Practice Questions: What is Government? | Practice Questions with Solutions for Class 6 PDF Download

Q1: A situation where there is no government is called ________.
Ans: Anarchy.

Q2: To whom does a president submit his resignation?
Ans: Vice President.

Q3: Who is the author of the journal "Young India"?
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi.

Q4: Which level of government takes the decision on introduction of a new 1000 rupee note?
Ans: The central government of India.

Q5: What is the total number of High Courts in India at present?
Ans: There are 21 High Courts in the country.

Q6: Give an example of a place having anarchy.
Ans: Afghanistan.

Q7: How a democratic government get mandate to make decisions and enforce laws?
Ans: In a democratic country, the government get mandate to make decisions and enforce laws from the people through process of election.

Q8: Give any one difference between federal form of government and unitary form of government.
Ans: In a unitary form of government, the central government gives power to states, provinces or other lower level of governments. In a federal form of government, division of powers between the national and the lower levels of government is laid down by the constitution.

Q9: What is a Parliament?
Ans: The Parliament of India is the supreme law making institution. The word Parliament is derived from the French word ‘Parliament’ meaning to speak. Every Parliament consists of houses either one or two. The Indian Parliament consists of two houses, namely, the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.

Q10: How electronic voting machines are used in elections?
Ans: The Election Commission has started using Electronic voting machines to ensure free and fair elections. Each machine has the names and symbols of the candidates in a constituency. In EVM, the voter has to press the button to vote for the candidate of his/her choice. The machine is very easy to operate.

Q11: What do you mean by decentralization of power?
Ans: The division of power between the Central, State and the local government is called decentralisation of power. The basic idea of decentralisation is that at the local level the people are able to directly participate in the decision making process of the government.

Q12: What are the essential factors for the success of democracy?
Ans: For a successful democracy, the citizen should be educated and vigilant enough to know about their duties and rights. They should know how the Government policies affect them. In order to elect the right representatives to the government, everybody should get chance to cast their vote judiciously.

Q13: Explain the role of government in our lives.
Ans: The way our country has to run is been determined by the government. At each and every level, government makes laws that citizens have to comply. Government formulate and implement policies and programmes for the socio-economic development of the nation and those directly or indirectly affects our daily life.

Q14: Why do you think elections are required after a fixed period?
Ans: All governments are elected for fixed periods. Election is a moment when people can sense their power in a democracy. Regular elections keep check on the power of the government and leaders. Elections make leaders and parties responsible to the public for their work and performance.

Q15: Describe the different levels of government.
Ans: The government works at different levels:

• Local level: At the local level it covers the village, town or locality. It is named as Gram Panchayat or Municipality or Municipal Council.
• State level: It covers an entire state like Haryana or Assam etc. A state government governs its own state. It does not interfere with other one.
• National level: Its decision making covers the entire country.

Q16: What is the meaning of the authoritarian government?
Ans: An authoritarian government is one in which political authority is concentrated in a small group of political elite. Mostly those are unelected and possess exclusive, unaccountable and arbitrary powers.

Q17: What is constitutional democracy?
Ans: Constitutional Democracy is based on a written constitution or a supreme law that serves to guide legislators and the laws they create. Written constitutions provide as a guarantee to citizens that the government is required to act in a certain way and uphold certain rights. The constitution clearly demarcates the powers and functions of the three organs of the government. For example, USA and India.

Q18: Mention few demerits of a democratic government.
Ans: In a democratic government, leaders keep changing which leads to instability of the government. The elected leaders do not know the best interest of the people. It leads to bad decision. Democracy leads to corruption as it is based on electoral competition. In a democracy, people have to be consulted that leads to delays in the decision making.

Q19: Write a short note on district administration.
Ans:

• States are divided into number of districts.
• Each district in India varies in size and population. At present, there are more than 500 districts in India.
• Districts are further sub-divided into Tehsils or Taluqs.
• Each district is looked after by a collector, the district collector is the important official who is heads the district revenue department and coordinates with the other departments like agriculture, irrigation, forestry, public world and public health.

Q20: Write features of a democratic country.
Ans: The main features of a democratic country are:

• People have the power to elect their representative to form and run the government and also to take decision on their behalf.
• The competitive elections are held at regular intervals.
• There is a separation of powers between the three organs of the state i.e. legislature, executive and judiciary.
• Freedom of speech and expression.
• Fundamental rights are enjoyed by its citizens.
• Effective participation of the people in the decision making process.