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Homework Worksheet
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Class VIII Sec Name  Date 2/7/2021

CIVICS
CHAPTER 1 THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
Part 1
Answer the following:
1.Why does a democratic country need a constitution?
Ans.
i. It lays out the important guidelines that govern decision making within
the various societies of the country.
ii. It lays out certain ideals that form the basis of the kind of country that
we as citizens aspire to live in.
iii. It provides a set of rules and principles on how people want their
country to be governed.
iv. It provides rules to safeguard the interests of minorities and prevent
them from being dominated by the majority.It tells us the fundamental
nature of our society.
v. It also provides certain fundamental rights to its citizens and protects
their freedom.

2.The people of Nepal did not want to continue with the constitution of
1990.Why?
Ans.
i. The Constitution of Nepal, which had been adopted in 1990, stated that
the final authority rested with the King.
ii. A people’s movement in Nepal fought for several decades to establish
democracy and in 2006 they finally succeeded in putting an end to the
powers of the King.

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 iii. Now the people had to write a new Constitution to establish Nepal as a
democracy.
iv. The reason that they did not want to continue with the previous
Constitution as it did not reflect the ideals of the country that they
want Nepal to be.

3. What would happen if there were no restrictions on the powers of

elected representatives?
Ans.
i. If there were no restrictions on the powers of the elected
representatives, there would be a possibility that those
representatives might misuse their power and authority.
ii. T he Constitution usually provides to safeguard against the misuse
of such powers.
iii. T he misuse of authority can result in gross injustice. There are
chances that the democratic government changes to dictatorship.

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