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Chapter	Constitutional Design
Type of Questions	Case Study Questions
Nature of Questions	Competency Based Questions
Board	CBSE
Class	9
Subject	Social Science – Political Science (Civics)
Book	Political Science: Democratic Politics – I
Useful for	Class 9 Studying Students
Answers provided	Yes
Difficulty level	Mentioned
Important Link	Class 9 Social Science Chapterwise Case Study

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Case Study Questions on Constitutional Design Class 9

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Passage 1:

Read the following passage and answer the questions:

A Constitution is not merely a statement of values and philosophy. As we noted above, a Constitution is mainly about embodying these values into institutional arrangements. Much of the document called Constitution of India is about these arrangements. It is a very long and detailed document. Therefore, it needs to be amended quite regularly to keep it updated. Those who crafted the Indian Constitution felt that it has to be in accordance with people’s aspirations and changes in society. They did not see it as a sacred, static and unalterable law. So, they made provisions to incorporate changes from time to time. These changes are called Constitutional amendments.

The Constitution describes the institutional arrangements in a very legal language. If you read the Constitution for the first time, it can be quite difficult to understand. Yet the basic institutional design is not very difficult to understand.

Q 1. What are constitutional amendments?

Ans. The makers of the Constitution made a provision for making amendments to the Constitution from time to time. These changes are called constitutional amendments.

Q 2. Mention the two major aspects in the working of institutional design.

Ans. The two major aspects in the working of institutional design are :

(i) It lays down the procedure for choosing persons to govern the country, i.e., about elections.

(ii) It defines who will have much power to take the decision, i.e.. distribution of power among the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.

Q 3. In what way institutional design puts limits to what the government can do?

Ans. Institutional design puts limits to what the government can do by providing some rights to the citizen that cannot be violated and are called fundamental rights.

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Topics from which case study questions may be asked

Here is a list of topics from which case study questions may be asked.

Democratic Constitution in South Africa
Why do We Need Constitution?
Making of the Indian Constitution
Guiding Values of the Indian Constitution

India became independent on 15th August, 1947. India was not completely free at that time because our administration was based on those laws which were passed by the British Parliament in England.

The Constitution of India is the most detailed one in the world. It has 395 articles and 12 schedules.

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Q4: What are the important keywords in this chapter “Constitutional Design”?

A4: Important keywords for CBSE Class 9 What is Constitutional Design are given below:
Apartheid: The official policy of racial separation and ill-treatment of Blacks followed by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1989
Clause: A distinct section of a document
Constitution: Supreme law of a country, containing fundamental rules governing the politics and society in a country
Constituent Assembly: An assembly of people’s representatives that writes a Cconstitution for a country
Draft: A preliminary version of a legal document
Philosophy: The most fundamental principles underlying one’s thoughts and actions
Preamble: An introductory statement in a Constitution which states the reasons and guiding values of the Constitution
Constitutional Amendment: A change in the Constitution made by the supreme legislative body in a country
Treason: The offence of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance
Tryst: A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed upon

Q5: Why did the White South African government put Nelson Mandela on trial?

A5: He was put on trial for opposing the apartheid regime in his country.

Q6: What is Racial Discrimination?

A6: When a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of his colour, descent, national or ethic origin or immigrant status, it is known as Racial Discrimination.

Q7: What is aparthied?

A7: The official policy of racial discrimination and ill treatment of the Blacks followed by the government of South Africa between 1948 and 1989.

Q8: What basic rules are followed to form a Constitution?

A8: The basic rules followed to form Constitution are as follows:
(i) The rules should lay down how the rulers are to be chosen in future.
(ii) These rules determine what the elected governments are empowered to do and what they cannot do.
(iii) These rules should decide the rights of the citizens and form a policy for the betterment of their citizens.

Q9: Who was Nelson Mandela?

A9: Nelson Mandela was the President of South Africa. He fought against the racial discriminatory policy known as apartheid under the banner of African National Congress (ANC). He was imprisoned by the White Minority Government for 28 years. After his release, the election followed and he became the President.

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