MEANINGS / DEFINITIONS:

   MEANINGS / DEFINITIONS :

Refugees: People who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country .

Constituent Assembly: A Constituent Assembly is a body or assembly of popularly elected representatives which is assembled for the purpose of drafting and adopting the constitution .

Universal Adult franchise: It is a general suffrage, a common suffrage of the common man which gives the right to vote to all citizens above the age of 18 years, without any restrictions .

Linguistic:  A master of the language, one who uses his tongue freely.

Franchise: The right to vote .

Indian Administrative Service: The  administrative arm of the All India Services. Members of these three services serve the Government of India as well as the individual states.

Constitution: A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed .

Concurrent List: The  list of 52 items (though the last subjects is numbered 47) given in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. It includes the power to be considered by both the union and state government .

Contradictions: A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another .

Disruptionist: One who favours disruption as among groups constituting a political party .

Bilingual: Speaking two languages fluently .

Judiciary: The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets, defends and applies the law in the name of the state .