Consider the following pairs:Constitutional Provision - Country adopte...
- The Constitution of India has borrowed most of its provisions from the constitutions of various other countries as well as from the Government of India Act of 1935. Dr B R Ambedkar proudly acclaimed that the Constitution of India has been framed after ‘ransacking all the known Constitutions of the World’.
- The structural part of the Constitution is, to a large extent, derived from the Government of India Act of 1935. The philosophical part of the Constitution (the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy) derive their inspiration from the American and Irish Constitutions respectively. The political part of the Constitution (the principle of Cabinet Government and the relations between the executive and the legislature) have been largely drawn from the British Constitution.
- The other provisions of the Constitution have been drawn from the constitutions of Canada, Australia, Germany, USSR (now Russia), France, South Africa, Japan, and so on.
- However, the criticism that the Indian Constitution is a ‘borrowed Constitution’, a ‘patchwork’ and contains nothing new and original is unfair and illogical. This is because, the framers of the Constitution made necessary modifications in the features borrowed from other constitutions for their suitability to the Indian conditions, at the same time avoiding their faults.
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Consider the following pairs:Constitutional Provision - Country adopte...
Explanation:
Fundamental Rights - France:
- The idea of Fundamental Rights in the Constitution was adopted from France.
- The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which was adopted in 1789, served as a major inspiration for including Fundamental Rights in various constitutions around the world.
Directive Principles of State Policy - Ireland:
- The Directive Principles of State Policy were borrowed from the Irish Constitution.
- These principles provide guidelines to the State in making laws and policies for the welfare of the people.
- The Indian Constitution includes Directive Principles to ensure social and economic justice for all citizens.
Cabinet form of Government - Britain:
- The Cabinet form of Government was adopted from Britain.
- In this system, the executive branch of government is led by a cabinet of ministers who are chosen from and responsible to the legislature.
- The British Cabinet system has influenced the parliamentary systems of many countries, including India.
Therefore, out of the given pairs, only the second and third pairs are correctly matched. The first pair is not accurately matched as Fundamental Rights were adopted from France, not Britain. So, option 'A) Only 2 Pairs are correct' is the correct answer.