GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

RTI ACT 2005

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which was the first country to have a written Constitution?
A
UK
B
USA
C
France
D
Russia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is the United States of America. The United States of America was the first country to make and adopt a constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is the USA. The practice of a written constitution began in early colonial America.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Constitution of San Marino might be the world’s oldest active written constitution, since some of its core documents have been in operation since 1600, while the Constitution of the United States is the oldest active codified constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Constitution was written during the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 55 delegates to a Constitutional Convention that was called ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation (1781–89), the country’s first written constitution.

Detailed explanation-5: -James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution because of his pivotal role in the document’s drafting as well as its ratification. Madison also drafted the first 10 amendments–the Bill of Rights.

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