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The document explains the concept of government as an essential organization for maintaining order, making decisions, and resolving societal issues. It outlines the functions of government, including law-making, crime control, and disaster relief, as well as the three branches: Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. Additionally, it discusses different types of government, such as democracy and monarchy, and emphasizes the importance of Universal Adult Franchise in democratic systems.

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The document explains the concept of government as an essential organization for maintaining order, making decisions, and resolving societal issues. It outlines the functions of government, including law-making, crime control, and disaster relief, as well as the three branches: Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. Additionally, it discusses different types of government, such as democracy and monarchy, and emphasizes the importance of Universal Adult Franchise in democratic systems.

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What is Government? Man lives in a society. He is dependent on the Every country needs a government to enforce law and order and to take decisions. > The government protects the boundaries of the country and maintains peaceful relations, with other countries. During natural calamities, the government provides aid and relief to the people. > The government functions at national, state and local levels. Powers are divided among, ' the central, state and local governments, } > There are broadly three types of government - monarchy, democracy and authoritarianism. Monarchy is still practised in Saudi Arabia, UAE, etc. > Wein india follow the system of Universal Adult Franchise, i, all adults of 8 years and above have the right to vote, During the British rule only a limited number of people had the right to vote. They were the people who owned wealth and were educated. countries after the First World War. Many suffragettes were imprisoned and went on hunger strikes, and they had to be fed by force. American women got the right to vote ' ' ' > Suffrage movement demanding right to vote forall, especially women, began in many ' ' t in 1920 while women in the UK got this in 1928. itlo's|s alr y Democracy: ‘Demos’ means people ; ‘cracy’ means to rule. Itis rule of the people. Monarchy: Itis a type of government where all powers are concentrated in the hands of a monarch (king or queen) who is a hereditary ruler. Suffrage: Right to vote. Universal Adult The right to vote to all adults of a country without discrimination on the Franchise: basis of caste, religion, gender or region. EE sss n000G0e0He0GONANNNNANANANANNNNNRNH ‘Ad Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) 1. Which of the following works is not done by the government? (a) To maintain law and order (b) To make laws (©) To punish the guilty of a crime (d) To decide the budget of every household 2. Which of the following is not an organ of the government? (a) Army (b) Legislature (6) Executive (@) Judiciary 3. Which of the following organs makes laws for the country? (@) Judiciary (b) Executive (6) Legislature (d) Allof these 4, Which is the highest court in our country? (a) Supreme Court (b) High Court (0) District Court (4) None of these 5. Which of the following officers is the head of the administration at the block level? (a) DM. (b) 8.0.0. (©) Chief Minister (4) District Judge 2 Y 6. The list of powers and functions on which only the national government can make laws is called the (a) State List (b) Union List (©) Concurrent List (d) Residuary List 7. Which of the following powers belong to the State List? (a) Law and order (b) Land reforms (©) Agriculture (d) All of these 8. Who among the following was a dictator? (a) Abraham Lincoln (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar (c) Adolf Hitler (d) None of these Be Very short answer type questions 1. Define a government, 2. What are the three levels of government? 3, Name the three organs of government. 4, Which countries have monarchy? & Short answer type questions 1. Describe the various organs of government. 2. How are powers distributed among the three levels of the government? 3, List five ways in which you think the government affects your daily life. 4, Why do you think it is important for people to abide by the laws of the country? [HoTS] 5, What was the suffrage movement? 6. Why are democratic governments called representative? 7. Which practice about voting, followed during the British rule of India, was condemned by Gandhiji, Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel? Why? [Value Based Question] a Long answer type questions 1. Distinguish between democracy and monarchy. 2. Describe the powers and functions of the three levels of the government. 3. Mention the main features of an authoritarian form of government. 4, What are the three levels of judiciary in India? 5. Mention three subjects contained in each of the three Lists. 6. Do you agree with Abraham Lincoln's definition of a democracy? Why/why not? [Value Based Question] & Assertion-Reason type questions In the questions given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option. (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A). (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A). (c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false. (4) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true. 1. Assertion (A) : The government has the power to make decisions. Reason (R) : People give the power to the government. 2. Assertion (A) : Women and downtrodden people all over the world had to wage a long and powerful struggle to get the right to vote. Reason (R) : Women's suffrage movement was started to break the stereotypes about women. 215 iv ahs Problem-Solving skills based questions 1, Suppose you are the monitor of the class, what will be your duties towards your class? Write any five duties 0 that your class could be managed well 2. Suppose you are living fina village where there is problem of water. Whom you are going to approach to G Activity 1, Make a chart containing three Lists : (2) Activities undertaken by a government in democracy. (b) Activites you think government should take up in a democratic set up. (6) Activities and tasks which a government should avoid doing in a democracy. 2. Make an attractive and informative collage of pictures relating to the recent movement for democracy in Egypt in which the long reigning dictator Hosni Mubarak was deposed and exiled. 10/2000 0000 eee ee eee ee Read the following story of David and Goliath. Write the moral of the story. ‘ We all know the Biblical story of David and Goliath. Goliath was a giant of a man. He struck fear in everyone's heart. One day, a 17-year-old shepherd boy, David came to visit his brothers and. asked. “Why don't you stand up and fight the giant?” The brothers were terrified of Goliath and they replied. “Don’t you see he is too big to hit.” But David said, “No, he is not too big to hit, he is too big to miss.” The rest is history. We all know what happened. David killed the giant with the slingshot, Same giant, different perceptions. : > “Attitude, not aptitude, determines the altitude.” Elaborate. oe 1oousu ou ie REET #CMD......--------------—— Defence [4 " sb i

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