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Who said the main objective was to evolve one community in India, forgetting majority and minority?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is NOT one of the three main criticisms of the Indian Constitution described?Read the answer and worked solution →Who complained in the Constituent Assembly that they wanted the music of Veena or Sitar but got an English band?Read the answer and worked solution →As early as which year were Dalits in northern India noted using the new legal system to sue landlords?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is listed as a limitation of the Indian Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Basic socio-economic rights were placed in which part of the Constitution rather than in fundamental rights?Read the answer and worked solution →Because its core features let it grow with society, the Constitution is described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the core featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the liberal thinkersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the criticismsRead the answer and worked solution →Western or Indian secularismRead the answer and worked solution →Achievement or limitationRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Constitution philosophy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Indian Constitution came into effect on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution was framed between December 1946 and which month?Read the answer and worked solution →How many sessions did the Constituent Assembly hold, over how many sitting days?Read the answer and worked solution →How were members of the Constituent Assembly chosen?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly what share of Constituent Assembly members were also Congress members?Read the answer and worked solution →How many members did the Constituent Assembly have?Read the answer and worked solution →Who moved the Objectives Resolution and the resolution on the National Flag?Read the answer and worked solution →Who served as President of the Constituent Assembly?Read the answer and worked solution →Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Constitutional Advisor prepared background papers on other countries' political systems?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru introduced the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Communist member said the Constituent Assembly worked under the shadow of British guns?Read the answer and worked solution →Even in 1935, what share of the adult population could vote in provincial elections?Read the answer and worked solution →Who made a powerful plea on 27 August 1947 for continuing separate electorates?Read the answer and worked solution →Who called separate electorates a poison that has entered the body politic of our country?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who said the main objective was to evolve one community in India, forgetting majority and minority?

  1. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Sardar Patel
  3. Pandit Nehru
  4. B.R. Ambedkar
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Correct answer: B. Sardar Patel

1. Fraternity was dear to Ambedkar. 2. Sardar Patel spoke of one community on 25 May 1949. 3. Forced unity was rejected. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Which is NOT one of the three main criticisms of the Indian Constitution described?

  1. It is unrepresentative
  2. It is alien to our ways
  3. It is far too short
  4. It is unwieldy and long
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Correct answer: C. It is far too short

1. Critics call it unwieldy, unrepresentative and alien. 2. It is long because it includes bodies like the Election Commission. 3. Being too short is not a criticism made. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Who complained in the Constituent Assembly that they wanted the music of Veena or Sitar but got an English band?

  1. Sardar Patel
  2. Bhimrao Ambedkar
  3. Rajendra Prasad
  4. K. Hanumanthaiya
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Correct answer: D. K. Hanumanthaiya

1. This voiced the criticism that the Constitution is alien. 2. K. Hanumanthaiya said it on 17 November 1949. 3. The borrowing was in fact selective adaptation. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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