Polity & Constitution

Static GK on the Fifth Schedule and Scheduled Areas: Article 244(1), the ten States, who declares a Scheduled Area, the Tribes Advisory Council, the Governor’s power to disapply an Act, PESA 1996 and how all of it differs from the Sixth Schedule.

NHRC Static GK capsule: the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993, why the body is statutory and not constitutional, the three dates, composition after the 2019 amendment, and sections 18, 19 and 36(2).

No fixed term, no removal procedure, no salary in the Constitution. Article 76, the four restrictions on private practice and why the Solicitor General is not a constitutional post.

Article 262 lets Parliament shut the courts out of a water dispute, and Parliament did. So why has the Supreme Court been deciding them ever since? Explained simply.

The Constitution allowed an Inter-State Council from 1950 and nobody set one up until 1990. Article 263, the Sarkaria Commission and the Zonal Councils explained simply.

The Union has one-third of the votes, the States two-thirds, and a decision needs three-fourths. Article 279A, the 101st Amendment and the GST Council explained simply.

The 73rd Amendment did not create panchayats — it took away the State’s freedom not to have them. Parts IX and IXA, the Eleventh and Twelfth Schedules and what is compulsory versus voluntary, in simple words.

The Finance Commission decides how a pot of money is shared, not how big the pot is. Articles 280 and 281, the divisible pool, vertical and horizontal devolution and the 16th Commission, explained in simple words.

He is called the Comptroller and Auditor General, and he is not a Comptroller. Articles 148 to 151, the DPC Act 1971, the three reports and the Public Accounts Committee, explained in simple words.

The UPSC turns a hundred on 1 October 2026. Every article from 315 to 323 either protects the Commission or limits it — sort them into those two piles and the chapter answers itself.

The Supreme Court is five courts in one robe. Articles 124 to 147 and 214 to 231, the five writs, the collegium, the NJAC, and the 2026 law that raised the judges from 34 to 38.

Ask of every Election Commission power where it comes from — the Constitution, a statute, or nothing at all. Articles 324 to 329, the 2023 Act, the Model Code and delimitation, explained simply.

Learn them as a pair. Almost every difference comes from one fact — the President is elected, the Governor is appointed. Election and impeachment, Article 200 and the 2025 rulings, and Article 72 against 161.

Ask one question of any Bill — can the Rajya Sabha say no? Money Bill vs Financial Bill vs Finance Bill, Article 110 and the Speaker’s certificate, and the three joint sittings ever held.

An emergency does not invent new powers — it changes the Constitution’s shape from federal to unitary. The three emergencies, their approval rules, Articles 358 and 359, and the Bommai case.

Amendments are not a random list. They are moves in a sixty-year argument between Parliament and the Supreme Court over who has the last word. The full chain from Shankari Prasad to Coelho, Article 368’s three routes, and the landmark numbers.

One idea that ties Parts III, IV and IVA together, then the articles, the five writs, the four landmark cases and the amendments hung off it — with practice questions and the mistakes candidates repeat.

The one Static GK topic every exam asks: the Indian Constitution. Important Articles, all 12 Schedules, 25 Parts, key Amendments, the five writs, borrowed features and practice questions — in one capsule for SSC, Railway, Banking, Police and State PSC exams.