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• The Constitution of India was framed by the Constituent Assembly. The Assembly was constituted in 1946.The Constituent Assembly, following the partition of the country in 1947, consisted of 299 members as on 31st December 1947. Of these 229 members were elected by the provincial assemblies and the rest were nominated by the rulers of the princely states. 

• Princely States During the British Rule there were about 560 areas which were not directly under the control of the British. These were Kingdoms or ‘Riyasats’ under Indian rulers or Princes. These were called ‘Princely States’. To name a few, Kashmir, Patiala, Hyderabad, Mysore, Baroda were some of the princely states.

• The Constituent Assembly was chaired by the President of the Assembly Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the Assembly. The Assembly worked with the help of a large number of committees and sub-committees. The committees were of two types : (a) relating to matters concerning with procedures, and (b) concerning important issues. In addition there was an Advisory Committee primarily advised from outside. The most important committee was the Drafting Committee. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee. The task of the Committee was to prepare the draft of the Constitution. The Constitutent Assembly met for 166 days spread over a period of 2 years 11 months and 18 days. 
• The consensus came in the form of the ‘Objectives Resolution’ moved by Jawahar Lal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly on December 17, 1946 which was almost unanimously adopted on January 22, 1947. In the light of these ‘Objectives’ the Assembly completed its task by November 26, 1949. The constitution was enforced with effect from January 26, 1950. From that day India became a Republic. Exactly twenty years before the first independence day was celebrated on Jan. 26, 1930 as decided by the Lahore session of the Congress on Dec. 31, 1929. Hence, January 26, 1950 was decided as the day to enforce the constitution.

• As you know that the Constitution of India commences with a Preamble. Let us find out what a ‘Preamble’ is. The Preamble is like an introduction or preface of a book. As an introduction, it is not a part of the contents but it explains the purposes and objectives with which the document has been written. 

1. The General Assembly
2. The Security Council
3. The Economic and Social Council
4. Trusteeship Council
5. International Court of Justice
6. Secretariat

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• The Declaration on Decolonisation (1960)
• Declaration on New International Economic Order (1974)
• Declaration on Rights of the Child (1989) 
• Declaration on International Terrorism (1994) 

• Trygve Lie of Norway (1946-52)
• Dag Hummarskjold of Sweden (1953 – 61) 
• U Thant of Myanmar (1961 – 71)
• Kurt Waldheim of Austria (1972 – 81) 
• Javier Perez De Cuellar of Peru (1982 – 91) 
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt (1992 – 96)
• Kofi Annan from Ghana.  (1997-2006)
• Presently, Ban Kimoon of South Korea is occupying this prestigious office - (Since 2006)

1. ‘Khasi’ and ‘Garo’ tribes mainly live in
(a) Kerala
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Chota Nagpur
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: b

2. Who among the following accepted DiniIlahi?
(a) Raja Man Singh
(b) Birbal
(c) Raja Tansen
(d) Raja Todarmal
Answer: b

3. The purpose of Cripps’ Mission was
(a) To give India dominion status.
(b) To introduce provincial autonomy in India.
(c) To discuss future setup for India on the basis of the Simon Commission report.
(d) To suppress ‘Quit India’ Movement.
Answer: a

4. Alauddin Khilji maintained control on price during his reign because
(a) He wanted to keep large army at lower expenses.
(b) He had mercy with poor people.
(c) He wanted to gain popularity.
(d) All of the above
Answer: a

5. Main constituents of Biogas are
(a) Methane and Carbon dioxide
(b) Ethylene and Carbon dioxide
(c) Butane and Carbon monoxide
(d) Methane and Carbon monoxide
Answer: a

6. A good source of Vitamin A is
(a) Carrot
(b) Potato
(c) Rice
(d) Tomato
Answer: a

7. Blood grouping was discovered by
(a) Landsteiner
(b) Robert Koch
(c) William Harvey
(d) Louis Pasteur
Answer: a

8. ‘Ghadar party’ in U.S.A. was formed by
(a) V. D. Savarkar
(b) Lala Har Dayal
(c) Swami Varma
(d) Raja Pratap Singh
Answer: b

9.  Lord Cornwallis introduced
(a) Zamindari system
(b) Mahalwari system
(c) Mansabdari system
(d) None of the above
Answer: a

10. Oil Refinery located near the oil field is
(a) Mathura
(b) Barauni
(c) Visakhapatnam
(d) Nunmati
Answer: d

• NCRG under PM to fast track Namami Gange implementation
• India rejects Pak PM's offer of talks; US asks Pak to cooperate with India in Uri attack probe
• GST Council to hold its first meeting in New Delhi today (22.09.2016)
• Govt clears deal with France for 36 Rafale fighter jets
• UN ready to resume aid convoys in Syria
• Japan PM demands world find 'new means' to stop N.Korea
• Oxford tops the list as the world's leading university
• World Bank to invest Rs 1,000 cr. for improvement of inland waterways in Assam

• To fast track the implementation of its ambitious Namami Gange programme, the government has decided to replace National Ganga River Basin Authority, NGRBA with National Council for River Ganga, to be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• India has reacted strongly to Pakistan Prime Minister's remarks at the UN and described them as non-factual and full of threat bluster. Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar said, glorification of Hizbul terrorist by Nawaz Sharif at the world forum is an act of self-incrimination by Pakistan. Mr Akbar was addressing a press conference at the India's permanent mission in New York last night after Sharif's address to the UN General Assembly.

• Goods and Service Tax, GST, Council will hold its first meeting in New Delhi today. The council will decide on long pending issues of threshold limit for applicability of the tax as well as the limit for dual control between Centre and states. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will chair the meeting. AIR correspondent reports that the GST is a single indirect tax which will subsume most of the central and state taxes such as VAT, excise duty, service tax and central sales tax.The two-day meet of the GST Council is likely to iron out issues between Centre and states for rolling out the new indirect tax regime from 1st of April next year. The bill was unanimously passed by Parliament last month and over 18 States have ratified the bill.

• The government has cleared the much anticipated deal with France for 36 Rafale fighter jets. Sources in the Defence Ministry said, the two countries will sign the final deal tomorrow in the presence of French Defence Minister Jean Yves Le Drian. 

• The United Nations has said it is ready to resume aid convoys in Syria after halting operations in response to a deadly attack on an aid mission on Monday (19.09.2016). The UN envoy to Syria Staffan di Mistura told that the trucks will start rolling to some areas but carefully and cautiously. 

• Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe demanded that the world find a new way to halt the threat from North Korea after the long-sanctioned regime's nuclear and missile tests. Abe, addressing the UN General Assembly yesterday, said that calculations about North Korea needed to change after its latest actions including the state's test of what it said was a miniaturized nuclear bomb for a warhead.

• In the latest Times Higher Education world rankings index, Oxford topped the list as the world's leading university, followed by the California Institute of Technology, Stanford and Cambridge. The United States had 63 institutions in the top 200, while the UK had 32 and Australia had eight. Asian universities, with more rising up the list in 2016, the region's top institution National University of Singapore was ranked 24th. Six Australian universities have been ranked among the best 100 in the world, all improving on their 2015 results. 
• No Indian educational institution has find place in the top 200 list. Indian Institute of Science of Bengaluru has been placed in the rank segment of 201 to 250 while IIT Bombay is in the 301 to 350 segment.

• World Bank will invest nearly 1,000 crore rupees in Assam for the betterment of the inland waterways. It was conveyed to State Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.

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