Worksheet – 6
Year: 2015-16
Class: IX (A & B)
NAME: ___________________________________
Topic: Constitutional Design
Subject: Political Science
Date: __________________
Q A. Answer the following questions in one word or a sentence.
1. What is Apartheid?
2. Who was Nelson Mandela?
3. For how many years Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and in which jail? On what charge was
Nelson Mandela imprisoned?
4. Both India as well as South Africa was colonized by Europeans. Mention a similarity and a
difference between two on the basis of the nature of colonialism.
5. Name the organization that played a key role in attaining South Africa independence.
6. What do you mean by whites, blacks and coloured people in reference to South Africa?
7. When did South Africa become independent?
8. Why does the Constitution of South Africa inspire democrats all over the world?
9. What is a Constitution
10.Name the assembly of the elected representatives which drafted the Indian Constitution.
11.What was the Constituent Assembly?
12.Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
13.Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee?
14.When was the drafting of Constitution started?
15.When was the drafting of Constitution completedWhen was our Constitution adopted or
passed by the Constituent Assembly?
16.When was our Constitution enforced or came into effect?
17.How many members were there in the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian
Constitution?
18.State the duration for the framing of the Indian Constitution.
19.For how many days the Constituent Assembly met?
20.What are Constituent Assembly debates?
21.When and where did the Congress decide to fight for the „Poorna Swaraj‟ (complete
independence).
22.In which magazine did Gandhiji express his vision about the Constitution of India?
23.Who often criticized Mahatma Gandhi and his visions?
24.Name the White President who released Nelson Mandela from jail and started negotiating
with African National Congress for independence.
25.What is Preamble?
26.What are Constitutional Amendments?
27.How many articles are there in the Indian Constitution?
28.What is a country called where citizens have complete freedom to follow any religion?
29.Why India is called a republic state?
30.What do we call the country where people have supreme right to make decisions in internal as
well as external matters?
31.What do we call an introductory statement which contains the philosophy and guiding values
on which the entire constitution has been built?
32.Mention any one feature of a Foreign Constitution which inspired the constitution makers of
the Indian Constitution.
33.How the British rule helped in establishing democratic institutions in India?
Q B. Answer the following questions.
1. What would happen in South Africa if the black majority had decided to take revenge on the
whites for all their oppression and exploitation?
2. What is meant by Segregation of blacks by whites in South Africa?
3. What do you mean by political equality?
4. Explain the term „apartheid.
What were its implications? / How was the Apartheid system oppressive for the blacks? How
did the people of South Africa struggle against it?
5. Explain the efforts made to form a constitution after attaining democracy in South Africa. /
What problems existed in the making of the South African Constitution? What compromises
were made? / Explain the necessity of a Constitution in the newly born democracy in South
Africa.
6. “The South African Constitution inspires democrats all over the world”. Justify the statement.
/ Explain the five characteristics of South African Constitution.
7. What is the importance of one person, one vote and one value?
8. Examine three basic guidelines agreed upon before the drafting of Indian Constitution. / The
constitution drafted by Motilal Nehru in 1928 and the resolution passed in Karachi session of
Congress in 1931 were committed to which basic values?
9. „The manner in which the Constituent Assembly worked gives sanctity to the constitution.‟
Justify. / Assess the constitution made by the Constituent Assembly to form the Indian
Constitution
10.“The making of the Indian Constitution for huge and diverse country like India was not an
easy affair.” Justify the statement. / “Framing of Indian Constitution was no fewer struggles
than that of Africa.” Justify the statement. / Highlight any five circumstances under which the
Indian Constitution was drawn up. / What difficulties were faced by the country while
framing the Constitution?
11.How has the Indian Constitution embodied the basic values into its institutional
arrangements? Describe. / Why do we need a Constitution? / Explain the role of the
Constitution in a country.
12. “The Indian Constitution reflects the views of various social groups and political parties.”
Explain it by giving suitable arguments. / Describe the composition of the Constituent
Assembly.
13.In spite of the diversity, India as a whole is regarded as a closely knitted society. Discuss this
statement by throwing light on the Constitutional design of India.
14. Describe the features of the Indian Constitution. / What are the salient features of the Indian
Constitution? / Explain the terms Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic and Republic in
reference to the Indian Constitution. / Why is India called a Secular, Democratic Republic?
Support your answer with reasons.
15.Highlight any three ideals enshrined in the Indian Constitution. / Explain the objectives of the
Indian Constitution. / What are the principles, ideals or objectives of the Indian Constitution
incorporated in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution?
16. Why the Indian Constitution is considered to be one of its kind? / Write any three reasons
for accepting the Constitution made by the Constituent Assembly more than 60 years ago. /
Why do we accept the Constitution made more than 60 years ago? / Why do Indians still
have faith in the Constitution enforced more than sixty years ago?
17. Mention a few features of the Foreign Constitutions which inspired the constitution makers
of the Indian Constitution.
18. How the British rule helped in establishing democratic institutions in India?
19. What provision has been made to incorporate changes in the Indian Constitution and why?
20. The Preamble of Indian Constitution provides philosophy and values of the Constitution.
Explain any three values you derive from it. / Explain the significance of the Indian
Constitution. / Why is the Preamble of Indian Constitution very important? State any three
guiding principles of the embedded in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
21. How has the Indian Constitution embodied the basic values into its institutional
arrangements? Describe.
22.How values of freedom struggle were embedded in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution?
Explain.