Card 01
Into how many broad categories are the Directive Principles of State Policy classified?
Answer
Three
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Card 02
Which two Constitutional Amendment Acts added a third tier of local government to the Indian Constitution?
Answer
The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, 1992
Card 03
Approximately how many Schedules does the Constitution of India presently (2019) contain?
Answer
12
Card 04
What term have political scientists used to describe the increasingly significant and crucial role of the Prime Minister in a parliamentary system?
Answer
Prime Ministerial Government
Card 05
Under which Articles of Part III does the Constitution guarantee the Right to Equality?
Answer
Articles 14-18
Card 06
Which Part and Schedule did the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992 add to the Constitution to give recognition to panchayats?
Answer
Part IX and Schedule 11
Card 07
How many Articles did the Constitution of India originally contain when it was adopted in 1949?
Answer
395 Articles
Card 08
Which phrase did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar use to describe the process of drafting the Constitution by drawing on other countries' Constitutions?
Answer
"Ransacking all the known Constitutions of the World"
Card 09
In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the Constitution is founded on the balance between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles?
Answer
Minerva Mills case (1980)
Card 10
Which Fundamental Right is guaranteed under Article 32 of the Constitution?
Answer
Right to Constitutional Remedies
Card 11
Roughly how many Articles has the Constitution gained through amendments carried out since 1951, according to the chapter?
Answer
about 95
Card 12
Besides a special majority of Parliament, what additional requirement applies to amending certain federal provisions, such as the method of electing the President?
Answer
Ratification by the legislatures of at least half of the states
Card 13
Which of the following is NOT one of the four factors identified for the elephantine size of the Indian Constitution?
Answer
Absence of a Fundamental Rights chapter
Card 14
Which Amendment Act added an eleventh Fundamental Duty to the original set?
Answer
86th Amendment Act
Card 15
Which of the following is a unitary, rather than federal, feature of the Indian Constitution?
Answer
Single citizenship
Card 16
Which term did the original Constitution use for what Article 352 now calls 'armed rebellion,' before the 44th Amendment Act, 1978 changed it?
Answer
"Internal disturbance"
Card 17
How many Fundamental Rights does Part III of the Constitution presently guarantee, after the deletion of the Right to Property?
Answer
Six
Card 18
Which new Part and Schedule did the 74th Amendment Act, 1992 add to recognise municipalities as urban local governments?
Answer
Part IX-A and the Twelfth Schedule
Card 19
Which member, referring to the elephant emblem of the Constituent Assembly, remarked that the Constitution 'too is the bulkiest that the world has produced'?
Answer
H.V. Kamath
Card 20
In which landmark case did the Supreme Court rule that Parliament's constituent power under Article 368 cannot be used to alter the basic structure of the Constitution?
Answer
Kesavananda Bharati case (1973)
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