Science (English Medium) कक्षा ११ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

An activist working among the poor says that the poor don’t need Fundamental Rights. What they need are Directive Principles to be made legally binding. Do you agree with this? Give your reasons

Indian electoral system aims at ensuring representation of socially disadvantaged sections. However we are yet to have even 12 per cent women members in our legislatures. What measures would you suggest to improve the situation?

A parliamentary executive means:

The parliamentary system of executive vests many powers in the legislature for controlling the executive. Why, do you think, is it so necessary to control the executive?

Which of the following statements you agree with the most? Give your reasons.

√ Legislators must be free to join any party they want.
√ Anti-defection law has contributed to the domination of the party leaders over the legislators.
√ Defection is always for selfish purposes and therefore, a legislator who wants to join another party must be disqualified from being a minister for the next two years.

The following is a statement about Ecuador. What similarities or differences do you find between this example and the judicial system in India?

“It would be helpful if a body of common law, or judicial precedent, existed that could clarify a journalist’s rights. Unfortunately, Ecuador’s courts don’t work that way. Judges are not forced to respect the rulings of higher courts in previous cases. Unlike the US, an appellate judge in Ecuador (or elsewhere in South America, for that matter) need not provide a written decision explaining the legal basis of a ruling. A judge may rule one way today and the opposite way, in a similar case, tomorrow, without explaining why.”

How is judicial activism related to the protection of fundamental rights? Has it helped in expanding the scope of fundamental rights?

Should some states be governed by special provisions?

Does this create resentment among other States? Does this help in forging greater unity among the regions of the country?

While appointing the Prime Minister, the President selects

Read this discussion and say which of these statements applies most to India.

What are the different ways in which the independence of the judiciary is ensured? Choose the odd ones out.

i. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is consulted in the appointment of other judges of Supreme Court.
ii Judges are generally not removed before the age of retirement.
iii Judge of a High Court cannot be transferred to another High Court.
iv Parliament has no say in the appointment of judges.

Does independence of the judiciary mean that the judiciary is not accountable to any one? Write your answer in not more than 100 words.

Do you think that judicial activism can lead to a conflict between the judiciary and the executive? Why?

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

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 the rights of religious groups

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

Match the following.

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.