Exercise Answers
A. Choose the correct options of the following:
1. Our national goal is:
(a) Democracy
(b) kingship
(c) Imperialism
(d) Dictatorship
Ans. (a). Democracy
2. Who said 'we need peace in the world'.
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (b). Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Why is disarmament a must?
(a) for the world peace
(b) for war
(c) for forming government
(d) for atomic arms
Ans. (a). For the world peace
4. Voting on the basis of caste and religion makes democracy _______.
(a) strong
(b) weak
(c) protect our rights
(d) all the above
Ans. (b) weak
5. Age fixed for adult franchise is:
(a) 14 years
(b) 18 years
(c) 21 years
(d) 25 years
Ans. (b). 18 years
B. Fill in the blanks:
(1) In the Indian constitution, total ______ fundamental rights have been conferred.
Ans. six
(2) Democracy is a rule of _______.
Ans. people
(3) There is a freedom of _________ in secularism.
Ans. religion
(4) Non-Alignment means to be ________ from armed lobbies.
Ans. different
(5) Democracy's chief factors are ________ equality and _________.
Ans. freedom fraternity
C. Very short answer type questions:
(1) Name the types of freedom.
Ans. 1) There are many types of freedom. It can be taken as individual freedom, civic freedom, political freedom, economic, social and religious freedom.
(2) Write the meaning of equality.
Ans. 2) The equal opportunity being made available by the state for over all development of citizens is called equality.
(3) What is a representative Democracy?
Ans. 3) The type of democracy in which the people elect their representatives to form government is known as representative democracy.
(4) why should each citizen be literate in democracy?
Ans. People participate in the political process in a democracy. The participation can be effective only when the citizens are in a position to understand the political issues. Therefore citizens must be educated.
D. Short answer type questions:
(1) Define adult franchise.
Ans. 1) Indian constitution has provided voting rights to the citizens. Every citizen who has attained the age of 18 years, has the right to vote. This right without any bias of gender, class, caste, or religion is available to all. We call it universal adult franchise.
(2) what are our National Goals?
Ans. (2) India is a democratic country and our national goals are: Democracy, Secularism, National unity, Freedom, Equality, Social Harmony and International peace and cooperation.
(3) Write the true meaning of justice.
Ans. The justice is a social order a mutual relation of individual are in a proper order and individual's rights remain safe. The concept of justice is taken as truth and morality. Our constitution provides social, political and economic justice to to all the citizens.
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