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18 Governing Ourselves
Revision worksheet

(i) Solve the crossword puzzle.

Governing Ourselves

Across Down
3 The head of the state 1 Lower House
. .
6 Chairman of the Rajya   2 The highest judicial body in the
. Sabha   . country
 
7 Upper House 4 The highest judicial body in the state
. .
8 Head of the country 5 Law-making body
. .

(ii) Expand the following.

      (a)MP                                  
________________________________________          

       (b)MLA                                ________________________________________

(iii) Fill in the blanks.

     (a) India is divided into _______ states and ____________ Union Territories.

     (b) An Indian citizen who is ________ years of age can cast a vote in general
elections.

     ( c) The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November _________ and

came into force on 26 January __________.   

(iv) Match the following items given in Column A with those of Column B.
Column A Column B
I. President of India  1. N. V. Ramana
II. Prime Minister of India  2. Ram Nath Kovind
III. Chief Justice of India  3. Om Birla
IV. Speaker of the Lok Sabha  4. K. Chandrasekhar Rao
V.  Chief Minister of Telangana 5. Narendra Damodardas Modi
   

(v) True or False

(i) The Lok Sabha can have a maximum of 552 members. ( )

(ii) The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum of 250 members. ( )

(iii) There can be a maximum of 31 judges in the Supreme Court. ( )

(iv) 2 members are nominated by the President of India. ( )

(vi) Read the source given below and answer the questions.

Our democracy has a multi-party system. There are many political parties in our
country. Candidates from different political parties contest the elections. After the
elections, the party that wins the highest number of seats forms the government.
The party then elects its leader. The President appoints the leader of that party as
the Prime Minister. Sometimes more than one party joins together to form the
government. It is called a Coalition Government.

 (i) _________________ is a form of government in which people choose leaders

by voting.

(ii) Who forms the government?

__________________________________________________________________
________.

 (iii) A coalition government is a form of government in which __________

political party/parties join together to form a government.
( )

(a) Only one (b) two (c) three     (d) two or more

(vii)Observe the pictures and answer the questions that follow.

(i) Identify the picture.                                                               
________________________.

(ii) Where is it located?                                                               

_______________________.

   

(i) Identify the picture.                                                            

________________________.

(ii) Where is it located?                                                            

________________________.

(iii) Who is the head of it in India?                   ________________________.

 VIII. Read the given source and draw a Graphic Organizer.

The Parliament is the main law-making body of the country. The Parliament
consists of 

• The President of India

 • The two houses-the Lok Sabha or the Lower House and the Rajya Sabha or the
Upper House.

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