*What is known Monarchy?
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The ruling power is vested in the hands of single person over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right.
*Who is called Representative?
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A person who has been chosen behalf of a group of people to speak or vote.
*What do mean Autonomous?
A.
A country or region or an institution having self - government or self - administration.
*What do you mean Federal System?
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The entire country is considered to be a union of smaller states. Government functions are divided between the Central Government and State Government.
*What is the meaning of Republic?
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The head of the state is elected by the people directly or indirectly and not a hereditary position as in a kingdom.
*What do you mean Secularism?
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The government will not be run on the basis of any religion. Citizens will have complete freedom to follow any religion or no religion at all. Government will not favour any religion.
4. What values are embedded in the preamble of Indian Constitution.
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Secularism, democracy, justices equality, liberty, fraternity one the values embedded in the preamble of Indian constitution.
*What are the two principles of democracy?
A.1. Every one will be equal before law
and have certain fundamental rights guaranteed to them.
2. The government would be formed
by general elections.
*Read the section dream and promise again draw table with statements that you considered as a dream in the first column and promise in second column
A.
*What do you mean universal adult franchise?
A.
Every adult citizen given right to vote in elections irrespective of gender,
caste, religion, education, or wealth is called Universal Adult Franchise.
*Which of the following statements is correct ?
a. Constitution determines the relationship
between people and government .
b. Democratic countries generally contain a
Constitution .
c. To make a Constitution to a diverse country
like India is not an easy task .
d . All are correct .
A. d ( All are correct ) .
*Read again the extracts from Nehru's speech and answer the following :
a. What pledge did he want the makers of the Indian Constitution to take ?
b. " The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye . " Who was he referring to ?
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a. The pledge he wanted the makers of the Indian Constitution to take was ' incessant striving'.
b. He was referring to Mahatma Gandhiji.
*What values are embedded in the preamble of the Indian Constitution ?
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Preamble of the Indian Constitution :
1. The values that inspired and formed the foundation for India's democracy .
2. 'Preamble' is a short statement of its basic principles and objectives.
3. They guide all the provisions of Indian Constitution.
*On what occasions equal justice is seen mention with examples
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Our Constitution seeks to ensure that all people enjoy the same status.
Our constitution promises equality of opportunity in public jobs. It means all public offices shall be open to all irrespective of caste or religion.
Examples:
1. We find equal justice in case of legal disputes. The two parties of the dispute are heard and justice is done.
2. Equal justice is seen in case of disputes among religious, castes or gender.
*"All are equal before law" explain this with examples.
A.
EQUALITY:
1. Our constitution does not promise equality in all respects (like income or property)
2. It seeks to ensure that all people will enjoy the same status.
3. Everyone will be governed by the same law.
4. It promises equality of opportunity to all.
5. Public offices shall be open to all irrespective of caste or religion.
*What do you mean by constitution?
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1. A Constitution is a set of rules
about how the country should be governed,
2. How the laws that run it would be made or changed,
3. how the government should be formed,
4. what would be the role of the citizens, what would be their rights, etc.
4. It was decided to put
together basic principles for our country would be ruled.
5. These were written down in a book called the ‘Constitution'
*What were the sources of inspiration and ideas for framing our Constitution?
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1. American civil rights Act.
2. Socialist revolution in Russia and China.
3. Parliamentary democracy of Britain.
