Constitutional Design — Social Studies STD 9 — Question

Mention any two limitations of a democratic government.

What does the term ‘Fraternity’ signify in the Preamble?

Can we draw the following conclusions from the information given in this chapter?Give two facts to support your position for each of these.
Many reforms are needed to make our elections completely free and fair.

Over the years President Mugabe's government in Zimbabwe has changed the constitution several times. Why?

Read the following statements about a constitution. Give reasons why each of these is true or not true.
Constitution lays down how different organs of the government will be formed.

What does ‘Sovereign’ mean?

Why is the Prime Minister in India not directly elected by the people?
Choose the most appropriate answer and give reasons for your choice.

1. In a Parliamentary democracy only the leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha can become the Prime Minister.
2. Lok Sabha can remove the Prime Minister and the council of Minister even before the expiry of their term.
3. Since the Prime Minister in appointed by the president there is no need for it.
4. Direct election of the Prime Minister will involve lot of expenditure on election.

Here are different opinions about what made India a democracy. How much importance would you give to each of these factors?
Democracy in India is a gift of the British rulers. We received training to work with representative legislative institutions under the British rule.

Each of these statements contains a democratic and an undemocratic element. Write out the two separately for each statement:
A minister said that some laws have to be passed by the parliament in order to conform to the regulations decided by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Give a simple definition of democracy.