Civics Ch - 1 The Indian Constitution Social Studies - Civics Ch - 1 The Indian Constitution

Arun, an 18 year old boy went to a restaurant with his family. However, the hotel staff did not allow his family to enter there because they belonged to the dalit community.
Which of the following fundamental rights have been deprived from the Arun's family in the above situation?

Identify the feature of the Constitution with the help of following information.
I. This feature grant Universal Adult Franchise to the citizens of India.
II. This feature allows direct participation of people in electing their representatives

Which of the following is not a feature of the parliamentary form of government?

Which among the following is not a function of the Constitution?

Assertion (A) The Constitution of India defines three organs of government i.e. the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary.
Reason (R) The three organs have separate powers and functions to prevent the misuse of power by any single branch of government, ensuring a balance of power.

Assertion (A) India is a secular country.
Reason (R) India is the only Hindu kingdom of the world.

The Universal Adult Franchise was adopted much before the independence of India.

The Constitution of India came into force on 15th August, 1947.

Discrimination is a part of the Indian Constitution.

The Indian Constitution guarantees the rights of minorities against the majority.

_______________ was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution.

In _______________ the Indian National Congress made the demand for a Constituent Assembly.

The Constitution prohibits human trafficking, forced labour and employment of children under _______________ years of age.

Buddhists in India are counted as _______________ .

A secular state has no _______________ of its own.

Why was Shabnam happy that she had not watched TV? What would you have done in a similar situation?

Why did the people of Nepal want a new Constitution?

Discuss with your teacher what you understand by the term 'constitutive'. Provide one example of constitutive rules from your everyday life.

Define the following.
(a) Tyranny
(b) Polity

What is secularism?

Discuss the difference between state and government with your teacher.

What is the importance of Fundamental Rights?

What are the three organs of the government? Explain.

What would happen if there were no restrictions on the power of elected representatives?

Look at the wordings of the two documents given below. The first mn is from the 1990 Nepal Constitution. The second column is from the more recent Interim Constitution of Nepal.

1990 Constitution of Nepal Part 7: Executive	2015 Constitution of Nepal Part-7: Federal Executive
Article 35: Executive Power: The Executive power of the kingdom of Nepal shall be vested in his majesty and the Council of Ministers.	Article 75: Federal Executive : The Executive Power: The executive power of Nepal shall, pursuant to this Constitution and law be vested in the Council of Ministers.

What is the difference in who exercises 'Executive power in the above two Constitutions of Nepal?

In which of the following situations is a minister misusing his power?
(a) Refuses to sanction a project of his ministry for sound technical reasons.
(b) Threatens to send his security staff to rough up his neighbour.
(c) Calls up the police station asking them not to register a complaint that is likely to be filed against his relative.

Let us recap the reasons why the Constitution plays an Important role in democratic societies by recalling the constitutive rules that you have read about through these examples.

Example	Constitutive Rules
The people of Nepal are writing a new Constitution after the success of the people's movement for democracy.	It lays down ideals that define the kind of country that we want to live in.
Suresh, the class monitor wrongly picks on Anil, his classmate. It states rules that prevent misuse of power by persons in authority.
Shabnam decides to revise her chapters instead of watching TV.

What are the factors the Drafting Committee had to take into consideration while drafting the Constitution?

Differentiate between Democratic and Monarchy government.

Explain the journey of Nepal from being a Monarchy to achieving democracy.

The Constitution also mentions Fundamental Duties. Find out with the help of your teacher what these include and why it is important for citizens in a democracy to observe these.

Which Fundamental Rights will the following situations violate?
(a) If a 13 year old child is working in a factory manufacturing carpets.
(b) If a politician in one state decides to not allow labourers from other states to work in his state.
(c) If a group of people are not given permission to open a Telugu medium school in Kerala.
(d) If the government decides not to promote an officer of the armed forces for being a woman.

Why does a democratic country need a Constitution?###Does a country need a Constitution? State any five reasons.

"In 1946 the constituent assembly was formed which then met periodically for the next three years to draft India's constitution." Explain the key features of the Indian Constitution.

What are the Fundamental Rights given by the Constitution of India? Explain briefly.

Read the given passage and answer the following questions.
The Constitution plays a crucial role in laying out the ideals that we would like all citizens of the country to adhere to, including the representatives that we elect to rule us. Just like in the game of football, a change of constitutive rules will affect the game. Indian Constitution has been amended over the years to reflect new concerns of the polity. Often a major change in the Constitution means a change in the fundamental nature of the country. We saw this in the case of Nepal and how it needed to adopt a new Constitution after it became a democracy. The different features of the Indian Constitution outlined above, involve complicated Ideas that are often not easy to grasp. Don't worry too much about this for the moment. In the rest of the book as well as in your higher classes, you will read more about these different features of the Indian Constitution and understand more substantively what they mean.
Q. 1. What role does the Constitution play in a country?
Q. 2. Why is it important for a country to amend its Constitution over time?

Read the given passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The section on Fundamental Rights has often been referred to as the 'conscience' of the Indian Constitution. Colonial rule had created a certain suspicion of the State in the minds of the nationalists and they wanted to ensure that a set of written rights would guard against the misuse of State power in independent India. Fundamental Rights, therefore, protect citizens against the arbitrary and absolute exercise of power by the State. The Constitution, thus, guarantees the rights of individuals against the State as well as against other individuals. Moreover, the various minority communities also expressed the need for the Constitution to include rights that would protect their groups. The Constitution, therefore, also guarantees the rights of minorities against the majority. As Dr. Ambedkar has said about these Fundamental Rights, their object is two-fold. The first objective is that every citizen must be in a position to claim those rights. Secondly, these rights must be binding upon every authority that has got the power to make laws.
Q. 1. Which of the following provisions of the Indian constitution acts as a guide for the moral and ethical behavior of the citizens and protects them from the tyranny of the government?
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Directive Principles
(c) Preamble
(d) Fundamental Duties
Q. 2. In relation to the state, what is the objective behind incorporation of Fundamental Rights into the Constitution?
(a) To protect the rights of the State
(b) To guard against the misuse of State power
(c) To promote the absolute exercise of power by the State
(d) To establish a monarchy
Q. 3. Fundamental rights provides several protections to the citizens of India. These protections are provided against which of the following?
(a) Only the State
(b) Only other individuals
(c) Both the State and other individuals
(d) Only minority communities
Q. 4 What was the main concern of the Indian nationalists regarding the State?
(a) They believed the State would promote atheism.
(b) They feared the State would impose a single language
(c) They were worried about the State's potential for abuser of power
(d) They wanted the state to control all aspects of citizens' lives.

Write down the names of the Indian states, which share boundary with the following neighbouring nations
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal