Practice Questions & Answers for Chapter 3 What is Government
The chapter What is Government helps students understand how societies are governed and organised. Through worksheets and worksheets for Class 6, learners explore the role of government in maintaining law, order, and public welfare. The chapter explains that governments make decisions on education, healthcare, transport, and security. Students learn that governments are elected by citizens in democratic countries and are responsible for addressing public needs. Practice questions encourage learners to identify government functions and understand the importance of citizen participation. The chapter also discusses different levels of government and their responsibilities. Real-life examples help students connect governance with everyday services they use. Understanding government structures helps learners appreciate the importance of democracy and civic responsibility. By practicing questions and answers, students strengthen their understanding of governance and public administration.
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Political Science - MCQ on What Is Government?
Class VI
Q. 1. Which of the following is/are institution(s) that are part of government?
a. Supreme Court
b. Indian Railways
c. Bharat Petroleum
d. All of them
Answer:(d) The given institutions are owned and controlled by Indian Government.
Q. 2. How many levels of government exist in our country?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer:(c) The government works at different levels: local, state and national level.
Q. 3. What does the ‘local level’ of government mean?
a. Government in your village
b. Government in your town
c. Government in your locality
d. All of them
Answer:(d) It is the first and the smallest level of government.
Q. 4. Which level covers an entire state like Assam or Delhi?
a. Local
b. State
c. National
d. None of them
Answer:(b) One whole state is covered under the State level of Government.
Q. 5. Does the national level relate to the entire country?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Might be
d. Can’t say
Answer:(a) National level government takes care of every state or locality and nation all together.
Q. 6. Is it compulsory for all the citizens of a country to follow the rules and regulations laid down by the government?
a. No
b.Yes
c. Might be
d. Can’t say
Answer:(b) Just like the government has the power to make decisions. But the power is given by People.
Q. 7. How many types of government are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer:(b) The two types of government are Monarchy and Democracy.
Q. 8. What among the following describes about a democratic government?
a. For the people
b. By the people
c. Of the people
d. All of them
Answer:(d) A democratic government is made and at the same time can be ruined by the people.
Q. 9. What do you mean by Monarchy?
a. Rule by King or Queen
b. Democracy
c. Secular
d. Socialist
Answer:(a) The monarch (king or queen) has the power to make decisions and run the government.
Q. 10. What do you mean by Universal Adult Franchise?
a. All adults in the country have no right to vote
b. All adults in the country are allowed to vote
c. Only senior citizen are allowed to vote
d. None of them
Answer:(b) A government cannot call itself democratic until it allows universal adult franchise.
Q. 11. What was the situation of women before the First World war in Europe?
a. Poor
b. Property less
c. Uneducated
d. All of them
Answer:(d) In the earliest forms of government, only men who owned property and were educated and could vote.
Q. 12. According to Gandhiji’s Young India, who should be voted?
a. A person who is rich
b. A person who is educated
c. A person who has good character
d. A person who is handicapped
Answer:(c) Gandhiji was also shocked to see that only powerful and rich people could stand in elections and could vote.
Q. 13. Where did the Women’s Suffrage Movement begin?
a. Europe
b. USA
c. India
d. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer:(d) Women’s struggle to vote got strengthened during the First World War.
Q. 14. What do you mean by ‘suffrage’?
a. Right to choice
b. Right to religion
c. Right to vote
d. Right to information
Answer:(c) Women fought to be part of the voters.
Q. 15. When did American women get the right to vote?
a. 1920
b. 1928
c. 1930
d. 1945
Answer:(a) Women in UK got to vote on the same terms as men in 1928.
What is government Questions & Answer Set-2
Easy (04)
Q.1. What is a ‘government’?
a. A government is a central organization to make decisions and get things done for the whole country.
b. It is a general programmer to help the poor.
c. It is the name of an organization.
d. It is the name of an institution to help the people.
Answer:(a)
Add Explanation: A government is ‘the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit’. It has the right to make and enforce laws for the welfare of the people.
Q.2.Identify the different activities of the government?
a. Create social, political and economic issues.
b. Disturbs the life of the people.
c. To protect rights of unorganized workers, to tackle floods, to build roads and schools.
d. None of the above.
Answer:(c)
Add Explanation: The government in every country undertakes different kinds of activities like protecting the activities of unorganized workers, protecting the boundaries of the countries, providing postal and railway services, etc.
Q.3.How does a government manage to do all the activities?
a. It manages all the activities through different levels.
b. It has to do all the activities on its own.
c. The Panchayati Raj helps it.
d. All of them.
Answer:(a)
Add explanation: The government manages all the activities through different levels: the local level, the state level and the national level.
Q.4. What does the government at the local level means?
a. Works done from school.
b. Local level means, which covers the entire state.
c. The government relates to the entire country.
d. The government relates to village, town or locality.
Answer:(d)
Add Explanation: The government works at different level to carry out different activities. The local government relates to village, town or locality.
Q.1. Is it necessary that all the citizen of a country have to follow the laws of the government?
a. Yes
b. It depends upon the citizens
c. No
d. Might be
Answer:(a)
Add Explanation: Yes. All the citizens of a country have to follow the laws of the government. Then only the government can function properly.
Q.2. If any person drives a vehicle without a license can be:
a. Rewarded with money
b. Punished
c. Jailed or fined a large sum of money
d. All of them
Answer:(c)
Add Explanation: If a person drives a vehicle without a license can be fined a large sum of money. Every laws of the government are to be followed by the people who live in the country.
Q.3.Has the citizen of a country approach the court for being discriminated for a job?
a. No
b. Sometime
c. Yes
d. Might be
Answer:(c)
Add Explanation: Yes. If a person feels that they were not hired for a job because of their religion or caste, they may approach the court. The court will take necessary steps for the people.
Q.4.In a democratic country that has the authority to give power to the government to take decisions?
a. It has its own power
b. Receives the power from the neighboring countries
c. From the local government
d. The people of the country give power to the government through election
Answer:(d)
Add Explanation: In a democracy, it is the people who give the government the power to take any decisions. The people through elections form the government.
Q.5. In which form of government the monarch has the power to take decisions to run the government?
a. State government
b. Local-self government.
c. The government at the state level.
d. In a monarchy form of government
Answer:(d)
Add Explanation: There are two types of government namely the democratic and the monarchy form of government. In a monarchy form of government, the king has the sole power to take and to implement any decisions for their country.
Q.6. What is the basic idea of a ‘democratic country’?
a. The basic idea is people rule themselves by participating in making of the rules.
b. People do not participate in the working of the government.
c. Government makes laws without consulting the people.
d. All of them.
Answer:(a)
Add Explanation: In a democratic form of government, the government is formed by the people, of the people and for the people. The people rule themselves by participating in making of the laws.
Q.7. What is known as universal adult franchise?
a. People are not given the right to vote.
b. An only rich person has the right to vote.
c. All the adults in the country are allowed to vote.
d. The government will decide who has to given the voting right.
Answer:(c)
Add Explanation: In a democratic government all the adults in the country are allowed to vote.
Q.8. Which of the following are the parts of the central government of India?
a. Schools, library and museum.
b. Malls, super market and election board.
c. The Supreme Court, the Indian Railways and the Bharat Petroleum.
d. All of them.
Answer:(c)
Add Explanation: The Supreme Court, the Indian Railways and the Bharat Petroleum.
Q.9. How many states are in India?
a. 23
b. 18
c. 27
d. 29
Answer:(d)
Add Explanation: There are 29 states in India. They are, Andhra pradesh, Arunalchal pradesh, Assam, Bihar, chattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jarkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghelaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajastan, Sikkim, Tamilnadu, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi.
Q.10. The government also has the duty to protect the boundaries of the country and maintaining ___________ with other countries.
a. Economic relations
b. Political and cultural relations.
c. Social relations.
d. Peaceful relations
Answer:(d)
Add Explanation: The government also has the job to protect the boundaries of the country and maintaining peaceful relation with other countries.