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State whether the following inferences about the making of the Indian Constitution is Correct or Incorrect. Give reasons to support your answer.
There was little originality in the Constitution, for much of it was borrowed from other countries.
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How is democracy more effective than authoritarian governments in dealing with conflicting nationalist aspirations?
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How is democracy more effective than authoritarian governments in dealing with conflicting nationalist aspirations?
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What do you think are the limitations of nationalism?
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What do you think are the limitations of nationalism?
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Give two examples to support the following conclusion about the Indian Constitution:
The Constitution was made by credible leaders who commanded peoples’ respect.
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Give two examples to support the following conclusion about the Indian Constitution:
The Constitution has distributed power in such a way as to make it difficult to subvert it.
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Give two examples to support the following conclusion about the Indian Constitution:
The Constitution is the locus of people’s hopes and aspirations.
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Why is it necessary for a constitution to place limitations on the rulers? Can there be a constitution that gives no power at all to the citizens?
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The Japanese Constitution was made when the US occupation army was still in control of Japan after its defeat in the Second World War. The Japanese constitution could not have had any provision that the US government did not like. Do you see any problem in this way of making the constitution? In which way was the Indian experience different from this?
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Explain the concept of principled distance.
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Rajat asked his teacher this question: “The constitution is a fifty year old and therefore outdated book. No one took my consent for implementing it. It is written in such tough language that I cannot understand it. Tell me why should I obey this document?” If you were the teacher, how would you answer Rajat?
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In a discussion on the experience of the working of our Constitution, three speakers took three different positions:
a. Harbans: The Indian Constitution has succeeded in giving us a framework of democratic government.
b.Neha: The Constitution made solemn promises of ensuring liberty, equality and fraternity. Since this has not happened, the Constitution has failed.
c. Nazima: The Constitution has not failed us. We have failed the Constitution.
Do you agree with any of these positions? If yes, why? If not, what is your own position?
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A State must protect the lives and rights of its citizens. However, at times its own actions are a source of violence against some of its citizens. Comment with the help of some examples
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The use of violence does not achieve just ends in the long run. What do you think about this statement?
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Write true or false against the following statement:
A Bill of Rights lays down the rights enjoyed by the people of a country.
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Write true or false against the following statement:
A Bill of Rights protects the liberties of an individual.
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Discuss some of the social and ecological costs of the kind of development which has been pursued in most countries.
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Write true or false against the following statement:
Every country of the world has a Bill of Rights.
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What are some of the new claims for rights which the process of development has generated?
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