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  • #1-a [1]
    Name the two types of authority in a federal set up in India.
    Ans :

    • Union Government.

    • State Government.

  • #1-b [1]
    What is meant by the term Universal Adult Franchise ?
    Ans : Universal adult franchise means that every person who has attained the age of 18 years is entitled to vote if he is not otherwise disqualified.
  • #1-c [1]
    How is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha elected ?
    Ans : The speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected from among its own members by majority vote soon after the newly elected house meets for the first time.
  • #1-d [1]
    When can the Vice-President cast a vote in the Rajya Sabha ?
    Ans : The Vice-President has casting a vote in the case of an equality of votes i.e. dead lock.
  • #1-e [1]
    State one reason why the President is elected indirectly.
    Ans : The President is elected indirectly because it would be difficult to arrange election in which millions of people were to participate.
  • #1-f [1]
    Who is the Executive head of State ?
    Ans : Answer has not given due to out of present syllabus.
  • #1-g [1]
    Mention the different categories of ministers in the Union Council of ministers.
    Ans :

    1. Cabinet Ministers

    2. Ministers of state

    3. Deputy Ministers

  • #1-h [1]
    Explain the term Collective Responsibility.
    Ans : The term Collective Responsibility means that all the members of the Council of Ministers are collectively responsible for the decisions taken by them pertaining to the Government of the State.
  • #1-i [1]
    Name the courts that are empowered to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
    Ans : 1. Supreme Court 2. High Court
  • #1-i-j [1]
    Which is the highest criminal courts in a district ?
    Ans : Session Court.
  • #2-a [2]
    What was the General Service Enlistment Act ?
    Ans : The General Service Enlistment Act of 1856 required all recruits to serve overseas. It ordered, a challenge to the castes who composed so much of the Bengal Army.
  • #2-b [2]
    What was the influence of Western education on the minds of the educated Indians in the 19th Century ?
    Ans : Western education widened the horizon of Indians.

    1. It gave them a rational, secular, democratic and national outlook.

    2. They learnt about the national movements in European Countries.

    3. The slogan "Equality, Liberty and Fraternity", of the American and French Revolutions, impressed them.

    4. Revolutionary ideas of liberal thinks like Rousseau, Mazzini and Thomas Paine brought about social awareness and national consciousness among Indians. (any Two)

  • #2-c [2]
    Who exposed the economic exploitation of India through his book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' ?
    Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji.
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