CBSE Class 12 History Framing Constitution Beginning Of New Era Worksheet

The beginning of a new Era

Key concepts in nutshell

- The Indian constitution was framed between Dec.1946 & Nov.1949.

- The Indian constitution came into effect on 26th Jan. 1950.

- The members of the constituent Assembly were elected on the basis of the provincial elections of 1946.

- The total members of the constituent Assembly were 300.

- Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was the chairman of the Drafting Committee and played important role in constitution assembly.

- On the 13 Dec. 1946 Nehru moved the "Objective Resolution" in the constituent Assembly.

- An interim Government was made under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru.

- There was a vigorous debate in the constituent Assembly on the topic of the central Government and the state.

- The language issued was debated for many months with in the constituent assembly.

- Mahatma Gandhi believed that everyone should talk a language which even common man could be able to understand.

ASSERTION AND REASON BASED MCQs

Directions : In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.

Question. Assertion (A): The discussions within the Constituent Assembly were also influenced by the opinions expressed by the public.
Reason (R): Congress swept the general seats in the provincial elections, and the Muslim League captured most of the reserved Muslim seats.
Answer : B

Question. Assertion (A): B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates.
Reason (R): According to him only separate electorates would ensure that Muslims had a meaningful voice in the governance of the country.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi thought Hindustani would be the ideal language of communication between diverse communities.
Reason (R): It could unify Hindus and Muslims and the people of the North and the South.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion (A): N.G. Ranga had drawn the attention of minorities in economic terms who were poor and downtrodden.
Reason (R): He felt that these people were so depressed and suppressed that they were not able to take advantage of their civil rights even. The tribal people were considered real minorities, and hence, they needed protection and assurance.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion (A): Durgabai informed the House that the opposition in the south against Hindi was very strong.
Reason (R): On the call of Mahatma Gandhi, she carried on Hindi propaganda in the south. U
Answer : B

CASE-BASED MCQs 

Observe the picture carefully and answer any three of the questions that follow. 

Question. Who is the person addressing the gathering?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) B. R. Ambedkar
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer : D

Question. What is the occasion shown in the picture?
(A) First Round Table Conference
(B) Second Round Table Conference
(C) Independence of India
(D) Partition of Bangladesh from Pakistan
Answer : C

Question. What is the name given to this famous speech?
(A) My Experiments with Truth
(B) Tryst with Destiny
(C) Discovery of India
(D) Letters from Father to Daughter
Answer : B

Question. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and ............... .
(A) death
(B) happiness
(C) freedom
(D) liberty
Answer : C

Question. What are the ideals of the objective Resolution presented by Jawaharlal Nehru?
Answer: 1.Indian as sovereign republic.
2. Justice, equality and fraternity.
3. Safeguards to minorities.
4. Democracy, socialism, peace, human welfare.

Question. Write the significance of Indian constitution.
Answer: 1.Largest Democracy.
2. Secular nation.
3. Fundamental rights to all citizen.

Question. What is constituent assembly?
Answer: 1.Constiuent assembly was formed to draft the Indian constitution. It had 300 members.

Question. Why did Mahatma Gandhi believe that Hindustani should be the official language of India?
Answer: 1. Because it was the official language of common people.
2. Most of the regional language of India was very close to the Hindustani.
3. It was a combination of sensitized Hindi and Persianised Urdu.
4. It was a multi-cultural language.

Question. Why was Govind Ballabh Pant against the separate electorate?
Answer: 1.Because this will isolate the minorities from the rest of the community.
2. Majorities will never convert to majority.
3. He was against the divide loyalties.

Question. Give some arguments in favor of a strong center.
Answer: 1.For peace, low and order.
2. Strong position of country in the international sphere.
3. To stop communal powers and terrorism.
4. National Security.

Question. What were the challenges before the constituent assembly?
Answer: 1.In India there was different languages, religiousness cultures.
2. Country was going through constitution turmoil.
3. The problem with separate electorates.
4. The division of rights between state and central government.
5. The language of the Nation (National Language).
6. The problem of SC/CT and other depressed castes.