Practice questions :
1. What are the features of the Indian Constitution? Mention any three.
2. Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
3. What was the role of the Planning Commission?
4. At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages. True or False?
5. The Second Five Year Plan focused on the development of the heavy industry. Do you agree?
6. What did Dr Ambedkar mean when he said that “In politics, we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality”? Discuss.
7. After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines? Discuss.
8. Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence. Discuss.
9. How was the economic development of India visualised in the early decades after Independence? Discuss.
10. Who was Mira Behn? Write a brief note about her life and her ideas.
11. Who were against the creation of Linguistic states? Justify with reason.
12. Who were the Indians who were part of the Constituent Assembly?
13. Who was the famous leader who fasted and gave up his life for a separate state for Telugu Speakers?
14. Why did unity and development have to go together?
15. What is the Universal Adult Franchise?
16. Write a short note on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
17. Explain about “Mixed Economy.”
18. What happened in Sri Lanka in 1956?
19. On 15 August 2007, India celebrated sixty years of its existence as a free nation. How well has the country done in this time? And to what extent has it fulfilled the ideals set out in its Constitution?
20. When was the second five-year plan formulated?
21. The Planning Commission designed and executed suitable policies for economic development based on which model?
(a) Mixed Economy
(b) Market Economy
(c) Private Enterprise
(d) Public Enterprise
22. Which state was formed on 1 October 1953?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
23. Name the leader who went on hunger strike for the Andhra Pradesh to protect the interest of Telugu speakers.
(a) Chitta Ranjan Das
(b) Potti Sriramulu
(c) Krishna Menon
(d) None of the above
Answers
Answer:
extra ques of Constitution
Explanation:
Question 1: Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Answer: The three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced are as follows:
Rehabilitation of a large number of refugees.
Assimilation of princely states.
Ensuring the unity of a country which is full of diversity.
Question 2: What was the role of the Planning Commission?
Answer: The Planning Commission was to formulate policies which would guide the economic development. Productivity and employment opportunities were to be increased through proper implementation of those policies.
Question 3: Fill in the blanks:
Subjects that were placed on the Union List were _________, _________ and _________.
Answer: taxes, defence and foreign affairs
Subjects on the Concurrent List were _________ and _________.
Answer: forests and agriculture
Economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development was called a _________ _________ model.
Answer: Mixed economy
The death of _________ sparked off such violent protests that the government was forced to give in to the demand for the linguistic state of Andhra.
Answer: Potti Sriramulu
Question 4: State whether true or false:
At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.
The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of the Congress party.
In the first national election, only men were allowed to vote.
The Second Five Year Plan focused on the development of heavy industry.
Answer: (a) True, (b) False, (c) False, (d) True
Question 5: What did Dr Ambedkar mean when he said that “In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality”?
Answer: By political equality, Dr. Ambedkar meant the universal adult franchise which gave equal rights to all citizens. By socioeconomic inequality, he meant the income disparities among people.
Question 6: After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Answer: The partition of the country along communal lines changed the mindset of the nationalist leaders. They wanted to prevent further divisions in the country on sectarian lines.
Question 7: Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Answer: Some leaders believed that English should be done away with and Hindi should be promoted as the national language. But this idea was opposed by the leaders from non-Hindi areas. They did not want an imposition on Hindi on the people of those areas. Finally, it was decided that while Hindi would be the ‘official language’; English would be used for communication among various states.
Question 8: How was the economic development of India visualised in the early decades after Independence?
Answer: Removing poverty and building a modern technical and industrial base were important objectives for the new nation. The Planning Commission was set up in 1950 to plan and execute policies for economic development.
Answer:
Question 1: Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Answer: The three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced are as follows:
Rehabilitation of a large number of refugees.
Assimilation of princely states.
Ensuring the unity of a country which is full of diversity.
Question 2: What was the role of the Planning Commission?
Answer: The Planning Commission was to formulate policies which would guide the economic development. Productivity and employment opportunities were to be increased through proper implementation of those policies.
Question 3: Fill in the blanks:
Subjects that were placed on the Union List were _________, _________ and _________.
Answer: taxes, defence and foreign affairs
Subjects on the Concurrent List were _________ and _________.
Answer: forests and agriculture
Economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development was called a _________ _________ model.
Answer: Mixed economy
The death of _________ sparked off such violent protests that the government was forced to give in to the demand for the linguistic state of Andhra.
Answer: Potti Sriramulu
Question 4: State whether true or false:
At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.
The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of the Congress party.
In the first national election, only men were allowed to vote.
The Second Five Year Plan focused on the development of heavy industry.
Answer: (a) True, (b) False, (c) False, (d) True
Question 5: What did Dr Ambedkar mean when he said that “In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality”?
Answer: By political equality, Dr. Ambedkar meant the universal adult franchise which gave equal rights to all citizens. By socioeconomic inequality, he meant the income disparities among people.
Question 6: After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Answer: The partition of the country along communal lines changed the mindset of the nationalist leaders. They wanted to prevent further divisions in the country on sectarian lines.
Question 7: Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Answer: Some leaders believed that English should be done away with and Hindi should be promoted as the national language. But this idea was opposed by the leaders from non-Hindi areas. They did not want an imposition on Hindi on the people of those areas. Finally, it was decided that while Hindi would be the ‘official language’; English would be used for communication among various states.
Question 8: How was the economic development of India visualised in the early decades after Independence?
Answer: Removing poverty and building a modern technical and industrial base were important objectives for the new nation. The Planning Commission was set up in 1950 to plan and execute policies for economic development.