Federalism

What is federalism?

• Two or more than two levels of government

• Rulers elected by the people

• A system where monarch is the head

• One man rule

Which subject is not included in the Union List?

• Defence

• Foreign Affairs

• Agriculture

• Banking

When a large country decides to divide its power between the constituent states and national government, it is called (a)   .

Which third tier was added later on in the system of Indian government?

• Lok Sabha

• Panchayats and Municipalities

• Centre

• States

What are residuary subjects?

• Subjects that do not fall into the category of any three lists

• Subjects like computer software

• Union government has the power to legislate over these subjects

• All of the above

Which form of government existed in Sri Lanka?

• Federal form of government

• Unitary form of government

• Parliamentary form of government

• None of these

How Belgium shifted from a unitary to a federal form of government?

• Changes in the Belgian constitution

• Regional governments were no longer dependent on the Central government

• Reducing the powers of the Central government and giving these to the regional governments

• All of the above

When power is taken away from the Central and State governments and given to the local governments, it is called (a)   .

What is the basic idea behind decentralization?

• Large number of problems and issues are best settled at the local level

• People have better knowledge of problems in their localities

• It helps to inculcate a feeling of democratic participation

• All of the above

Identify the lady in the picture.

• Kamaljeet Sehrawat

• Mira Aggarwal, Former Mayor of MCD

• BJP counsellor - Preeti Aggarwal

• None of these