Case Study Questions for Class 9 Social Science Geography Chapter 3 Constitutional Design
Case Study Questions
Question 1:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows:
A Constitution is not merely a statement of values and philosophy. As we noted above, a Constitution is mainly about embodying these values into institutional arrangements. Much of the document called Constitution of India is about these arrangements. It is a very long and detailed document. Therefore, it needs to be amended quite regularly to keep it updated. Those who crafted the Indian Constitution felt that it has to be in accordance with people’s aspirations and changes in society. They did not see it as a sacred, static and unalterable law. So, they made provisions to incorporate changes from time to time. These changes are called Constitutional amendments.
The Constitution describes the institutional arrangements in a very legal language. If you read the Constitution for the first time, it can be quite difficult to understand. Yet the basic institutional design is not very difficult to understand.
Q 1. What are constitutional amendments?
Ans. The makers of the Constitution made a provision for making amendments to the Constitution from time to time. These changes are called constitutional amendments.
Q 2. Mention the two major aspects in the working of institutional design.
Ans. The two major aspects in the working of institutional design are :
(i) It lays down the procedure for choosing persons to govern the country, i.e., about elections.
(ii) It defines who will have much power to take the decision, i.e., distribution of power among the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.
Q 3. In what way institutional design puts limits to what the government can do?
Ans. Institutional design puts limits to what the government can do by providing some rights to the citizen that cannot be violated and are called fundamental rights.
