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1.GovernmentofIndiaAct1858wascalledfirstMagnaCartaforIndia.
2.GovernmentofIndiaAct1935suggestedbySimonCommissionreport(1927
SimonCommissionestablished)
3.75%partofIndianconstitutiontakenfromtheGovernmentofIndiaAct1935.
4.CabinetMissionPlan1946firsttimedefineestablishmentofConstituent
Council(Foundedon9thDec1946).
5.24thAugust1946firsttimeInterimGovernmentestablished.
6.SachidanandSinhawasthetemporarychairmanandDr.Rajendra
Prasadwasthepermanentchairmanofconstituentcouncil.
7.ChairmanRulesofProcedureCommitteeRajendraPrasad.
8.ChairmanDraftingCommitteeB.R.Ambedkar
9.ChairmanStatesCommitteeJawaharlalNehru
10.ChairmanUnionPowersCommitteeJawaharlalNehru
11.ChairmanUnionConstitutionCommitteeJawaharlalNehru
12.Followingaretheborrowedfeaturesofconstitutionfromdifferentcountries.
13.TheconstitutionofIndiadescribeIndiaasAUnionofStates.
14.Secularism&Socialisminsertedinthepreambleofourconstitutionin
the42ndamendment(1976PMIndiraGandhi).Thereisonlyone
amendmentinthepreambleofIndianconstitutiontotilldate.
15.Article14defineRighttoEqualityforLaw(BorrowedfromBritain).
16.Article17defineAbolishUntouchability.
17.Article19defineFreedomofSpeechorPressFreedom.
18.PressFreedomRankingofIndiais136intheworldoutof180countries.
19.Article21.AdefineRighttoFree&Compulsoryeducationfor6to14
yearchildprovidedbystate.
20.Article18defineAbolitionofTitles.
21.Article29defineProtectionofinterestsofminorities(ExceptHinduallreligion
belongstominority,In2014Jainalsoenteredinminoritycommunity)
22.Article30defineRightofminoritiestoestablishandadminister
educationalinstitutions.
23.PreambleofIndianconstitutionwrittenbyJawharLalNehru.
24.Article36to51relatedwithDirectivePrinciplesofStatePolicy.
25.Article40definestructureofGramPanchayat(PanchayatiRaaj).
26.Article51.AdefineFundamentalDutiesborrowedfromRussiainserted
in51.Abythe42ndamendmentsuggestedbySwarnaSingh
Committee(1976PMIndiraGandhi).
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27.42ndamendmentisalsocalledMiniConstitutionorIndira
Contitution.
28.Article52definePresidentofIndia.(MinimumAge35)
29.MembersofLoksabha,RajyasabhaandVidhanSabha(Legislative
Council)participatingintheelectionofpresidentbyArticle54.
30.Article60OathoraffirmationofthePresidentbytheChiefJustice
ofIndiaorinhisabsence,theseniormostJudgeoftheSupreme
Courtavailable.
31.ThePresidentofIndiagiveresignationtotheVicePresidentofIndia.
32.PresidentofIndiagiveresignationtotheVicePresidentofIndia.
33.VicePresidentofIndiaisthechairmanofRajyasabhabutheisnota
memberofRajyasabha.
34.ParliamentisthecollectionofLoksabha,Rajyasabha&PresidentofIndia(By
Article79).
35.On15thAug1947thereweretotal18ministriesbuton13Sept2006numberof
ministriesincreasesto55.
36.91stamendmenttotalnumberofministers(includingPM)intheLoksabha
isnotgreaterthan15%seatsofLoksabha.
37.MaximumnumberofministriesintheLoksabhaaswellasinVidhan
Sabha(LegislativeCouncil)isthe10%ofthetotalseats(545of10%=55).
38.Article76defineAttorneyGeneralOfIndia(AGI)appointedbyPresident
ofIndia.
39.AGIistheconstitutionaladvisorofcentralgovernment.
40.MukulRohtagiisthepresentlyAGIofIndia.
41.AGIcanseatedinbothhouses(Loksabha&Rajyasabha)butcannotgive
thevoteinthevoting(ByArticle88).
42.Article80defineRajyasabha,
43.MinimumageforRajyasabhacandidate35years,
44.Rajyasabhaisastablehousecantdissolved.
45.TotalnoofseatsinRajyasabhais250inwhich238membersareelected&
12membersarenominatedbyPresidentofIndiafromarts,culture&sports
sreas.
46.TimeperiodofRajyasabhamemberis6years.
47.VicepresidentofIndiaisalwayschairmanofRajyasabha.
48.PresentlyChairmanRajyasabhaHamidAnsari&ViceChairmanPJKurien.
49.MaximumnoofmembersinLoksabhawillbe552butinthistimetherearetotal
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545membersinLoksabhainwhich543membersareelectedbyelection
&2membersarenominatedbypresidentofIndiafromAnglo
Indiancommunity.
50.FirstLoksabhaestablishedon17Apr1952&Firstmeetingorganizedon13
May1952.
51.ShriGaneshVasudevMavalankarwasthefirstspeakerofLoksabha.
52.PresentlySumitraMahajan(BJP)isthespeakerofLoksabha&M
Thambidurai(AIADMK)isthedeputyspeakerofLoksabha.
53.MeeraKumarwasthefirstleadyspeakerofLoksabha.
54.Article330defineSC/STseatreservationinLoksabha.
55.Article331defineAngloIndianseatreservationinLoksabha.
56.IntheLoksabha79seatsarereservedforSCcandidate,41seatsare
reservedforSTcandidate&2seatsarereservedforAnglo
Indiancandidate.
57.ByArticle85PresidentofIndiadissolveLoksabha.
58.CommitteeonEstimatesisaLoksabhacommitteewhichcontains30
membersofLoksabha(Rajyasabhamembersarenotincluded).
59.CommitteeofPublicAccountisaLoksabhacommitteewhichcontains15
membersofLoksabha&7membersofRajyasabha(Total22members,This
committeeguidedbyCAG).
60.CommitteeofPublicAccountiscalledTwinSisterofCommitteeof
Estimates.
61.CommitteeofPublicUndertakingcontaintotal22members15fromLoksabha&7
fromRajyasabha.(Thiscommitteeisresponsibleforfinancialcalculationof
DamodarValleyCorporation,IFC,IDBI,AirIndia,IndianAirlince,LIC&FCI).
62.ZeroHourthetimeimmediatelyfollowingtheQuestionHourhascometobe
knownasZeroHour.Itstartsataround12noon(hencethename)Speaker,raise
issuesofimportanceduringthistime.
63.Article110defineMoneyBillalwaysinitiatedfromLoksabha.OnlytheSpeaker
ofLoksabhadecideswhetheraBillisMoneyBillornot.
64.PresidentofIndiafirstorderedpasstheMoneyBill.
65.IfRajyasabharetaintheMoneyBillfor14daysitisassumedthatithad
passedbyRajyasabha(RajyasabhacantrejectMoneyBillonlyaccepttheMoney
Billsuggestionsarepermissible).
66.ByMoneyBillGOItakenmoneyfromConsolidatedFundofIndia.
67.Article280defineFinanceCommissionestablishedbythePresidentofIndiaafter
every5years.
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68.FinancecommissionsubmitteditsreporttothepresidentofIndia.
69.Firstfinancecommissionestablishedin195257KCNiyogiwasthechairman,
Thisisthetimeperiodof14thfinancecommission20152020YVRradyis
thechairman.
70.Financecommission(Art280),ElectionCommission((Art
324),UPSC(Art315),InterStateCouncil(Art263),Administrative
Tribunals(Art323by42ndAmendment)&ComptrollerandAudit
GeneralofIndia(Art148)areconstituentbodies.
71.PlanningCommission(Established15thMar1950),National
DevelopmentCouncil(Established6thAug1952),ArmedForce
Tribunal(Established15Jun2008)arenotconstituentbodies.
72.Article40andArticle243arerelatedwithPanchayatiraj.
73.BalwantRaiMehtacommitteeestablishedin1957,submittedreportin
1959.ItdefineRuralLocalGovernment(Panchayatiraj)havingthreestages
GramPanchayat,PanchayatSamiti&ZilaParisadandUrbanLocalGovernment
havingonestageeitherMunicipalCorporationorNagarNigam.
74.On2ndOct1959firsttimePanchayatirajestablishedinNagaurDistrict
ofRajasthan.
75.PanchayatirajestablishedinAP(In
1959),Assam,Tamilnadu,Karnatka(In1960),Maharastra(In
1962),Gujrat(In1963),WB(In1964).
76.AshokMehtaCommitteeestablishedin1977relatedwithPanchayatiraj.
77.BalwantRaiMehta,AshokMehta,PVRao,LMSindhvi&PKThungan
committeerelatedwithPanchayatirajorDECENTRALIZATIONof
powers.
78.By73rdamendmentin1993RuralLocalGovernment(Panchayatiraj)
becomesestablishedandinsertedinArticle243aswellasin
11thSchedule.
79.By74thamendmentin1993UrbanLocalGovernment(Municipal
Corporation)becomesestablishedandinsertedinArticle243aswellas
in12thSchedule.
80.Article352defineNationalEmergencydeclaredontheexternalwaror
internaldisturbance(Appliedon1962IndoChinaWar,1971IndoPakwar,In1975
76declaredbyIndiraGandhi).
81.Article356definePresidentRuleinCentralaswellasin
State(Maximum19timesappliedinKerla).
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82.Article360defineFinancialEmergencymustapprovedbyParliament
notappliedtillnowinIndia.
83.Article368defineAmendmentintheconstitution.
84.Article343defineournationallanguageisHindialsoavailablein8thschedule.
85.Article344defineregionallanguagesinitiallyin1950thereare14regional
languagesinarticle344butafterthreeamendmentinthistimethereare22regional
languagesinarticle344.
86.By21stAmendmentin1967Sindhi,By71stAmendmentin1992
Nepali,Konkani,Manipuri,By92ndAmendmentin2003
Bodo,Dongari,Maithli,Santhalilanguagesincludedinthe8thschedule.
87.Article370oftheIndianconstitutionisalawthatgrantsspecial
autonomousstatustoJammuandKashmir.PartXXI
88.ByArticle32SupremeCourtofIndia,ByArticle226HighCourtissued
WritsfortheenforcementofanyFundamentalRights.Noothercourt
issuedwrit.
89.TheplayingtimeofNationalAnthemis52seconds.
90.GovernoristhecommunicationlinkbetweenStateGovernment&President,PMis
thelinkbetweenPresident&MinistryofCouncils.
91.Chiefjustice&AlljusticeofSupremeCourt&HighCourtappointedbyPresidentof
India.
92.PresidentofIndiaprovideoathtoChiefJustice&allotherJusticeofSupreme
Court(MaximumageofChiefJustice&allotherJustice65years).
93.GovernorofstateprovideoathtoJusticeofHighCourt(Maximumagehigh
courtchiefjustice&justice62years).
94.ChiefJustice&allJusticeofSupremeCourtaswellasHighCourtgive
his/herresignationtothePresidentofIndia.
95.JudgesofDistrictcourt&subcourtappointedGovernorofState.
96.Therearetotal24HighCourtsinIndia.
97.Therearetotal31JusticeincludingChiefJusticeintheSupremeCourt.
98.Thereare97subjectsinUnionList,61subjectsinStateList&47
subjectsinconcurrentlist.
99.By44thAmendmentin1979RighttoPropertybecomeserased(endedPMMorarJi
Desai).
100.Article32fundamentalrighttoconstitutionalremediesisknownasHeart&
SoulofIndianConstitutionsuggestedbyBRAmbedkar.
101.Article108definejointmeetingofLoksabha&Rajyasabhaordered
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bythePresidentofIndia&conductedbytheSpeakerofLoksabha.
102.SarkariaCommissionconcernedwithCentralStateRelationsset
upinJun1983.
103.Supremecourtissuedthewritrelatedwitharticle32Habeas
CorpusmeansYoumayhavethebody,MandamusmeansWeCommand
orPerformafunctionthatitwasnotperforming,CertiorarimeansTo
certified,ProhibitionmeansStayOrder.
104.IPC66AInformationTechnologyActhassimilarprovisionsunder
whichpersonspostingoffensivecontentonlinecouldstillbe
arrested(IndianPenalcodecameintooerationin1862&HighCourtof
Calcutta,Bombay,Madrasalsoestablishedin1862).
105.Article169defineLegislativecouncilavailablein7states
J&K,UP,Bihar,Maharastra,Karnatka,AP,Telangana.
106.Article170defineLegislativeAssembly,Byarticle332SC/STseats
reservationinLegislativeAssembly,ByArticle333AngloIndianSeat
reservationinLegislativeAssembly.
107.ParlimentrySystem,MinsterofCouncil,Loksabha&Loksabha
SpeakerconceptborrowedfromBritain(UK).
108.WrittenConstitution,VicePresidentastheexofficioChairmanofRajya
Sabha,FundamentalRights,SupremeCourt,ProvisionofStates
IndependenceofJudiciaryandjudicialreview,RemovalofSupremecourtandHigh
courtJudgesbyImpeachmentborrowedfromUSA.
109.FundamentalDutiestakenfromUSSR(Russia).ItisnotatedFiveyearplan
alsotakenfromRussiabutitisnotconstituentbodyitispassedbyparliamentact.
110.ConcurrentList&LanguageofPreambletakenfromAustralia.
111.Emergancy(Art352,356,360)takenfromGermany.
112.DirectivePrinciplesofStatesPolicytaken
fromIreland(IrelandborroweditfromSPAIN).
113.By61stamendmentin1989Ageofvotingreducesfrom21yearsto18
years.(PMVPSingh)
114.By52ndamendmentin1985AntiDefectionLawalsoinsertedin
10thSchedule(DalBadalKanoon,PMRajivGandhi).
115.Bihar,Rajasthan,Maharastra,AP,HImachal,Punjab,Tamilnadu,
GujrathavingthreestageofPanchayatirajbutonlyinWest
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