1. When was the Constituent Assembly convened ?
Answer: 1946
2. When was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held ?
Answer:9 December, 1946
3. Under which Plan was the Constituent Assembly constituted ?
Answer:Cabinet Mission Plan
4. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly ?
Answer:Dr. Rajandra Prasad
5. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee ?
Answer:B R. Ambedkar
6. When was the drafting of the Indian Constitution completed and adopted ?
Answer:26 November, 1949
7. When was the Constitution of India put into effect ?
Answer:26 January ,1950
8. Since when India became a Republic ?
Answer:26 January, 1950
9. Who was the first President of the Indian Union ?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
10. Who was the first Vice- President of the Indian Union ?
Answer:Radhakrishnan
11. Who was the first Prime Minister of the Indian Union ?
Answer:Jawaharlal Nehru
12. Who was the last Governor- General (Viceroy) of British India ?
Answer:Lord Mountbatten
13. Who was the first Governor- General of the Indian Dominion (Independent India) ?
Answer:Lord Mountbatten
14. Who adopted the National Flag of India ?
Answer:The Constituent Assembly (July 1947)
15. Who set forth the main objectives of the Constituent Assembly in the form of the Objective Resolution ?
Answer:Jawaharlal Nehru
16. How many articles are there in the Indian Constitution ?
Answer: 395 Articles
17. How many Fundamental Rights have been guaranteed by the Indian Constitution ?
Answer: 6(six)
18. How many Fundamental Duties have been assigned to the citizens of India ?
Answer: 10(ten)
19. Who appoints the Prime minister of India ?
Answer: The President of India
20. How is the President of India elected ?
Answer: By Electoral College
21. What is the name of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament?
Answer: Rajya Sabha
22. What is the name of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament?
Answer: Lok Sabha
23. Who presides over the session of the Lok Sabha?
Answer: The Speaker
24. Who presides over the session of the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: The Vice-President of India
25. Can President's rule be imposed on the Central like that in the states?
Answer: No
26. Who appoints the Governors of States?
Answer: The President of India
27. What is the total number of members in the Lok Sabha?
Answer: 552
28. What is the number of elected members in the Lok Sabha?
Answer: 530
29. How many members constitute the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: 250
30. How are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?
Answer: Proportional representation by single transferable vote
31. What is the tenure of Lok Sabha?
Answer: 5 years
32. Which is the highest Judicial Court of India?
Answer: The Supreme Court
33. How many Judges constitute the Supreme Court?
Answer: 26 Judges
34. How many times till 2012 the Parliamentary Elections have been held?
Answer: 15 times
35. A citizen of how many years of age can cast vote?
Answer: 18 years
36. How many Indian Territories are there in the Indian Union?
Answer: 7 (seven)
37. How many times (till October 2012) Indian Constitution has been amended?