Lakshya NDA

Paper II · Part B — Polity

Important Articles of the Constitution

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Build exam-ready understanding by connecting the core idea, formulas or facts, worked example and previous NDA questions. Focus on why each rule works, then test it under timed conditions.

Concept

The Constitution's articles are grouped into parts. A handful of articles recur in exams because they define key rights and offices.

Knowing the article number with its subject is enough for most questions.

Key Points & Formulas

  • Article 14: Equality before law; Article 19: Six freedoms; Article 21: Right to life and liberty.
  • Article 32: Right to Constitutional Remedies ('heart and soul').
  • Article 51A: Fundamental Duties; Article 368: Amendment procedure.
  • Article 356: President's Rule in states.

Worked Example

Q. Which article is known as the 'heart and soul' of the Constitution and why?

Article 32 gives citizens the right to approach the Supreme Court to enforce Fundamental Rights.

Dr. Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.

Because rights are meaningless without a remedy to enforce them.

Common traps

  • Reading the prompt too quickly and missing a qualifier.
  • Memorising the result without checking when it applies.
  • Skipping units, signs, chronology or the final reasonableness check.

NDA shortcuts

  • State the governing rule before substituting values.
  • Eliminate impossible options before doing full calculation.

One-screen revision sheet

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  • Core definition
  • Most-used rule
  • One representative example

Past-paper bank

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5 NDA questions

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Question 1

NDA I 2026

As per Article 324 of the Constitution of India, the Chief Election Commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as

Question 2

NDA I 2025

The Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act provides for

Question 3

NDA I 2023

By which one of the following amendments, was Article 51A, relating to the Fundamental Duties, inserted into the Constitution of India?

Question 4

NDA II 2022

Which one of the following is not a power of Panchayats under Article 243G?

Question 5

NDA II 2021

The Constitution (35th Amendment) Act of 1974 is related to which one of the following States?