Indian Constitution Part- 8

• Which Constitutional Amendment lowered the voting age in India from 21 to 18 years?

Ans:-61st Amendment

• Which is the first Indian state to pass the GST Bill?

Ans:-Assam

• The total number of members nominated by the President to Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha:

Ans:-14

• What is the minimum age required to contest the Indian President election?

Ans:-35 years

• What is the minimum age to become Governor of a state?

Ans:-35 years

• In which year was the POSCO Act passed?

Ans:-2012

• Which Indian Prime Minister signed in the Shimla Agreement?

Ans:-Indira Gandhi

• Who is known as the architect of Indian foreign policy?

Ans:- Jawaharlal Nehru

• Who appoints the Judges of High Courts?

Ans:-President

• Who is the Guardian of the Constitution?

Ans:- Supreme Court

• What is the minimum age required to contest in the Lok Sabha elections?

Ans:-25 years

• Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

Ans:-Vice President

• Who quoted Preamble of Constitution as 'Political Horoscope?

Ans:-KM. Munshi

• Which Article is related to 'Equal justice & free legal aid?

Ans:- Article 39A

• Who appoints the Comptroller & Auditor General of India?

Ans:-President

• Indian Constitution borrowed the concept of the procedure for amendment from which country?

Ans:- South Africa

• Constituent Assembly was formed by the provisions of which plan?

Ans:-Cabinet Mission Plan

• Which country has the smallest written Constitution in the world?

Ans:-America

• Which Part of the Constitution deals with state administration?

Ans:- 6th Part

• The National Food Security Act was signed into law on ?

Ans:-September 12, 2013

• Which Article of the Constitution prohibits untouchability?

Ans:- Article 17

• Which Article was passed by the Constituent Assembly with the cry 'Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai'?

Ans:-Article 17

• In which year the Freedom of Information Act was replaced by the Right to Information Act?

Ans:- 2005

• Who was the first Attorney General of India?

Ans:- MC Setalvad

• Who was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

Ans:-Jawaharlal Nehru

▪ In which year was the Preamble of the Indian Constitution amended?

Ans:-1976

• Which Article is related to the Right against Exploitation?

Ans:-Article 13-24

• Which committee suggested the incorporation of Fundamental Duties in the Constitution?

Ans:-Swaran Singh Committee

• Which day is observed as the Constitution Day?

Ans:-November 26

• Who is the Chairperson of the Goods & Services Tax Council?

Ans:-Union Finance Minister

• The ideals objectives & basic principles of the Constitution are explained in?

Ans:- The Preamble

• What is the subject matter of the Article 51A of the Constitution?

Ans:-Fundamental Duties

• Articles 256-263 of the Constitution denotes which area of Centre-State relations?

Ans:-Administrative relations

• Banking Ombudsman is appointed by ....... ?

Ans:-Reserve bank of India

• Which Article deals with Uniform Civil Code?

Ans:-Article 44

• First country to pass the Right to Information Act ?

Ans:-Sweden

• Who appoints the Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog?

Ans:-Prime Minister of India

• Which Act ended the commercial monopoly of East India Company in India?

Ans:-Charter Act of 1813

• How many states & Union territories were created by the States Reorganisation Act of 1956?

Ans:- 14 States & 6 Union territories

• The ordinance issued by Governor is subjected to approval by?

Ans:- State Legislature

• How many types of emergencies the Constitution has envisaged?

Ans:-Three

• Fiscal policy in India is formulated by ….?

Ans:- Ministry of Finance

• Which High Court was the first to launch 'Green Bench In India?

Ans:-Calcutta High Court

• National Commission for Backward Classes was set up in the year  ?

Ans:-1993

• Which year the National Green Tribunal has been established?

Ans:-2010

• The Residuary powers under the Indian Constitution are assigned to ?

Ans:-Union government.

• Invoking which Article Financial Emergency can be declared in India?

Ans:-Article 360

• Which Article of the Constitution deals with Right to Education?

Ans:-Article 21A

• The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on:

Ans:-December 9, 1946

• Article 356 of the Constitution was applied for the first time in which state?

Ans:-Kerala

• Which authority is entrusted with the power to make rules under Transplantation of Human Organs Act?

Ans:-Central Government

• Which Section of the Right to Information Act 2005 defines public authority'?

Ans:-Section.2(h)

• Which writ is issued to a detaining authority?

Ans:-Habeas Corpus

• Which writ is also known as the 'Great Writ’?

Ans:- Habeas corpus

• The literal meaning of which writ is to have body'?

Ans:-Habeas corpus

• Which writ is issued by a higher court to a lower court prohibiting it from taking up a case because it falls outside the jurisdiction of the lower court?

Ans:-Prohibition

• Through which writ the court inquires by what authority the person supports his claim of public office?

Ans:-Quo Warranto

• The President is eligible for other allowances beside the salary, charged on?

Ans:- Consolidated Fund of India

• Money Bill is to be introduced only on the recommendation ?

Ans:-President

• In which House of the Parliament is the Money Bill presented?

Ans:-Lola Sabha

• Who was the first President of India to be elected unopposed?

Ans:- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

• Which schedule of the Constitution includes the three Lists of legislation?

Ans:-Seventh Schedule (Article 246)

• What is the number of Fundamental Rights ensured by the Constitution?

Ans:-Six

• What was the original number of Fundamental Rights envisaged by the Constitution ?

Ans:-Seven

•Which was removed from the list of the Fundamental Rights in 1978 through the44th Constitutional Amendment?

Ans:- The Right to Property

• Which Article of the Constitution guarantees equality before law ?

Ans:-Article 14

• What is the importance of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution ?

Ans:-Dealing with Official Languages