GATEWAY TO SSC MAINS: INDIAN POLITY IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

 We are starting this series from General Awareness notes i.e. from INDIAN POLITY.

• The Constitution of India was adopted on – 26th November 1949

• The Constituent Assembly of India started functioning from : 9thDecember , 1946

• The Constituent Assembly took time to frame the Constitution of India – 2 years 11 months 18 days

• The Concept of written constitution, first born was – USA

• The Constitution of India is – Partly rigid, partly flexible

• The word ―Secularism‖ was inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by – 42nd Amendment

• The Preamble to the constitution declares India as – A sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic

• The item ―Education‖ belongs to the – Concurrent List

• How many languages have recongnised by the Constitution? – 22

• The number of Union Territories in India is – 7

• Part of the Indian Constitution deals with ―Fundamental Rights- Part III

• Constitutional Amendment deleted the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights – 44th Amendment

• Articles of Indian Constitution guarantees freedom to press -Article 19

• Sikkim was made an integral part of India under the – 36thAmendment

• The power to curve out a new State is vested in – The Parliament

• The Constitutional States has been given to Panchayats under -Article 243

• In year Fundamental Duties of citizens were introduced by 42nd Amendment –1976

• The vacancy of the office of the President of India must be filled up within – 6 months

• The power of the President to issue ordinance is a relic of : – Government of India Act of 1935

• Rashtrapati Bhawan was designed by - Edwin Lutyens

• A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force – For six months

• In Article of the Constitution of India can be the President of  India be impeached – Article 61

• In India, the President is elected by – Single Transferable Vote