The Government

The Government

Social Studies

Introduction

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary.

Forms of government

Some of the different types of government include a direct democracy, a representative democracy, socialism, communism, a monarchy, an oligarchy, and an autocracy.

What type of government do we have in India?

India is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with unitary features.

What is democracy?

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

Universal Adult Franchise

Universal suffrage (also called universal franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or any other restriction, subject only to relatively minor exceptions.