Civics
Making of the Indian Constitution (Constituent Assembly)
Practice questions
What did the Constituent Assembly do to make the Constitution practical in the Indian context?Why were both expertise and public representation necessary in the Constituent Assembly process?Why was agreement on the ideals of the Preamble important in the Constituent Assembly?Why did the Constituent Assembly consider the idea of republic important for independent India?How did the Constituent Assembly make constitution making a collective process?Why did the Constituent Assembly not limit Indian democracy only to elections?Which statement best explains the historical role of the Constituent Assembly?Why is it necessary to understand both criticism and praise of the Constituent Assembly?What deeper lesson about democracy comes from the making of the Indian Constitution?If the Constituent Assembly had only experts and no representatives what weakness could have increased in constitution making?Why is it incomplete to judge the legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly only by direct election?The work of the Constituent Assembly was part of which larger process beyond colonial law?Why can the Objectives Resolution be considered a guiding document in Constituent Assembly debates?Why would it be wrong to see the Drafting Committee's role as only writing work?In the context of Partition what was the most complex balance before the Constituent Assembly?Which deeper feature of constitutional democracy is shown by the long debates of the Constituent Assembly?How did the committee system help the Constituent Assembly deal with large and complex questions?Why is the Indian Constitution called Indian even after drawing inspiration from foreign constitutions?Why can universal adult franchise be called the democratic foresight of the Constituent Assembly?By emphasising Fundamental Rights how did the Constituent Assembly change the relation between state and citizen?