Indian Constitution GK Quiz and Answers

The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950. The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with certain unitary features.

The chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India was Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. It consisted of eight members.

The Drafting Committee consisted of 7 members. It was set up on August 29, 1947. The committee was responsible for preparing the draft of the Indian Constitution.

Dr Rajendra Prasad was the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly.

On 16 May 1975, Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union, and the monarchy was abolished. To enable the incorporation of the new state, the Indian Parliament amended the Indian Constitution.

Dayanand Bandodkar was elected as the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu. Goa became India's 25^th state on 30^th May 1987.

The 1957 Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was the benchmark in the country's history of democratic decentralization, which gave birth to the very basics of the Panchayati Raj system in India.

KT Shah states that the Directive Principles of State Policy is a check that is paid at the convenience of the bank. Prof. K.T. Shah was an economist of repute also along with being a member of the Constituent Assembly.

Article 360 of the Indian Constitution empowers the President to invoke financial emergency. Grounds of declaration – If the President is satisfied that a situation has arisen due to which the financial stability or credit of India or any part of its territory is threatened.

Part XVIII (Article 352-360) of the Constitution of India talks about the Emergency Provisions. In particular, Article 360 talks about the Financial Emergency. It is one of the three types of emergency provisions embedded in the Indian Constitution.