Making of the Constitution Practice Quiz Level 1 for Indian Polity Basics
This quiz is meant for polity beginners who have finished a first reading of how India's Constitution was framed. Aptitude360's Level 1 set covers the Constituent Assembly, its office-bearers, key resolutions, landmark dates and the features borrowed from other constitutions. Each question comes with a written explanation.
What this Constitution-making quiz covers
- Formation of the Assembly: the Cabinet Mission plan, indirect election by Provincial Legislative Assemblies, proportional representation and the Muslim League boycott
- Key people: Rajendra Prasad, B.R. Ambedkar, B.N. Rau, S.N. Mukherjee, Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, K.M. Munshi and Sardar Patel
- Debates and voices: Jaipal Singh on tribal rights, Hansa Mehta on justice for women, Dakshayani Velayudhan on social disabilities
- Resolutions and dates: the Objectives Resolution, the National Flag resolution, first sitting, adoption and commencement
- Borrowed features: parliamentary system and First Past the Post, Fundamental Rights and judicial review, Directive Principles, residual powers, liberty, equality and fraternity
Key concepts for Indian Polity revision
- The difference between the date of adoption and the date the Constitution came into force
- Roles of the President, the Constitutional Advisor, the Drafting Committee chairman and the Chief Draughtsman
- How the Assembly was reconstituted after Partition
How to prepare this topic
- Make a two-column list of each borrowed feature against its source country: Britain, the USA, Ireland, Canada or France
- Write the key dates on one timeline, from the provincial elections to commencement
- Link each Assembly member to the cause or region they represented