1. Why does a Country need a Constitution?
2. What do you understand by the term ‘constitutive’? Provide one example of ‘constitutive rules’ from your everyday life.
3. Why did the people of Nepal want a new Constitution?
4. What are the key features of the Indian Constitution?
5. Write a note on Federalism.
6. Describe the Parliamentary Form of Government.
7. Discuss the difference between State and Government.
8. What are the Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution? Explain.
9. If a 13-year old child is working in a factory manufacturing carpets. Which Fundamental Rights will the following situation violate?
10. If a group of people are not given permission to open a Telugu-medium school in Kerala. Mention the Fundamental Right that is being violated by this.
11. Describe Nepal’s struggle for democracy.
12. Write a note on Secularism.
13. The Constitution also mentions Fundamental Duties. What do they include? Why is it important for citizens in a democracy to observe these?
14. What would happen if there were no restrictions on the power of elected representatives?
15. In a school with 30 teachers, 20 of them are male. Identify the minority. Write one reason why you think it is important to respect the views of the minority in this situation.
16. What is the term Arbitrary?
17. Explain about Human Trafficking
18. Describe the term Preamble.
19. Describe the Directive Principles of the State Policy.
20. What is meant by Sovereignty?
Answers
ques 1.Explanation:A democratic country needs a constitution because: ... A Constitution tells us the fundamental nature of our society. A Constitution helps serve as a set of rules and principles that all persons in a country can agree upon as the basis of the way in which they want the country to be governed.
ques 2..Explanation:‘Constitutive’ is a term which means having the power to establish or give organized existence to something.
e.g.: If we look the game of football than in the game we can’t touch the ball with our hand. This is the constitutive rule of the game of football.
ques 3..Explanation:The people of Nepal want a new constitution because ideals of the people had change as the country head moved from a monarchy to democracy. The previous constitution which was adopted in 1990, stated that final authority restaurant the king. The people of Nepal fought for democratic government for many years.
ques 4. Explanation:Features of the Indian Constitution
1. The lengthiest Constitution in the world
The Indian Constitution is the lengthiest and the most detailed of all the written Constitutions of the world containing 449 articles in 25 parts, 12 schedules, 5 appendices and 101 Amendments.
2. Parliamentary form of Government
The constitution of India establishes a parliamentary form of a government both at the Centre and the State. The essence of the parliamentary government is its responsibility to the Legislature. The president
is the constitutional head of the State but the real executive power is vested in the council of ministers whose head is the Prime Minister.
3. Unique blend of rigidity and flexibility
It has been the nature of the amending process itself in federations which had led political scientists to classify federal Constitution as rigid.
4. Fundamental Rights
The incorporation of a formal declaration of Fundamental Rights in part III of the Constitution is deemed to be a distinguishing feature of a democratic
State. These rights are prohibitions against the State. The State cannot make a law which takes away or abridges any of the rights of the citizens guaranteed in part III of Constitution.
5. Directive Principles of State policy (DPSP)
The Directive Principles of State Policy contained in Part IV of the Constitution, it set out the aims and objectives to be taken up by the States in the governance of the country.
6. A federation with strong centralising tendency
The most remarkable feature of the Indian Constitution is that being a federal Constitution it acquires a unitary character during the time of emergency. During the proclamation of emergency the normal distribution of powers between Centre and State undergoes a vital change. The union parliament is empower to legislate on any subject mentioned in the state list. The financial arrangements between the Centre and State can also be
altered by the Union Government.
7. Adult Suffrage
The old system of communal electorates has been abolished and the uniform adult suffrage system has been adopted. Under the Indian Constitution every man and women above 18 years of age has been given the right to elect representatives for the legislature.
8. An Independent Judiciary
An independent and impartial judiciary with power of judicial review has been established under the Constitution of India. It is a custodian right of citizens. Besides, in a federal Constitution it plays another significant role of determining the limits of power of the Centre and States.
9. A Secular State
A Secular State has no religion of its own as recognised religion of State. It treats all religions equally. Articles 25 to 28 of the Indian Constitution give concrete shape to this concept of secularism. It guarantees to every person the freedom of conscience and the right to profess, practice and propagate religion. In a Secular state, the state only regulate the relationship between man and man.
10. Single Citizenship
The American constitution provides for dual citizenship, i.e., the citizen of America and a state citizenship. But in India there is only one citizenship, i.e., Citizen of India. No state citizenship like citizen of Assam, Citizen of Delhi. Every Indian is Citizen of India and enjoy the same rights of
citizenship no matter in what state he resides.Features of the Indian Constitution