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Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter.

(a) Leaders of the freedom movement had an open mind about whether the country should be democratic or not after independence.

(b) Members of the Constituent Assembly of India held the same views on all provisions of the Constitution.

(c) A country that has a Constitution must be a democracy.

(d) Constitution cannot be amended because it is the supreme law of a country.     [NCERT]

Answer:

(a) Leaders of the freedom movement had decided that the country would be democratic after independence.

(b) Members of the Constituent Assembly of India deferred on certain provisions of the Constitution but reached a broad consensus on basis values.

(c) All countries that are democratic will have Constitutions.

(d) A Constitution is not a sacred, static or unalterable law and can be amended.