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Indian PolityEasyAsked in: SSC CGL · 24 Jul 2023, Shift 3

From which country were the Directive Principles of State Policy of the Indian Constitution borrowed?

  1. A.The USSR
  2. B.The US
  3. C.Ireland
  4. D.China

Correct answer

C. Ireland

Explanation

The correct answer is Ireland. The Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV of the Constitution were modelled on the Irish Constitution. India also took two other features from Ireland: the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha and the method of electing the President.

The other countries gave different features. The USSR is the source of the Fundamental Duties and of the ideal of social, economic and political justice in the Preamble. The United States gave the Fundamental Rights, judicial review, the independence of the judiciary and the impeachment of the President. China is not counted among the sources of the Indian Constitution at all. The pair most often confused is Rights and Principles: Fundamental Rights come from the USA, while the Directive Principles come from Ireland. A simple memory hook is "Rights from America, Directions from Ireland".

Read the full article: Making of the Indian Constitution: Notes, Key Dates and PYQs

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Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC MTS · 4 May 2023, Shift 1Easy

The constituent assembly was formed on the recommendation of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in______.

  1. A.1962
  2. B.1959
  3. C.1952
  4. D.1946
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Correct answer: D. 1946

The Cabinet Mission came to India in 1946 to work out how power would be handed over, and its plan laid down how a Constituent Assembly would be formed: 389 seats in all, 296 for British India and 93 for the princely states, with the members from the provinces elected…

Q2.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC MTS · 18 Oct 2021, Shift 1Easy

When did the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly take place?

  1. A.January 1950
  2. B.August 1945
  3. C.December 1946
  4. D.July 1948
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Correct answer: C. December 1946

The Constituent Assembly met for the first time on 9 December 1946. The Muslim League boycotted the sitting and pressed its demand for a separate Pakistan, and Dr Sachchidananda Sinha, the oldest member, presided as temporary President.

Q3.Indian PolityMedium

Who presided over the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly as its temporary President?

  1. A.Dr Rajendra Prasad
  2. B.Dr Sachchidananda Sinha
  3. C.Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. D.G.V. Mavalankar
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Correct answer: B. Dr Sachchidananda Sinha

When the Constituent Assembly met for the first time on 9 December 1946, Sinha, its oldest member, was made the temporary President, following the French practice of letting the senior-most member preside until a regular head is chosen.