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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?


a) In his pledge he wants makers of constitution to take in account. ‘The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity’.


b) “The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye.” Here Nehru was referring to Mahatma Gandhi because it was his wish to see an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people; an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an India for the curse of untouchability or the curse of the intoxicating drinks and drugs. Women will enjoy the same rights as men.


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2

Which of the following statement 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


 3

Match the following leaders with their roles in the making of the Constitution:



















a. Motilal Nehru



i) President of the Constituent Assembly



b. B. R. Ambedkar



ii) Member of the Constituent Assembly



c. Rajendra Prasad



iii) Chairman of the Drafting Committee



d. Sarojini Naidu



iv) Prepared a Constitution for India in 1928



 5

Here are some of the guiding values of the Constitution and their meaning.

Rewrite them by matching them correctly.



 6

Read the section ‘Dream and Promise’ again. Draw a table with statements that you consider as dream in the first column and promise in second column.