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In 1928, who drafted a constitution for India with eight other Congress leaders?Read the answer and worked solution →The socialist revolution in which country inspired Indians to think of social and economic equality?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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In 1928, who drafted a constitution for India with eight other Congress leaders?

  1. Motilal Nehru
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. B.R. Ambedkar
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
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Correct answer: A. Motilal Nehru

1. This was long before the Constituent Assembly. 2. Nine Congress leaders wrote it. 3. They were led by Motilal Nehru. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 2, Constitutional Design._

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The socialist revolution in which country inspired Indians to think of social and economic equality?

  1. Japan
  2. Russia
  3. France
  4. Britain
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Correct answer: B. Russia

1. France gave ideals, Britain gave parliament. 2. One revolution stood for economic equality. 3. That was the Russian revolution. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 2, Constitutional Design._

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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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