Question 1: Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Answer: The three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced are as follows:
Question 2: What was the role of the Planning Commission?
Answer: The Planning Commission was to formulate policies which would guide the economic development. Productivity and employment opportunities were to be increased through proper implementation of those policies.
Question 3: Fill in the blanks:
Question 4: State whether true or false:
Answer: (a) True, (b) False, (c) False, (d) True
Question 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”?
Answer: By political equality, Dr. Ambedkar meant the universal adult franchise which gave equal rights to all citizens. By socioeconomic inequality, he meant the income disparities among people.
Question 6: After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on linguistic lines?
Answer: The partition of the country along communal lines changed the mindset of the nationalist leaders. They wanted to prevent further divisions in the country on sectarian lines.
Question 7: Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
Answer: Some leaders believed that English should be done away with and Hindi should be promoted as the national language. But this idea was opposed by the leaders from non-Hindi areas. They did not want an imposition on Hindi on the people of those areas. Finally, it was decided that while Hindi would be the ‘official language’; English would be used for communication among various states.
Question 8: How was the economic development of India visualised in the early decades after Independence?
Answer: Removing poverty and building a modern technical and industrial base were important objectives for the new nation. The Planning Commission was set up in 1950 to plan and execute policies for economic development.
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