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Affirmative action began in the USA after the 1964 Civil Rights Act. How much earlier had India entrenched it constitutionally?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution of India Bill of 1895 was the first non-official attempt at what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1928 report reaffirmed that every person of either sex aged twenty-one could vote?Read the answer and worked solution →Special provisions for the North-East under Article 371 anticipate which concept?Read the answer and worked solution →Article 371A gives special status to which North-Eastern State?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did the Constitution reject separate electorates based on religion?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Affirmative action began in the USA after the 1964 Civil Rights Act. How much earlier had India entrenched it constitutionally?

  1. About five years
  2. In the same year
  3. About fifty years
  4. About two decades
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Correct answer: D. About two decades

1. India's caste-based affirmative action came with the Constitution. 2. The USA started nearly two decades later. 3. This shows how far ahead India was. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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The Constitution of India Bill of 1895 was the first non-official attempt at what?

  1. Drafting a constitution for India
  2. Partitioning the Bengal province
  3. Founding the National Congress
  4. Abolishing the zamindari system
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Correct answer: A. Drafting a constitution for India

1. It declared every citizen could take part in public affairs. 2. It was the first non-official draft constitution. 3. Universal franchise lay at the heart of nationalism. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Which 1928 report reaffirmed that every person of either sex aged twenty-one could vote?

  1. Cripps Mission Proposal
  2. Motilal Nehru Report
  3. Simon Commission Report
  4. Montagu-Chelmsford Report
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Correct answer: B. Motilal Nehru Report

1. The Motilal Nehru Report came in 1928. 2. It set the voting age at twenty-one for both sexes. 3. Universal franchise was long accepted. _Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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