The Government And Its Formation

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QII. Tick the correct answer.

1. The local government looks after the city, town and village.

2. China has a communist type of government.

3. In the nineteenth century the women had no say in the state of affairs.

4. In India the minimum age to vote is eighteen years.

5. The government maintains an army to safeguard the country from foreign invasion.

1. What was the minimum age to vote in Japan?

a. 21 b. 17

c. 18 d. 20

2. What is a country that chooses its leaders by voting called?

a. Democratic b. Communist

c. Anarch d. Dictatorship

3. They did not allow their black population to vote.

a. The Australians b. The Old South of the United

c. The Finland d. The North Korea

4. The Suffragette was the name given by the newspaper. 

States

a. The Kesari b. The HarijanBandhu

c. The Daily Times d The Daily Mail

IV. Read the passage given below

Answer the following questions:

1. What does the above passage tell us about?

The above passage tells us about the different types of

governments in India..

2. Who is the current Prime Minister of India?

Mr. NarendraModi is the current Prime Minister of India.

3. What does the Union Government look after?

The Union Government looks after the matters of national

importance like the defence, national finance etc.

4. The Panchayat belongs to which type of government.

The Panchayat belongs to the Rural Local Self-Government

5. Find some information on the Panchayat and write few lines

for the same.

The villagers elect a group of five elders as panchas. They deal

with the local problems and solve disputes among the

villagers. The Panchayat is headed by the village sarpanch.

Panchayats are elected for 3 to five years. Its functions are

limited to the village. It has three parts the Gram Sabha, the

Gram Panchayat and the Nyaya Panchayat. Repairingroads,

providing drinking water facilities, helping farmers are few of

the functions of the Panchayat.

6. Why does the Indian Government operate at different levels?

The Prime Minister alone cannot attend to each and every

need of the people and hence to make the task of

administration easier the Indian Government operates at

different levels.