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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 →Which socialist peasant leader argued that the real minorities were the poor and downtrodden?Read the answer and worked solution →Which gifted orator spoke for the Adibasis, saying they had been neglected for 6,000 years?Read the answer and worked solution →The Draft Constitution divided subjects into how many lists?Read the answer and worked solution →

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As early as which year were Dalits in northern India noted using the new legal system to sue landlords?

  1. 1841
  2. 1895
  3. 1928
  4. 1950
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Correct answer: A. 1841

1. Modern law became a tool for dignity and justice. 2. This was noticed as early as 1841. 3. Westernisation became a form of protest. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Which of these is listed as a limitation of the Indian Constitution?

  1. Absence of a preamble or objectives
  2. A centralised idea of national unity
  3. Too many fundamental rights listed
  4. No provision for amending it at all
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Correct answer: B. A centralised idea of national unity

1. The first limitation is a centralised idea of unity. 2. It also glossed over gender justice within the family. 3. Socio-economic rights went to Directive Principles. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Basic socio-economic rights were placed in which part of the Constitution rather than in fundamental rights?

  1. The Twelve Schedules
  2. Emergency clauses
  3. Directive Principles
  4. The Preamble text
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Correct answer: C. Directive Principles

1. Critics ask why a poor country did this. 2. Such rights sit in the Directive Principles. 3. This is called a limitation of the Constitution. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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