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ICSE Class 9 History & Civics Question 14 of 15

Our Constitution — Question 4

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Question 4

The Indian Constitution has taken the best features from the Constitutions of countries around the world. Make a list of few of these features stating which country inspired them and how have they been modified to suit the needs of our country.

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The Indian Constitution has taken following features from the Constitutions of countries around the world:

  1. Concurrent list (Australia)
  2. Joint-sitting of two houses of parliament (Australia)
  3. Directive principles of state policy (Ireland)
  4. Nomination of Rajya Sabha Members
  5. Fundamental Duties (Russia)
  6. Parliamentary Government (UK)
  7. Single Citizenship (UK)
  8. Ideals of Liberty, equality and fraternity (France)

Makers of our constitution gathered the best features of all the existing constitutions and modified them with a view to avoid the faults that have been disclosed in their constitution. The ideas have been modified as per the need of our country. For example, to avoid the dead lock condition arising due to differences between Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, provision of joint sitting was incorporated.