FEDERALISM
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND MARK QUESTIONS
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Chapter Explanation
1. ___________ is the form of the government in which power is concentrated in one level of the government.
(a) Federalism
(b) Unitary form of government
(c) A and B
(d) None of these
2. _________is the form of government in which power is divided into different levels of the government.
(a) Federalism
(b) Unitary form of government
(c) A and B
(d) None of these
3. In 1993 Belgium’s transform from unitary form of government to __________ form of government
(a) Double unitary
(b) Federal
(c) Army
(d) Dictator
4. Usually federalism has two levels of government state government and _________government.
(a) Local government
(b) District government
(c) Central government
(d) All of above
5. Which of the following is not the feature of federalism?
(a) There are two or more level of government
(b) Sources of revenue for each level of government is clearly specified to ensure its financial autonomy
(c) Different tiers of government govern different people
(d) The highest court act as an umpire if disputes arise b/w different level of government
6. Which of the following is the objective of federalism?
(a) To safeguard and promote unity of the country.
(b) Respect regional diversity
(c) Create situation like civil war
(d) A and B
7. _____________ is the example of coming together federalism
(a) India
(b) Nepal
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Europe
8. In _______ together federalism, constituent unit have unequal power, some unit granted special power
(a) Federal
(b) Holding
(c) Coming
(d) None of these
9. Defense is the subject of ___________ List
(a) State
(b) Local
(c) Union
(d) Concurrent list
10. Liquor is the subject of _______ list
(a) State
(b) Local
(c) Union
(d) Concurrent list
11. Education is the subject of _________ list.
(a) State
(b) Local
(c) Union
(d) Concurrent list
12. Foreign affairs are the subject of _________ List.
(a) State
(b) Local
(c) Union
(d) Concurrent list
13. Railway is the subject of ________ list.
(a) State
(b) Residuary list
(c) Union
(d) Concurrent list
14. IT is subject of ____________
(a) State
(b) Residuary list
(c) Union
(d) Concurrent list
15. Area which are too small to become an independent state but could not be merged with existing state are called ____________
(a) Local Area
(b) Medium area
(c) Union Territories
(d) Area 51
16. ___________ is the national language of India.
(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Tamil
(d) Bengali
17. According to the Constitution the use of English for official purposes was to stop in ___________
(a) 1970
(b) 1975
(c) 1965
(d) 1960
18. Which of the following is not the schedule language in India?
(a) Assamese
(b) Boda
(c) English
(d) Hindi
Note : 1) Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati, (4) Hindi, (5) Kannada, (6) Kashmiri, (7) Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri, (10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12) Oriya, (13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi, (16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18) Urdu (19) Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and (22) Dogri.
19. When Power is taken away from central and state government and given to local government it is called ___________.
(a) Centralization
(b) Decentralization
(c) Local power
(d) Devitrification
20. Local Government in rural area is also known as _________
(a) Gram
(b) Panchayat raj
(c) Raja system
(d) None of these
21. Local government in urban area is also known as __________
(a) DTC
(b) Municipalities
(c) Urban government
(d) None of these
22. A government formed by the coming together of at least two political parties. Usually partners in a coalition form a political alliance and adopt a common programme is called __________
(a) Union Government
(b) Local Government
(c) Coalition Government
(d) None of these
23. Full form of SRC
(a) States Reconstruction community
(b) State reorganization commission
(c) State Revolution commission
(d) None of these
24. Many states created on the basis of ___________ after independence
(a) Face colour
(b) Climate
(c) Dresses
(d) Language
25. Which one of the following States in India has its own Constitution before august 2019?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) J & K
(d) Nagaland
26. The system of Panchayati Raj involves:
(a) Village, State and Union levels
(b) Village, District and State levels
(c) Village and State levels
(d) Village, Block and District levels
27. The Union List includes subjects such as:
(a) Education, marriages, forests etc.
(b) Police, irrigation, trade etc.
(c) Residuary subjects like computer software.
(d) Defense, foreign affairs, banking etc.
28. Which among the following are examples of ‘Coming together federations’?
(a) India, Spain and Belgium
(b) India, USA and Spain
(c) USA, Switzerland and Australia
(d) Belgium and Sri Lanka
29. In case of a clash between the laws made by the centre and a state on a subject in the concurrent list:
(a) the state law prevails.
(b) the central law prevails.
(c) both the laws prevail within their respective jurisdictions.
(d) the Supreme Court has to intervene to decide.
30. Which of the following subjects is not included in the state list?
(a) Trade
(b) Foreign Affairs
(c) Education
(d) Agriculture/Forest
31. In India’s federal system, the state governments have the power to legislate on all those subjects which are included in the:
(a) Union list
(b) State list
(c) Concurrent list
(d) Residuary subjects
32. The Constitution of India:
(a) divided powers between centre and states in three lists.
(b) divided powers between centre and states in two lists.
(c) listed the powers of the states and left the undefined powers to the state.
(d) Specified the powers of the states and left the residuary powers with the centre
33. Which of the following government has two or more levels?
(a) Central Government
(b) Union Government
(c) Federal Government
(d) Unitary Government
34. Which of the following countries is an example of “coming together federation”?
(a) Australia
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) Belgium
35. Here are three reactions to the language policy followed in India.
Which of the following holds true in the case of India?
(a) The policy of accommodation has strengthened national unity.
(b) Language based states have divided us by making everyone conscious of their language.
(c) The language policy has only helped to consolidate the dominance of English over all other languages.
(d) All of the above
36. Consider the following statements on the practice of federalism in India. Identify those which hold true for decentralization after 1992.
A. Local governments did not have any power or resources of their own.
B. It became constitutionally mandatory to hold regular elections to local government bodies.
C. The state governments are required to share some powers and revenue with local government bodies.
D. No seats are reserved in the elected bodies for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes.
(a) B and C
(b) A and C
(c) A and D
(d) B and D
37. Consider the following two statements.
A. In a federation the powers of the federal and provincial governments are clearly demarcated.
B. India is a federation because the powers of the Union and State Governments are specified in the Constitution and they have exclusive jurisdiction on their respective subjects.
C. Sri Lanka is a federation because the country is divided into provinces.
D. India is no longer a federation because some powers of the States have been devolved to the local government bodies. Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) A, B and C
(b) A, C and D
(c) A and B only
(d) B and C only
38. In a ‘Holding together federation’:
A. A large country divides its power between constituent states and the national government.
B. The Central government tends to be more powerful vis-a-vis the States.
C. All the constituent states usually have equal powers.
D. Constituent states have unequal powers.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) A, B, C and D
(b) A and D
(c) B and C
(d) A, B and D
39. The political head of a Municipal Corporation is called the __________
(a) Major
(b) Mayor
(c) General
(d) All of the above
40. ________________ are the local governing bodies in the villages and _____________in urban areas.
(a) Local government, Panchayat raj
(b) Panchayat raj, urban government
(c) Panchayat raj, Municipalities
(d) Municipalities, Panchayat raj
41. A third tier of government is called __________ government.
(a) Local
(b) Military
(c) Urban
(d) Linguistic
42. If there is a conflict in the laws made in the concurrent list, the law made by the ________ Government will prevail.
(a) Judiciary
(b) Central
(c) Local
(d) State
43. The ____________ plays an important role in overseeing the implementation of constitutional provisions and procedures
(a) Judiciary
(b) Central Government
(c) States
(d) Local Government
44. The Union Government has the power to legislate on __________ subjects which do not fall in any of the three lists.
(a) Residuary
(b) Extra
(c) New
(d) All of these
45. The __________ Government alone can make laws relating to the subjects mentioned in the Union List
(a) Union
(b) State
(c) Local
(d) None of these
46. The system of government in which there is only one level of government is known as _____________ .
(a) Federal
(b) Local
(c) Union
(d) unitary
47. In 1947 the boundaries of several old states were changed on the basis of _________
(a) Religion
(b) Language
(c) Dress
(d) All of the above
48. The highest institution of Panchayati Raj in rural areas is ______ _______ .
(a) Panchayat Samiti
(b) Zila Parishad
(c) Mandal
(d) Gram Panchayat
49. When Belgium shifted from a unitary form of government to federal?
(a) 1993
(b) 1992
(c) 1991
(d) 1947
49. In federal system, central government cannot order the:
(a) Local Government
(b) Government of different country
(c) state government
(d) none of the above
50. Who has Power to interpret the constitution?
(a) central government
(b) judiciary
(c) state government
(d) none of the above
51. In Unitary form of government
(a) all the power is divided between the three tier of government
(b) all the power is with the citizens.
(c) State Government has all the powers
(d) Power is concentrated with the Central Government.
52. The place of Rajasthan where India conducted its nuclear tests is
(a) Jaipur
(b) Pokharan
(c) Sambhar lake
(d) Ajmer
53. The first and major test for democratic politics in our country was
(a) caste problem
(b) language problem
(c) problems of union territories
(d) creation of linguistic state
54. Which language has status of the national language in India?
(a) Tamil
(b) Hindi
(c) English
(d) None of these
55. Who can make laws relating to the subjects mentioned in the Union list?
(a) Local Government
(b) State Government
(c) Central Government
(d) State and Union
56. To make India a strong federal country/federation, we need:
(a) written constitution
(b) rigid constitution
(c) independent judiciary
(d) all of the above
57. Major step towards decentralization in India was taken up in
(a) 1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1991
(d) 1990
58. Who has special power in administering the Union Territories in India?
(a) Central Government
(b) Chief Minister
(c) President
(d) All of these
59. Assertion: India is the example of Holding together federalism
Reason: Indian Constitution divides power between center, states and local Government
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
61. Assertion: Hindi is the only official language of India.
Reason: it help in creating supremacy of Hindi speaking people over others
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
62. Assertion: 3rd tier of government is called local government.
Reason: local government is dangerous for democracy.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
63. Assertion: The major step towards decentralization was taken in 1992 by amending the constitution.
Reason: This amended make local government more powerful and effective.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
64. Assertion: Now Belgium is the example of federalism.
Reason: In 1993 Belgium transform from unitary to federal form of government.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
65. Assertion: Australia is the example of Coming together federalism.
Reason: India is the example of holding together federalism.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
66. Assertion: it is simple to make change in basic structure of Indian Constitution.
Reason: India has strong central government.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
67. Assertion: India has total 22 schedule language.
Reason: To respect the diversity of India.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
68. Assertion: Local government is important.
Reason: People have better knowledge of problems in their localities so they can solve their problem at local level.
(a) A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c) Both A and R are False.
(d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(e) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.