9.Class.Chapter 3.Civics.Constitutional Design.CW/HW
Chapter 3.
Constitutional Design. CW / HW.
Glossary.
Know these hard words. Apartheid : The official policy of racial separation and ill treatment of blacks followed by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1989.
Clause : A distinct section of a document.
Constituent Assembly : An assembly of people's representatives that writes a constitution for a country.
Constitution : Supreme law of a country, containing fundamental rules governing the politics and society in a country.
Constitutional amendment : A change in the constitution made by the supreme legislative body in a country.
Draft : A preliminary version of a legal document.
Philosophy : The most fundamental principles underlying one's thought and actions.
Preamble : An introductory statement in a constitution which states the reasons and guiding values of the constitution.
Treason : The offence of attacking to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance.
Tryst : A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed upon.
Exercises of the book. NCERT.
Q.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 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.
Q.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 neighbors.
b. Between men and women
c. Between the white minority and the black majority
d. Between the colored minority and the black majority
Q.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
Q.4. Match the following leaders with their roles in the making of the Constitution :
a. Motilal Nehru : President of the Constituent Assembly
b. B.R. Ambedkar : Member of the Constituent Assembly
c. Rajendra Prasad : Chairman of the Drafting Committee
d. Sarojini Naidu : prepared a Constitution for India in 1928
Q.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 ?
Q.6.Here are some of the guiding values of the Constitution and their meaning , Rewrite them by matching them correctly.
a. Sovereign (i) Government will not favor any religion.
b. Republic (ii) People have the supreme right to make decisions.
c. Fraternity (iii) Head of the state is an elected person
d. Secular (iv) People should live like brothers and sisters
Q.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,
Q.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.
Q.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 defense . 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.
Q.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
d. A constitution is about institutions , not about values
Activity : Follow the newspapers for any report on a discussion on any constitutional amendment or demand for any constitutional amendment . You could , for example , focus on the demand for constitutional amendment for reservation for women in legislatures
Was there a public debate ?
What reasons were put forward in favor of the amendment ? How did different parties react to the constitutional amendment ?
Did the amendment take place ?
CHAPTER – 3
CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
EXERCISES :-
1. Here are some false statements. Identify the mistakes 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.
Answer- Leaders of the freedom movement had a consensus that after independence, India will be a democratic country.
B. Members of the constituent assembly of India held the same views on all provisions of the constitution.
Answer- members of the constituent assembly of India held the same views on the basic principles of the constitution.
C. a country that has a constitution must be a democracy.
Answer- A country that is democratic must have a constitution.
D. constitution cannot be amended because it is the supreme law of a country.
Answer- constitution cannot be amended with time and the needs of the citizen.
2. Which of these was the most salient underlying conflict in the marking 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- a conflict between white majority and the black minority was the most underlying .
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- name of the head of the state
4. Match the following leaders with their roles in the making of the constitutions:
A. Motilal Nehru – prepared a constitution for India in 1928
C. Rajendra Prasad – president of the constituent assembly
D. sarojini naidu – member of the constituent assembly
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?
Answer- Nehru used the expression “not wholly or in full measure” because according to him the task of building a nation is a big task which cannot be fulfilled in one’s lifetime.
B. what pledge did he want the makers of the Indian constitution to take?
Answer- the pledge that he wanted the makers of the Indian constitution to take was to dedicate their lives to the service of India, Indians and humanity at large.
C. “the ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye.” Who was he referring to?
Answer- He was referring to Mahatma Gandhi.
6. Here are some of the guiding values of the constitution and their meaning. Rewrite them by matching them correctly.
Answer- a. Sovereign – people have the supreme right to make decision.
Answer- to reinforce the significance and importance of the constitution of India the government of India declared 26th of November as constitution day. It was declared on 19th November 2015 by a gazette notification in remembrance of the father of the Indian constitution, D.R. ambedkar. It is celebrated in all school across the India.
On this marvelous occasion in our school all the students and teachers reaffirmed their commitment to the Indian constitution by taking pledge. This day stands by a day for the celebration of India’s success as the biggest democratic and secular nation across the world. the occasion is celebrated in the premises of D.A.V public school in all its solemnity. the celebration started with very apt words as the thought for the day “ the favour of tricolor should not be depicted only through our words but also through our actions.”
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 representatives legislative institutions under the British rule.
Answer- democracy is not a gift of British rulers. Britishers gradually and slowly gave powers to the elected representatives.
b. Freedom struggle challenged the colonial exploitation and denial of different freedoms to Indians. Free India could not be anything but democratic.
Answer- people of India had to fight a long struggle and made many sacrifices to get freedom from the British rulers. But after independence due to the hard work of great personalities like mahatma Gandhi, India become not anything but democratic in all respects.
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.
Answer- we are really lucky to have leaders who had democratic convictions. As they are the most important factor in making India a democratic. Because the absence of these type of leaders made many newly independent countries undemocratic and they are not even secular.
Answer – no, the values expressed in the above paragraph do not reflect the values underlying the constitution. It goes against the constitutional values because in this paragraph women are shown unequal as weak who should serve men. Whereas the constitution provides equal opportunities both men and women. There is no any discrimination between the capability of men and women.
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.
Answer- Not true, constitution is the supreme law. It described how government elects and their powers, rights of citizens and their protection. This is totally different than any other law.
b. Constitution lays down how different organs of the government will be formed.
Answer- true, the constitution lays down in detail about the structure, power and functions of the three organs of the government i.e., executive, legislative and judiciary.
c. Rights of citizens and limits on the power of the government are laid down in the constitution.
Answer – true, the rights of the citizens are laid down in the constitution as fundamental rights. The powers of the government are divided between the executive, legislative, and the judiciary which keep a check on each other thus there are limits on the power of the government.
d. A constitution is about institutions, not about values.
Answer – not true, a constitution is the supreme law of the country. It lays down the composition powers and functions of the various institutions of the government. The constitution is guided by values which are found in the form of preamble. Principle and values like, equality, liberty, fraternity, brotherhood, secularism, justice, etc are included in the preamble.
1. Here are some false statements. Identify the mistakes 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.
Answer- Leaders of the freedom movement had a consensus that after independence, India will be a democratic country.
B. Members of the constituent assembly of India held the same views on all provisions of the constitution.
Answer- members of the constituent assembly of India held the same views on the basic principles of the constitution.
C. a country that has a constitution must be a democracy.
Answer- A country that is democratic must have a constitution.
D. constitution cannot be amended because it is the supreme law of a country.
Answer- constitution cannot be amended with time and the needs of the citizen.
2. Which of these was the most salient underlying conflict in the marking 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- a conflict between white majority and the black minority was the most underlying .
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- name of the head of the state
4. Match the following leaders with their roles in the making of the constitutions:
A. Motilal Nehru – prepared a constitution for India in 1928
C. Rajendra Prasad – president of the constituent assembly
D. sarojini naidu – member of the constituent assembly
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?
Answer- Nehru used the expression “not wholly or in full measure” because according to him the task of building a nation is a big task which cannot be fulfilled in one’s lifetime.
B. what pledge did he want the makers of the Indian constitution to take?
Answer- the pledge that he wanted the makers of the Indian constitution to take was to dedicate their lives to the service of India, Indians and humanity at large.
C. “the ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye.” Who was he referring to?
Answer- He was referring to Mahatma Gandhi.
6. Here are some of the guiding values of the constitution and their meaning. Rewrite them by matching them correctly.
Answer- a. Sovereign – people have the supreme right to make decision.
Answer- to reinforce the significance and importance of the constitution of India the government of India declared 26th of November as constitution day. It was declared on 19th November 2015 by a gazette notification in remembrance of the father of the Indian constitution, D.R. ambedkar. It is celebrated in all school across the India.
On this marvelous occasion in our school all the students and teachers reaffirmed their commitment to the Indian constitution by taking pledge. This day stands by a day for the celebration of India’s success as the biggest democratic and secular nation across the world. the occasion is celebrated in the premises of D.A.V public school in all its solemnity. the celebration started with very apt words as the thought for the day “ the favour of tricolor should not be depicted only through our words but also through our actions.”
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 representatives legislative institutions under the British rule.
Answer- democracy is not a gift of British rulers. Britishers gradually and slowly gave powers to the elected representatives.
b. Freedom struggle challenged the colonial exploitation and denial of different freedoms to Indians. Free India could not be anything but democratic.
Answer- people of India had to fight a long struggle and made many sacrifices to get freedom from the British rulers. But after independence due to the hard work of great personalities like mahatma Gandhi, India become not anything but democratic in all respects.
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.
Answer- we are really lucky to have leaders who had democratic convictions. As they are the most important factor in making India a democratic. Because the absence of these type of leaders made many newly independent countries undemocratic and they are not even secular.
Answer – no, the values expressed in the above paragraph do not reflect the values underlying the constitution. It goes against the constitutional values because in this paragraph women are shown unequal as weak who should serve men. Whereas the constitution provides equal opportunities both men and women. There is no any discrimination between the capability of men and women.
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.
Answer- Not true, constitution is the supreme law. It described how government elects and their powers, rights of citizens and their protection. This is totally different than any other law.
b. Constitution lays down how different organs of the government will be formed.
Answer- true, the constitution lays down in detail about the structure, power and functions of the three organs of the government i.e., executive, legislative and judiciary.
c. Rights of citizens and limits on the power of the government are laid down in the constitution.
Answer – true, the rights of the citizens are laid down in the constitution as fundamental rights. The powers of the government are divided between the executive, legislative, and the judiciary which keep a check on each other thus there are limits on the power of the government.
d. A constitution is about institutions, not about values.
Answer – not true, a constitution is the supreme law of the country. It lays down the composition powers and functions of the various institutions of the government. The constitution is guided by values which are found in the form of preamble. Principle and values like, equality, liberty, fraternity, brotherhood, secularism, justice, etc are included in the preamble.
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