Indian Politics Questions

The purpose of the Preamble is to clarify

1. who has made the Constitution,

2. what is the ultimate sanction behind it,

3. what are its goals and objectives,

4. what is its source (and)

5. what is the nature of the polity which is sought to be established by the Constitution.

Actually, the preamble is the opening statement to the United States Constitution.

The words in the Preamble ::

 'We the people of India, in our Constituent Assembly, do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution'.

Executive Branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws.

General education policy is set by multiple levels of the government like Federal, state and local governments. 

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was the first woman who presented the Union budget of India for the year 1970 - 71.

Judicial branch is one among the three branches of the government. 

Supreme court, the magistrate (local) and municipal (city) courts are there in the judicial branch.

The Judicial branch interprets the laws.

Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution. However, one third of the members retire every second year, and are replaced by newly elected members.

Federalism ::

Federalism is a system based upon democratic rules and institutions in which the power to govern is shared between national and provincial/state governments, creating what is often called a federation.

Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together with a governing representative head. 

Federalism enables the state and the national government to share power.

Legislative branch is made of two houses. 

1. Congress - the Senate and

2. House of Representatives.

Senate- composed of 100 senators two for each states - Vice President of USA is president of Senate.

House of Representatives - The House of Representatives is made up of 435 elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total population.