OUR GOVERNMENT
I NAME THE FOLLOWING:
1. A group of people responsible for ruling a country. __________________
2. The process of choosing a person by voting. ______________________
3. The ‘Union Government’ of our country. __________________________
4. ‘The House of the People’ in the democratic Indian Government. _____________
5. ‘The Council of States’ in the democratic Indian Government. _______________
6. The main law making body of the country. ______________________
7. The paper used to cast votes manually. _______________________
8. The person who presides over the Lok Sabha. _________________
9. The head of each state. _______________________
10. The law making body of each state.___________________________________
II FILL IN THE BLANKS:
1. All the powers of the government rest in the hands of the __________________
2. The _________________________swears in the leader of the political party with the maximum number of votes as the Prime Minister.
3. For fair elections the country has been divided into _______________________ having varying size but roughly same population.
4. The Parliament consists of the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the _________.
5. The members of the State Legislative Assemblies are directly elected by the people of the for ______________
6. The _____________ government is responsible for the village, town or locality.
7. The _________________ is a set of rules according to which our country is run.
8. The members of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and ________________________ elect the President.
9. After the _____________________ the political party that gets maximum number of votes forms the government.
10. _______________________ is a permanent house of the Parliament where one-thirds of
11. The members of the _______________________ are elected by the State Legislative Assemblies for a period of six years
12. The Rajya Sabha is presided over by the ___________________________
13. If any citizen of India feels that his or her ____________________ are being denied, he or she can approach the court for justice.
14. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet Ministers make up the _________________.
15. The members of the Lok Sabha are directly _____________________for a period of five years.
16. The ______________________ has three tiers- Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayat.
17. The ______________________ is responsible for making laws for the country and seeing that they are implemented.
18. The ____________________ is responsible for making laws for the state and looking after the law and order in the states.
19. There are three levels of Courts-________________at New Delhi, ___________ in the state and District Court at the district level.
20. The three levels of government in India are the ____________________ ____ , the State Government and the Local Government.
21. The defence of our borders and our relationship with other countries are the responsibility of the _____________________________.
III MATCH THE FOLLOWING:
1. Head of the State Government a) Prime Minister 1) ________
2. EVM b) Rajya Sabha 2) ________
3. Eligibility to contest elections c) Voting machine 3) ________
4. Head of the government d) Lower House 4) ________
5. Head of the country e) 25 year 5) ________
6. Universal Suffrage f) President 6) ________
7. Council of States g) Municipal Councils 7) ________
8. Municipal Corporations h) Rural areas 8) ________
9. Panchayati Raj i) Chief Minister 9) ________
10. Lok Sabha j) Adult Franchise 10) ________
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