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1. Government of India Act 1858 was called first Magna Carta for India.

2. Government of India Act 1935 suggested by Simon Commission report(1927

Simon Commission established )3. 75% part of Indian constitution taken from the Government of India Act 1935.

4. Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 first time define establishment of Constituent

Council(Founded on 9 th Dec 1946).

5. 24 th August 1946 first time Interim Government established.

6. Sachidanand Sinha was the temporary chairman and Dr. Rajendra

Prasad was the permanent chairman of constituent council.7. Chairman Rules of Procedure Committee - Rajendra Prasad.

8. Chairman Drafting Committee B.R. Ambedkar

9. Chairman States Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru

10. Chairman Union Powers Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru

11. Chairman Union Constitution Committee - Jawaharlal Nehru

12. Following are the borrowed features of constitution from different countries.

13. The constitution of India describe India as A Union of States .

14. Secularism & Socialism inserted in the preamble of our constitution in

the 42 nd amendment (1976 PM Indira Gandhi ). There is only one

amendment in the preamble of Indian constitution to till date.15. Article 14 define Right to Equality for Law(Borrowed from Britain).

16. Article 17 define Abolish Untouchability.

17. Article 19 define Freedom of Speech or Press Freedom.

18. Press Freedom Ranking of India is 136 in the world out of 180 countries.

19. Article 21.A define Right to Free & Compulsory education for 6 to 14

year child provided by state.

20.

Article 18 define Abolition of Titles.21. Article 29 define Protection of interests of minorities( Except Hindu all religion

belongs to minority, In 2014 Jain also entered in minority community )22. Article 30 define Right of minorities to establish and administer

educational institutions .23. Preamble of Indian constitution written by Jawhar Lal Nehru.

24. Article 36 to 51 related with Directive Principles of State Policy.

25. Article 40 define structure of Gram Panchayat(Panchayati Raaj).

26. Article 51.A define Fundamental Duties borrowed from Russia inserted

in 51.A by the 42 nd amendment suggested by Swarna SinghCommittee(1976 PM Indira Gandhi) .


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27. 42 nd amendment is also called “Mini Constitution” or “ Indira

Contitution” .28. Article 52 define President of India.( Minimum Age 35 )

29. Members of Loksabha, Rajyasabha and Vidhan Sabha(Legislative

Council ) participating in the election of president by Article 54.

30. Article 60 Oath or affirmation of the President by the Chief Justiceof India or in his absence, the senior most Judge of the SupremeCourt available.

31. The President of India give resignation to the Vice President of India.

32. President of India give resignation to the Vice President of India .

33. Vice President of India is the chairman of Rajyasabha but he is not a

member of Rajyasabha.

34. Parliament is the collection of Loksabha,Rajyasabha & President of India(By Article 79).

35. On 15 th Aug 1947 there were total 18 ministries but on 13 Sept 2006 number of

ministries increases to 55.

36. 91 st amendment total number of ministers(including PM) in the Loksabha

is not greater than 15% seats of Loksabha.37. Maximum number of ministries in the Loksabha as well as in Vidhan

Sabha(Legislative Council) is the 10% of the total seats (545 of 10%=55).38. Article 76 define Attorney General Of India(AGI) appointed by President

of India .39. AGI is the constitutional advisor of central government.

40. Mukul Rohtagi is the presently AGI of India.

41. AGI can seated in both houses (Loksabha & Rajyasabha) but cannot give

the vote in the voting (By Article 88).

42. Article 80 define Rajyasabha,43. Minimum age for Rajyasabha candidate 35 years ,

44. Rajyasabha is a stable house can’t dissolved.

45. Total no of seats in Rajyasabha is 250 in which 238 members are elected &

12 members are nominated by President of India from arts, culture & sportssreas.

46. Time period of Rajyasabha member is 6 years.

47. Vice president of India is always chairman of Rajyasabha.48. Presently Chairman Rajyasabha Hamid Ansari & Vice Chairman P J Kurien.

49. Maximum no of members in Loksabha will be 552 but in this time there are total


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545 members in Loksabha in which 543 members are elected by election& 2 members are nominated by president of India from AngloIndian community.

50. First Loksabha established on 17 Apr 1952 & First meeting organized on 13

May 1952 .51. Shri Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was the first speaker of Loksabha .

52. Presently Sumitra Mahajan(BJP) is the speaker of Loksabha & M

Thambidurai(AIADMK) is the deputy speaker of Loksabha.53. Meera Kumar was the first leady speaker of Loksabha.

54. Article 330 define SC/ST seat reservation in Loksabha.

55. Article 331 define Anglo Indian seat reservation in Loksabha.

56. In the Loksabha 79 seats are reserved for SC candidate , 41 seats are

reserved for ST candidate & 2 seats are reserved for AngloIndian candidate.57. By Article 85 President of India dissolve Loksabha.

58. Committee on Estimates is a Loksabha committee which contains 30

members of Loksabha (Rajyasabha members are not included).59. Committee of Public Account is a Loksabha committee which contains 15

members of Loksabha & 7 members of Rajyasabha(Total 22 members,Thiscommittee guided by CAG).

60. Committee of Public Account is called Twin Sister of Committee of

Estimates.61. Committee of Public Undertaking contain total 22 members 15 from Loksabha & 7

from Rajyasabha.( This committee is responsible for financial calculation of Damodar Valley Corporation,IFC,IDBI,Air India,Indian Airlince,LIC &FCI).

62. Zero Hour the time immediately following the Question Hour has come to be

known as Zero Hour . It starts at around 12 noon (hence the name) Speaker, raiseissues of importance during this time.

63. Article 110 define Money Bill always initiated from Loksabha. Only the Speaker

of Loksabha decides whether a Bill is Money Bill or not.64. President of India first ordered pass the Money Bill.

65. If Rajyasabha retain the Money Bill for 14 days it is assumed that it had

passed by Rajyasabha (Rajyasabha can’t reject Money Bill only accept the Money Bill suggestions are permissible).

66. By Money Bill GOI taken money from Consolidated Fund of India.67. Article 280 define Finance Commission established by the President of India after

every 5 years.


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68. Finance commission submitted its report to the president of India .

69. First finance commission established in 1952-57 K C Niyogi was the chairman,

This is the time period of 14 th finance commission 2015-2020 Y V Rrady isthe chairman.

70. Finance commission(Art 280),Election Commission((Art

324),UPSC(Art 315),Inter State Council(Art 263),AdministrativeTribunals(Art 323 by 42 nd Amendment) & Comptroller and AuditGeneral of India(Art 148) are constituent bodies.

71. Planning Commission(Established 15 th Mar 1950), National

Development Council(Established 6 th Aug 1952), Armed ForceTribunal(Established 15 Jun 2008) are not constituent bodies.

72. Article 40 and Article 243 are related with Panchayatiraj.

73. Balwant Rai Mehta committee established in 1957, submitted report in

1959. It define Rural Local Government(Panchayatiraj ) having three stagesGram Panchayat,Panchayat Samiti & Zila Parisad and Urban Local Governmenthaving one stage either Municipal Corporation or Nagar Nigam.

74. On 2 nd Oct 1959 first time Panchayatiraj established in Nagaur District

of Rajasthan.75. Panchayatiraj established in AP (In

1959),Assam,Tamilnadu,Karnatka(In 1960),Maharastra(In1962),Gujrat(In 1963),WB(In 1964).

76. Ashok Mehta Committee established in 1977 related with Panchayatiraj.

77. Balwant Rai Mehta, Ashok Mehta, P V Rao, L M Sindhvi & P K Thungan

committee related with Panchayatiraj or DECENTRALIZATION of powers.

78. By 73 rd amendment in 1993 Rural Local Government(Panchayatiraj)

becomes established and inserted in Article 243 as well as in

11th Schedule.

79. By 74 th amendment in 1993 Urban Local Government(Municipal

Corporation) becomes established and inserted in Article 243 as well as

in 12 th Schedule .80. Article 352 define National Emergency declared on the external war or

internal disturbance(Applied on 1962 Indo-China War,1971 Indo-Pak war, In 1975-76 declared by Indira Gandhi).

81. Article 356 define President Rule in Central as well as in

State(Maximum 19 times applied in Kerla).


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82. Article 360 define Financial Emergency must approved by Parliament

not applied till now inIndia.83. Article 368 define Amendment in the constitution.

84. Article 343 define our national language is Hindi also available in 8 th schedule.

85. Article 344 define regional languages initially in 1950 there are 14 regional

languages in article 344 but after three amendment in this time there are 22 regionallanguages in article 344.

86. By 21 st Amendment in 1967 Sindhi, By 71 st Amendment in 1992

Nepali,Konkani,Manipuri, By 92 nd Amendment in 2003

Bodo,Dongari,Maithli,Santhali languages included in the 8 th schedule .87. Article 370 of the Indian constitution is a law that grants special

autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir . Part XXI88. By Article 32 Supreme Court of India, By Article 226 High Court issued

Writs for the enforcement of any Fundamental Rights. No other courtissued writ.

89. The playing time of National Anthem is 52 seconds .

90. Governor is the communication link between State Government & President, PM is

the link between President & Ministry of Councils.91. Chief justice & All justice of Supreme Court & High Court appointed by President of

India.92. President of India provide oath to Chief Justice & all other Justice of Supreme

Court( Maximum age of Chief Justice & all other Justice 65years ).93. Governor of state provide oath to Justice of High Court( Maximum age high

court chief justice & justice 62years).94. Chief Justice & all Justice of Supreme Court as well as High Court give

his/her resignation to the President of India.

95. Judges of District court & sub court appointed Governor of State.96. There are total 24 High Courts in India.

97. There are total 31 Justice including Chief Justice in the Supreme Court.

98. There are 97 subjects in Union List,61 subjects in State List & 47

subjects in concurrent list.

99. By 44 th Amendment in 1979 Right to Property becomes erased(ended PM Morar Ji

Desai).

100. Article 32 fundamental right to constitutional remedies is known as “Heart &

Soul of Indian Constitution” suggested by B R Ambedkar.101. Article 108 define joint meeting of Loksabha & Rajyasabha ordered


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