Indian Constitution Quiz 4

The original text of the Constitution contained 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules. It came into effect on January 26, 1950, the day that India celebrates each year as Republic Day. Currently, the Constitution of India comprises 470 articles in 25 parts and 12 schedules. There are 104 amendments have been made in the Indian constitution till the date.

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.

Supreme Court is the final interpreter, protector and guardian of the Indian Constitution. It is the highest judicial forum and ultimate or final court of appeal under the Constitution of India.

The Constituent Assembly was constituted in November 1946 under Cabinet Mission Plan. The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was 389. It was comprised of several Committees to deal with different tasks. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India. The Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. BR Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India.

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.

Protection from discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth; Equality of opportunity; fundamental rights of freedom mentioned in article 19; Protection of language, script and culture of minorities; Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions are availed to Indian citizens only.

A quasi-legislative capacity is that in which a public administrative agency or body acts when it makes rules and regulations. Quasi-judicial is defined as an action by an administrative agency which ascertains certain facts, holds hearings, weighs evidence, makes conclusions from the facts as a basis for their official action, and exercises discretion of judicial nature.

The two forms of democracy are Parliamentary and Presidential. Parliamentary democracy is a form of government in which the party in the parliament (legislature) forms the government, its leader becoming prime minister or chancellor. The presidential system, unlike the parliamentary form of democracy, has a strong and independent chief executive with extensive powers related to both domestic, or internal, affairs and foreign policy. The president's independence from the legislature is based on election by the people to whom he or she is directly accountable and not to the legislature, as in the parliamentary system.

subjects which are not mentioned in any of the lists i.e. union, state and concurrent lists, called Residuary Subjects. According to the constitution of India, the Parliament has the power to legislate on the residuary subjects.

The Preamble of the Indian Constitution is primarily based on the 'Objective Resolution' written by Jawaharlal Nehru. He introduced his objective resolution on December 13, 1946, later it was accepted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 January 1947. The preamble is taken from the US constitution. The Indian Preamble borrowed its ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity from the French Constitution.