GK / GS · Chapter 1
Constitutional History and Making of the Constitution PYQs
Every Article you will study in Polity has a birth story.
Company Rule: Regulating Act 1773 to Charter Act 1853 2 PYQs
- Which of the following was the most significant institutional innovation introduced by Pitt’s India Act of 1784?Delhi Police 2026 · 09 Jan 2026
- The Charter Act of 1813 ended whose monopoly over trade in India?SSC Stenographer 2026 · 15 Sep 2026
Crown Rule: Acts of 1858, 1861, 1892 and 1909 1 PYQs
Towards Responsible Government: Acts of 1919 and 1935 4 PYQs
- The reforms that introduced dyarchy in provincial governments and expanded Indian participation in governance were implemented by:Delhi Police 2026 · 06 Jan 2026
- Why is the Government of India Act, 1935, considered a significant constitutional milestone in British India?Delhi Police 2026 · 12 Jan 2026
- The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, while rejecting an outright separate state of Pakistan, instead proposed which alternative constitutional…SSC CGL 2026 · 24 Oct 2026
- The term “constitution” originates from the Latin word constituere. What does constituere mean?SSC CGL 2026 · 14 Oct 2026
Road to Independence: Cabinet Mission to the Independence Act, 1947 4 PYQs
- Under the Indian Independence Act, full legislative authority in each Dominion was vested in which body?SSC CGL 2026 · 30 Sep 2026
- Which constitutional proposal recommended a three-tier constitutional structure consisting of the Centre, Provinces and Groups of Provinces?SSC CGL 2026 · 28 Oct 2026
- Which historical document significantly influenced the extensive length of the Indian Constitution?SSC CGL 2026 · 15 Oct 2026
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who served as independent India's first Law Minister, chaired which committee constituted on 29 August 1947?DSSSB 2026 · 30 Sep 2026
The Constituent Assembly: Composition, Members and Sessions 5 PYQs
- How many members initially constituted the Indian Constituent Assembly formed to draft the Constitution before membership reduced after the partition?Delhi Police 2026 · 05 Jan 2026
- On which date did the Constituent Assembly of undivided India hold its first official meeting to begin drafting the Constitution?Delhi Police 2026 · 06 Jan 2026
- Who chaired the Constituent Assembly of India, overseeing the drafting of the Constitution, and later became the first President of independent India?Delhi Police 2026 · 05 Jan 2026
- Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly in the year of 1946?SSC Stenographer 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- During the Constituent Assembly debates, which member proposed replacing 'having solemnly resolved' with 'in the name of God' in the Preamble?DSSSB 2026 · 16 Oct 2026
Committees of the Assembly and the Drafting of the Constitution 4 PYQs
- Who served as the chairman of the Constituent Assembly's Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee, responsible for drafting key civil liberties?Delhi Police 2026 · 05 Jan 2026
- Who among the following is the chairman of Steering Committee in constituent assembly?Delhi Police 2026 · 02 Jan 2026
- Who is regarded as the chief architect and Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?SSC Stenographer 2026 · 10 Sep 2026
- Who, as President of the Constituent Assembly, put the question before the Assembly that “the Preamble stand part of the Constitution”?DSSSB 2026 · 30 Sep 2026
Adoption, Enactment and National Symbols 2 PYQs
- Who among the following personalities was the architect behind the design of the Indian National Flag?SSC Selection Post 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- On which date did the Constituent Assembly formally give its final approval to the Constitution of India before it came into full effect on 26…Delhi Police 2026 · 03 Jan 2026