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Class 10 Political Science – Federalism
5 Tests × 15 Questions = 75 MCQs
Test 1 — 15 Questions
1. Which system of government divides power between a central authority and constituent units?
2. How many levels of government does the Indian federation have?
3. What is the third tier of government in India?
4. When power is given from higher governments to local government, it is called:
5. Which list contains defence, foreign affairs, banking and currency?
6. Who alone can make laws on Union List subjects?
7. Which is a Union List subject?
8. Which is not a Union List subject?
9. Which list contains education, forest, trade unions and marriage?
10. If Union and State laws conflict on a Concurrent List subject, which prevails according to the source?
11. What is the main feature of India as a federal state stated in the source?
12. India is an example of which type of federation?
13. Which is a coming-together federation?
14. Which countries are examples of coming-together federations?
15. Which countries are examples of holding-together federations?
Test 2 — 15 Questions
1. In a coming-together federation, constituent states usually have:
2. In a holding-together federation, the central government tends to be:
3. What is a coalition government?
4. What political development after 1990 strengthened federalism in India?
5. The era of coalition governments at the Centre began with:
6. The creation of linguistic states was the first major test of:
7. States were reorganised on linguistic basis mainly to ensure that:
8. Nagaland, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were created recognising differences based on:
9. What has the experience of linguistic states shown?
10. What is the official language identified by the Constitution according to the source?
11. Did the Constitution give national language status to one language?
12. How many other languages besides Hindi are recognised as Scheduled Languages in the source?
13. About what percentage of Indians have Hindi as mother tongue according to the source?
14. Which language continued along with Hindi for official purposes?
15. Which state saw a violent movement demanding continuation of English?
Test 3 — 15 Questions
1. According to the source, promotion of Hindi does not mean the Centre can:
2. What helped India avoid the situation seen in Sri Lanka?
3. When was the major constitutional step towards decentralisation taken?
4. Which institutions were added as the third tier?
5. What is rural local government popularly called?
6. What is the urban local government mentioned in the source?
7. A Gram Panchayat generally works at the:
8. Panchayat Samiti operates at the:
9. Which body functions at the district level?
10. Who is the political head of a Zilla Parishad?
11. Who is the president of a Gram Panchayat commonly called?
12. Who are members of the Gram Sabha?
13. The Gram Sabha meets to approve the annual budget and:
14. What is the purpose of decentralisation?
15. Why are local issues often best settled locally?
Test 4 — 15 Questions
1. Local participation in decision-making helps inculcate:
2. Which amendment made the third tier more powerful and effective?
3. After 1992, elections to local bodies became:
4. At least what fraction of local-body positions is reserved for women according to the source?
5. Which institution conducts panchayat and municipal elections in each state?
6. State governments are required to share some powers and what with local bodies?
7. The jurisdictions of different tiers of government are:
8. What does the Seventh Schedule provide?
9. How many main legislative lists are discussed in the Seventh Schedule?
10. Residual powers in the Indian federal system remain with the:
11. Residuary subjects are subjects that:
12. Which subject belongs to the State List?
13. Which subject belongs to the Concurrent List?
14. Which subject belongs to the Union List?
15. Which body is the chairperson of a Municipal Corporation?
Test 5 — 15 Questions
1. Federal government generally has:
2. Which country is described as having a federal system in the source?
3. Which countries do not have a federal political system according to the source?
4. What is a key feature of federalism?
5. Federalism helps preserve diversity by allowing states to:
6. Federalism acts as a safeguard against:
7. Which is a mechanism mentioned for addressing federal disputes?
8. Which is another constitutional mechanism mentioned in the source?
9. What type of government has sub-units subordinate to the central government?
10. In a unitary system, the central government can pass orders to:
11. Which amendment is associated with Panchayati Raj in the source?
12. Which of these was added later to the Indian federation?
13. Which three states were cited as carved out of bigger states?
14. Which state was identified in the source as having special status?
15. What is the basic idea behind power sharing in Indian federalism?
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