NCERT Solutions for Chapter 2 Constitutional Design Class 9 Civics
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(d) Between the coloured minority and the black majority3
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(b) Name of the head of the state4
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Β.R. Ambedkar (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Sarojini Naidu | (i) President of the Constituent Assembly (ii) Member of the Constituent Assembly (iii) Chairman of the Drafting Committee (iv) Prepared a Constitution for India in 1928 |
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(a) Motilal Nehru | (iv) Prepared a Constitution for India in 1928 |
(b) B.R. Ambedkar | (iii) Chairman of the Drafting Committee |
(c) Rajendra Prasad | (i) President of the Constituent Assembly |
(d) Sarojini Naidu | (ii) Member of the Constituent Assembly |
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(a) Sovereign (b) Republic (c) Fraternity (d) Secular | (i) Government will not favour 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. |
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(a) Sovereign (b) Republic (c) Fraternity (d) Secular | (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. (i) Government will not favour any religion. |
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(b) Freedom struggle was important in spreading the idea of nationalism in India and inculcating the practice of making decisions by consensus.
(c) The leaders had the desire to give freedoms to the people. India’s freedom struggle is the only example of a bloodless freedom struggle in the contemporary history. This could be possible because our nationalist leaders had the maturity to listen to others’ views.
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Constitution is the supreme law. It describes how government elects and their powers, rights of citizens and their protection. This is totally different than any other law.
(b) True
Constitution defines the role of the legislature, the executive and the judiciary and how they should be formed and by whom.
(c) True
Constitutional setup limits the power of government through dfferent institutions and also talks about the right of citizens.
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The Constitution contains all the values which the institutions have to promote. The Preamble to the Constitution is a shining example of this and states clearly that justice, liberty, equality and fraternity have to be promoted. Secularism has to be followed and socialism and democracy should be the basis of the government.