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Which of these is a provision that a democratic constitution does not have?

The provision that a democratic constitution does not have from the above given four statements is option (b) as in the constitution of a democratic country there is no name that is given to the head of the state. Hence, option (B) is correct.

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1

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) Leaders of the freedom movement had an open mind about whether the country should be democratic or not after independence.

(b) Members of the Constituent Assembly of India held the same views on all provisions of the Constitution.

(c) A country that has a constitution must be a democracy.

(d) Constitution cannot be amended because it is the supreme law of a country.

 2

Which of these was the most salient underlying conflict in the making of a democratic constitution in South Africa?

 4

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







(a) Motilal Nehru


(b) B.R.Amdedkar


(c) Rajendra Prasad


(d) Sarojini Naidu



(i) President of the Constituent


(ii) Member of the Constituent Assembly


(iii) Chairman of the Drafting Committee


(iv) Prepared a Constitution for India in 1928


 5

Read again the extracts from Nehru's speech Tryst with Destiny' and answer the following:

(a) Why did Nehru use the expression "not wholly or in full measure” in the first sentence?


(b) What pledge did he want the makers of the Indian Constitution to take?


(c) "The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye.”. Who was he referring to?