Indian Constitution Quiz 4

Part IV (Article 36-51) of the Indian Constitution deals with Directive Principles of our State Policy (DPSP). The provisions contained in this Part cannot be enforced by any court, but these principles are fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws.

The local government is responsible for public health, welfare, regulatory functions, public safety, public infrastructure works, and development activities.

His term of office is five years, and he is eligible for re-election. His removal from office is to be in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Article 61 of the Constitution. He may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office. If there is no vice president then to the justice of the supreme court of India.

Article 3 of the Indian Constitution deals with the formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of any of the existing States. Parliament of India can rename or redefine the boundary of a state by simply passing the bill with a simple majority in both the houses of parliament.

A writ of mandamus or mandamus (which means “we command” in Latin) is the name of one of the prerogative writs in the common law, and is “issued by a superior court to compel a lower court or a government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly”.

Article 1 of the constitution of India describes India as A Union of States. This article states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.

Habeas corpus is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.

The Right to Constitutional Remedies (Article 32) is considered to be the most important fundamental right because it ensures the protection of our fundamental rights. Article 32 is known as the “spirit of the constitution and exceptionally heart of it” by Dr. Ambedkar.

A one-party state is a type of unitary state in which only one political party has the right to form the government. Despotism is possible in a One-party state as single entity rules with absolute power.

According to Article 53 of the Constitution of India, the executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President. He is, however, only a Constitutional Head of State acting on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers and as such only the formal Executive.