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Indian PolityEasyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GAT

The Parliament of India is primarily based on the model of

  1. A.German Parliament
  2. B.British Parliament
  3. C.American Congress
  4. D.French Parliament

Correct answer

B. British Parliament

Explanation

The correct answer is B, British Parliament. India adopted the parliamentary form of government from Britain, often called the Westminster model. Its core features came from there: a nominal head of state, an executive drawn from the legislature and collectively responsible to the lower house, a Prime Minister who leads the majority, the office of the Speaker, the system of law-making with several readings of a bill, and cabinet government. The idea of two houses, with the popularly elected house holding greater power over money matters, is also on the British pattern. Indian Parliament is not fully sovereign like the British one, though, because it works under a written Constitution and judicial review. Option A is wrong because the German model mainly gave India the provisions on suspending fundamental rights during an emergency. Option C is wrong because the American Congress belongs to a presidential system with a strict separation of powers; India took judicial review and fundamental rights from the USA, not its legislature. Option D is wrong because France supplied the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble. Exam tip: Britain = parliamentary government, Speaker, cabinet system; USA = fundamental rights, judicial review.

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Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Who among the following was the Chairman of the National Commission for Review of the Working of the Constitution (2000)?

  1. A.Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah
  2. B.Justice J.S. Verma
  3. C.Justice Ranganath Mishra
  4. D.Justice Y.K. Sabharwal
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Correct answer: A. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah

Venkatachaliah. The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution was set up by the Union government in February 2000 under Justice M.N.

Q3.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Consider the following statements :

1. In India, the Special Marriage Act protects an individual if one enters into an interreligious marriage.

2. Right to marry a person of one's choice is an integral aspect of one's Fundamental Rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights also resonates marital rights of every adult consenting individuals.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.2 and 3 only
  2. B.1 and 3 only
  3. C.1,2 and 3
  4. D.1 only
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Correct answer: C. 1,2 and 3

All three statements are correct. The Special Marriage Act, 1954 lets any two Indians marry by civil registration whatever their religion, without either partner having to convert, so it is the law that covers inter-religious marriages.

Q5.Indian PolityHard

In which case did the Supreme Court recognise a living will, or advance medical directive, as part of the right to die with dignity?

  1. A.Aruna Shanbaug versus Union of India, 2011
  2. B.Common Cause versus Union of India, 2018
  3. C.Gian Kaur versus State of Punjab, 1996
  4. D.P. Rathinam versus Union of India, 1994
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Correct answer: B. Common Cause versus Union of India, 2018

A Constitution Bench held that the right to die with dignity is part of the right to life under Article 21, and that an adult of sound mind may draw up an advance directive, popularly called a living will, refusing life support if he later becomes terminally ill or goes…