1. What makes the Indian Constitution unique?

2. What distinguishes the Indian Constitution from others despite borrowing from various sources?

3. What amendments have substantially changed the original features of the Constitution?

4. What is the 42nd Amendment Act (1976) known as and why?

5. What did the Supreme Court rule in the Kesavananda Bharati case (1973) regarding Parliament’s constituent power?

6. What is the first salient feature of the Constitution?

7. How is the Constitution of India described in terms of its length compared to other written Constitutions?

8. What did the Constitution originally contain in 1949?

9. What does the Constitution presently consist of?

10. How many Articles and Parts have been deleted and added since 1951?

11. How many Schedules have been added since 1951?

12. What are the four factors that have contributed to the elephantine size of the Indian Constitution?

13. What kind of provisions are included in the Indian Constitution besides fundamental principles of governance?

14. What is the status of Jammu and Kashmir regarding its own constitution and special status until 2019?

15. What presidential order abolished the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019?

16. What was the effect of the 2019 order on the provisions of the Constitution for Jammu and Kashmir?

17. How did the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, bifurcate the erstwhile State?

18. What is the second salient feature of the Constitution?

19. From where has the Constitution of India borrowed most of its provisions?

20. What did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar proudly acclaim about the framing of the Constitution?

21. From where is the structural part of the Constitution largely derived?

22. From where does the philosophical part of the Constitution derive its inspiration?

23. From where has the political part of the Constitution been largely drawn?

24. What is the most profound influence and material source of the Constitution?

25. What is the third salient feature of the Constitution?

26. How is the Constitution of India described in terms of rigidity and flexibility?

27. What does Article 368 provide for regarding amendments?

28. What are the two types of amendments provided for by Article 368?

29. How can some provisions of the Constitution be amended outside the scope of Article 368?

30. What is the fourth salient feature of the Constitution?

31. What kind of system of Government does the Constitution of India establish?

32. What are the usual features of a federation present in the Indian Constitution?

33. What are the unitary or non-federal features contained in the Indian Constitution?

34. Has the term ‘Federation’ been used anywhere in the Constitution?

35. How does Article 1 describe India, and what does it imply?

36. How has the Indian Constitution been variously described due to its federal and unitary features?

37. What is the fifth salient feature of the Constitution?

38. What system of government has the Constitution of India opted for?

39. What is the parliamentary system based on?

40. What is the presidential system based on?

41. What are other names for the parliamentary system?

42. Where does the Constitution establish the parliamentary system?

43. What are the features of parliamentary government in India?

44. What are the fundamental differences between the Indian and British parliamentary systems?

45. What is the sixth salient feature of the Constitution?

46. What doctrine is associated with the British Parliament?

47. What principle is associated with the American Supreme Court?

48. How does the scope of judicial review power of the Supreme Court in India compare to that in the US?

49. What is the difference in constitutional provisions between the American Constitution and the Indian Constitution regarding ‘due process of law’?

50. What is the seventh salient feature of the Constitution?

51. What kind of judicial system does the Indian Constitution establish?

52. What is the position of the Supreme Court in the integrated judicial system?

53. How does the Indian judicial system enforce laws compared to the USA?

54. What are the roles of the Supreme Court in India?

55. What is the eighth salient feature of the Constitution?

56. Where are the Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Indian Constitution?

57. From where did the framers of the Constitution derive inspiration for Fundamental Rights?

58. What is Part III of the Constitution rightly described as?

59. What is the nature of Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution compared to other countries?

60. What is the purpose of Fundamental Rights in promoting political democracy?

61. What do Fundamental Rights prevent and protect against?

62. What do Fundamental Rights operate as?

63. What do Fundamental Rights aim at establishing?

64. Why are Fundamental Rights named so?

65. What was the original number of Fundamental Rights provided by the Constitution?

66. Which Fundamental Right was deleted from the list, and by which amendment?

67. What is the Right to Property now, and where is it placed in the Constitution?

68. How many Fundamental Rights are there at present?

69. What is the ninth salient feature of the Constitution?

70. What did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar describe the Directive Principles of State Policy as?

71. Where are the Directive Principles enumerated in the Constitution?

72. What do the Directive Principles along with the Fundamental Rights contain?

73. What did Granville Austin describe the Directive Principles and the Fundamental Rights as?

74. What is the tenth salient feature of the Constitution?

75. Did the original constitution contain fundamental duties of the citizens?

76. When were the fundamental duties of citizens added to the Constitution?

77. When was one more Fundamental Duty added?

78. From which country’s Constitution are the Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution inspired?

79. Which democratic Constitution is perhaps the only one in the world that contains a list of duties of citizens?

80. What was the stance of socialist countries on fundamental rights and duties?

81. What did the Constitution of erstwhile USSR declare regarding citizens’ rights and freedoms?

82. What is the eleventh salient feature of the Constitution?

83. What is the stance of the Constitution of India regarding religion?

84. What term was added to the Preamble by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976?

85. What does the Preamble secure to all citizens of India regarding belief?

86. What is the twelfth salient feature of the Constitution?

87. What does the Indian Constitution adopt as a basis for elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies?

88. What is the voting age for citizens in India?

89. When was the voting age reduced from 21 years to 18 years, and by which amendment?

90. What is the thirteenth salient feature of the Constitution?

91. What kind of citizenship does the Indian Constitution provide for?

92. What kind of citizenship system do countries like the USA and Australia adopt?

93. What is the fourteenth salient feature of the Constitution?

94. What independent bodies are established by the Indian Constitution?

95. What is the fifteenth salient feature of the Constitution?

96. What is the purpose of elaborate emergency provisions in the Indian Constitution?

97. What happens to the federal structure during an emergency?

98. What is the sixteenth salient feature of the Constitution?

99. What amendment acts added a third-tier of Government to the Indian Constitution?

100. What did the 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 give constitutional recognition to?

101. What did the 74th Amendment Act of 1992 give constitutional recognition to?

102. What is the seventeenth salient feature of the Constitution?

103. What did the 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2011 give to co-operative societies?

104. What three changes were made in the Constitution by the 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2011 regarding co-operative societies?

105. What is the purpose of the new Part IX-B?

106. What are the grounds on which the Constitution of India has been criticized?

107. Why was the Indian Constitution criticized as ‘A Borrowed Constitution’?

108. How did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar respond to the criticism of the Constitution being a ‘Borrowed Constitution’?

109. Why was the Constitution criticized as ‘A Carbon Copy of the 1935 Act’?

110. What did N. Srinivasan observe about the Indian Constitution?

111. What did Sir Ivor Jennings say about the Indian Constitution’s relation to the 1935 Act?

112. What did P.R. Deshmukh comment about the Constitution?

113. Why was the Indian Constitution criticized as ‘Un-Indian or Anti-Indian’?

114. What did K. Hanumanthaiya comment about the music of the Constitution?

115. What did Lokanath Misra criticize the Constitution as?

116. What did Lakshminarayan Sahu observe about the ideals of the Constitution?

117. Why was the Indian Constitution criticized as ‘An Un-Gandhian Constitution’?

118. What did K. Hanumanthaiya say about Mahatma Gandhi’s vision for the Constitution?

119. What did T. Prakasam attribute the lapse of Gandhian ideals in the Constitution to?

120. Why was the Indian Constitution criticized for its ‘Elephantine Size’?

121. What did Sir Ivor Jennings observe about the provisions of the Indian Constitution?

122. What did H.V. Kamath comment about the size of the Constitution?

123. Why was the Indian Constitution criticized as a ‘Paradise of the Lawyers’?

124. What did H.K. Maheswari observe about the draft of the Constitution?

125. What did P.R. Deshmukh say about the draft of the articles?

126. What does Part I of the Constitution deal with?

127. What articles are covered under Part I?

128. What does Part II of the Constitution deal with?

129. What articles are covered under Part II?

130. What does Part III of the Constitution deal with?

131. What articles are covered under Part III?

132. What does Part IV of the Constitution deal with?

133. What articles are covered under Part IV?

134. What does Part IV-A of the Constitution deal with?

135. What articles are covered under Part IV-A?

136. What does Part V of the Constitution deal with?

137. What articles are covered under Part V?

138. What does Chapter I of Part V deal with?

139. What articles are covered under Chapter I of Part V?

140. What does Chapter II of Part V deal with?

141. What articles are covered under Chapter II of Part V?

142. What does Chapter III of Part V deal with?

143. What articles are covered under Chapter III of Part V?

144. What does Chapter IV of Part V deal with?

145. What articles are covered under Chapter IV of Part V?

146. What does Chapter V of Part V deal with?

147. What articles are covered under Chapter V of Part V?

148. What does Part VI of the Constitution deal with?

149. What articles are covered under Part VI?

150. What does Chapter I of Part VI deal with?

151. What articles are covered under Chapter I of Part VI?

152. What does Chapter II of Part VI deal with?

153. What articles are covered under Chapter II of Part VI?

154. What does Chapter III of Part VI deal with?

155. What articles are covered under Chapter III of Part VI?

156. What does Chapter IV of Part VI deal with?

157. What articles are covered under Chapter IV of Part VI?

158. What does Chapter V of Part VI deal with?

159. What articles are covered under Chapter V of Part VI?

160. What does Chapter VI of Part VI deal with?

161. What articles are covered under Chapter VI of Part VI?

162. What does Part VII of the Constitution deal with?

163. What articles are covered under Part VII?

164. What does Part VIII of the Constitution deal with?

165. What articles are covered under Part VIII?

166. What does Part IX of the Constitution deal with?

167. What articles are covered under Part IX?

168. What does Part IX-A of the Constitution deal with?

169. What articles are covered under Part IX-A?

170. What does Part IX-B of the Constitution deal with?

171. What articles are covered under Part IX-B?

172. What does Part X of the Constitution deal with?

173. What articles are covered under Part X?

174. What does Part XI of the Constitution deal with?

175. What articles are covered under Part XI?

176. What does Chapter I of Part XI deal with?

177. What articles are covered under Chapter I of Part XI?

178. What does Chapter II of Part XI deal with?

179. What articles are covered under Chapter II of Part XI?

180. What does Part XII of the Constitution deal with?

181. What articles are covered under Part XII?

182. What does Chapter I of Part XII deal with?

183. What articles are covered under Chapter I of Part XII?

184. What does Chapter II of Part XII deal with?

185. What articles are covered under Chapter II of Part XII?

186. What does Chapter III of Part XII deal with?

187. What articles are covered under Chapter III of Part XII?

188. What does Chapter IV of Part XII deal with?

189. What articles are covered under Chapter IV of Part XII?

190. What does Part XIII of the Constitution deal with?

191. What articles are covered under Part XIII?

192. What does Part XIV of the Constitution deal with?

193. What articles are covered under Part XIV?

194. What does Chapter I of Part XIV deal with?

195. What articles are covered under Chapter I of Part XIV?

196. What does Chapter II of Part XIV deal with?

197. What articles are covered under Chapter II of Part XIV?

198. What does Part XIV-A of the Constitution deal with?

199. What articles are covered under Part XIV-A?

200. What does Part XV of the Constitution deal with?

201. What articles are covered under Part XV?

202. What does Part XVI of the Constitution deal with?

203. What articles are covered under Part XVI?

204. What does Part XVII of the Constitution deal with?

205. What articles are covered under Part XVII?

206. What does Chapter I of Part XVII deal with?

207. What articles are covered under Chapter I of Part XVII?

208. What does Chapter II of Part XVII deal with?

209. What articles are covered under Chapter II of Part XVII?

210. What does Chapter III of Part XVII deal with?

211. What articles are covered under Chapter III of Part XVII?

212. What does Chapter IV of Part XVII deal with?

213. What articles are covered under Chapter IV of Part XVII?

214. What does Part XVIII of the Constitution deal with?

215. What articles are covered under Part XVIII?

216. What does Part XIX of the Constitution deal with?

217. What articles are covered under Part XIX?

218. What does Part XX of the Constitution deal with?

219. What articles are covered under Part XX?

220. What does Part XXI of the Constitution deal with?

221. What articles are covered under Part XXI?

222. What does Part XXII of the Constitution deal with?

223. What articles are covered under Part XXII?

224. Which Part of the Constitution was deleted by the 7th Amendment Act (1956)?

225. Which Parts were added by the 42nd Amendment Act (1976)?

226. Which Part was added by the 74th Amendment Act (1992)?

227. Which Part was added by the 97th Amendment Act (2011)?

228. What does Article 1 deal with?

229. What does Article 3 deal with?

230. What does Article 13 deal with?

231. What does Article 14 deal with?

232. What does Article 15 deal with?

233. What does Article 16 deal with?

234. What does Article 17 deal with?

235. What does Article 19 deal with?

236. What does Article 21 deal with?

237. What does Article 21A deal with?

238. What does Article 25 deal with?

239. What does Article 30 deal with?

240. What does Article 32 deal with?

241. What does Article 38 deal with?

242. What does Article 40 deal with?

243. What does Article 44 deal with?

244. What does Article 45 deal with?

245. What does Article 46 deal with?

246. What does Article 50 deal with?

247. What does Article 51 deal with?

248. What does Article 51A deal with?

249. What does Article 72 deal with?

250. What does Article 74 deal with?

251. What does Article 110 deal with?

252. What does Article 112 deal with?

253. What does Article 123 deal with?

254. What does Article 143 deal with?

255. What does Article 155 deal with?

256. What does Article 161 deal with?

257. What does Article 163 deal with?

258. What does Article 169 deal with?

259. What does Article 200 deal with?

260. What does Article 213 deal with?

261. What does Article 226 deal with?

262. What does Article 239AA deal with?

263. What does Article 249 deal with?

264. What does Article 262 deal with?

265. What does Article 263 deal with?

266. What does Article 275 deal with?

267. What does Article 279A deal with?

268. What does Article 280 deal with?

269. What does Article 300 deal with?

270. What does Article 300A deal with?

271. What does Article 311 deal with?

272. What does Article 312 deal with?

273. What does Article 315 deal with?

274. What does Article 320 deal with?

275. What does Article 323-A deal with?

276. What does Article 324 deal with?

277. What does Article 330 deal with?

278. What does Article 335 deal with?

279. What does Article 352 deal with?

280. What does Article 356 deal with?

281. What does Article 360 deal with?

282. What does Article 365 deal with?

283. What does Article 368 deal with?

284. What does the First Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

285. What does the Second Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

286. What does the Third Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

287. What does the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

288. What does the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

289. What does the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

290. What does the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

291. What are the current numbers of subjects in the Union List, State List, and Concurrent List?

292. What does the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

293. How many languages were originally recognized by the Constitution, and how many are there presently?

294. Which Amendment Acts added the new languages to the Eighth Schedule?

295. What does the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

296. How many acts and regulations were originally in the Ninth Schedule, and how many are there presently?

297. When was the Ninth Schedule added to the Constitution, and for what purpose?

298. What did the Supreme Court rule regarding laws included in the Ninth Schedule after April 24, 1973?

299. What does the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

300. When was the Tenth Schedule added to the Constitution, and what is it also known as?

301. What does the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

302. How many matters does the Eleventh Schedule have?

303. When was the Eleventh Schedule added to the Constitution?

304. What does the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution deal with?

305. How many matters does the Twelfth Schedule have?

306. When was the Twelfth Schedule added to the Constitution?

307. What are the features borrowed from the Government of India Act of 1935?

308. What are the features borrowed from the British Constitution?

309. What are the features borrowed from the US Constitution?

310. What are the features borrowed from the Irish Constitution?

311. What are the features borrowed from the Canadian Constitution?

312. What are the features borrowed from the Australian Constitution?

313. What are the features borrowed from the Weimar Constitution of Germany?

314. What are the features borrowed from the Soviet Constitution (USSR, now Russia)?

315. What are the features borrowed from the French Constitution?

316. What are the features borrowed from the South African Constitution?

317. What are the features borrowed from the Japanese Constitution?

318. What case is Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala?

319. How many Articles did the American Constitution originally consist of?

320. How many Articles did the Australian Constitution originally consist of?

321. How many Articles did the Chinese Constitution originally consist of?

322. How many Articles did the Canadian Constitution originally consist of?

323. How many provisions of the 1935 Act have been included in the Constitution?

324. What did P.M. Bakshi write in The Constitution of India?

325. What did Brij Kishore Sharma write in Introduction to the Constitution of India?

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327. What case is Minerva Mills vs. Union of India?

328. What did the 1909, 1919, and 1935 Acts provide for?

329. When was the right to vote extended to women in the USA, Britain, USSR, France, Italy, and Switzerland?

330. What are the three All-India services at present?

331. When was the Indian Forest Service (IFoS) created?

332. What did the 44th Amendment Act (1978) replace the original term ‘internal disturbance’ with?

333. What case is Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala?