[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2022: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 5 February 2022 – Polity – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: c)

Universal adult franchise, periodic elections, rule of law, independence of judiciary, and absence of discrimination on certain grounds are the manifestations of the democratic character of the Indian polity.

Solution: b)

The American Constitution was the first to begin with a Preamble. Many countries, including India, followed this practice. The term ‘Preamble’ refers to the introduction or preface to the Constitution.

The Preamble to the Indian Constitution is based on the ‘Objectives Resolution’, drafted and moved by Pandit Nehru, and adopted by the Constituent Assembly. It has been amended by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act (1976), which added three new words–Socialist, Secular and Integrity.

Solution: b)

To promote equal justice and to provide free legal aid to the poor comes under Article 39 A.

Solution: d)

In order to fulfil the dreams of Gandhi, some of his ideas were included as Directive Principles. They require the State:

1. To organise village panchayats and endow them with necessary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self-government (Article 40).
2. To promote cottage industries on an individual or co-operation basis in rural areas (Article 43).
3. To promote voluntary formation, autonomous functioning, democratic control and professional management of co-operative societies (Article 43B).
4. To promote the educational and economic interests of SCs, STs, and other weaker sections of the society and to protect them from social injustice and exploitation (Article 46).

Solution: d)

If the Union Parliament wishes to remove a matter from the State list (over which only the State Legislature can make law) or to either the Union List or Concurrent List in the interest of the nation, the approval of the Rajya Sabha is necessary.

The same is true when matter need to be moved from Concurrent List to the Union list.