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POLITICAL SCIENCE (HINGLISH)

CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is apartheid?
 A. A system of racial discrimination

B. Discrimination of caste

C. Discrimination on education

D. Discrimination on economy

Answer: A

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2. The apartheid system was particularly

oppressive for whom?

 A. Blacks

B. Whites

C. Coloured

D. None of these

Answer: A

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3. Why was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life

imprisonment?
 A. Apartheid

B. For treason

C. Against blacks

D. None of these

Answer: B

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4. By which way the system of apartheid

discriminate the South Africans?

 A. Segregation of public facilities

B. Equal use of public places

C. Only schools were separate

D. Only offices were separate

Answer: A

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5. Why did the white regime decide to change

its policies?
 A. protests and struggles increased

B. People support white regime

C. People stopped struggles

D. None of these

Answer: A

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6. What is the full form of ANC?

A. Asian National Congress

 B. African National Congress

C. Anglo African Congress

D. None of these

Answer: B

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7. The most important feature of the South

Africa Constitution is

A. Clause of Rights
 B. Preamble

C. Clause of Citizenship

D. None of these

Answer: B

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8. The name of the autobiography of Nelson

Mandela is

A. The Long walk to freedom

 B. The Freedom

C. The Country and the Freedom

D. None of these

Answer: A

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9. Indian National Congress adopted the

Resolution for the Indian Constitution is

A. 1928, Delhi
 B. 1929, Lahore

C. 1930, Lucknow

D. 1931, Karachi

Answer: D

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10. A constitutional body which makes decision

regarding the elections in India in

A. UPSC
 B. Election Commission

C. Supreme Court

D. Cabinet mission

Answer: B

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11. The correct meaning of 'Republic of India' is

A. Hereditary ruler

B. Head of the state is elected

 C. Head is nominated

D. None of these

Answer: B

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12. Sarojini Naidu was appointed as the

Governor of

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Bihar
 C. Madhya Pradesh

D. Kerala

Answer: A

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Fill In The Blanks

1. Apartheid was the name of a system of

______________ .

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2. After 28 years of imprisonment,

_______________ walked out of the Jail as a free

man.

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3. All countries that have Constitutions are not

necessarily _____________ .

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4. The ____________ of a country is a set of

written rules that are accepted by all people

living together in a country.

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5. In 1928, _____________ and eight other

Congress leaders drafted a Constitution for

India.

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 6. The Constitution of India was framed by the

_______________ .

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Match The Columns

1. Match the column A with the column B.

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Correct And Rewrite

1. Nelson Mandela spent 26 years in South

Africa's most dreaded prison, Robben Island.

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2. The apartheid system was particularly

possessive of Blacks.

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3. Since the 1940, the blanks, coloured and

Indians fought against the apartheid system.

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4. At the midnight of 26 April 1998, the new

national flag of the Republic of South Africa

was unfurled marking the newly born

democracy in the world.

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Assertion Reason Questions

1. Assertion (A): The apartheid system was

particularly oppressive for the blacks.

Reason (R): They were allowed living in white

areas.

A. Both A and R are true and R is the

correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and Rare true but R is not the

correct explanation of A.

C. A is true but R is false.

 D. A is false but R is true.

Answer: C

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2. Assertion (A) : Since 1950, the blacks,

coloured and Indians fought against the

apartheid system.

Reason (R): They launched protest marches

and strikes.
 A. Both A and R are true and R is the

correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and Rare true but R is not the

correct explanation of A.

C. A is true but R is false.

D. A is false but R is true.

Answer: A

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3. Assertion (A) : The South African

constitution inspired democrats all over the

world.

Reason (R): A state denounced by the entire

world till recently as the most democratic one

is now seen as a model of non-democratic

system.

A. Both A and R are true and R is the

correct explanation of A.
 B. Both A and Rare true but R is not the

correct explanation of A.

C. A is true but R is false.

D. A is false but R is true.

Answer: C

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4. Assertion (A): All countries that have

constitutions are not necessarily democratic.

Reason (R) : But all countries that are

democratic will have constitutions.

A. Both A and R are true and R is the

correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and Rare true but R is not the

correct explanation of A.

C. A is true but R is false.

D. A is false but R is true.

Answer: A

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5. Assertion (A) : After two years of discussion

and debate they came out with one of the

finest constitutions the world has ever had.

Reason (R) : The preamble to the South African

Constitution sums up this spirit.

A. Both A and R are true and R is the

correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and Rare true but R is not the

correct explanation of A.
 C. A is true but R is false.

D. A is false but R is true.

Answer: B

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Very Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Nelson Mandela?

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2. Who were called 'blacks' in South Africa?

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3. How non-whites were treated in South

Africa?

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4. What was ANC?

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5. With which rules trust was built between

blacks and whites in South Africa?

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6. What is this set of basic rules called?

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7. What is a 'Constitution?
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8. Why is Constitution considered the

Supreme law?

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9. How difficult it was for India to frame a

constitution for united India after

independence?

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10. Who was the first one to draft a

constitution for India?

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11. What resolution was made in 1931, Karachi

session?

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12. What was 'Constituent Assembly?

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13. In which manner Constituent Assembly

worked?

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14. Why was a drafting committee formulated?

Who was its Chairman?

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15. Who was the Chairman of the Constituent

Assembly?

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16. What features formed the foundation for

India's democracy?

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17. What is Preamble?

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18. What does 'Sovereign' mean?

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19. What does 'Socialist in a democratic

Constitution mean?

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20. What is the meaning of the form 'Secular'?

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21. What does 'democratic' mean?

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22. What does 'Equality term mean in the

Indian Constitution?
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23. What does the term "Fraternity' signify in

the Preamble?

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24. What are 'Constitutional Amendments?

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Short Answer Questions

1. What does 'Segregation' mean in South

Africa?

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2. How white racist continued their apartheid

besides protests?

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3. When did apartheid end in South Africa?

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4. What policies were changed by white

regime in South Africa?

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5. What compromises were made by whites

minority in South Africa?

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6. What compromises were made by black

majority in South Africa?

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7. Which basic values were incorporated in our

constitution from these pre-independence

decisions?

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8. What institutional details and procedures

Indians derive from colonial laws?

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9. Which countries' constitutional features

inspired Indian Constitution makers?

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10. Name some of the members of the

Constituent Assembly?

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11. What do you know about Nelson Mandela?

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12. What do you understand by the term

'apartheid?
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13. What basic rules are followed to form a

Constitution?

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14. What documents were taken by the

Constituent Assembly to form the Indian

Constitution?

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15. How was the Constituent Assembly

formed?

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16. When was the Constitution completed and

why was it imposed on 26 January, 1950?

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17. Give reasons for accepting the Constitution

made by the Constituent Assembly more than

50 years ago.

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18. What was the 'Drafting Committee'?

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19. What are 'Constituent Assembly Debates?

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20. In which two ways can the philosophy of

the Indian Constitution be understood?

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21. How did the blacks of South Africa fight

against the practice of apartheid?

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22. What kind of inspiration do we get from

South Africa?

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23. What were Nelson Mandela's views on the

South African constitution?

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24. Who was Dr. B.R. Ambedkar? How did he

play a key role in the making of Indian

constitution?

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25. How values of freedom struggle were

embedded in the Preamble of the Indian

constitution?

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 26. Why Preamble is called the preface of the

Indian constitution?

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Long Answer Questions

1. How was 'apartheid' practised in South

Africa?

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2. How did South Africa get independence?

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3. What problems were faced by the South

Africans before the formation of the

constitution?

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4. What steps were taken by the Constituent

Assembly to form the Indian Constitution?

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5. What is a constitution? Why do we need a

constitution for a country?

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6. What are the main functions of a

constitution?

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 7. "Most of the countries of the world keep

changing their constitution as needed but the

same Indian Constitution is accepted even

today as it was at the time of preparation". Is it

an unusual achievement for any constitution?

Give reasons in support of your answer.

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Hots Higher Order Thinking Skills

1. Explain the necessity of a constitution in the

newly born democracy in South Africa.

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2. How was a new constitution of South Africa

formed?

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3. Outline the agreements made by both

ethnic groups of South Africa for their

constitution.

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4. Which were the factors that helped the

Indian leaders to develop the constitution?

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5. India emerged as an independent country

amidst heavy turmoil. Justify the statement by

explaining the challenges before the

constitution makers of India.

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6. How has Indian Constitution embodied the

basic values into its institutional

arrangements? Explain.

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 7. Explain ideals of the Preamble of the Indian

Constitution.

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Ncert Corner Answers To Ncert Questions

1. Here are some false statements. Identify the

mistake in each case and rewrite these

correctly, based on what you have read in this

chapter.
(a) Leaders of the freedom movement had an

open mind about whether the country should

be democratic or not after independence.

(b) Members of the Constituent Assembly of

India held the same views on all provisions of

the Constitution.

(c) A country that has a constitution must be a

democracy.

(d) Constitution cannot be amended because

it is the supreme law of a country.

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2. Which of these was the most salient

underlying conflict in the making of a

democratic constitution in South Africa?

A. Between South Africa and its neighbours

B. Between men and women

C. Between the white majority and the

black minority

D. Between the coloured minority and the

black majority

Answer: D
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3. Which of these is a provision that a

democratic constitution does not have?

A. Powers of the head of the state

B. Name of the head of the state

C. Powers of the legislature

D. Name of the country

Answer: B
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4. Match the following leaders with their roles

in the making of the Constitution:

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5. Read again the extracts from Nehru's

speech 'Tryst with Destiny' and answer the

following:
(a) Why did Nehru use the expression "not

wholly or in full measure" in the first sentence?

(b) What pledge did he want the makers of the

Indian Constitution to take?

(c) "The ambition of the greatest man of our

generation has been to wipe every tear from

every eye". Who was he referring to?

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6. Here are some of the guiding values of the

Constitution and their meaning. Rewrite them

by matching them correctly.

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7. A friend from Nepal has written you a letter

describing the political situation there. Many

political parties are opposing the rule of the

king. Some of them say that the existing

constitution given by the monarch can be

amended to allow more powers to elected

representatives. Others are demanding a new

constituent assembly to write a republican

constitution. Reply to your friend giving your

opinions on the subject.

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8. Here are different opinions about what

made India a democracy. How much

importance would you give to each of these

factors?

(a) Democracy in India is a gift of the British

rulers. We received training to work with

representative legislative institutions under

the British rule.

(b) Freedom Struggle challenged the colonial

exploitation and denial of different freedoms

to Indians. Free India could not be anything

but democratic.

(c) We were lucky to have leaders who had

democratic convictions. The denial of

democracy in several other newly independent

countries shows the important role of these

leaders.

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9. Read the following extract from a conduct

book for 'married women', published in 1912.

'God has made the female species delicate and

fragile both physically and emotionally,

pitiably incapable of self-defence. They are

destined thus by God to remain in male

protection - of father, husband and son all

their lives. Women should, therefore, not

despair, but feel obliged that they can

dedicate themselves to the service of men'.

Do you think the values expressed in this Para

reflected the values underlying our

constitution?Or does this go against the

constitutional values?

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10. Read the following statements about a

constitution. Give reasons why each of these is

true or not true.

(a) The authority of the rules of the

constitution is the same as that of any other

law.

(b) Constitution lays down how different

 organs of the government will be formed.

(c) Rights of citizens and limits on the power

of the government are laid down in the

constitution.

(d) A constitution is about institutions, not

about values.

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Source Based Question

1. Read the sources given below and answer

the questions that follow: As far back as in

1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress

leaders drafted a constitution for India. In

1931, the resolution at the Karachi session of

the Indian National Congress dwelt on how

independent India's constitution should look

like. Both these documents were committed to

the inclusion of universal adult franchise, right

to freedom and equality and to protecting the

rights of minorities in the constitution of

independent India. Thus, some basic values

were accepted by all leaders much before the

Constituent Assembly met to deliberate on

the Constitution.

The familiarity with political institutions of

colonial rule also helped develop an

agreement over the institutional design. The

British rule had given voting rights only to a

few. On that basis, the British had introduced

very weak legislatures. Elections were held in

1937 to Provincial Legislatures and Ministries

all over British India. These were not fully

democratic governments. But the experience

gained by Indians in the working of the

legislative institutions proved to be very

useful for the country in setting up its own

institutions and working in them. That is why,

the Indian constitution adopted many

institutional details and procedures from

colonial laws like the Government of India Act,

1935.

When did Motilal Nehru draft the Indian

Constitution?

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2. Read the sources given below and answer

the questions that follow: As far back as in

1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress

leaders drafted a constitution for India. In

1931, the resolution at the Karachi session of

the Indian National Congress dwelt on how

independent India's constitution should look

like. Both these documents were committed to

the inclusion of universal adult franchise, right

to freedom and equality and to protecting the

rights of minorities in the constitution of

independent India. Thus, some basic values

were accepted by all leaders much before the

Constituent Assembly met to deliberate on

the Constitution.

The familiarity with political institutions of

colonial rule also helped develop an

agreement over the institutional design. The

British rule had given voting rights only to a

few. On that basis, the British had introduced

very weak legislatures. Elections were held in

1937 to Provincial Legislatures and Ministries

all over British India. These were not fully

democratic governments. But the experience

gained by Indians in the working of the

legislative institutions proved to be very

useful for the country in setting up its own

institutions and working in them. That is why,

the Indian constitution adopted many

institutional details and procedures from

colonial laws like the Government of India Act,

1935.

What did the Karachi session of the Indian

National Congress dwell on?

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3. Read the sources given below and answer

the questions that follow: As far back as in

1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress

leaders drafted a constitution for India. In

1931, the resolution at the Karachi session of

the Indian National Congress dwelt on how

independent India's constitution should look

like. Both these documents were committed to

the inclusion of universal adult franchise, right

to freedom and equality and to protecting the

rights of minorities in the constitution of

independent India. Thus, some basic values

were accepted by all leaders much before the

Constituent Assembly met to deliberate on

the Constitution.

The familiarity with political institutions of

colonial rule also helped develop an

agreement over the institutional design. The

British rule had given voting rights only to a

few. On that basis, the British had introduced

very weak legislatures. Elections were held in

1937 to Provincial Legislatures and Ministries

all over British India. These were not fully

democratic governments. But the experience

gained by Indians in the working of the

legislative institutions proved to be very

useful for the country in setting up its own

institutions and working in them. That is why,

the Indian constitution adopted many

institutional details and procedures from

colonial laws like the Government of India Act,

1935.

When were the elections held to Provincial

Legislature and Ministries all over British

India?

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