Indian Constitution Quiz 3

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.

Article 32 deals with the 'Right to Constitutional Remedies', or affirms the right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred in Part III of the Constitution. Article 32 is the protector of the rights of the citizens of India and is regarded as the 'heart and soul of the constitution'.

Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat and Nyaya Panchayat (Justice panchayat) are the institutions of the Panchayati Raj System. A cooperative society is a voluntary association of individuals having common needs who join hands for the achievement of common economic interests.

Article 29 of the Indian constitution deals with emolument payable to the President. As per this article, the President shall have an official residence and there shall be paid to the President such emoluments and allowances as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such emoluments and allowances as are specified in the Second Schedule. In October 2017, the Government of India decided to increase the salary of The President of India from ₹1.5 lac per month to ₹5 lac per month.

Article 51-A in Part IV A of the Constitution of India deals with Fundamental Duties. It was added by the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution in 1976. Originally ten fundamental duties were listed. Later on, by virtue of 86th Constitution the Amendment in year 2002, 11th duty was added.

The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Article 368 of the Constitution of India. The major part of the Constitution can be amended by the Parliament alone either by a special majority or by a simple majority. Only in a few cases, the consent of the state legislatures is required and that too, only half of them.

Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. However, one-third of the members retire every second year, and are replaced by newly elected members. Each member is elected for a term of six years. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

Articles 36-51 which comes under Part-IV of the Indian Constitution deals with Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP). The concept of DPSP was borrowed from the Irish Constitution.

Part II of the Constitution of India (Articles 5-11) deals with the Citizenship of India. Indian citizenship can be acquired in four ways according to the Citizenship Act, 1955 - birth, descent (Hereditary), registration, and naturalization.

Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament. When India became a republic in 1950, Prasad was elected its first president by the Constituent Assembly.