The Constitution of India is the longest Constitution in the world. Constitution day is celebrated on 26th November every year. The country’s founding fathers were wise enough to borrow good features from various sources i.e from different countries. It had 395 articles, 22 parts and 8 schedules at the time of its commencement. Now the Constitution of India has 448 articles in 25 parts and 12 schedules. Also, more than 100 amendments are already done in the Indian Constitution.
These 25 parts of the Indian Constitution are given below in the table:
| Parts of the Indian Constitution | Subject Mentioned in the Part | Articles |
| Part I | Union & its Territory | Article 1-4 |
| Part II | Citizenship | Article 5-11 |
| Part III | Fundamental Rights | Article 12-35 |
| Part IV | Directive Principles of state policy | Article 36-51 |
| Part IV A | Fundamental Duties | Article 51A |
| Part V | The Union government | Article 52-151 |
| Part VI | The State governments | Article 152-237 |
| Part VII | States in Part – B of Ist Schedule (deleted) | Article 238 (deleted) |
| Part VIII | The Union Territories | Article 239-242 |
| Part IX | The Panchayats | Article 243-243O |
| Part IX A | The Municipalities | Article 243P-243ZG |
| Part IX B | Co-operative Societies | Article 243ZH-243ZT |
| Part X | Scheduled and Tribal Areas | Article 244-244A |
| Part XI | Relation between Union & States | Article 245-263 |
| Part XII | Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits | Article 264-300A |
| Part XIII | Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the territory of India | Article 301-307 |
| Part XIV | Services under the Union and States | Article 308-323 |
| Part XIV A | Tribunals | Article 323A-323B |
| Part XV | Elections | Article 324-329A |
| Part XVI | Special Provisions relating to certain classes | Article 330-342A |
| Part XVII | Official Languages | Article 343-351A |
| Part XVIII | Emergency Provisions | Article 352-360 |
| Part XIX | Miscellaneous | Article 361-367 |
| Part XX | Amendment of the Constitution | Article 368 |
| Part XXI | Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions | Article 369-392 |
| Part XXII | Short title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals |
Article 393-395 |
Extra Note :-
a) Part VII (dealing with Part – B states) was deleted by the 7th Amendment Act 1956.
b) Both Part IV – A and Part XIV-A were added by the 42nd Amendment Act 1976.
c) Part IX-A was added by the 74th Amendment Act 1992
d) Part IX-B was added by the 97th Amendment Act 2011.
Some tricks to learn : We have 8 Union territories in India, so Part VIII deals with Union Territories.
Some questions are provided here related to the Parts of Indian Constitution for your practice, also check your answers with the key provided at the end of this topic and do let us know your score below in the comments section :
Question : A) Match list – I with list – II and identify correct answer from the code given below :
List-I List – II
(Parts of Constitution) (Subjects)
- Part III i) Emergency Provisions
- Part VIII ii) Fundamental Rights
- Part XVIII iii) Amedment of the Constitution
- Part XX iv) Union territories
Code :
A B C D
- ii) iv) iii) i)
- iv) ii) iii) i)
- ii) iv) i) iii)
- iii) iv) i) ii)
Question : B) Which of the following part deals with the Fundamental duties in Indian Constitution ?
- Part III
- Part II
- Part IV
- Part IV-A
Question : C) Which of the following part deals with the Official language in Indian Constitution ?
- Part XX
- Part III
- Part XVII
- Part V
Question : D) Match list – I with list – II and identify correct answer from the code given below :
List-I List – II
(Parts of Constitution) (Subjects)
- Part IV i) Panchayats
- Part IX ii) Elections
- Part XV iii) Citizenship
- Part II iv) Directive Principles of State Policy
A B C D
- iv) ii) i) iii)
- iv) ii) iii) i)
- iv) i) ii) iii)
- iii) iv) i) ii)
Question : E) Which of the following article of Indian Constitution deals with the Fundamental duties in India?
- Article 51
- Article 51A
- Article 50
- Article 52
Question : F) Which of the following articles of Indian Constitution deal with the provision of Citizenship in India?
- Article 1 to 4
- Article 12 to 35
- Article 36 to 51
- Article 5 to 11
Question : G) Which of the following part deals with the “tribunals” in Indian Constitution ?
- Part XIV A
- Part XIV
- Part XX
- Part XV
Question : H) Which of the following part of Indian Constitution has the provision of scheduled and tribal areas ?
- Part V
- Part X
- Part XV
- Part XX
Question : I) Which of the following part deals with the Union and its territory in the Indian Constitution ?
- Part III
- Part II
- Part I
- Part IV
Question : J) How many parts, articles and schedules was there in the original Indian Constitution ?
- 22 Parts, 395 Articles and 8 Schedules
- 24 Parts, 450 Articles and 12 Schedules
- 22 Parts, 390 Articles and 8 Schedules
- 24 Parts, 425 Articles and 12 Schedules Jharkhand P.C.S (Pre) 2016
Question : K) Which part of our Constitution envisages a three tier system of Panchayats ?
- Part XII
- Part XI
- Part X
- Part IX
Question : L) Which part of our Constitution has the provisions related to elections ?
- Part IV
- Part XIII
- Part XV
- Part III
Question : M) Which part of Indian Constitution envisages a system of Municipalities ?
- Part IX
- Part IX-B
- Part IX-A
- Part X
Question : N) Which part of our Constitution has mention about Co-operative socities ?
- Part IX
- Part IX-B
- Part IX-A
- Part VIII
Question : (O) Which of the following articles of our Constitution has mention about Emergency provisions under Part XVIII ?
- Article 36 to 51
- Articles 368
- Article 323-A to 323-B
- Article 352 to 360
ANSWERS
Answer (A) : 3
Answer (B) : 4 (Part IV-A)
Answer (C) : 3 (Part XVII)
Answer (D) : 3
Answer (E) : 2 (Article 51A)
Answer (F) : 4 (Article 5 to 11)
Answer (G) : 4 (Part XIV-A)
Answer (H) : 2 (Part X)
Answer (I) : 3 (Part I)
Answer (J) : 1 (22 Parts, 395 Articles and 8 Schedules)
Answer (K) : 4 (Part IX)
Answer (L) : 3 (Part XV)
Answer (M) : 3 (Part IX-A)
Answer (N) : 2 (Part IX-B)
Answer (O) : 4 (Article 352 to 360)
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