âSome important facts of the Indian Constitution.â âāĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝâ
“Some important facts of the Indian Constitution.”: “āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ”
1. ‘Cabinet’ is a small part of the Council of Ministers.āĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§āĻ ‘āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻ’ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Explanation: The Cabinet is the core group of senior ministers who make major decisions. They guide government policies and administration more directly than the full Council of Ministers.
2. Article 352 mentions the term ‘Cabinet’.āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Šā§Ģ⧍-āϤ ‘āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Article 352 (National Emergency) requires written advice of the Cabinet, ensuring only top ministers can advise the President during emergency.
3. West Bengal has 42 Lok Sabha seats.āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻā§āĻā§° āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻž āĻāϏāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§Ē⧍āĨ¤
Explanation: Lok Sabha seat distribution depends on population; West Bengal has 42 elected members.
4. 11th Amendment (1961) changed the election procedure of the Vice President.: ā§§ā§§āϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ⧠āĻāĻĒāϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Explanation: The amendment removed state legislatures from the Vice President’s electoral college.
5. To remove Lok Sabha Speaker, 14 days’ notice is required.: āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠⧧ā§Ē āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻāϤ āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻļ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: A prior notice ensures time for discussion before passing a removal resolution.
6. Supreme Court has the power of judicial review.: āϏā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽ āĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§° āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Judicial review allows the Court to check whether laws violate the Constitution.
7. Vice President’s term is 5 years.: āĻāĻĒāϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻāϰāĨ¤
Explanation: The Vice President serves a fixed five-year term unless resigns or removed earlier.
8. 14 days’ notice to remove the Vice President.: āĻ
āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖā§° ā§§ā§Ē āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻāϤ āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻļ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Removal requires Rajya Sabha resolution with proper notice and majority.
9. Executive power of the Union is vested in the President.: āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰā§ā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āύā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
Explanation: President formally holds executive power, exercised by PM and Council of Ministers.
10. Article 324 creates the Election Commission.: āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Šā§¨ā§Ē-āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§ā§āĻā§° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Article 324 empowers an independent body to conduct free and fair elections.
11. West Bengal has 16 Rajya Sabha seats.: āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻā§āĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻž āĻāϏāύ ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻāĻžāĨ¤
Explanation: Rajya Sabha seats are allotted to states based on population.
12. Lok Sabha Speaker has casting vote.: āϏā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ ‘āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāĻžā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ’ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Casting vote is used only when the House is equally divided.
13. Vice President is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha.: āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
Explanation: By virtue of office, the Vice President presides over Rajya Sabha sessions.
14. Public Accounts Committee has 22 members.: āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋ ⧍⧍ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ⧰āĨ¤
Explanation: PAC checks government expenditure; members from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
15. Official Language Commission formed in 1955 under B.G. Kher.: ⧧⧝ā§Ģā§Ģ-āϤ āĻŦāĻŋ.āĻāĻŋ. āĻā§ā§° āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāϤ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻā§ā§āĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Explanation: The commission examined progress and issues of Hindi as official language.
16. National Integration Council formed in 1986.: ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ŧ-āϤ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āϏāĻāĻšāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Explanation: It aimed to promote unity and address communal issues.
17. PAC has 15 Lok Sabha members.: āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻž ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāύ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĨ¤
Explanation: Most PAC members are from Lok Sabha because it controls finances.
18. Article 326 grants adult voting rights.: āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Šā§¨ā§Ŧ-āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŦā§āϏā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Citizens 18+ can vote based on universal adult suffrage.
19. 15th Amendment raised High Court judges’ retirement age to 62.: ā§§ā§ĢāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏ⧰ āĻŦā§āϏ ā§Ŧā§Ļā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§Ŧ⧍āĨ¤
Explanation: Age increased to strengthen judiciary and maintain experience.
20. Part IX deals with Panchayati Raj.: āĻ
āĻāĻļ IX-āϤ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžā§ā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻāĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
Explanation: It provides 3-tier rural local governance system.
21. First Lok Sabha session: 13 May 1952.: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻž āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύ ā§§ā§Š āĻŽā§, ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍āĨ¤
Explanation: Marked the beginning of parliamentary democracy in India.
22. Minimum age for President: 35 years.: ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻš'āĻŦāϞ⧠āύā§āϝā§āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϏ ā§Šā§ĢāĨ¤
Explanation: High maturity and experience required for highest constitutional office.
23. Rajya Sabha can hold a Money Bill for 14 days.: āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāϞ ā§§ā§Ē āĻĻāĻŋāύ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
Explanation: It can suggest changes but Lok Sabha decides.
24. Article 117 deals with Financial Bills.: āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§§ā§§ā§-āϤāĨ¤
Explanation: Defines types of Financial Bills and introduction rules.
25. Minimum age for State Legislative Assembly: 25 years.: āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻšāϤ⧠⧍ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Same as Lok Sabha due to similar responsibilities.
26. First National Emergency: 1962.: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻāϰā§ā§°ā§ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž ⧧⧝ā§Ŧ⧍āĨ¤
Explanation: Declared during Indo-China war.
27. PM called ‘Keystone of the Cabinet arch’.: āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ ‘āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ’ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Explanation: PM is central figure controlling Cabinet decisions.
28. PM is ‘First Among Equals’.: ‘āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ’ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŖā§āϝāĨ¤
Explanation: Though ministers are equal, PM is leader with final authority.
29. Article 17 abolishes untouchability.: āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§§ā§-āĻ āĻ
āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻļā§āϝāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāώāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤
Explanation: Makes practice of untouchability a punishable offence.
30. Article 356 allows President’s Rule in states.: āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Šā§Ģā§Ŧ-āĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĨ¤
Explanation: Used when state government fails to function as per Constitution.
31. India has 25 High Courts (current).: āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠⧍ā§Ģ āĻāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰā§āĻāĨ¤
Explanation: Some High Courts serve multiple states or union territories.
32. Lok Sabha strength: 545.: āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāϏāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§Ģā§Ēā§ĢāĨ¤
Explanation: 543 elected + 2 nominated Anglo-Indian (historically).
33. Rajya Sabha strength: 245.: ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāϏāύ ⧍ā§Ēā§ĢāĨ¤
Explanation: 233 elected by states + 12 nominated by President.
34. Lok Sabha meets 3 sessions a year.: āĻŦāĻā§°āϤ ā§Š āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύāĨ¤
Explanation: Budget, Monsoon, and Winter sessions.
35. Minimum age for Panchayat Member: 21 years.: āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžā§ā§āϤ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻšāϤ⧠⧍⧧ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Explanation: Lower age for local level governance.
36. Minimum age for Lok Sabha: 25 years.: āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻž āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϏ ⧍ā§ĢāĨ¤
Explanation: Ensures maturity for national law-making responsibilities.