Federalism: Class 10 Important Questions with Answers

15 MCQs

1. How many of the world's 193 countries are federal?
   (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 40 (d) 50
2. Belgium became federal in
   (a) 1970 (b) 1983 (c) 1993 (d) 2002
3. A "coming together" federation is
   (a) India (b) Spain (c) USA (d) Belgium
4. Computer software is a ___ subject.
   (a) Union (b) State (c) Concurrent (d) residuary
5. If Union and State laws on a Concurrent subject conflict
   (a) State law prevails (b) Union law prevails (c) both lapse (d) court decides afresh
6. Special powers under Article 371 are given to
   (a) Punjab (b) Nagaland (c) Goa (d) Kerala
7. To change the power-sharing arrangement, ratification is needed by at least ___ of State legislatures.
   (a) one-third (b) half (c) two-thirds (d) all
8. A State created on culture, ethnicity or geography
   (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Jharkhand (c) Gujarat (d) Kerala
9. English was to stop for official use in
   (a) 1956 (b) 1965 (c) 1975 (d) 1990
10. Number of Scheduled Languages
    (a) 18 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 121
11. Coalition governments at the Centre began after
    (a) 1967 (b) 1977 (c) 1990 (d) 2004
12. Panchayat elections are conducted by the
    (a) Election Commission of India (b) State Election Commission (c) District Collector (d) Gram Sabha
13. Head of a municipal corporation
    (a) chairperson (b) mayor (c) sarpanch (d) commissioner
14. The gram panchayat works under the supervision of the
    (a) zilla parishad (b) gram sabha (c) panchayat samiti (d) BDO
15. Elected representatives in local bodies are about
    (a) 3.6 lakh (b) 36 lakh (c) 13 lakh (d) 1 crore

1 (b) · 2 (c) · 3 (c) · 4 (d) · 5 (b) · 6 (b) · 7 (b) · 8 (b) · 9 (b) · 10 (c) · 11 (c) · 12 (b) · 13 (b) · 14 (b) · 15 (b)

Assertion–Reason (4)

(a) Both true, R explains A. (b) Both true, R does not explain A. (c) A true, R false. (d) A false, R true.

1. A: In India the Central Government is more powerful than the States. R: India is a "holding together" federation.
2. A: The Union Government alone makes laws on banking. R: Banking needs a uniform national policy.
3. A: Linguistic States weakened Indian unity. R: The Centre resisted them for some time.
4. A: Local self-government is still far from ideal. R: Gram sabhas are not held regularly and States have not given enough powers and resources.

Key: 1 (a) · 2 (a) · 3 (d) · 4 (a)