Correct Answer – Option 3 : The Indian Constitution is irrevocable

The correct answer is The Indian Constitution is irrevocable.

• Indian Constitution is a written Constitution.
• Under part XVIII of the Constitution, it provides the Emergency provision under various circumstances.
• Indian Constitution is a Quasi-federal constitution that provides different levels of government at the Center and State levels.
• Indian Constitution is revocable under Article 368.
• Article 368 states the Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedure.

Some features of the Indian Constitution:

• It is the lengthiest constitution in the world.
• It is a written constitution.
• It is Quasi-federal in nature.
• It is Rigid and flexible in nature.
• It provides Independent Judiciary. 

Correct Answer – Option 2 : BJP

The correct answer is BJP.

• The political party that won the majority of seats in the 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Elections is BJP.

• The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Elections were the 4th Vidhan Sabha election of the state.
• It was conducted in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.
• Trivendra Singh Rawat was the leader and the Chief Minister of the state back then.

• The BJP was earlier known as the Bharatiya Jana Sangh which was formed in 1951 by Syama Prasad Mukherjee. 
• After the Emergency of 1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party.

Correct Answer – Option 1 : 11th December, 1946 : Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly.

 The incorrectly matched pair is 11th December 1946: Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly.

• The following table explains the timeline of the events:

• Timeline from constitutional assembly to the enactment of the Indian Constitution
• 1946
  • 6 December 1946: Formation of the Constitution Assembly.
  • 9 December 1946: The first meeting was held.
  • 11 December 1946: President appointed – Rajendra Prasad.
  • 13 December 1946: An ‘Objective Resolution’ was presented by Jawaharlal Nehru, underlying principles of the constitution, which later became the Preamble of the constitution.
• 1947
  • 22 January 1947: Objective resolution unanimously adopted.
  • 22 July 1947: National flag adopted.
  • 15 August 1947: Achieved independence. India Split into Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan.
  • 29 August 1947: Drafting Committee appointed with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman.
• 1948-1950
  • 16 July 1948: Along with Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, V. T. Krishnamachari was also elected as second vice-president of the Constituent Assembly. (The assembly had 2 Vice-Presidents)
  • 26 November 1949: ‘Constitution of India’ passed and adopted by the assembly.
  • 24 January 1950: Last meeting of Constituent Assembly. ‘constitution of India’ was accepted and signed by all members. (with 395 Articles, 8 Schedules, 22 Parts)
  • 26 January 1950: ‘Constitution of India’ came into force.
  • It took 2 Years, 11 Months, 18 Days to complete our constitution.

Correct Answer – Option 2 : 1993

The Correct Answer is “1993“.

• The National Human Rights Commission is a statutory body established under the provisions of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.
• It is responsible for looking into cases of excesses that are violating human rights and to strengthen the efforts to uphold human rights in the country.
• Presently it is comprised of a speaker and 4 members.
• This is a multilateral institution.
• The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 provided that the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a person who has been a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 
• A person who has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or a Judge of the Supreme Court be the chairperson of the NHRC.
• Currently, the chairpersons of various commissions such as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, and the National Commission for Women are members of the NHRC.

• The bill provides for the inclusion of the chairpersons of the National Commission for Backward Classes, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, and the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities as members of the NHRC.
• The bill seeks to increase the persons having knowledge of human rights to be appointed as members from two to three. Further, it mandates one of them to be a woman.
• The bill provides that a person who has been Chief Justice or Judge of a High Court will be the chairperson of an SHRC.
• The bill seeks to reduce the term of office chairperson and members of the NHRC and SHRC from five years or till the age of seventy years to three years or till the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier.
• The Bill provides for the central government to confer on an SHRC human rights functions being discharged by Union Territories. 
• Further, it provides for functions relating to human rights in the case of Delhi to be dealt with by the NHRC.

Correct Answer – Option 4 : Ganesh Mavlankar

The correct answer is Ganesh Mavlankar.

• Ganesh Mavlankar was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha.
• Ganesh Mavlankar is considered as the father of Lok Sabha.
• He was popularly called ‘Dada Saheb‘.
• He was the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (Legislative) and the Provisional Parliament (1947-52).
• He served as the Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1946.
• He was the President of the Central Legislative Assembly (1946-47).
• The first Lok Sabha was constituted in 1952.

• M. A. Ayyangar was the first deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha.
• Hukum Singh was the third Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
• K. S. Hegde was the seventh Speaker of the Lok Sabha.