Important Facts of the Indian Constitution āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ
1. The Cabinet is a smaller body within the Council of Ministers. āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰā§āϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻāĻļāĨ¤
It takes major policy decisions of the government. āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύā§āϤāĻŋ-āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
2. The word ‘Cabinet’ is mentioned in Article 352. ‘āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ ā§Šā§Ģ⧍ āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāϤ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Added by the 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978. ā§Ēā§ĒāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ⧠(⧧⧝ā§ā§Ž) āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. West Bengal has 42 Lok Sabha seats. āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻāĻāϤ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāϏāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§Ē⧍āĻāĻžāĨ¤
Seats are allotted based on population. āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻāϧāĻžā§°āϤ āĻāϏāύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
4. The 11th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1961 related to Vice-President election disputes. ā§§ā§§āϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ⧠(⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§§) āĻāĻĒ-ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Parliament was empowered to decide disputes. āϏāĻāϏāĻĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
5. A 14-day notice is required to remove the Lok Sabha Speaker. āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻ
āĻĒāϏāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠⧧ā§Ē āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻāϤ⧠āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Ensures parliamentary stability. āϏāĻāϏāĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§°āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
6. The Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review. āϏā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ā§āĻā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
It can declare laws unconstitutional. āĻ
āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
7. The Vice-President’s term is five years. āĻāĻĒ-ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻā§°āĨ¤
Mentioned in Article 67. ā§Ŧā§ āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāϤ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
8. A 14-day notice is required to remove the Vice-President. āĻāĻĒ-ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻĒāϏāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠⧧ā§Ē āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧰ āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύāĨ¤
Removal is done by Parliament. āϏāĻāϏāĻĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāϏāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
9. Executive power of the Union is vested in the President. āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋā§° āĻšāĻžāϤāϤ āύā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤
Provided under Article 53. ā§Ģā§Š āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ āĻ
āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋāĨ¤
10. Article 324 provides for the Election Commission. ā§Šā§¨ā§Ē āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
It ensures free and fair elections. āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
11. West Bengal has 16 Rajya Sabha seats. āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻāĻāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāϏāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§§ā§ŦāĻāĻžāĨ¤
Based on population. āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻāϧāĻžā§°āϤāĨ¤
12. The Speaker has a casting vote. āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻā§āĻā§° āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Used in case of a tie. āϏāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻš’āϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
13. The Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha. āĻāĻĒ-ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻŦāϞ⧠⧰āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
He presides over Rajya Sabha. ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
14. The Public Accounts Committee has 22 members. āϏāϰāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŽā§āĻ ā§¨ā§¨ āĻāύ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
It examines government expenditure. āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
15. The Official Language Commission was formed in 1955 under B.G. Kher. āĻŦāĻŋ.āĻāĻŋ. āĻā§ā§°ā§° āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāϤ ⧧⧝ā§Ģā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
It reviewed language policy. āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
16. The National Integration Council was formed in 1961. āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻšāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ŧā§§ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
It promotes national unity. ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
17. Lok Sabha has 15 members in the Public Accounts Committee. āϏāϰāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāύ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Remaining members are from Rajya Sabha. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžā§°āĨ¤
18. Article 326 grants voting rights. ā§Šā§¨ā§Ŧ āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Provides universal adult franchise. āϏāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻāύā§āύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
19. The 15th Amendment raised High Court judges’ retirement age to 62. ā§§ā§ĢāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύā§āϤ āĻāĻā§āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻā§° āĻ
ā§ąāϏ⧰ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ ā§Ŧ⧍ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Earlier it was 60 years. āĻāĻāϤ⧠ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
20. Part IX deals with Panchayati Raj. āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ Part IX āϤ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Added by the 73rd Amendment. ā§ā§ŠāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύā§āϤ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāύāĨ¤
21. First Lok Sabha session was held on 13 May 1952. ā§§ā§Š āĻŽā§’, ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍ āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻž āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύ āĻ
āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Start of parliamentary democracy. āϏāĻāϏāĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŖāϤāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĨ¤
22. Minimum age to become President is 35 years. ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧠āύā§āϝā§āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ ā§Šā§Ģ āĻŦāĻā§°āĨ¤
Mentioned in Article 58. ā§Ģā§Ž āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāĨ¤
23. Rajya Sabha can hold a Money Bill for 14 days. ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžāĻ āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ ā§§ā§Ē āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
After that, it is deemed passed. āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
24. Article 117 deals with Financial Bills. ā§§ā§§ā§ āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāϤ āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Different from Money Bills. āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻāĨ¤
25. Minimum age to become an MLA is 25 years. āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧠āύā§āϝā§āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻā§°āĨ¤
Mentioned in Article 173. ā§§ā§ā§Š āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāĨ¤
26. First National Emergency was declared in 1962. āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž ⧧⧝ā§Ŧ⧍ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Due to Indo-China war. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ-āĻā§āύ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
27. Prime Minister is called “Keystone of the Cabinet Arch.” āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻ ‘āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϏāĻā§āύ’ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
He controls and coordinates the Cabinet. āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
28. Prime Minister is the “First Among Equals.” āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ ‘āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ’āĨ¤
Collective leadership system. āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϤ āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĨ¤
29. Article 17 abolishes untouchability. ā§§ā§ āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻā§ āĻ
āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻļā§āϝāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāώāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Ensures social equality. āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
30. Article 356 provides for President’s Rule. ā§Šā§Ģā§Ŧ āύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻā§ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Imposed during constitutional failure. āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
31. India has 25 High Courts at present. āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻŽā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ģ āĻāύ āĻāĻā§āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Includes newly created courts. āύāϤā§āύ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāϏāĻšāĨ¤
32. Lok Sabha has a maximum strength of 545 members. āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāϏāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§Ģā§Ēā§Ģ āĻāĻžāĨ¤
Includes elected members. āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāϏāĻšāĨ¤
33. Rajya Sabha has a maximum strength of 245 members. ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāϏāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ⧍ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻāĻžāĨ¤
Includes nominated members. āĻŽāύā§āύā§āϤ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāϏāĻšāĨ¤
34. Lok Sabha can have three sessions in a year. āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻā§°āϤ ā§Š āĻāĻž āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
Budget, Monsoon, Winter. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ, āĻŦā§°ā§āώāĻž, āĻļā§āϤāĻāĻžāϞā§āύāĨ¤
35. Minimum age to be a Panchayat member is 21 years. āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϤ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧠āύā§āϝā§āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ ⧍⧧ āĻŦāĻā§°āĨ¤
Decided by state laws. ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻ
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36. Minimum age to become a Lok Sabha member is 25 years. āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧠āύā§āϝā§āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻā§°āĨ¤
Mentioned in Article 84. ā§Žā§Ē āύāĻ āĻ
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