Indian Constitution Quiz 4

Golak Nath's case (Golaknath vs the State Of Punjab) was a 1967 Indian Supreme Court case, in which the Court ruled that Parliament could not curtail any of the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution.

Gandhian Socialism believes there is no need for a state in a socialist system because there would be no class to suppress and no need for an institution based on coercion and therefore regard the state being a remnant of capitalism.

Mahatma Gandhi's moral philosophies were based on Truth, Non-violence, Vegetarianism, Brahmhacharya, Simplicity and Faith. Thus Prohibition of the slaughter of cows in the Directive Principle is based on Gandhi's moral philosophy.

A registered party is recognised as a National Party only if it fulfils any one of the following three conditions: 1. The party wins 2 percent of the seats in the Lok Sabha from at least 3 different States. 2. The party received 6% of the total votes polled in four or more States and, it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats from any state or states. 3. Party gets recognition as State Party in four or more States.

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.

The basic features of the Indian Constitution which are not amendable under Article 368 are Sovereignty, territorial integrity, federal system, judicial review and parliament system of government. As per the Basic Structure Doctrine, any amendment that tries to change the basic structure of the constitution is invalid.

The Fundamental Duty, given in Article 51A of the Indian Constitution clearly mentions the duty of the citizen to protect the environment. As of now, there are 11 Fundamental duties.

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.

The Supreme Court of India ruled against any sort of hooliganism in the name of 'bandh' in 1998. In 1997, Kerala high court was the first court which banned bandhs and declared it unconstitutional. The court said that it is not an exercise of fundamental freedom.

Fundamental duties are defined under Article 51A of the Constitution of India 1949. This article was not included in the Draft Constitution 1948. It was inserted by the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act 1976.