Class IX – Revision Assignment

Chapter 2 – Civics
Constitutional Design

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Q1. Match the following leaders with their roles in the making of the
Constitution –
(a) Motilal Nehru (1) President of the Constituent Assembly
(b) B.R. Ambedkar (2) Member of the Constituent Assembly
(c) Rajendra Prasad (3) Chairman of the Drafting Committee
(d) Sarojini Naidu (4) Prepared a Constitutional Draft in 1928
Q2. Match the guiding values of the Constitution and their meaning -
(a) Sovereign (1) Government will not favour any religion
(b) Republic (2) People have the Supreme right to make decisions
(c) Fraternity (3) Head of the State is an elected person
(d) Secular (4) People should live like brothers and sisters
Q3. Match the following dates with the events –
a. July 1946 (1) The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly
b. December 1946 (2) The Assembly adopted the Constitution of India
c. November 1949 (3) The Constitution of India came into effect
d. January 1950 (4) Elections to the Constituent Assembly were held
Q4.The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India on –
a. 26 January 1950
b. 26 November 1949
c. 26 January 1949
 d. 26 November 1950
Q5. When the Constitution of India came into effect/force?
a. 26 January 1950
b. 26 November 1949
c. 26 January 1949
d. 26 November 1950
Q6. Which of the following sentence is correct?
a. All countries that have Constitution are necessarily democratic
b. All countries that are democratic necessarily have Constitutions
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of the above
Q7. Where was the 1931 session of Indian National Congress held?
a. Nagpur
b. Karachi
c. Calcutta
d. Delhi
Q8. According to which Act were the elections held to provincial
legislatures in India in 1937?
a. Government of India Act , 1935
b. Government of India Act , 1936
c. Government of India Act , 1937
d. None of the above
Q9. How many amendments were considered before adopting the
Constitution?
a. Around 100
b. Around 500
c. Around 1000
d. Around 2000
Q10. The Constitution begins with a short statement of its basic values.
What is it called?
a. Index
b. Rights
c. Article
d. Preamble
Q11. Which of the following days is celebrated to mark the enforcement of
the Constitution?
a. Independence Day
b. Constitution Enforcement Day
c. Republic Day
d. Ambedkar Jayanti
Q12. The Constituent Assembly met for total how many days?
a. 114
b. 118
c. 120
d. 150
Q13. Define the term ‘Constitution’.
Q14. What do you understand by Constitutional Amendment?
Q15. The head of the state is an elected person and not a hereditary one.
It is called a _________.
Q16. Every document presented and every word spoken in the Constituent
Assembly has been recorded and preserved. These are called _________.
Q17. How was Constituent Assembly formed?

SHORT AND LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

Q18. What are the functions of a Constitution?
OR
Explain the necessity of the Constitution in a democratic country.
Q19.Why was making of the Indian Constitution a difficult task?
OR
‘India emerged as an independent country amidst heavy turmoil’. Justify the
statement by explaining the challenges before the Constitution makers of
India.
Q20. Enlist the factors which contributed to the making of the Indian
Constitution.
Q21. Enumerate the reasons for accepting the Constitution framed by the
Constituent Assembly more than Seventy years ago.
Q22. “Values that inspired and guided the freedom struggle and in turn were
nurtured by it formed the foundation of India’s Democracy”. Examine any
three values that you learn from the freedom struggle.
Q23. Discuss the role of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in the making of the
Constitution of India.
Q24. Give reasons to explain why India’s Constitution is referred as
‘Borrowed document’? Do you think it is a copy of Constitution of various
countries?
Q25. Tryst with Destiny speech made by Pt Jawaharlal Nehru –

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when
we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very
substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps,
India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but
rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age
ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.

(a) Why did Pt. Nehru use the expression “not wholly or in full
measure” in the first sentence?
 (b) What pledge did he want the makers of the Indian Constitution to
take?
(c) “The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to
wipe every tear from every eye”. Who was Pt. Nehru referring to?

REASON AND ASSERTION QUESTIONS

A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion.
B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
D. If both assertion and reason are false.

Q26. Assertion (A) : The Indian Constitution came into force with effect from
26th January 1950.
Reason (R) : 26th January is celebrated as the Republic Day.

Q27. Assertion (A) : The makers of the Indian Constitution had anxieties
about the present and the future of the country.
Reason (R) : In some other countries, the Constitution exists as a mere piece
of paper. No one actually follows it.

Q28. Assertion (A) : The Indian Constitution begins with a short statement
of its basic values.
Reason (R) : Taking inspiration from American model, most countries in the
contemporary world have chosen to begin their constitutions with a
preamble.

Q29. Assertion (A) : The Constituent Assembly was elected mainly by the
members of the existing Provincial Legislatures.
Reason (R) : Even if the Constituent Assembly was elected by Universal
Adult Franchise, its composition would not have been very different.