Question:
Mention some of the common laws that govern us.
Answer:
Some of the common laws that govern us are... The age at which a person can vote Specific age for marriage Laws governing the selling and buying of property
Why Do We Need A Parliament?
Q 1.
How is a new law introduced in Parliament?
Q 2.
When was the Hindu Succession Amendment Act revised?
Q 3.
What is a constituency?
Q 4.
What is a constitution?
Q 5.
Mention the different categories under which Law can be classified.
Q 6.
Who designed the Parliament house in India?
Q 7.
Write in your own words what you understand by the term the "rule of law". In your response include a fictitious or real example of a violation of the rule of law.
Q 8.
How is a National government selected?
Q 9.
How was the system of law during ancient times in India?
Q 10.
Mention some of the common laws that govern us.
Q 11.
The Role of the Parliament
Q 12.
Mention the 2 houses of the Indian Parliament.
Q 13.
What was the Sedition Act?
Q 14.
To select the National Government
Q 18.
What is the purpose of a Parliament?
Q 19.
Re-read the storyboard on how a new law on domestic violence got passed. Describe in your own words the different ways in which women"s groups worked to make this happen.
Q 20.
State Article 14 of the Indian constitution.
Q 21.
What are the three major duties of the Parliament?
Q 22.
Why do you think the nationalist movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote?
Q 23.
What are the basic ideals of a democracy?
Q 24.
Write in your own words what you understand by the following sentence on page 44-45: They also began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they were forced to obey, to law as including ideas of justice.
Q 25.
To Control, Guide & Inform the Government
Q 26.
Why Do We Need Parliament?
Q 28.
Write a brief note on the Members of Parliament.
Q 29.
Write a brief note on the Rowlatt Act.
Q 30.
People & their representatives
Q 31.
Write a short note on Lady Justice.
Q 32.
What was the main principle of the Indian constitution?
Q 33.
State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.
Q 34.
How can all the citizens participate in the decision-making process of the government?
Q 35.
Write a brief note on the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.
Q 36.
What is "Question hour" in Parliament?
Q 37.
Discuss with your teacher the difference between a State Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) and the Parliament (Lok Sabha)
