FEDERALISM

Punjab was earlier a part of which of these

provinces?
Rajputana

United Provinces

Central Provinces

North-West Frontier Province

In a unitary government, there is:

No division of administrative powers

Systematic division of administrative powers

Partial division of administrative powers

A body of special people to look into the division of administrative powers

How many levels are there in the federal form

of government?
Two

Four

One

Six

Which of these pairs is wrong?

Uttarakhand-Uttar Pradesh

Chhattisgarh-Madhya Pradesh

Jharkhand-Bihar

Rajasthan-North-West Frontier Province

Point out a difference between the federal
structures in India and Belgium.
India has four levels of governments, while Belgium has three

In both countries, the governments are only for namesake, as the rule is in the people's hands

Belgium has four levels of government, while India has only three

Belgium has only one government, while in India, the government works at two levels.

In decentralisation:
Power is given to state governments

Power is given to local governments

Power is given to the Central government

Citizens are the custodians

A mayor is:
The elected chairman of a municipal corporation

Appointed by the chief minister to look after a municipal corporation

A representative of the Central government

Appointed by the state government

When were the regional governments of

Belgium given constitutional powers?
1993

1953

1953

1983

In a federal structure, the day-to-day

administration of a country is looked after by:
The centre

The states or the provinces

Both the centre and the states

A separate private agency

Who declared India as a union of states?

The British government

Freedom fighters

The Indian National Congress

The Constitution of India

Which state was earlier known as the Central

Provinces?
Chhattisgarh

Rajasthan

Nagaland

Madhya Pradesh

Which of these statements is true about the

unitary system of government?
There is only one level of government with subordinate sub-units

There is no subordinate body

The central government has no say in the administration

The judiciary does not get involved in matters of governance

Which of these is not a function of a Gram

Sabha?
Supervising the work of the Gram Panchayat
Making decisions for the entire village

Approving the annual budget of the Gram Panchayat

Supervising the work of the Zilla Parishad

What are the official languages of India?

Hindi and English

Hindi and Gujarati

English and Telugu

Tamil and Hindi

What is the third tier of federalism?

Judiciary

State governments

Central government

Panchayats and municipalities

Which of these countries have federal

governments?
USA, Australia, Canada and India

Japan, England, France and Italy

USA, Japan, India and Austria

France, USA, Canada and India

The State List in India consists of ____

subjects.
66

26

45
22

How many languages, does the Indian

Constitution recognize as Scheduled
Languages?
25

32

12

22

The highest tier of Panchyati Raj is the:

Zilla Parishad

Block Samiti

Municipality

Village Panchayat

Which amendment deals with the changes in

the provisions of the Indian Constitution
regarding local governments?
73rd

53rd

72nd

71st

Police, agriculture, and trade and commerce

come under the ____ List.
State

Local

Union
Concurrent

Who conducts the Panchyati elections?

Central government

Zilla Parishad

State Election Commission

State government

What type of distribution of powers does the

Indian Constitution provide for?
Single-fold

Two-fold

Three-fold

Four-fold

How many countries in the world have

adopted the federal form of government?
92

26

56

25

Where has an experiment regarding

decentralisation and participative democracy
taken place?
Brazil

Belgium

Sri Lanka
Australia

The Union List in India consists of ____

subjects.
98

97

21

88

In federalism, power is divided between:

A central authority and its constituent units

Small units of a state

The different states of a country

Constituencies

Which of these languages is not included in

the list of Scheduled Languages?
Marathi

Bodo

Nepali

Tulu

Which of these states were created on the

basis of culture, ethnicity and geography?
Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh

Rajasthan, Gujarat and Punjab

Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab