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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 →Which Article gave the Centre power to take over a state administration on the Governor's recommendation?Read the answer and worked solution →Who from Madras most eloquently defended the rights of the states, warning provinces would revolt?Read the answer and worked solution →The Language Committee decided Hindi in Devanagari would be the official language, with English continuing for how long?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Congressman from the United Provinces aggressively demanded Hindi in the Assembly, telling others to leave?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Assembly membersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the drafting teamRead the answer and worked solution →Run the datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the listsRead the answer and worked solution →Strong Centre or statesRead the answer and worked solution →Who spoke for whomRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    9
    Question
    Japanese article renouncing war
  2. Answer
    1895
    Question
    Year of the Constitution of India Bill
  3. Answer
    1928
    Question
    Year of the Motilal Nehru Report
  4. Answer
    21
    Question
    Voting age in the Nehru Report
  5. Answer
    371
    Question
    Article with special status for Nagaland (digits only)
  6. Answer
    1964
    Question
    Year of the US Civil Rights Act
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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Constitution philosophy bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Japan's 1947 constitution.
    Item
    Peace const.
  2. Clue
    Fought for a free press.
    Item
    Rammohan Roy
  3. Clue
    Law allowing arbitrary arrest.
    Item
    Rowlatt Act
  4. Clue
    Indian model of state-religion distance.
    Item
    Principled
  5. Clue
    Special status for Nagaland.
    Item
    Article 371A
  6. Clue
    Federalism with unequal sub-units.
    Item
    Asymmetric
  7. Clue
    Patel's aim for India.
    Item
    One community
  8. Clue
    Hanumanthaiya's musical complaint.
    Item
    Veena-Sitar
  9. Clue
    What the Constitution is called.
    Item
    Living doc.
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 10, The Philosophy of the Constitution._

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The Indian Constitution came into effect on which date?

  1. 26 January 1950
  2. 15 August 1947
  3. 26 November 1949
  4. 13 December 1946
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Correct answer: A. 26 January 1950

1. It was signed in December 1949. 2. It came into effect on 26 January 1950. 3. It is the longest in the world. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 15, Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era._

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