Read the following statements about a constitution. Give reasons why each of these is true or not true. (a) The authority of the rules of the Constitution is the same as that of any other law. (b) Constitution lays down how different organs of the government will be formed. (c) Rights of citizens and limits on the power of the government are laid down in the Constitution. (d) A Constitution is about institutions, not about values.

Read the following statements about a constitution. Give reasons why each of these is true or not true.
(a) The authority of the rules of the Constitution is the same as that of any other law.
(b) Constitution lays down how different organs of the government will be formed.
(c) Rights of citizens and limits on the power of the government are laid down in the Constitution.
(d) A Constitution is about institutions, not about values.

Ans.

(a) Not true.

Constitution is the supreme law and determines the right of citizens, the powers of the government and how the government should function. It is totally different from any other law.

(b) True.

Constitution defines the role of the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, how they should be formed any by whom.

(c) True.

Constitution limits the power of the government through different institutions and also determines the right of citizens.

(d) Not true.

The Constitution contains all the values which the institutions have to promote.