PSIR Optional · Paper I · Section B: Indian Government and Politics
Making of the Indian Constitution Notes · PYQs · Solved Answers
Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for Making of the Indian Constitution (Paper I, Section B: Indian Government and Politics), arranged so you can read a topic and immediately see how UPSC has asked it. Syllabus: Legacies of British rule; social and political perspectives on the Constitution.
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Paper I · Unit 02
Making of the Indian Constitution notes
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Previous year questions: Making of the Indian Constitution
Every question UPSC has asked from this unit, year-wise, with a link to its solved answer.
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Solved PYQ answers: Making of the Indian Constitution
Model answers to the previous year questions of this unit, newest exam year first.
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Write approximately 150 words on Objective Resolution of the Constituent Assembly.
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The Constitution of India is the ‘cornerstone of a nation’ (Granville Austin). Analyze.
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Comment on imprint of the British Constitution on the Indian Constitution.
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The making of the Indian Constitution is described as an attempt towards ‘social revolution’. Comment.
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“The Constitution of India is a product of a historical process, rich with constitutional antecedents.” Comment. (150 words)
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“The Constitution makers faced the great task of forging a common national identity in the face of unparalleled social and cultural diversity in India.” Comment. (150 words)
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Answer in 150 words: Indian Constitution makers’ concerns on social inequality.
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Unity and integrity of India was perhaps the single uppermost factor in the minds of the Constitution makers. Comment.
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Critically examine and comment: “The Constituent Assembly was a one-party body in an essentially one-party country. The Assembly was the Congress and the Congress was India.” (Granville Austin)
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Discuss the dominant external and internal influences in the framing of the Indian Constitution.
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Critically examine the impact of the national movement on the making of the constitution of India.
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Comment: Influence of Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar in the framing of the Indian Constitution.
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“The origins of the Indian political system are rooted in the history of British India.” Comment.
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Other units in Paper I · Section B: Indian Government and Politics
- Indian Nationalism
- Salient Features of the Indian Constitution
- Principal Organs of Government
- Grassroots Democracy
- Statutory Institutions and Commissions
- Federalism
- Planning and Economic Development
- Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics
- Party System
- Social Movements
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