Historical Background & Making of the Constitution Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

How many times, so far, has the actual text of India's Preamble been amended since the Constitution was first adopted? So far, this has happened only through the single 42nd Amendment in 1976.

Question 2

What law, passed in 1813, first officially allowed Christian missionaries to freely enter India to carry out religious and educational work? This same law also ended the East India Company's special trading rights, except for tea and trade with China.

Question 3

What country's constitution is the source of India's Fundamental Duties, a list of moral duties added to guide the responsible behaviour of every citizen? This particular country was known as the Soviet Union at the time.

Question 4

What committee, also chaired by Jawaharlal Nehru, focused directly on designing the structure of India's central, or union, government itself? This committee worked alongside the separate Union Powers Committee, which he also led.

Question 5

When did the Constituent Assembly of India officially adopt the completed Constitution, after almost three years of careful work? This important date is now celebrated every year across India as Constitution Day.

Question 6

What year did the all-British Simon Commission actually visit India, sparking huge nationwide protests because it had no Indian members at all? This visit directly led Indian leaders to prepare their own alternative constitutional plan soon after.

Question 7

What country's constitution gave India the idea of fundamental rights, along with the important idea of judicial review, where courts can check if a law follows the Constitution? The idea of removing judges through impeachment also came from this same source.

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About Historical Background & Making of the Constitution

India's Constitution did not appear all of a sudden. It grew slowly, step by step, over almost two hundred years. It all started when the British Parliament passed the Regulating Act in 1773. This was the first law made to control the East India Company. After this, many more laws came one by one, like Pitt's India Act, and the Charter Acts. Each new law added a small brick to the big building that we now call the Government of India.

A very important change came in 1858. After the big revolt of 1857, the British Crown took direct control of India from the Company. This started the period we call British Raj. After this, laws like the Indian Councils Acts and the Government of India Acts of 1919 and 1935 slowly gave a few more powers to Indians. The Government of India Act of 1935 is very special. It is often called the true "blueprint" of our Constitution, because many of its ideas and structures were later copied directly into it.

The real work of making our own Constitution started after the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946. This plan suggested that Indians should form their own Constituent Assembly. This Assembly first met on December 9, 1946, even before India became fully independent. Members of this Assembly worked with great care and patience. They discussed, argued, and debated every single part of the new Constitution.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar played the biggest role in this whole process. He was made Chairman of the Drafting Committee, the group that wrote the actual words of the Constitution. Because of his hard work, he is called the Father of the Indian Constitution. After almost three years of work, the Constituent Assembly finally adopted the Constitution on November 26, 1949. It came into full force a little later, on January 26, 1950, and India became a complete Republic.

This subcategory covers all the important laws, plans, dates, and people connected to this long journey. It is written in simple language so that every student, even those who are still learning English, can understand these facts clearly and remember them easily for their IAS and other exams.