Monday 5 November 2012

Polity Bits: Assistant Engineers in A.P. Public Health and Municipal Engineering Exam -2012.


The last day of the constituent Assembly of India was 24.01.1950.

Concurrent list of Indian Constitution has 47 items.

Article 324 says "Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission".

The Words-" Unity of the Nation" were added in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by 42nd Amendment of the Constitution.

The beginnings of Constitution making during the British rule in India are to be found in the Charter Act of 1793.

On Mount Batten Plan, the British Parliament passed Indian Independence Bill,1947.

The first reference to a Constituent Assembly for India was made by Jawaharlal Nehru.

The first draft of the constitution of India was prepared in October'1948.

Indian Constitution as originally adopted had 395 Articles.

Nearly 75% of Indian Constitution can be said to be a reproduction of Government of India Act,1935.

East India Company was formed by some merchants of London on 31st December,1600.


Part XIV of the Constitution of India deals with Public Service Commissions.

Article 51A of Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Duties.

Number of Schedules in Indian Constitution are 12.

'Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and Procedure there of '- is given in Article 368 of Indian Constitution.

Demand for some of the Fundamental Rights was made as early as in 1918. (In August 1918 Indian National Congress soon after he publication of the Montagu-Chelmsford Report, made a demand that the new Government of India Act should declare the rights of the people of India as British Citizens.)

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