Q6 of 10 Page 239

Match the following.


Explanation:


A. Liberal Individualism is done in the backdrop of a society where community values are often indifferent or hostile to individual autonomy.


B. The makers of the Constitution wanted to be as inclusive in their approach as possible. This open-ended approach indicates the willingness of people to modify their existing preferences.


C. Community is very vital in one’s life. Example the constitution made by few people of the community, which provided rights and guides us today from time to time.


D. Art 370 and 371 grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and North Eastern states respectively. Both the states have their own regional conflicts and issues; hence the status is provided.


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Explain the difference between the Indian Constitution and western ideas in the light of

A. Understanding of secularism.


B. Articles 370 and 371.


C. Affirmative action.


D. Universal adult franchise.

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Which of the following principles of secularism are adopted in the Constitution of India?

A. that state will have nothing to do with religion


B. that state will have close relation with religion


C. that state can discriminate among religions


D. that state will recognise rights of religious groups


E. that state will have limited powers to intervene in affairs of religions

 7

This discussion was taking place in a class. Read the various arguments and state which of these do you agree with and why.

Jayesh: I still think that our Constitution is only a borrowed document.


Saba: Do you mean to say that there is nothing Indian in it? But is there such a thing as Indian and western in the case of values and ideas? Take equality between men and women. What is western about it? And even if it is, should we reject it only because it is western?


Jayesh: What I mean is that after fighting for independence from the British, did we not adopt their system of parliamentary government?


Neha: You forget that when we fought the British, we were not against the British as such, we were against the principle of colonialism. That has nothing to do with adopting a system of government that we wanted, wherever it came from.

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Why is it said that the making of the Indian Constitution was unrepresentative? Does that make the Constitution unrepresentative? Give reasons for your answer.