AHSEC| CLASS 11| POLITICAL SCIENCE| SOLVED PAPER - 2023| H.S.1ST YEAR
2023
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks of the questions.
PART – A
(Indian
Constitution at Work)
1. Answer any six from the following: 1x6=6
(a) Who is
the ex officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?
Ans:- The Vice President of India.
(b) Who is
the Real Executive of Indian?
Ans:- The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers.
(c) Mention
one features of the Fundamental Rights in India.
Ans:- Fundamental
rights guarantee equality before the law and prohibit discrimination on grounds
of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth. Security of life and liberty.
Fundamental rights protect the life and liberty of citizens and provide
protection against arbitrary arrest and detention.
(d) When was
the Indian Constitution adopted?
Ans:- 26th November, 1949.
(e) The 42nd
Amendment of the Indian Constitution was passed in the year 1976. (Fill in the blank)
(f) In which
case did the Supreme Court advance the theory of basic structure of the
Constitution of India?
Ans:- Kesavananda Bharati case.
(g) The
Directive Principles of State Policy are justiciable. (Write True of False)
(h) Who
presides over a Joint Session of the Parliament?
Ans:- The President.
(i) Which
Article of the Indian Constitution describes the amendment procedure?
Ans:- Article 368.
(j) Who was
the President of the Constituent Assembly?
Ans:- Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
2. Answer any six from the following questions: 2x6=12
(a) Mention
two means of ensuring independence of the judiciary in India.
Ans:- The
Constitution of India has ensured the independence of the Judiciary:
(i) To protect
the salaries and conditions of service of the judges.
(ii) To
prevent judges from practicing in courts after retirement.
(b) Write two
main points of the Objective Resolution.
Ans:- Objectives
of Resolution:
Jawaharlal
Nehru introduced these resolutions on 13 December 1946 and the assembly adopted
these resolutions on 22 January 1947.
Following
is a summary of these resolutions:
(i) India is a
sovereign, independent republic.
(ii) India
should be a federation consisting of former British Indian territories, Indian
states and additional territories outside British India and Indian states that
choose to join the federation.
(c) Mention
the name of the States in India having bicameral legislature.
Ans:- Six
states in India have bicameral legislature. These states include Odisha,
Karnataka, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
(d) Mention
two provisions that India borrowed from the US Constitution.
Ans:- Apart
from the parliamentary form of government, there are other features that have
been adopted from the British constitution such as, rule of law, legislative
process, single citizenship, cabinet system, privilege writ, parliamentary
privilege, bicameralism.
(e) What do
you mean by Preventive Detention?
Ans:- Preventive
custody is basically keeping a person in custody without trial to prevent him
from committing a crime. It is an important concept in law, its purpose is not
to punish a person for a past offense but to deter him from committing an
offense in the near future.
(f) Why is
India called a Republic?
Ans:- A
republic is a country where the head of a particular state is an elected person
and not a hereditary monarch. India is known as a republic country because the
people of India elect the head of the state government. It has also been
included in the Constitution of India.
India is a
democratic republic as the head of the state is elected by the people. A
democratic republic is a representative government where power rests with the
people.
(g) Write any
two differences between the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of
State Policy.
Ans:- The
major differences between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State
Policy are:
|
Fundamental Rights |
Directive Principles of
State Policy |
|
(i) Part 3 of
the Constitution of India guarantees the fundamental rights given to the
citizens of India. Articles 12-35 of the Constitution of India deal with
fundamental rights. (ii) The
basic rights given to Indian citizens by the Constitution of India are called
fundamental rights. |
(i) The
Directive Principles are written in Part IV of the Constitution of India.
These are given in Articles 36-51 of the Constitution of India. (ii) The Directive
Principles of the Indian Constitution are the guidelines to be followed by
the government while formulating policies. |
(h) Mention
two federal features of the Indian Constitution.
Ans:- Federal
features of governance are dual system of government i.e. division of powers
between center and state, executive, judiciary and legislature which are the
three organs of the state, supremacy of constitution, independent judiciary and
bicameralism.
All these
features are included in the Indian Constitution. Thus, it is a federal system.
But it also
includes several unitary features such as a strong centre, common all-India
services for the center and states, emergency provisions that can amend the
constitution to make it unitary, appointment of governors by the president on
the advice of the centre, and early.
Article 1 of
the Indian Constitution clearly mentions that India is a "Union of
States".
Therefore,
this makes the Indian Constitution a federal system with unitary features.
(i) What do
you mean by Universal Adult Franchise?
Ans:- Article
326 defines universal adult franchise as the basis of elections to all levels
of elected government. Universal adult suffrage implies that all citizens of 18
years of age and above, irrespective of their caste or education, religion,
colour, race, and economic status, are free to vote.
(i) Universal
adult franchise is important in a democracy, as it is based on the idea of
equality. It states that every adult in a country, regardless of wealth and
community, has one vote.
(ii) The
Constitution of India has adopted universal adult suffrage as the basis for
elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislatures.
(iii)Representation
of states in Lok Sabha: Members are directly elected by the people from
territorial constituencies of the states.
(j) Mention
two functions of the Municipal Board of Assam.
Ans:- Functions
of Municipal Board of Assam:-
(i) The
Municipal Board is concerned with the all-round development of the municipal
area. This Municipal Corporation also looks after the overall development of
the people of the area.
(ii) Municipal
Corporations concerned with health, sanitation, construction, repair and
maintenance of roads, culverts, drains etc., maternity and child welfare, town
halls, children parks, markets, street lighting, electricity supply, maintenance,
and installation of drinking water The board works. water, health facilities,
schools, record keeping of weaker sections of the people and poverty
alleviation programs for them, basic amenities for the residents, registration
of births and deaths and improvement of urban life etc.
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