Exercise 1
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Questions from Exercise 1 with Hints & Solutions
On an outline political map of the world, locate the following country from whom India adopted varied features enshrined in our Constitution.
United States of America(USA).

What would have happened in South Africa, if the black majority had decided to take revenge on the whites for all their oppression and exploitation?

This image captures the spirit of South Africa today. South Africans call themselves a rainbow nation.
Can you guess why?

On an outline political map of the world, locate the following country from whom India adopted varied features enshrined in our Constitution.
United Kingdom(UK)

Compare the preambles to the constitutions of the United States of America, India and South Africa.
(c) Which of the three makes a reference to the past?
(d) Which of these does not invoke God?

Does the story of South African struggle for freedom remind you of the Indian National Movement? Make a list of similarities and dissimilarities between the two on the following points:
1. Nature of colonialism
2. Relationship between different communities
3. Leadership: Gandhi/ Mandela
4. Party that led the struggle: African National Congress/ Indian National Congress
5. Method of struggle

Compare the preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America, India and South Africa and answer the following questions.
(a) Make a list of ideas that are common to all these three
(b) Note down at least one of the major differences among these

On an outline political map of the world, locate the following country from whom India adopted varied features enshrined in our Constitution.
Canada.
