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Which part of the Constitution deals with the Directive Principles of State Policy?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ninth Schedule was added by the ______ Amendment.Read the answer and worked solution →Key in the constitutional dateRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: making the ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →A club writes down rules everyone must follow on who leads and what they may do. For a country, such rules are its:Read the answer and worked solution →Nelson Mandela and seven other leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment in:Read the answer and worked solution →After how many years in prison did Mandela walk out a free man?Read the answer and worked solution →The system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Separate buses, hospitals, schools and beaches for whites and blacks was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The umbrella body that led the struggle against apartheid was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The new national flag of the Republic of South Africa was unfurled at midnight on:Read the answer and worked solution →Constitution rules work only if the election winner:Read the answer and worked solution →Who gave themselves a constitution after a War of Independence against Great Britain?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many people were killed in partition related violence?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Which part of the Constitution deals with the Directive Principles of State Policy?

  1. Part III
  2. Part IV
  3. Part V
  4. Part II
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Correct answer: B. Part IV

This Preamble & Sources item tests a core Indian Polity fact. Correct answer: Part IV. _Source: SSBCrack 1700+ Indian Polity Questions (PYQ bank)_

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The Ninth Schedule was added by the ______ Amendment.

  1. Ninth
  2. Thirty-fifth
  3. First
  4. Thirty-sixth
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Correct answer: C. First

This Preamble & Sources item tests a core Indian Polity fact. Correct answer: First. _Source: SSBCrack 1700+ Indian Polity Questions (PYQ bank)_

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Key in the constitutional date

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1949
    Question
    In which year did the Constituent Assembly adopt the Constitution?
  2. Answer
    26
    Question
    On which day of December 1949 was it adopted?
  3. Answer
    1946
    Question
    In which year did the Constituent Assembly first meet?
  4. Answer
    1950
    Question
    In which year did the Constitution come into force?
Instructions
Work out each answer and key it in on the pad.
_Source: syllabus Political Science Constitution Why and How, Chapter 1: Constitution: Why and How?_

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