SPL (VIII)- LESSON-4 UNDERSTANDING LAWS (QUESTION ANSWERS)

                                                     SPL (VIII)- LESSON-4

UNDERSTANDING LAWS

(QUESTION ANSWERS)

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(NCERT QUESTIONS)

1. 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.

Answer: The rule of law is a provision of the Indian Constitution that states that all people in independent India are equal before the law. Every law is equal for every citizen in the country. Neither the President or any other high official is above the law. The punishment for any crime committed will be the same for every person, irrespective of post or power. For example if a Clerk is punished for corruption, the same punishment needs to be given to a higher Official or Minister for committing the same crime of corruption.

2. State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.

Answer: Two reasons why historians refute to claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India are:

The colonial law was arbitrary

The Indian Nationalists played a prominent role in the development of the legal sphere in British India

3. 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.

Answer: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 was passed with an aim to protect women against any kind of violence, be it physical or verbal. Various women’s groups worked to make this happen by reporting multiple cases of domestic violence to the to various forums. A group of lawyers, law students and activists worked together for drafting the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection Bill). Other than this, various Women organisations, National Commission for Women made submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee. All these actions taken by women, together made the Government pass the bill against domestic violence.

4. 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 the law as including ideas of justice.

Answer: India before independence was forced to follow the rules set by the British Government. These set of rules were arbitrary and not were not authorised by the Indian nationalists. Hence the freedom struggle against the Britishers also aimed at making a set of rules that were fair and just for all and were not just imposed on the Indians to follow. The Indian Nationalists began to fight for their rights and wanted a set of rules that were equal for all.

OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

 1. When did Jallianwala Bagh’s massacre take place?
(a) 13 April
(b) 13 March
(c) 13 May
(d) 13 June

 2. Where is Jallianwala Bagh located?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Delhi
(c) Agra
(d) Dehradun

 3. When did the Rowlatt Act come into effect?
(a) On 10th February, 1917
(b) On 10th January, 1918
(c) On 10th March, 1919
(d) On 20th April, 1920

 4. Who gave the order to fire in Jallianwala Bagh on innocent people protesting calmly?
(a) General Dyer
(b) Dr. Satyapal
(c) Dr. Saifuddin Kichlew
(d) None of these

 5. What is the violence free relationship where husband and wife are equal with each other and they enjoy equal rights?
(a) Equal relationship
(b) Discriminated relationship
(c) Evolution
(d) All of these

6. Law on Domestic Violence was made in this year
(a) 2005
(b) 2006
(c) 2007
(d) 2008

7. Who was the Afro-American woman who refused to give her seat to a white man in 1955?
(a) Rosy Peter
(b) Rosa Parks
(c) Rosymary
(d) Rose Jose

Match the following:

Column A	Column B
(a) Domestic Violence	(i) Disapprove of a Person or thing
(b) Colonies	(ii) Guilty of criminal offense
(c) Convict	(iii) Quarrel between Husband and Wife
(d) Criticise	(iv) Country under Foreign Rles

 

Write (T) for true and (F) for false:

1. The most important provision in our constitution is all persons in independent India are equal in the eyes of law.

2. Our law gives special treatment for government officers and wealthy persons.

3. Colonial law was arbitrary.

4. Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005 gives priority to daughter over son.

5. Prime Minister can make new laws.

6. Sedition Act, 1870 was an example of arbitrariness existing in British India.

7. Rosa Park, an African-American woman protested for being unseated by the white man on December 1, 1955.

Fill in the blanks:

1. ……………… activities are done against the law.

2. Evolution is the process of ……………… from a simple to complex form.

3. The Parliament is the ……………… which makes the new rules.

4. The Court has the power of ……………… to modify or cancel laws.

5. Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saifuddin Kichlew were ……………… on 10 April 1919.

6. The Parliament consists of Rajya Sabha and ………………

ANSWERS

 MCQS

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
A	A	C	A	A	A	B

MATHC THE FOLLOWINGS

A (iii), B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(i)  

TRUE/FALSE

1-TRUE, 2-FALSE, 3-TRUE, 4-FALSE, 5-FALSE, 6-TRUE, 7-TRUE

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1- Illegal, 2-Development, 3- Institution, 4- judicial review, 5- Arrested, 6-loksabha,