Important Questions Test: What is Government? - UPSC

Democracy is a government in which power and civic responsibility are exercised by all adult citizens, directly, or through their freely elected representatives. Democracy rests upon the principles of majority rule and individual rights.

The state level would mean that which covers an entire state like Haryana or Assam. Therefore, the answer is Option B

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, and for the people. In a democracy, leaders are elected by their people. The correct answer is Option B. 

Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom was a movement to fight for women's right to vote. It finally succeeded through two laws in 1918 and 1928.

Universal Adult Franchise means the right to vote for all adults above the age of 18 years, without discrimination of caste, religion, sex, creed, etc. It enables the citizens to be involved in the governance of their country. Article 326 states that the elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on the basis of adult suffrage.

Ambedkar considered the right to constitutional remedies as 'heart and soul of the constitution'. It is so because this right gives a citizen the right to approach a High Court or the Supreme Court to get any of the fundamental rights restored in case of their violation.

Young India was a weekly paper or journal in English published by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from 1919 to 1931. Gandhi wrote various quotations in this journal that inspired many. He used Young India to spread his unique ideology and thoughts regarding the use of nonviolence in organising movements and to urge readers to consider, organise, and plan for India's eventual independence from Britain.

Thus, the correct answer is Option C.

Through rallies, dharnas and strikes people give opinions to the government.

A monarchy is a country that is ruled by a monarch, and monarchy is this system or form of government. A monarch, such as a king or queen, rules a kingdom or empire. In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch's power is limited by a constitution. But in an absolute monarchy, the monarch has unlimited power.

Rich men were considered to be worthy and had a lot of respect therefore got the foremost right to choose who will form the government.

Monarchy, political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his or her position through heredity. Most monarchies allow only male succession, usually from father to son.

The local level means in your village, town or locality. The state level would mean the entire state and the national level relates to the entire country.

The correct option is Option A.
Supreme Court of India came into existence on 26th January 1950 and is located on Tilak Marg, New Delhi. The Supreme Court of India functioned from the Parliament House till it moved to the present building.

The correct option is B.
Reliance Industries Limited is a private-sector company. It is important to note that a large private-sector corporation may be privately or publicly traded. RIL is a private sector company which is publicly traded, so it's a public limited company.

The correct option is B.
Ink is normally applied to the left-hand index finger, especially to the cuticle where if a person is trying to cast a vote for the second time it will necessarily be disallowed.

All over Europe and USA, women and the poor have had to fight for participation in the Women's struggle to vote got strengthened during the first world war. The result that came was positive and later got the right to vote.

American women got the right to vote in 1920.

Zimbabwe attained independence from White minority rule in 1980. Since then the country has been ruled by ZANU-PF, the party that led the freedom struggle.