4. Answer the following questions in about 20-30 words: (2x10-20)
a. What do you understand by the term Judicial Review?
b. Write any two functions of the Vice President of India
c. Why has the world population grown rapidly?
d. Explain what is 'linguistic state'.
e. Give two reasons for the rise of Radicals in the Congress.
f. What had the British done to protect the interest of those who
g. Why were the people dissatisfied with the British rule in 1870s
h. What do you know about NAM?
i. What do you understand by mercantilism?
j. Why is the Supreme Court called the guardian of the Constituti
5. Answer any six from the following questions: (3x6=18)
a. How have Lok Adalats and Public Interest Litigation ensured s
b. What are population pyramids? What do they tell us?
C. Why was the Planning Commission formed? What were the m
Year Plans?
d. What objections did the Indian soldiers have to the new cartr
e. Explain how were the ideas and policies of the radicals within
moderates?
f How were the states formed?
g. Name the three kinds of Emergencies which can be imposed
h. What were the terms of Wellesley's Subsidiary Alliance?
6. Answer any three questions from the following questions:
a. Explain briefly about the new Constitution for India which
b. Write about the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
C. What are the causes for the uneven distribution of populati
d. How is the 'Independence of Judiciary' ensured?
e. What were the changes in the policies of the British after 1
f. What are the legislative powers of the President?
Answers
Explanation:
India, also known as Bharat, is a Union of States. It is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government. ... The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with certain unitary features.1a : the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it. b : a written instrument embodying the rules of a political or social organization.Article 4 (Draft Article 4) was discussed on 18 November 1948. It regulated laws made under Articles 2 and 3. It stated that these laws must provide for the amendment of First Schedule (list of States and Union Territories) and Fourth Schedule (Rajya Sabha seat allocation
Answer:
1.Judicial review is a kind of court case, in which someone (the “claimant”) challenges the lawfulness of a government decision. ... The law which applies in cases of this kind is sometimes called “public law” or “administrative law”.
2.Article 63 of Indian Constitution states that "There shall be a Vice President of India." The Vice President acts as President in the absence of the president due to death, resignation, impeachment, or other situations. The Vice President of India is also ex officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.
3.This rapid growth increase was mainly caused by a decreasing death rate (more rapidly than birth rate), and particularly an increase in average human age. By 2000 the population counted 6 billion heads, however, population growth (doubling time) started to decline after 1965 because of decreasing birth rates.
4.Linguistic states are the states divided on the basis of language.It is common in a multilingual country like India where diverse languages are spoken.So, for better administration and reduction of the possibility of regional conflicts in future, states in India were carved out on linguistic basis.
5.• The latter half of the 19th century witnessed the rise and growth of Indian Nationalism and from then onwards an organised national movement started in India.
• The year 1885 marks the beginning of a new epoch in Indian history. In that year All Indian Political Organization was set on foot under the name of the Indian National Congress.
6.In 1850, the British passed a new law to make conversion to Christianity easier. This law allowed an Indian who had converted to Christianity to inherit the property of his ancestors.
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