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Complete the definition of a constitutionRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what a constitution doesRead the answer and worked solution →Order the making of India's ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Dates of the Constituent AssemblyRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: how the Assembly was chosenRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the first function of a constitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every function of a constitution the chapter namesRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: date or body with what it marksRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Rule, body, or date?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the definitions backRead the answer and worked solution →A new law is passed but nothing changes until officials act on it. Which organ of government implements laws?Read the answer and worked solution →In the USA one person is both head of state and head of government. What kind of executive is this?Read the answer and worked solution →A country has both a president with real daily powers and a prime minister. France and Russia are examples. What is this system?Read the answer and worked solution →In Germany the president is ceremonial and real power sits with a different office. Who heads the German government?Read the answer and worked solution →A voter asks whether she can vote for the President of India directly. What is the answer?Read the answer and worked solution →The President of India serves a fixed term. How long is it?Read the answer and worked solution →Parliament wants to remove a sitting President. What is the only ground for impeachment?Read the answer and worked solution →A bill passed by Parliament reaches the President, who neither signs nor returns it for years. What is this informal power called?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1986 the Indian Post Office amendment bill was never signed and lapsed with a change of government. Which President sat on it?Read the answer and worked solution →Who presides over the Rajya Sabha as its ex-officio Chairman?Read the answer and worked solution →When President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed died in office, who acted as President until a new one was elected?Read the answer and worked solution →A person who is not an MP is sworn in as a minister. What must they do to stay in office?Read the answer and worked solution →After the 91st Amendment Act of 2003, the Council of Ministers cannot exceed what share of the Lok Sabha strength?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lok Sabha passes a no confidence motion against one minister. What happens?Read the answer and worked solution →The Prime Minister resigns. What happens to the Council of Ministers?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Complete the definition of a constitution

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    fundamental
    Choices
    1. fundamental
    2. temporary
    3. local
  2. Answer
    governed
    Choices
    1. governed
    2. divided
    3. funded
Complete the statement
A constitution is a body of {0} principles according to which a state is constituted or {1}.
The chapter's own wording. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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True or false: what a constitution does

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The first function of a constitution is to allow minimal coordination among members of a society.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    It provides a set of basic rules.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    It governs the allocation of power in society.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A constitution is a body of fundamental principles.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    A constitution deals only with elections.
Its first function is coordination, before anything about rights. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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Order the making of India's Constitution

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Steps
  1. Provincial Legislative Assemblies are set up under the Government of India Act, 1935
  2. Their members indirectly elect the Constituent Assembly
  3. The Assembly holds its first sitting on 9 December 1946 for undivided India
  4. Partition changes the country it is writing for
  5. It reassembles as the Constituent Assembly for divided India on 14 August 1947
Two sittings, either side of Partition. Source: syllabus Political Science, Constitution: Why and How?

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