Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Politics-GK

B.R.Ambedkar is considered as the 'Maker of constitution' or the 'Father of Indian constitution'. He was the chairman of drafting committee which drafted the constitution that why he is also called "Chief Architect of constitution."

Bi-cameral system. is the system of having two chambers i.e. lower house and upper house. Generally, the concept of upper house is related with representation of states at central legislature, which can be a requirement in federal setup. Therefore it is a feature of Federal system. Example- India.

Cabinet system' and 'collective responsibility' are features of parliamentary form of government, which is contribution of Britain. 'Cabinet' is a group of ministers within Council of Ministers which is power-center of decision making whereas 'collective responsibility' means existence of Council of Ministers is only till they enjoy majority in lower house and all their actions are subject to scrutiny of parliament.

Central legislative assembly was established in 1921 which consisted of 145 members. Frederick Whyte was first President while Vitthal Bhai Patel became the first Indian President of central legislature in 1925.

Centralized government or unitary form of government is the one in which country is governed by a single unit of power. Therefore, single government, Flexible, constitution and dependent state are features of this.

Chairman of drafying committee was Dr. B.R.Ambedkar. This committee was set up on 29th August,1947 to prepare the draft of constitution of India. It consisted of 7 members.

Concept of constitution first originated in Britain which has unwritten constitution. England's Parliament, often called "Mother of parliaments" has existed for over seven centuries and founding document of its constitution is considered as Magna Carta signed by King John in 1215.

Constituent assembly consisted of 389 members initially and 299 after partition of India. Its prominent members were Jawahar Lal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, C. Rajagopalachari, J .B. Kripalani, K.M.Munshi, Asaf Ali etc. Jay Prakash Narayan' was not a member of it.

Constituent Assembly was set up in 1946 which took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to frame the constitution. Initially, It consisted of total of 389 members, out of which 296 were elected by provincial assemblies and 93 were nominated by princely states. After partition of India number of total members reduced to 299, out of which 229 were from provincial assemblies and 70 from princely states.

Constitution can be either written constitution or unwritten constitution. Unwritten constitution means no single book where all the laws are written. Whereas in written constitution all laws are written in a single book. U.S.A. was the first country to have written constitution. India borrowed this feature from U.S.A. only.