Social Science Question(1 Marks)

A constitution can be amended.

A country that is a democracy must have a constitution.

Members of the Constituent Assembly of India held the same views on the basic principles of the constitution.

1. The ideals of the French Revolution.
2. The practice of parliamentary democracy in Britain.
3. The Bill of Rights in the US.

It was African National Congress, an umbrella organisation that led the struggle against the policies of segregation. This included many workers’ unions and the Communist Party.

The native people of South Africa are black in colour, they made up about three-fourth of the population and were called ‘blacks’.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar played a key role in the making of our Constitution.

Over the last half a century, no large social group or political party has ever questioned the legitimacy of the Constitution itself. This is an unusual achievement for our Constitution.

Unlike South Africa, the makers of the Indian Constitution did not have to create a consensus about what a democratic India should look like. Much of this consensus had evolved during the freedom struggle.

He wanted a society in which Dalits should enjoy social and economic equality.

Not true. An ordinary law is passed by the Parliament and can be changed by it on its own will. On the other hand, the rules of the Constitution have greater authority and the Parliament has to abide by them. For amending these rules, a special procedure has to be adopted.

The socialist revolution in Russia had inspired them to think of shaping a political system based on social and economic equality.

Government of India Act, 1935 that helped in making of Indian constitution.

The South African Constitution emerged as a model of democracy. It inspires democrats all over the world.

Citizens have complete freedom to follow any religion. But there is no official religion. Government treats all religions, beliefs and practices with equal respect.

The Constitution is the supreme law that determines the relationship among people living a territory (called citizens) and also the relationship between the people and the government.

The whites agreed to the principle of majority rule and that one person one vote. The blacks agreed that majority rule would not be absolute.

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel played a decisive to in the integration of Indian princely states.

Nelson Mandela was the first President of the newly born democracy in South Africa.

The drafting of the document called the ‘constitution’ was done by an assembly of elected representatives called the Constituent Assembly.

The Constituent Assembly worked in a systematic, open and consensual manner.

Nelson Mandela was the leader of African National Congress (ANC). He remained in jail for 28 years in South Africa’s most dreaded prison, Robben Island opposing the apartheid regime.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly.

The leader was Mahatma Gandhi.

The drafting Committee was formed to prepare a draft of the constitution for discussion. Its Chairman was Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, The Father of Indian Constitution. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar popularly known as Baba Saheb Ambedkar born on 14 April 1891

In 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a constitution for India.

The apartheid system was particularly oppressive for the blacks. They were forbidden from living in white areas.

The Preamble is like preface of a book, it is the soul of the Indian Constitution. It gives in brief all the laws and action of the government.

This set of basic rules is called a ‘Constitution’.

The Constitution of a country is a set of written rules that are accepted by all the people living together in a country.

Provisions are made to incorporate changes from time to time in our constitution. These changes are called ‘Constitutional Amendments’.

The drafting of the Indian Constitution was done by an assembly of elected representatives called the Constituent Assembly.

Apartheid was the official policy of recial separation and ill-treatment of blacks followed by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1989.

True. The rights of the citizens are laid down in the Constitution as fundamental rights, which are enforceable by law. The powers and functions of the government are divided into the executive, legislative and judiciary. It is done to keep each organ under check by the other organs to ensure power functioning of the government.

All of us should behave as if we are members of the same family. No one should treat a fellow citizen as inferior.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment because he dared to oppose the apartheid regime of the white South African government in his country.

Our Constitution begins with a short statement of its basic values. This is called the Preamble of the Constitution. It is the Preface or the Introduction of the Constitution.

The leaders had the desire to give freedoms to the people. India’s freedom struggle is the only example of a bloodless freedom struggle in the contemporary history. This could be possible because our nationalist leaders had the maturity to listen to others’ views.

After the War of Independence against Great Britain, the Americans gave themselves a constitution.

The Values that inspired and guided the freedom struggle and were then nurtured by it, formed the foundation for India’s democracy.

Not True. The Constitution is the supreme law of the country. It lays down the composition powers and functions of the various institutions of government. The Constitution is guided by values which are found in the form of Preamble. Principles and values such as equality, liberty, fraternity, brotherhood, secularism and justice are included in the Preamble of the Constitution.

All are equal before the law. The traditional social inequalities have to be ended. The government should ensure equal opportunities for all.

The makers of the Indian Constitution made provisions to incorporate changes from time to time. These changes are called constitutional amendments.

Freedom struggle was important in spreading the idea of nationalism in India and inculcating the practice of making decisions by consensus.

These rules determine what the elected governments are empowered to do and what they cannot do. They also decided the right of the citizens.

The African National Congress was formed in 1912.

The Constituent Assembly represented the people of India. The Constituent Assembly member was elected by universal adult franchise.

Fraternity means all of us should behave as if we are members of the same family. No one should treat a fellow citizen as inferior.