Indian Polity Mixed Quiz: Set 18

The Preamble describes India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic; the word federal appears nowhere in it, or indeed anywhere in the Constitution.

Subordinate courts are the courts at the district level and below, and they hear civil and criminal cases as courts of first instance.

Article 13 declares that any law inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights is void, and it binds both the laws made before the Constitution and those made after it.

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was the Chief Justice of India when the nine-judge bench delivered its verdict in Justice K.S.

Fundamental Duties were inserted by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment of 1976, passed during the Emergency when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister.

Prohibition is issued by a higher court to a lower court or tribunal to stop it from acting beyond its jurisdiction.

Article 66(3) of the Constitution says a person must have completed 35 years of age to be eligible for election as Vice-President.

The CAG of India is an auditor who checks spending after it happens; he has no say over money leaving the treasury.

Article 74(1) says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at its head to aid and advise the President, who shall act in accordance with that advice.

Part XIV of the Constitution, titled Services under the Union and the States, covers Articles 308 to 323, and the public service commissions sit in it.

The Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 gave the post statutory recognition for the first time and fixed the pay and perks of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution lists 22 languages. It began with 14 languages in 1950.

Article 131 of the Constitution gives the Supreme Court exclusive original jurisdiction in disputes between the Government of India and one or more states, and in disputes among states themselves.

Article 395, the last article of the Constitution, repeals the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935, along with the laws that amended or added to the 1935 Act.

Article 167 lists the duties of the Chief Minister towards the Governor.

The very idea of opening a constitution with a preamble came from the American Constitution of 1787, which begins 'We the People of the United States'.

It lays down the composition of a state's Legislative Council. Under Article 171 the Council cannot have more than one third of the strength of the Legislative Assembly and never fewer than forty members.

Part IX of the Constitution of India is headed 'The Panchayats'. It was inserted by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, which came into force on 24 April 1993, now marked as National Panchayati Raj Day, and it runs from Article 243 to Article 243-O. Part IX gives panchayats a…

The Constitution (First Amendment) Act was passed in 1951, a little over a year after the Constitution came into force.

The Chief Election Commissioner holds office for six years from the date he takes charge, or until he turns sixty-five, whichever comes first; the other Election Commissioners serve on the same terms.