Social Studies CASE BASED QUESTIONS

Read the given passage and answer the following questions.
The Constitution plays a crucial role in laying out the ideals that we would like all citizens of the country to adhere to, including the representatives that we elect to rule us. Just like in the game of football, a change of constitutive rules will affect the game. Indian Constitution has been amended over the years to reflect new concerns of the polity. Often a major change in the Constitution means a change in the fundamental nature of the country. We saw this in the case of Nepal and how it needed to adopt a new Constitution after it became a democracy. The different features of the Indian Constitution outlined above, involve complicated Ideas that are often not easy to grasp. Don't worry too much about this for the moment. In the rest of the book as well as in your higher classes, you will read more about these different features of the Indian Constitution and understand more substantively what they mean.
Q. 1. What role does the Constitution play in a country?
Q. 2. Why is it important for a country to amend its Constitution over time?

Read the given passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The section on Fundamental Rights has often been referred to as the 'conscience' of the Indian Constitution. Colonial rule had created a certain suspicion of the State in the minds of the nationalists and they wanted to ensure that a set of written rights would guard against the misuse of State power in independent India. Fundamental Rights, therefore, protect citizens against the arbitrary and absolute exercise of power by the State. The Constitution, thus, guarantees the rights of individuals against the State as well as against other individuals. Moreover, the various minority communities also expressed the need for the Constitution to include rights that would protect their groups. The Constitution, therefore, also guarantees the rights of minorities against the majority. As Dr. Ambedkar has said about these Fundamental Rights, their object is two-fold. The first objective is that every citizen must be in a position to claim those rights. Secondly, these rights must be binding upon every authority that has got the power to make laws.
Q. 1. Which of the following provisions of the Indian constitution acts as a guide for the moral and ethical behavior of the citizens and protects them from the tyranny of the government?
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Directive Principles
(c) Preamble
(d) Fundamental Duties
Q. 2. In relation to the state, what is the objective behind incorporation of Fundamental Rights into the Constitution?
(a) To protect the rights of the State
(b) To guard against the misuse of State power
(c) To promote the absolute exercise of power by the State
(d) To establish a monarchy
Q. 3. Fundamental rights provides several protections to the citizens of India. These protections are provided against which of the following?
(a) Only the State
(b) Only other individuals
(c) Both the State and other individuals
(d) Only minority communities
Q. 4 What was the main concern of the Indian nationalists regarding the State?
(a) They believed the State would promote atheism.
(b) They feared the State would impose a single language
(c) They were worried about the State's potential for abuser of power
(d) They wanted the state to control all aspects of citizens' lives.