{"id":1112,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/imprint-of-the-british-constitution-on-the-indian-constitution-upsc-psir-2023-1707\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:55","slug":"imprint-of-the-british-constitution-on-the-indian-constitution-upsc-psir-2023-1707","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/imprint-of-the-british-constitution-on-the-indian-constitution-upsc-psir-2023-1707\/","title":{"rendered":"Imprint of the British Constitution on the Indian Constitution."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> clear British imprint <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rooted in colonial familiarity with parliamentary institutions<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> parliamentary system as the strongest mark <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the natural starting point<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>parliamentary core (nominal President + real PM &amp; Council of Ministers) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> collective responsibility to Lok Sabha, as in British practice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rule of law <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> bicameralism + legislative procedure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> parliamentary privileges <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> single citizenship <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> prerogative writs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>not a copy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> written Constitution, judicial review, federalism, justiciable Fundamental Rights set India apart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> borrowed core joined to Indian concerns of diversity, justice, social transformation<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> imprint real but reshaped for Indian conditions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> adaptation, not imitation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[58],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1112","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-making-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4706,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1112\/revisions\/4706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}