Important Questions About Borrowed Features in Indian Constitution

Important Questions About Borrowed Features in Indian Constitution

1. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Fundamental Rights ?
Answer: America (USA)

2. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Supreme Court ?
Answer: America (USA)

3. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Preamble ?
Answer: America (USA)

4. From Which country India Borrowed Written Constitution ?
Answer: America (USA)

5. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Fundamental Duties ?
Answer: Russia (USSR)

6. From Which country India Borrowed Five year Plan ?
Answer: Russia (USSR)

7. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Speaker in Lok Sabha ?
Answer: Britain (UK)

8. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Parliamentary Election ?
Answer: Britain (UK)

9. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Election Commission ?
Answer: Britain (UK)

10. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed 'Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the Emergency' ?
Answer: Germany

11. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Concurrent list ?
Answer: Australia

12. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Federal System ?
Answer: Canada

13. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Union - State List ?
Answer: Canada

14. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Amendment of the Constitution ?
Answer: South Africa

Or remember by country name -

From U.K.

Nominal Head – President (like Queen)Cabinet System of Ministers
Post of PM
Parliamentary Type of Govt.
Bicameral Parliament
Lower House more powerful
Council of Ministers responsible to Lowe House
Speaker in Lok Sabha

From U.S.

Written Constitution
Executive head of state known as President and his being the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
Vice- President as the ex-office Chairman of Rajya Sabha
Fundamental Rights
Supreme Court
Provision of States
Independence of Judiciary and judicial review
Preamble
Removal of Supreme court and High court Judges

From USSR

Fundamental Duties
Five year Plan

From AUSTRALIA
Concurrent list
Language of the preamble
Provision regarding trade, commerce and intercourse

From JAPAN

Law on which the Supreme Court function

From WIEMAR CONSTITUTION OF GERMANY
Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the emergency

From CANADA

Scheme of federation with a strong centre
Distribution of powers between centre and the states and placing. Residuary Powers with the centre

From IRELAND

Concept of Directive Principles of States Policy(Ireland borrowed it from SPAIN)
Method of election of President
Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President