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Q.1: Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.

Ans : (i)
The three problems that the newly 8 million refugees who had come into the country from newly bom Pakistan. 
(ii) The problem of the princely states. here were almost 500 princely states, each ruled by a Maharaja or a Nawab, and each of them had to be persuaded to join the new nation, 
(iii) The new nation had to adopt a political system that would best serve the hopes and aspirations of the people 

Q.2: What was the role of the Planning Commission?

Ans : The Planning Commission helped design and execute suitable policies for economic development. 

Q.3: Fill in the blanks:
(a) Subjects that were placed on the Union List were _________, _________ and _________.
(b) Subjects on the Concurrent List were _________ and _________.
(c) Economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development was called a _________ _________ model.
(d) The death of _________ sparked off such violent protests that the government was forced to give in to the demand for the linguistic state of Andhra.

Ans : (a) Taxes, defence, foreign affairs 
(b) Forests, agriculture 
(c) 'mixed economy' 
(d) Potti Sriramulu 

Q.4: State whether true or false:
(a) At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.
(b) The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of the Congress party.
(c) In the first national election, only men were allowed to vote.
(d) The Second Five Year Plan focused on the development of heavy industry.

Ans : (a) True 
(b) False 
(c) False 
(d) True 

Q.5: What did Dr Ambedkar mean when he said that “In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality”?

Ans : What Ambedkar wanted to say was that providing voting right to the lower caste people would not remove other inequalities such as between rich and poor, or between upper castes and lower castes. These classes of people could be labelled equal only politically but in reality it could not be possible due to our social and economic structure. 

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