Read the following statements about a constitution. Give reasons why each of these is true or not true.

Constitution lays down how different organs of the government will be formed.

Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter.

A country that has a Constitution must be a democracy.

Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter.

Constitution cannot be amended because it is the supreme law of a country.

Which of these was the most salient underlying conflict in the making of a democratic constitution in South Africa?

Which of these is a provision that a democratic constitution does not have?

Match the following leaders with their roles in the making of the Constitution:

Read again the extracts from Nehru’s speech ‘Tryst with Destiny’ and answer the following:

Why did Nehru use the expression “not wholly or in full measure” in the first sentence?

Read again the extracts from Nehru’s speech ‘Tryst with Destiny’ and answer the following:

What pledge did he want the makers of the Indian Constitution to take?

Read again the extracts from Nehru’s speech ‘Tryst with Destiny’ and answer the following:
“The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye”. Who was he referring to?

Here are some of the guiding values of the Constitution and their meaning. Rewrite them by matching them correctly.

A friend from Nepal has written you a letter describing the political situation there. Many political parties are opposing the rule of the king. Some of them say that the existing constitution given by the monarch can be amended to allow more powers to elected representatives. Others are demanding a new Constituent Assembly to write a republican constitution. Reply to your friend giving your opinions on the subject.