PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Making of the Constitution
Imprint of the British Constitution on the Indian Constitution.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
R1 clear British imprint → rooted in colonial familiarity with parliamentary institutions 2 parliamentary system as the strongest mark → the natural starting point
Body flow
parliamentary core (nominal President + real PM & Council of Ministers) → collective responsibility to Lok Sabha, as in British practice → rule oflaw → bicameralism + legislative procedure → parliamentary privileges → single citizenship → prerogative writs
Counter-view
not acopy → written Constitution, judicial review, federalism, justiciable Fundamental Rights set India apart
Conclusion routes
rR! borrowed core joined to Indian concerns of diversity, routes i ‘ 2 °. ° justice, social transformation R2 imprint real but reshaped for Indian conditions → adaptation, not imitation
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
