CBSE TEST PAPER-02

Class –IX Social Science (Constitutional Design)

General Instruction:-

All Question are Compulsory.

Question No. 1 to 4 Carry one marks each.
Question No. 5 to 10 carry three marks each.
Question No. 11 to 12 carry five marks each.

1. Who was H.P. Modi?

2. What is Clouse?
3. How many members are there in the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Indian
Constitution?
4. Who are called black in South Africa?
5. What do you know about Abul Kalam Azad?
6. What do you know about T.T. Krishnamachari?
7. What do you know about Rajendra Prasad?
8. What do you know about Jaipal Singh?
9. What do you know about H.C. Mookherjee?
10. What do you know about G. Durgabai Deshmukh?
11. Explain the efforts made to form a new Constitution after attaining democracy in South
Africa.
12. What is a constitution? Explain the role of the Constitution in a country?
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Class –IX Social Science (Constitutional Design)
[ANSWERS]

1. Sir Hormasji Pherozshah Modi generally known as Sir Homi Mody was a noted Parsi
businessman associated with Tata Group and an administrator of India. He started his
career as a lawyer at Bombay and in 1913 became Chairman of Bombay Municipal
Corporation.
2. A distinct section of a document
3. 299 members
4. The native people of South Africa are black.
5. 1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born on 11 November 1888 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
2. He rose to prominence through his work as a journalist, publishing works critical of
the British Raj and espousing the causes of Indian nationalism.
3. Azad became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National
Congress at the age of 35 in 1923.
4. Azad became the leader of the 'Khilafat Movement' (1919-26), during which, he came
into close contact with the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi.
5. He became the first Minister of Education in independent India.
6. His birth anniversary is celebrated as the National Education Day in India.
7. In 1992, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna.
6. 1. T.T.Krishnamachari was born in 1899 into a Brahmin family in Chennai.
2. He joined politics and got elected to Madras Legislative Assembly for the first time as
an independent candidate.
3. He joined Indian National Congress in 1946 and since then he was fully active in
centre politics.
4. A member of first Lok Sabha, he served as the first Minister of commerce, followed by
Finance portfolio.
5. He has also held the portfolios of Economic and Defence Corporation, and steel for a
short period.
7. 1. India's first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born on December 3 in the year 1884.
2. A lawyer by profession, Dr. Prasad had been an influential leader during the Indian
freedom struggle.
 3. He left his law practice to join the movement along with Mahatma Gandhi and
Jawaharlal Nehru.
4. Rajendra Prasad joined the Indian National Congress in 1911 and became a leader of
the Bihar and Odisha region
5. He served as the president of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the first
constitution of the Republic of India, which lasted from 1948 to 1950.
6. He also became the first Minister of Food and Agriculture in 1946 in the interim
national government.
7. He died on February 28, 1963.
8. 1. Jaipal Singh Munda (January 3, 1903 – March 20, 1970) was a Munda tribal man, who
captained the Indian field hockey team to clinch gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in
Amsterdam.
2. He is well known for his sportsmanship and political skills.
3. Later he emerged as a sole leader of Adivasi cause and creation of a separate home
land for adivasis of central India.
4. As a member of the Constituent Assembly of India he actively campaigned for the
rights of the scheduled tribes.
5. His dream came true on November 15, 2000, when Jharkhand was carved out of
Bihar.He is popularly known as “Marang Gomke” which means the Great Leader. This
name was given to him by the tribal people of Chota Nagpur region.
9. 1. Harendra Coomar Mookerjee (1887–1956), was the Vice-president of the Constituent
Assembly of India for drafting the constitution of India before Partition of India.
2. He was the first Governor of West Bengal after India became a republic with partition
into India and Pakistan.
3. He was an educationalist, prominent Christian leader of Bengal, and was the
chairman of the Minority rights committee and Provincial constitution committee of
the Constituent Assembly—consisting of indirectly elected representatives to draft the
Constitution of India.
4. Including for provinces of present Pakistan and Bangladesh(then-East Bengal) – the
assembly considered only Muslims and Sikhs as religious minorities.
5. After India became a republic, the same Constituent Assembly became the first
Parliament of India in 1947.
10. 1. “Iron Lady” Durgabai Deshmukh was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and participated
 in the Salt Satyagraha. She was the founder of AMS (Andhra Mahila Sabha)
institutions and other important social welfare organizations.
2. In 1946, Durgabai shifted to Delhi. She became a member of the Constituent Assembly
and used her potential in framing the Constitution.
3. She also edited a journal known as Andhra Mahila and inspired women to rebel
against meaning​less social constraints imposed on them.
4. She had also suggested to important amendments to the draft constitution:
1. To ensure that “Every judge shall be a citizen of the union of India”.
2. To lower the age from 35 to 30 for holding a seat in the council of states.
5. Deshmukh had won several awards including Paul G Hoffman Award, Nehru Literacy
Award, UNESCO award for outstanding work in the field of literacy and the Padma
Vibhushan.
11. 1. After the emergence of the new democratic South Africa, black leaders appealed to
fellow whites for the atrocities they had committed while in power.
2. They said let us build a new South Africa based on equality of all races and men and
women, on democratic values, social justice, and human rights.
3. The party that ruled through oppression and brutal killings and the party that led the
freedom struggle sat together to draw up a common constitution.
4. After two years of discussion and debate, they came out with one of the finest
constitutions the world has ever had.
5. This constitution gave to its citizens the most extensive rights available in any
country.
12. 1. The constitution of a country is a set of written rules that are accepted by all people
living together in a country.
2. The Constitution is the supreme law that determines the relationship among people
living in a territory and also the relationship between the people and government.
3. It generates a degree of trust and coordination that is necessary for different kind of
people to live together.
4. It specifies how the government will be constituted who will have the power to take
which decision.
5. It lays down limits on the powers of the government and tells us what the rights of the
citizens are.
6. It expresses the aspirations of the people about creating a good society.