CBSE Questions for Class 9 Civics Constitutional Design Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first elected chairman (temporary) of Constituent Assembly. Later Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the president.

On 11 December, 1946 Dr. Rajendra Prasad and H. C. Mukherjee were elected as assembly president and vice-president, respectively. 

The Supreme Court is the guardian and protector of Indian Constitution. It is also the final interpreter of the constitution. 

• Three features that were committed by the leaders of the Congress Party in 1928 and in 1931 to keep as basic principles in the independent Constitution of India are:
  
• To maintain India as a socialist-secular country where religious tolerance is appreciated and every individual is free to follow the religion he/she likes.
  
• To establish freedom and equality: every person should possess certain rights and enjoy equality without any discrimination.
  
• To protect rights of minorities: for the ages schedules castes and tribes have faced atrocities and hence it was decided that the rights of minorities to be protected.
  

The Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1976, was enacted during the Emergency by the Indian National Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi. The 42nd Amendment changed the description of India from a sovereign democratic republic to a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, and also changed the words "unity of the nation" to "unity and integrity of the nation".

• The goodness of all was the basic feature of the belief of the framers of the Constitution.
• The framers of the Constitution resolved not to repeat the racist, brutal and repressive past.
• The Constitution was framed by both the whites and the blacks who lived in the country.

The idea of Constituent Assembly of India was first put forward by Manvendra Nath Roy in 1934. In 1935, it became the official demand of INC. After partition, Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the chairman of Constituent Assembly of Independent India and Professor Harendra Coomar Mookerjee was Vice President of the Constituent Assembly.

Shri M.N. Roy was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India. He was the one who gave the idea of the Constitution of India. 

The Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December 1946, and its last session was held on 24 January 1950. During this period which was of two years, eleven months and eighteen days in which the Assembly held eleven sessions, sitting for a total of 166 days.

The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949, but it came into force on 26 January, 1950. 26 January specifically opted because it was on this date in 1929, that Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as President of the Indian National Congress during the Lahore Session and on the same day a resolution was passed demanding complete independence.  The day 26 January, 1930 was declared as “Purna Swaraj Diwas” or Independence Day. Thus, in order to honor the significance of this day, the members of the Constituent Assembly decided to enforce the Constitution on January 26, 1950 marking it as Republic Day.