Chapter: The Indian Constitution
Q & A based on NCERT chapter
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Q1: What is a constitution?
Answer: A constitution is document consisting of basic rules or principles according to which the people of a country are governed.
Q2: What purposes are served by Indian Constitution?
Answer: The constitution serves several purposes such as:
(i) It lays out certain ideals which form the basis of kind of country we aspire to live in.
(ii) It helps serve basic set of rules to govern the nation.
(iii) It defines the nature of political system. It provides guidelines how government should be elected and its machinery should work.
(iv) It ensures that a dominant group does not use its power against other, less powerful people or groups.
Q3: Name the national goals laid out by our constitution.
Answer: Democracy, Secularism and Socialism.
Q4: In which of the following situations is a minister misusing his power:
a) refuses to sanction a project of his ministry for sound technical reasons;
b) threatens to send his security staff to rough up his neighbour.
c) calls up the police station asking them not to register a complaint that is likely to be filed against his relative.
Answer: Case (b) and (c) where the minister is misusing his power.
Q5: How does Indian constitution guarantees the right to equality to all citizens?
Answer: The Indian Constitution guarantees the right to equality to all persons and says that no citizen can be discriminated against on grounds of religion, race, caste, gender, and place of birth. It is a Fundamental right.
