(a) Define the term "constitution"
(b) Why is 26th January 1950 known as a red-letter day?
(c) Differentiate between Direct and Indirect Election?
(d) How is the President of India elected?
(e) What do you mean by Fundamental Duties?
(f) In which part of our constitution the Fundamental Duties are mentioned?
(8) Why is election necessary for a democratic country like India?
(h) Can a citizen of India contest in the election even if he doesn't belong to any political party?
(i) Who forms the Government after General Election?
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Define a constituency?
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Constitution...Set of or Bundle of rules required to regulate the government of a state or a centre...
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(a) The term constitution refers to a set of rules and principles that define the nature and extent of government.
(b) 26th of January, 1950 is regarded as the red letter day in the history of India. It was on this very day that India got its own constitution and became a Sovereign Democratic Republic. It was on 15th of August 1947, that India got its freedom from the tyranny of the British rule and became an independent nation.
(c) A direct election is where the citizens directly vote for the candidates and elect their representatives. It is a more democratic method of election.
An indirect election is an election in which voters do not choose between candidates for an office, but elect people who then choose.
(d) The President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of States and the Union Territories of Delhi and Pondicherry.
(e) The Fundamental Duties are defined as the moral obligations of all citizens to help promote a spirit of patriotism and to uphold the unity of India.
(f) Fundamental duties set out in Part IV–A of the Constitution, concern individuals and the nation.
(g) Elections are pivotal to the quality of a country's governance and can either greatly advance or set back a country's long-term democratic development, as well as USG country, regional, and global foreign policy priorities.
(h) No, the candidate should be in a political party.
(I) Constituency : The district and the residents of a district who elect a legislator or an official.
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