This document provides answers to questions about laws and domestic violence in India. It defines key terms like rule of law, evolution, sedition, and repressive. It explains that historians refute that the British introduced rule of law in India because colonial law was arbitrary. The two key rights the Domestic Violence Act of 2005 helped achieve for women survivors of violence are outlined. Current protests in India against an IT law that allows censorship are discussed. Three forms of protest - Nirbhaya Movement, Chinese product boycott, and anti-reservation protests - are listed along with images. A short note on domestic violence is also provided.

1. SOCIAL SCIENCE (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
ASSIGNMENT
CH-4 UNDERSTANDING LAWS
Very short answer type questions:
1.What do you mean by RULE OF law?
2.When did the system of law begin to evolve?
3.The has an important role in
making laws.
4. In December 2002, the Standing Committee
submitted its recommendations to the Rajya
Sabha and these were also tabled in the Lok
Sabha. (True/False)
5.Define the following terms:
● Criticise
● Evolution
● Sedition
● Repressive
Short answer type questions:

2. 6.State two reasons why historians refute the
claim that the British introduced the rule of
law in India.
7.What do you understand by the phrase ‘Equal
Relationships Are Violence Free’?
8.What do you understand by ‘domestic
violence’? List the two rights that the new law
helped achieve for women who are survivors
of violence.
9.Read the newspapers/watch news on TV and
find out if there are any unpopular laws that
people in India or around the world are
currently protesting.
10. List the three forms of protest and paste
their pictures.
11. Write a short note on Domestic Violence.
ANSWERS
Answer 1. The Rule of the Law means No person;
government officials or government entity is above
the Law. No Law can be written that is either
outside the Law, violates a higher Law or doesn’t
conforms with fairness is known as Rule of Law.

3. According to the Law all are equal.
Answer 2. By the 22nd century BC, Ur-Nammu,
an ancient Sumerian ruler, formulated the first
extant law code, consisting of casuistic statements.
Around 1760 BC, King Hammurabi further
developed Babylonian law, by codifying and
inscribing it in stone.
Answer 3. The Parliament has an important role
in making laws.
Answer 4. In December 2002, the Standing
Committee submitted its recommendations to the
Rajya Sabha and these were also tabled in the Lok
Sabha. True
Answer 5. Criticise means to find fault of a person
or thing.
Answer 6. Historians refute the claim that
the British introduced the rule of law in India
because colonial law was arbitrary, and
the Historians refute the claim that the British
introduced the rule of law in India

4. because colonial law was arbitrary, and
the Indian nationalists played a prominent role in
the development of the legal sphere in British
India.
Answer 7. "Equal relationships are violence free"
With reference to domestic violence and the
formulation of Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act, 2005, this phrase implies
that in a scenario wherein women have
equal rights and privileges as that of men, both
women and men will be on equal footing.
Answer 8. Domestic violence is a behaviour used
by one person in a relationship to control the other.
The partners may be married; they may not be
married. The violence could be against children or
spouse.
The laws for the survivors of violence, especially
for women are:
1 The Indian Penal Code Amendment in 1983
2 The 2005 Protection of Women from Domestic
Violence Act.
Answer 9. Currently the people in India are

5. protesting against the following law;
Article 66A- IT Law.
This is a censorship law that allows the
government to arrest anyone in context to the
content they post online. The people of India
believe that this law is an attack on the Freedom of
Speech and Expression.
It would affect the 2019 elections in the following
ways;
(i) It would affect the popularity of the now
government(BJP).
(ii) It would affect the election policy of the
political parties.
(iii) It would create public pressure over the
political parties.
Answer 10.

6. Nirbhaya Movement, 2012
Chinese product boycott in India in 2020

7. Anti-reservation protests, 2006
Answer 11. Domestic violence is any behavior the
purpose of which is to gain power and control over
a spouse, partner, girl/boyfriend or
intimate family member. Abuse is a learned
behavior; it is not caused by anger, mental
problems, drugs or alcohol, or other common
excuses.