Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

What was apartheid?

Read the following statements about a constitution. Give reasons why each of these is true or not true.
Rights of citizens and limits on the power of the government are laid down in the constitution.

Whom did Constituent Assembly represent. How had the members been selected?

How had the socialist revolution in Russia inspired the makers of the Indian Constitution?

Who played a key role in the making of the Indian Constitution?

How was the trust built between the whites and the blacks?

What is the meaning of the form ‘Secular’?

How were non-whites treated in South Africa?

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

Why was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964?

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-defence. 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?

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.

Name one colonial law that helped in making of Indian constitution.

Mention one major feature of the South African Constitution.

Who was the first President of the newly born democracy in South Africa?

In which manner Constituent Assembly worked?

Who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?

Name the great Indian freedom movement leader who was not the member of Constituent Assembly.

What does ‘Equality’ term mean in the Indian Constitution?

What is fraternity in the constitution?

What does ‘democratic’ mean?

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 country that has a constitution must be a democracy.

What did Dr. B.R. Ambedkar want?

Why was a drafting committee formulated? Who was its Chairman?

Who is called the 'Father of the Indian Constitution'?

What resolution was made in 1931, Karachi session?

What does ‘Socialist’ in a democratic Constitution mean?

Who were called ‘blacks’ in South Africa?

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.

Who was the first one to draft a constitution for India?

Name the leader who played a decisive to in the integration of Indian princely states.

Who was Nelson Mandela?

What is called the Preamble of the Constitution?

Here are different opinions about what made India a democracy. How much importance would you give to each of these factors?
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.

Give one example of democratic country having a constitution after independence.

What is this set of basic rules called?

What do you know about The Long Walk to Freedom?

What features formed the foundation for India’s democracy?

Read the following statements about a constitution. Give reasons why each of these is true or not true.
A constitution is about institutions, not about values.

What is Preamble?

What is a ‘Constitution’?

For whom was the apartheid system particularly oppressive?

What are called Constitutional amendments?

With which rules trust was built between blacks and whites in South Africa?

What does ‘Sovereign’ mean?

What, according to Jawaharlal Nehru, does 'Service of India' mean?

What was ANC?

Many compromises were made by the whites and blacks. Mention one of them.

When was the African National Congress (ANC) formed?

Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter.
Leaders of the freedom movement had an open mind about whether the country should be democratic or not after independence.