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Question bank unit 1 : Odd Semester 2023-24

Course/Branch : B Tech – CSE Semester :V

Subject Name : CONSTITUION LAW AND ENGG. Subject Code : KNC501

QUESTION BANK OF UNIT 1- INTRODUCTION AND BASIC INFORMATION

ABOUT INDIAN CONSTITUTION
Q.1:- WHAT IS “CONSTITUTION” ? WHY DO WE NEED CONSTITUTION ?
EXPLAIN THE SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION.
Q.2:- WHAT IS “CONSTITUTIONALISM” ? HOW IS CONSTITUIONALISM DEFINED
ACCORDING TO ANDREW HEYWOOD IN BOTH SENSES .i.e. NARROW AS WELL
AS BROADER SENSE AND EXPLAIN THE HIGHLIGHTEMENT POINTS OF
CONSTITUTIONALISM.
Q.3:- EXPLAIN THE MAKING OF “CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY”. EXPLAIN THE
OBJECTIVE RESOLUTION AND BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTS OF NEW STATE OF
INDIA.
Q.4:- EXPLAIN THE “DRAFTING COMMITTEE” FORMATION AND IMPORTANT
MEMBERS OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE.
Q.5:- ELABORATE “GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935” AND ITS SALIENT
FEATURES.. EXPLAIN THE SYSTEM OF “DYARCHY”.
Q.6:- ELABORATE “INDIAN INDEPENDENCE ACT 1947” AND EXPLAIN IT SALIENT
FEATURES.
Q.7:- WHAT IS “PREAMBLE”. EXPLAIN THE KEYWORDS USED IN PREAMBLE. IS
PREAMBLE A PART OF INDIAN CONSTITUION EXPLAIN IT WITH CASE LAWS.
Q.8:- EXPLAIN THE “FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS” GUARANTEED BY THE INDIAN
CONSTITUTION AND EXPLAIN THE FEATURES OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.
Q.9:- EXPLAIN “DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY”. EXPLAIN DIRECTIVE
PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY ON THE BASIS OF SOCIALIST PRINCIPLES,
GANDHIAN PRINCIPLES AND LIBERAL-INTELLECTUAL PRINCIPLES.
Q.10:- EXPLAIN “PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT” (ALSO KNOWN AS
CABINET FORM OF GOVT./ RESPONSIBLE GOVT.) AND EXPLAIN ITS FEATURES.
Q.11:- EXPLAIN THE “CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS” .i.e. LEGISLATIVE,
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL RELATIONS.
Q.12:- WHAT IS ARTICLE 368 ? DESCRIBE THE PROCEDURE OF AMENDMENTS
OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUION UNDER ART 368.
Q.13:- EXPLAIN THE TYPE OF AMENDMENTS BY WHICH INDIAN CONSTITIUON
CAN BE AMENDED. I.e.
i) AMENDMENT BY SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE PARLIAMENT.
ii) AMENDMENT BY SPECIAL MAJORITY OF THE PARLIAMENT.
iii) AMENDMENT BY SPECIAL MAJORITY OF THE PARLIAMENT AND CONSENT
OF HALF OF THE STATES.
Q.14:- EXPLAIN “EMERGENCY PROVISIONS”. DEFINE VARIOUS TYPES OF
EMERGENCY PROVISIONS MENTIONED IN ART 352, ART 356, ART 360.
Q.15:- EXPLAIN “LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT” IN INDIA.
Q.16:- EXPLAIN 4 IMPORTANT COMMITTEE FROM 1957-1986 WHICH HELPED
CONCEPTULISATION OF THE SYSTEM OF LOCAL-SELF GOVERNMENT .i.e.
i) BALWANT RAI COMMITTEE (1957)
ii) ASHOK MEHTA COMMITTEE (1977-1978)
iii) GVK RAO COMMITTEE (1985)
iv) LM SINGHVI COMMITTEE (1986)
Q.17:- WHAT ARE “PANCHAYATS” AND “MUNICIPALITIES”.
Q.18:- EXPLAIN THE 73RD CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ACT WHICH
PROVIDES FOR A GRAM SABHA AS THE FOUNDATION OF PANCAHAYATI RAJ
SYSTEM.
Q.19:- EXPLAIN THE 74TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ACT WHICH
PROVIDES FOR 3 TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES.
Q.20:- EXPLAIN “CONSTITUIONAL EMERGENCY” OR “STATE EMERGENCY” AND
DIFFERENCIATE BETWEEN NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND STAE EMERGENCY.