Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

Some of the categories under which law can be classifies are:

• Criminal law.
• Contract Law.
• Property Law.
• International law.
• Equity and Trust Laws.

A Constitution is a document outlining the basic laws or principals by which a country is governed.

The parliament has the power to modify or cancel laws it it finds that they don’t adhere to the constitution.

The different ways to criticise the unpopular laws are—newspapers, TV, protests, meetings, etc.

The Sedition Act of 1870 was a British law. Under this act, any person protesting or criticising the British government should be arrested without due trial.

In ancient India, there were innumerable and often overlapping local laws.

The Hindu Succession Amendment Act was revised in 2005.

Article 14 Equality before law. The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.

Criticise means to find fault or disapprove of a person or thing. In other words, it refers to citizens finding fault with the functioning of government.

4. None of these

The Hindu Succession Act was revised in 2005.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919. General Dyer gave the order to shoot the protestors.

Rule of law means that all laws apply equally to all citizens of the country and no one can be above the law.

It is believed that it was the British colonialists who introduced the rule of law in India.

According to this Act, any person protesting or criticising the British government could be arrested without due trial.

Our representative in the Parliament makes laws for the country implemented by executive.

The British made the laws for India in Colonial period.

What are the important changes introduced by the Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005?

According to the Sedition Act of 1870 any person protesting or criticising the British government could be arrested without due trial.