment. There is no provision in the Constitution for the impeachment of the Governor, unlike with the President, Vice-President, Judges of High courts and the supreme court of India and Chief election commissioner.

The Finance Commission is constituted by the President under article 280 of the Constitution, mainly to give its recommendations on distribution of tax revenues between the Union and the States and amongst the States themselves.

On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950. The Government of India declared 26 November as Constitution Day on 19 November 2015 by a gazette notification.

Article 101 deals with the remuneration of Judges of the Supreme Court. It states that the salaries payable to the Judges of the Supreme Court under this Constitution shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.

To become a judge of the Supreme court, an individual should be an Indian citizen. The norms relating to eligibility have been envisaged in Article 124 of the Indian Constitution. In terms of age, a person should not exceed 65 years of age.

Nargis Dutt was the first woman film star nominated/ elected to the Rajya Sabha. In the early 1970s, Nargis became the first patron of The Spastic Society of India and her work with the organization brought her recognition as a social worker.

The Panchayat Raj system was first adopted by the state of Bihar by the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act of 1947. It was a continued legacy of local self-government started by Lord Ripon in the British era. Rajasthan was the first state to introduce the panchayat system in India after independence. Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru inaugurated the three-tier Panchayati Raj System on 2nd October 1959 in Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

Economic and social planning is included in the Concurrent List under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.

The Finance Commissions are commissions periodically constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution to define the financial relations between the central government of India and the individual state governments. As per the Constitution, the Commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other members.