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WorksheetsFederalism Part 4
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who among the following is the head of a Municipal Corporation?
a)
Home Minister
b)
Sarpanch
c)
Governor
d)
Mayor
2.
The head of the gram panchayat is called:
a)
Panch
b)
Sarpanch
c)
Mukhia
d)
None of the above
3.
There are two kinds of routes through which federations have been formed Which are they?
a)
One route involves independent states coming together on their own to form a bigger unit
b)
Second route is where a large country decides to divide its powers between the states and the national government
c)
Both the above
d)
None of the above
4.
Restructuring the Centre-State relations is one more way in which:
a)
Democracy is strengthened
b)
Socialism is strengthened
c)
Federalism is strengthened
d)
None of the above
5.
‘Holding together federations are not found in
a)
India
b)
Spain
c)
Belgium
d)
Australia
6.
Which of the following is not an example of ‘holding together’ federations?
a)
India
b)
Spain
c)
Belgium
d)
Switzerland
7.
Which one of the following countries has not adopted the holding together federation?
a)
India
b)
Spain
c)
Belgium
d)
Japan
8.
Who among the following is called head of the state at the state level?
a)
Chief Minister
b)
Speaker of Vidhan Sabha
c)
Governor
d)
Mayor
9.
Which one of the following countries has the federal form of government?
a)
Egypt
b)
Sri Lanka
c)
Australia
d)
England
10.
After 1993, Belgium shifted from a unitary to:
a)
Central government
b)
State government
c)
A federal form of government
d)
None of the above
11.
Which level of government in India has the power to legislate on the ‘residuary’ subjects?
a)
Union government
b)
State government
c)
Local self-government
d)
Both a and b
12.
What is the third tier of government known as?
a)
Village Panchayats
b)
State government
c)
Local self-government
d)
Zila Parishad
13.
In India’s federal system, the state governments have the power to legislate on all those subjects which are included in the:
a)
Union list
b)
State list
c)
Concurrent list
d)
Residuary subjects
14.
Subjects like computer software comes in the
a)
Union List
b)
State List
c)
Concurrent List
d)
Residuary List
15.
The creation of …………
a)
States according to religion
b)
States according to culture
c)
Linguistic states
d)
States according to topography
16.
What is true regarding sources of revenue in a federal system?
a)
States have no financial powers or independent sources of revenue.
b)
States are dependent on revenue or funds on the central government.
c)
Sources of revenue for each level of government are clearly specified to ensure its financial autonomy.
d)
States have no financial autonomy.
17.
What is meant by residuary subjects?
a)
Subjects under union list
b)
Subjects under state list
c)
Subject under both state and union list
d)
Subjects which are not under any list
18.
Which one of the following countries is good examples of ‘holding together federations’?
a)
USA
b)
Switzerland
c)
Australia
d)
India
19.
In the data for Scheduled Languages of India which is the second highest in proportion of speakers (%) after Hindi?
a)
Telugu
b)
Tamil
c)
Bengali
d)
Urdu
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