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Civics
Power Sharing
1. With respect to the concept of power sharing, which of the following statements is not correct about
democracy?
a. People rule themselves through representatives and institutions of self governments in a democracy.
b. People are the source of all political power and this power must be shared among them.
c. Democratic countries believe in giving respect to ethnically diverse groups and views.
d. Democracy does not allow the citizens to participate in the political process because power is only
shared among representatives.
2. Which one of the following elements is not included in the Belgium model?
(a) Dutch and French speaking ministers shall be equal in the government.
(b) Many powers of the central government have been given to state governments..
(c) Brussels has a separate government in which both he communities have equal representation?
(d) There is a community government which has special powers of administration.
3. Which of the following measures does not establish in Sinhala supremacy in Sri Lanka?
(a) Sinhala is the only official language.
(b) Preferential policies for government jobs.
(c) The state shall protect and foster Buddhism.
(d) Equal political rights to Sri Lankan Tamils.
4. Modern democracies maintain a check and balance system. Identify the correct option based on the
horizontal power sharing arrangement.
A. Central government, state government, local bodies.
B. Legislature, executive, judiciary.
C. Among different social groups.
D. Among different pressure groups.
5. Identify horizontal power sharing arrangements among the following in modern democracies.
(a) Different organs of government.
(b) Governments at different levels.
(c) Different social groups.
(d) Different parties, pressure groups and movements.
Short Answers
1. Describe the ethnic composition of Belgium.
2. Explain three measures taken by SriLanka, according to an act passed in 1956.
3. “One basic principle of democracy is that people are the source of all political power.”. Justify this
statement.
4. Describe the horizontal power sharing arrangement.
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5. why is power sharing desirable?

Long Ans
1. Explain any three elements of the Belgium model of power sharing.
2. Mention any three different forms of power sharing in modern democracies?
3. What is the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka?
Federalism
1. Which among the following is an example of the Unitary system of Government?

a) Belgium

b) Sri Lanka

c) Both Sri Lanka and Belgium

d) None of the above

2. Which of the following statements are true about the federalism system of government?

a) Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority
and various constituent units of the country.

b) In federalism, there is usually more than one level of government for the entire country.

c) In federalism, there will be a government at the level of provinces or states that look after much of
the day-to-day administering of their state.

d) All of the above.

3. Which of the following does not have a federal system of government?

a) India

b) USA

c) Russia

d) None of the above

4. As per the census, India has _____ major languages.

a) 22

b) 131
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c) 121

d) 161

5. Which of the following are included in the Union List?

a) Banking

b) Foreign Affairs

c) Defence of the country

d) All of the above

6. Who has the power to make laws on the ‘residuary’ subjects?

a) Union Government

b) State Government

c) Supreme Court

d) None of the above

7. Due to their peculiar social and historical circumstances, the Constitution of India gives special
status to some Indian states. These provisions are given in ________.

a) Article 371

b) Article 271

c) Article 172

d) Article 152

8. In a ‘Holding together federation’:

A. A large country divides its power between constituent states and the national government.
B. The Central government tends to be more powerful vis-a-vis the States.
C. All the constituent states usually have equal powers.
D. Constituent states have unequal powers.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) A, B, C and D
(b) A and D
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(c) B and C
(d) A, B and D “

9. . ………… are the local governing bodies in the villages and ………… in urban areas.

a. Panchayats Block samiti

b. Zila parishad ,mayor

c. Muncipalities,Panchayat

d. PAnchayat,Municipal corporation

10. 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 for 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.

Short Answers.

11. Why is the central government of India not compelling states to adopt Hindi as their official
language?

12. Explain the role of union list,state list and concurrent list with context to India..

13 Explain the organization of the local government bodies of urban areas.

14. Differentiate between Federal Government and the Unitary Government.

15. What is the rationale for decentralization of power? Explain the structure of Rural local
Government in India.

16. What major steps were taken in 1992 towards decentralization?

17. Why the exact balance of power between the central and state Government doeas vary from one
federation to other federations? Expalin with example?

18. Why has federalism succeeded in India? Which were the policies adopted by India that ensured
this success? Explain.

19. What are the causes responsible for very slow progress of Panchayat Raj System in India?
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Gender Caste

Short Answes

1. Explain the sexual division of labour

2. Mention any two conditional provisions that make India a sector state.

3. Explain the status of women’s representation in India’s legislative bodies.

4. How does religion influence the political set up in our country? Explain.

5. Explain the various forms that caste can take in politics.

6. State different forms of communal politics with one example each.

7. Suppose a politician seeks your vote on the religious ground. Why is his act considered against the
norms of democracy? Explain.

8. Why is caste system in India different from other societies?

History
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Nationalism in India

Short Answers.

1. Why did the growth of nationalism in the colonies linked to anti-colonial movement.

2. Explain new economic and political situations created in India during the First World War.

3. “Plantation workers had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas and the notion of
“swaraj” . Support the statement

4. Why was the Khilafat movement formed in Bombay 1919?

5. Which political solutions were adopted by Dalits leaders to the problems of their community?

6. How did the revival of Indians folklore develop the ideas of Nationalism among Indians?

7. Describe the incident and impact of the Jallianwala Bagh.

8. What was the role woman in the civil Disobedience Movement?

9. Describe the views of Mahatama Gandhi on touchability and efforts made by him to get Harijans
their rights?

Nationalism in Europe

Short Answers

1. What was the spirit of conservatism? Mention its beleifs

2. Highlight any three steps taken by the French revolution to crete a sense of collective identity
amongst the French people.
3.How did Britain came into existence as a Nation state.Expalin?
4. Explain the process of Unification of Italy.
5. Describe any three features of Napoleonic code.
Long
6. How were of national unity in the early 19th century Europe allied to the ideology of liberalism?
Explain?
7. Describe any five economic hardships faced by the Europeans during the mid 19 th century .
8. Who hosted Vienna Congress in 1815? Analyse the main changes brought by the Vienna treaty.

Geography
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Water Resource

1. Why dams are now referred as multipurpose projects?

2. Highlight the adverse effects of dams on aquatic life and vegetation.

3. Explain the quantitative aspects of water scarcity.

4. How intensive industrialisation and urbanisation have posed a great pressure on existing fresh water
resources in India?

5. What is the need for conservation of water resources?

6. How was water conserved in ancient India? Give any four examples in support of your answer.

7. What are the social consequences of multipurpose projects?

8. Write how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting methods are being carried out to
conserve and store water.

9. What is the “Narmada Bachao Andolan”? Why was it organized? What are the issues raised by this
movement?

Economics

Development

1. What may be development for one may not be development for the other. Explain with a suitable
example.

2. Write note on the human development index.

3. The future generation may not have sufficient resources as compared to the present generation.
Explain the statement by giving suitable examples.

4. Money in your pocket cannot buy all the goods and services that you may need to live well. Justify
the statement with example.

5. Beside income, what can be other attributes to compare development?

Long

6. Explain the importance of sustainable development by giving the example of groundwater.

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7. How was the World Bank classified countries? What are the limitation of this report?

8. Per Captia income is not considered a true measure of development. Comment

Sectors

1. What is disguised unemployment?

2. What does GDP stand for?

3. Why is NRGEA also called the Right to work? Explain the objective of National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act 2005?

3. What are final goods and intermediate goods? How do they help in calculating (GDP) Gross
Domestic Product?

4. Why does only final goods and services are included while calculating National Income?

5. Why didn’t shift out of primary sector happen in case of employment although there has been a
change in the share of the three sectors in GDP?

6. Describe the importance of Primary sector in the Indian Economy.

7. How can we create more employment in secondary and tertiary sectors in rural India?

8. Compare the employment conditions prevailing in the organised and unorganised sectors.

9. Do you think underemployment can happen only in agriculture sector?

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