Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET Aug 2024 Political Science
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. First Lok Sabha Election
- II. Adoption of the Constitution
- III. First Republic Day
- IV. Promulgation of Emergency
List II
- a. 1950
- b. 1949
- c. 1975
- d. 1952
AI-d, II-b, III-a, IV-c ✓ Correct
BI-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d
CI-c, II-b, III-a, IV-d
DI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
Correct answer: (A) I-d, II-b, III-a, IV-c — The correct match is First Lok Sabha Election to 1952, Adoption of the Constitution to 1949, First Republic Day to 1950, and Promulgation of Emergency to 1975, which is option…
Explanation
★The correct match is First Lok Sabha Election to 1952, Adoption of the Constitution to 1949, First Republic Day to 1950, and Promulgation of Emergency to 1975, which is option (1).
★The first general elections to the Lok Sabha were held between October 1951 and March 1952, and the first Lok Sabha was constituted in 1952.
★These were the first elections held under universal adult franchise in independent India.
★The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, a date now observed as Constitution Day.
★Although adopted in 1949, the Constitution came into force later, on 26 January 1950.
★India became a Republic on 26 January 1950, which was celebrated as the first Republic Day.
★The date 26 January was chosen because the Purna Swaraj resolution had declared complete independence on that day in 1930.
★The national Emergency under Article 352 was proclaimed on 25 June 1975 during the tenure of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
★This was the third and most controversial Emergency, declared on grounds of internal disturbance.
★The clean way to remember the set is the ladder 1949, 1950, 1952, and 1975.
★A common slip is to date the adoption and the coming into force of the Constitution to the same year, but adoption was 1949 and enforcement was 1950.
★Another is to confuse the year of the first election, 1952, with the year the Republic was formed, 1950.
★The Constituent Assembly that adopted the Constitution had first met in December 1946 and worked for nearly three years.
★Dr Rajendra Prasad chaired the Constituent Assembly during the making of the Constitution.
★For NET, lock the four dates: Constitution adopted 1949, Republic Day 1950, first Lok Sabha 1952, and the national Emergency 1975.
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