Civics Chapter 2 - Federalism

Belgium shifted from a unitary form of government to:

• Democratic

• Federal

• Authoritarian

• None of the above

In federalism, power is divided between various constituent units and:

• Central authority

• States

• Both (a) and (b)

• None of the above

Which countries follow the unitary system of government?

• Belgium, Spain, and India

• USA, Japan and Belgium

• United Arab Emirates, China, and Sri Lanka

• France, Germany, and India

In the federal system, the central government cannot order the:

• Principal

• Local government

• State government

• None of the above

A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country is called

• Federalism

• Communalism

• Socialism

• Democracy

Power to interpret the constitution is with the:

• Courts

• Judiciary

• State government

• None of the above

In Unitary form of government

• All the power is divided between the centre/union and the state provincial government.

• All the power is with the citizens.

• State Government has all the powers

• power is concentrated with the Central Government.

The first and major test for democratic politics in our country was

• caste problem

• language problem

• problems related to union territories

• creation of the linguistic state

How many languages are included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?

• 15

• 22

• 25

• 28

The state which violently demanded that the use of English for official purposes should be continued, is

• Kerala

• Karnataka

• Tamil Nadu

• Andhra Pradesh