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Indians took the ideal of parliamentary democracy from Britain and the Bill of Rights from the:Read the answer and worked solution →The body of elected representatives that drafted India's constitution was the:Read the answer and worked solution →How many members did the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian constitution have?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Drafting Committee that prepared the draft constitution was chaired by:Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru's tryst with destiny speech was given at the stroke of midnight on:Read the answer and worked solution →The short statement of basic values that begins the Constitution is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Most countries begin their constitutions with a preamble, taking inspiration from which model?Read the answer and worked solution →The Preamble is described as the ___ of the Indian Constitution.Read the answer and worked solution →The words Socialist and Secular were added to the Preamble by which amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the South Africa storyRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real wordRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the constitution wordsRead the answer and worked solution →India or South AfricaRead the answer and worked solution →Which yearRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Constitution bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A candidate wins her seat with 38 percent of votes, more than anyone else but not a majority. India's system allowing this is:Read the answer and worked solution →The FPTP system is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1984 the Congress won 415 of 543 Lok Sabha seats with what share of votes?Read the answer and worked solution →In Israel, a party gets seats in proportion to its votes. This system is:Read the answer and worked solution →Rajya Sabha members are elected by the MLAs of a state using the:Read the answer and worked solution →The main reason India adopted FPTP is its:Read the answer and worked solution →FPTP gives the largest party bonus seats, which helps form a:Read the answer and worked solution →In a reserved constituency, who can vote?Read the answer and worked solution →Of the 543 Lok Sabha seats, how many are reserved for Scheduled Castes?Read the answer and worked solution →Constituency boundaries and reserved seats are decided by the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Delimitation Commission is appointed by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Reservation of seats for women currently exists in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Indians took the ideal of parliamentary democracy from Britain and the Bill of Rights from the:

  1. Republic of France
  2. Imperial Japan
  3. United States
  4. Soviet Russia
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Correct answer: C. United States

1. Leaders borrowed from other countries on their own terms. 2. The Bill of Rights is one such borrowing. 3. It came from the US. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 2, Constitutional Design._

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The body of elected representatives that drafted India's constitution was the:

  1. Drafting Committee
  2. Provincial Legislature
  3. First Lok Sabha
  4. Constituent Assembly
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Correct answer: D. Constituent Assembly

1. Its elections were held in July 1946. 2. It wrote the document clause by clause. 3. It was the Constituent Assembly. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 2, Constitutional Design._

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How many members did the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian constitution have?

  1. 299
  2. 389
  3. 545
  4. 250
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Correct answer: A. 299

1. After partition the Assembly was divided. 2. The Indian part kept a fixed number of members. 3. That number was 299. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 2, Constitutional Design._

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