Answer: Option [A]The correct answer is Ireland. Articles 36-51 under Part-IV of the Indian Constitution deal with Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP). They are borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland, which had copied it from the Spanish Constitution.
Answer: Option [C]The concept of political sovereignty was advocated by Rousseau. In Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s (1712–1778) definition of popular sovereignty, he considers the people to be the legitimate sovereign. He condemned the distinction between the origin and the exercise of sovereignty, a distinction upon which constitutional monarchy or representative democracy is founded. In his “Du Contrat Social, ou Principes du droit politique,” he deals with sovereignty and its rights.
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Answer: Option [D]Plural theory of sovereignty emphasizes of Association. The pluralist theory of sovereignty is a reaction to monistic or legal theory of sovereignty. To monistic theory state is supreme association and all other associations are the creation of state and their existence depends on the will of the sovereign power. The pluralist theory rejects this and tries to establish that there is no single source of authority that is all competent and comprehensive.
Answer: Option [A]The correct answer is Preamble. The term ‘justice’ in the Preamble embraces three distinct forms– social, economic and political, secured through various provisions of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.
Answer: Option [B]The correct answer is Article 352. An emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution of India can be declared by the President only during war, external aggression or armed rebellion. Such a proclamation of emergency has to be approved by both the Houses of Parliament by absolute majority of the total membership of the Houses as well as 2/3 majority of members present and voting.
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer is Mundaka Upanishad. The words - “Satyameva Jayate”, inscribed on the state emblem of India, has been taken from Mundaka Upanishad.
Answer: Option [B]The correct answer is 73rd constitutional amendment, 1993. The 73rd Amendment 1992 added a new Part IX to the constitution titled “The Panchayats” covering provisions from Article 243 to 243(O); and a new Eleventh Schedule covering 29 subjects within the functions of the Panchayats.
Answer: Option [B]The correct answer is Article 356. A state of emergency can be declared in any state of India under article 356 on the recommendation of the governor of the state.
Answer: Option [D]Article 32 of the Indian constitution relates to Right to constitutional remedies. Article 32 of the Indian Constitution gives the right to individuals to move to the Supreme Court to seek justice when they feel that their right has been 'unduly deprived'.
Answer: Option [B]The correct answer is the cabinet mission plan, 1946. A Cabinet Mission was sent to India in 1946. While it rejected the idea of two Constituent Assemblies, it put forth a scheme for the Constituent Assembly which more or less satisfied with the Muslim League. The Constituent Assembly was constituted in November 1946 under the scheme formulated by the Cabinet Mission Plan.
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