CBSE Class 10 Social Science Federalism Worksheet Set E

Question. Which of the following is not an example of coming together federation.
(a) USA
(b) Switzerland
(c) Australia
(d) Spain
Answer. (d) Spain

Question. Which body plays an important role in the execution of constitutional provisions and practices?
Answer. The Supreme Court.

Question. How Panchayat samiti is formed?
Answer. Grouping together of a few village Panchayat.

Question. Who is the head of Municipal Corporation?
Answer. Mayor

Question. Who is the political head of Zila Parishad?
Answer. Chairman

Question. Write the names of the local self government in the urban areas.
Answer. Municipalities and Municipal Corporations

Question. Write the name of a nation which is an example of coming together federation?
Answer. USA

Question. What is Zila Parishad?
Answer. Coming together of all the Panchayat samities of that district

Question. According to our constitution which level of government can make laws on the residuary subjects?
Answer. Central Government

Question. What is the need of local self government?
Answer. To rule over a large country.

Question. What is meant by decentralization of power?
Answer. Giving powers to local government from centre and state Government.

Question. Which level of government can make laws on the subjects of concurrent list?
Answer. Both centre and state government

Question. Fill in the blanks-
Apart from Hindi ........... languages are scheduled in our constitution.
Answer. 21

Question. Rewrite the sentence after correcting the underlined word-
Executive has the power to make laws.
Answer. Legislative

Question. An assertion (A) and its reason (R)is given below. Read the following statements and choose the right answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): India has a federal system.
Reasoning (R): There are three levels of government.
Options:
(a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is correct but R is incorrect
(d) A is incorrect but R is correct
Answer. (a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

Question. An assertion (A) and its reason (R)is given below. Read the following statements and choose the right answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): The distrust between Tamil and Sinhala resulted in the large scale confrontation.
Reasoning (R): A new constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and foster Buddhism. 
Options:
(a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are correct but R is the not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is correct but R is incorrect
(d) A is incorrect but R is correct
Answer. (a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS

Read the extract and answer the following questions-
Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country. Usually, a federation has two levels of government. One is the government for the entire country that is usually responsible for a few subjects of common national interest. The others are governments at the level of provinces or states that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their state. Both these levels of governments enjoy their power independent of the other. In this sense, federations are contrasted with unitary governments. Under the unitary system, either there is only one level of government or the sub-units are subordinate to the central government. The central government can pass on orders to the provincial or the local government. But in a federal system, the central government cannot order the state government to do something. State government has powers of its own for which it is not answerable to the central government. Both these governments are separately answerable to the people.

Question. Which type of administration is present in India?
(a) Federal
(b) Unitary
(c) Despotic
(d) None of these
Answer. (a) Federal

Question. What do you understand by the unitary form of government?
Answer. One level of government while other sub-units works under it.

Question. In which of the following country there is unitary form of government?
(a) India
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Belgium
(d) USA
Answer. (c) Sri Lanka