Indian Constitution Quiz 4

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.

The Latin meaning of Habeas Corpus is “we may have the body”. This writ is used to protect the individual against unlawful detention. The person is then freed if the detention is found to be illegal. Hence, this writ is known as the bulwark of personal freedom.

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.

Article 246 of the Indian Constitution, distributes legislative powers including taxation, between the Parliament of India and the State Legislatures.

Indian Constitution originally had eight schedules. Four more schedules were added by different amendments, now making a total tally of twelve.

Under Article 249, Members of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha enjoy special powers and responsibilities with regard to making laws on any subject in the State List; making laws to create All India Services at the national level. Lok Sabha has more powers in monetary matters as the Money Bill cannot be rejected by the Rajya Sabha; it can just delay it by a maximum of 14 days.

Janata Party leader Morarji Desai became the fourth Prime Minister of India and first non-Congress PM from 1977 to 1979. After he resigned in 1979, his former deputy Charan Singh briefly held office until Indira Gandhi was voted back six months later. Charan Singh was the fifth Prime Minister of India, serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980.

Article 17 of the constitution of India states that “Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.

The seventh schedule under Article 246 of the constitution of India deals with the division of powers between the union and the states. It contains three lists: 1. Union List, 2. State List and 3. Concurrent List. The Concurrent List is a list of 52 items. These include education, forest, trade unions, marriage, adoption, and succession. Both, the Central and the state governments can make laws in the Concurrent List.

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha certifies if a financial bill is a Money Bill or not. The definition of “Money Bill” is given in Article 110 of the Constitution of India.