Important Questions on Indian Constitution

The Fundamental Duties of citizens was added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, upon the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee that was constituted by the government earlier that year.

1. India Council Act in 1909 which is also known as 'Morley-Minto Reforms'.

2. For the first time, Indians got representation in the Executive Council of the Governor General and limited rights were also given to the members of the Central and Legislative Councils.

3. The following are the main provisions of this Act.

- The number of Indians in the Governor General's Executive Council was increased.

- The number of elected seats for Indians in the Central Legislative Council was increased.

- The number of elected seats for Indians in the provincial legislative councils was increased.

- Provincial Legislative Councils were given the right to debate the budget and ask supplementary questions.

Article 83 : Duration of Houses of Parliament

(1) The Council of States shall not be subject to dissolution, but as nearly as possible one-third of the members thereof shall retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every second year in accordance with the provisions made in that behalf by Parliament by law.

All the statements regarding the benefits of the retired President of India are correct.

A. The former President of India will also be entitled to a monthly pension of ₹2.5 lakh.

B. He/She is entitled to a secretarial staff comprising a private secretary, a personal assistant, an additional private secretary, two peons, and office expenses up to ₹1 lakh per annum.

C. He/She is also entitled to free highest-class travel anywhere in India, accompanied by one person, by rail, air, or steamer.

Article 51 of the Constitution which is a Directive Principle of State Policy directs the state to promote international peace and security and maintain just and honorable relations between nations.

Supreme Court ruled that Right to Privacy is "intrinsic to life and personal liberty" and is inherently protected under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.

It was the Kesavananda Bharati case that brought this doctrine into the limelight. It held that the “basic structure of the Indian Constitution could not be abrogated even by a constitutional amendment”. The judgement listed some basic structures of the constitution as: Supremacy of the Constitution.

The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November, 1949 and the hon'ble members appended their signatures to it on 24 January, 1950. In all, 284 members actually signed the Constitution.

1. The Fundamental Duties of the citizens were added to the Constitution of India by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.

2. By this amendment a new Part IV-A was added to the Constitution

3. In which 10 fundamental duties were included under Article 51A.

4. The idea of Fundamental Duties is inspired by the Constitution of Russia (erstwhile Soviet Union).

5. The 11th Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution of India in the year 2002 through the '86th Constitutional Amendment'

1. The emergency provisions in the Indian Constitution are divided into three parts, which include national emergency (Article-352), failure of constitutional machinery in states/President's rule (Article-356) and financial emergency (Article-360).

2. Articles 352 to 360 in Part XVIII of the Indian Constitution deal with the provisions relating to Emergency.

3. National Emergency can be declared only after a resolution is passed by both the Houses of Parliament.

4. The resolution should contain an express proposal to enable the President to declare a national emergency.