Indian Constitution Quiz 2

The manner of election of the President is provided by Article 55 of the constitution. The President of India is elected by the Members of an Electoral College consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States and Union Territory.

The allocation of seats is made on the basis of the population of each State.

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. As in all democracies, the Indian Armed Forces are controlled by the elected political leadership of the Nation - The Government of India.

The 42nd Amendment gave primacy to the Directive Principles, by stating that “no law implementing any of the Directive Principles could be declared unconstitutional on the grounds that it violated any of the Fundamental Rights”.

In order to get formal recognition in either upper or lower houses, the concerned party (not an alliance) must have at least 10% (1/10th) of the total strength of the house.

Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India are the part of Constitutional Right to Equality. Article 15 secures the citizens from every sort of discrimination by the State, on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth or any of them.

Article 106 of the Constitution empowers the members of parliament to determine their salaries and allowances by enacting laws. The article provides that the members of either House of Parliament shall be entitled to receive such salaries and allowances as may from time to time be determined by Parliament by law.

Article 48 of the Constitution of India is one of the Directive Principles which directs the state to make efforts for banning animal slaughtering of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.

When there is a vacancy in the office of the President, the Vice-president acts as the President until the new President is elected. If the office of the Vice-President is vacant, the Chief Justice of India acts as the President and discharges the Function of the President.

Only the ordinary bill can be instructed in the legislative council. Any ordinary bill which is submitted in the Legislative Assembly will move to the Legislative Council after passage, the Legislative Council then can pass the bill, modify the bill, or can postpone the bill for a maximum period of 4 months.