25 questions
-Belgium was initially had
a unitary form of government
a federal form of government
federalism is a form of government where
power is shared
power is shared between state and centre
power is not decentralised
there could be a third level of government
In a unitary form of government there are two levels of government
true
false
The Constitution is the main source of power in a federation
true
false
An example of a coming together federation is
USA
Switzerland
Spain
In a holding together federation
a large country decides to divide power between centre and states
independent states hold on to each other to form a large nation
power rests with the centre
The Supreme Court in India decides disputes between
states
centre and state
two nations
A holding together federation
gives equal power to the centre and state
gives the centre more power than the constituent units
union territories do not have the power of a state
true
false
This government has the right to make laws on residuary subjects
the state
the zila parishad
the union
In 1947 boundaries of several states were changed to ensure
that people who spoke the same language lived in the same state
that people who followed the same religion lived in the same state
hat people who ate the same food lived in the same state
The Constitution in its eighth schedule has
21 languages other than Hindi
23 languages
24 languages
The Supreme Court has made it difficult for the centre to dismiss state governments in an arbitrary manner.
true
false
The head of the municipal corporation is the
chief minister
district collector
mayor
one - third of the seats are reserved for women in the panchayat system
false
true
The advantages of federalism are that it?
created a unified governmental system
encourages experimentation
checks the growth of tyranny
All answers are correct
In a unitary system of government, a constitution places all governmental power
with all of the systems of government
with the central government
with the localities
with the state government