Here are some of the guiding values of the Constitution and their meaning. Rewrite them by matching them correctly:

(a) Sovereign (b) Republic (c) Fraternity (d) Secular

(i) Government will not favor any religion. (ii) People have the supreme right to make decisions. (iii) Head of the state is an elected person (iv) People should live like brothers and sisters.

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

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?

A friend from Nepal has written you a letter describing the political situation there. Many political parties are opposing the rule of the king. Some of them say that the existing constitution given by the monarch can be amended to allow more powers to elected representatives. Others are demanding a new Constituent Assembly to write a republican constitution. Reply to your friend giving your opinions on the subject.

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

(a) Democracy in India is a gift of the British rulers. We received training to work with representative legislative institutions under the British rule.

(b) Freedom struggle challenged the colonial exploitation and denial of different freedoms to Indians. Free India could not be anything but democratic.

(c) 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.