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.

(a) Leaders of the freedom movement had an open mind that the country should be democratic country after independence.

(b) Members of the constituent Assembly of India held the same views on the basic principles of the constitution; they had their disagreements on the finer details of the provisions.

(c) A country must have a constitution to be democratic.

(d) The constitution needs to be amended because it has to change with respect to time according to the changes in society.

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