HISTORY & CIVICS

           BORROWED FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTION

FROM UK -  1. Nominal Head - President(like Queen)
                        2. Cabinet System of Ministers
                        3. Post of PM
                        4. Parliamentary Type of Government
                        5. Bicameral Parliament
                        6. Lower House more powerful
                        7. Council of Ministers responsible to lower house
                        8. Speaker in Lok Sabha

FROM US -   1. Written Constitution
                        2. Executive Head known as President and his being the
                            Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
                        3. Vice-President as the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha
                        4. Fundamental Rights
                        5. Supreme Court
                        6. Provision of States
                        7. Independence of judiciary and judicial review
                        8. Preamble
                        9. Removal of Supreme and High Court Judges

FROM USSR - 1. Fundamental Duties
                           2. Five Year Plan

FROM AUSTRALIA - 1. Concurrent List
                                        2. Language of Preamble
                                   
FROM JAPAN - 1. Law on which Supreme Court function

FROM GERMANY - 1. Suspension of fundamental Rights during
                                          emergency

FROM IRELAND - 1. Concept of Directive Principles of State Policy
                                   2. Method of election of President
                                   3. Nomination of members in Rajya Sabha by the
                                       President    

• Sangram Singh was defeated in the battle of?

          Khanwa

• Which kingdom was conquered by Babur in 1528?

          Chanderi

• Whom did Babur defeat in the battle of Ghaghra in 1529?

          Mahmud Lodhi

• Where was Babur burried?

          Kabul

• Babur laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating?

          Ibrahim Lodhi

• Akbar's land revenue system was known as?

          Zabti System

• Din-i-Ilahi was accepted by?

          Birbal

• Where did Babur die?

          Agra

• The Mughal emperor, who was to a sudden fall from the staircase was?

          Humayun

• The most famous court poet (In Hindi literature) of Akbar was?

          Abdur Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan

• Buland Darwaza is situated in?

          Fatehpur Sikri

• Sher Shah's real name was?

          Farid

• " Muazzama" was the title of which Mughal Emperors?

            Bahadur Shah Zafar

• Who are known as King Makers in Indian History?

          Sayyid Brothers

• Who laid the foundation of Shalimar & Nishaat Garden in Kashmir?
  Jahangir
• Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?

          C Rajgopalachari

• The First Governor General of Bengal was?

          Warren Hastings

• Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India?

          Alfonso de Albuquerque

• Goa was captured by the British in?

          1510 AD

• What triggered the 1857 First Indian Independence Revolt?

          Greased Cartridge

• The split of the Congress into moderates and extremists took place during the session at?

          Surat (1907)

• Who wrote 'India Wins Freedom'?

          Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

• The first Indian elected to the British Parliament was?

          Dadabhai Naoroji

• Who was the first Viceroy of India?

          Lord Canning