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CLASS: VI
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SESSION: 2021-2022
CIVICS CHAPTER 3
WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS:

1. In a………. it is the people who give the government the power to make
decisions and enforce laws.
2. ………… means that all adults in a country are allowed to vote.
a. Monarchy
b. Universal Adult Franchise
c. Discrimination
d. None of the above
3. Answer the following question in one word:
Name any one institute that is part of the Indian Government.
4. State whether the following statement is true or false:
A person can approach the court if he/she finds out that the law is not
being followed.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:

5. Differentiate between Democracy and Monarchy.
6. Explain the different levels of Government that exist in India.
7. What do you understand by Representative Democracy?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:

8. List five functions of Government.
9. What was the Suffrage Movement? What did it accomplish?
10. What was the voting system that existed in India before Independence?
What ideas did Gandhi Ji expressed in his journal Young India about this
voting system?
 ANSWERS
1. In a democracy it is the people who give the government the power to make
decisions and enforce laws.
2. b. Universal Adult Franchise
3. Railways
4. True
5.
MONARCHY DEMOCRACY
1.Monarch (king or queen) 1. Government takes
has the power to make decisions on behalf of the
decisions. people.
2.Not elected through the 2. Is elected through the
process of election. process of election.
3.Monarch is not obliged to 3. Government has to
explain their actions or explain its actions and
defend the decisions. defend its decisions to the
people.

6. 1. NATIONAL LEVEL: Covers the entire country.

2. STATE LEVEL: Covers an entire state.
3. LOCAL LEVEL: Covers villages, towns or localities.

7.1. Democratic Governments in our times are usually referred to as

representative democracies.
2. In this type of Government, people do not participate directly but, instead,
choose their representatives through an election process.
3. These representatives meet and make decisions for the entire population.

8. 1. It makes decisions and gets things done, like where to built roads, schools,
etc.
2. It takes actions on social issues.
3. It has the job of protecting the boundaries of the country.
4. It organizes aid and assistance for the affected people during natural
disasters.
5. It has the responsibility of maintaining peaceful relations with other
countries.
9. 1. The movement for voting rights for women is called as Women’s Suffrage
Movement.
2. Women’s struggle to vote got strengthened during the First World War,
when many men were away fighting.
3. Because of this, women were called upon to do the work that was earlier
considered men’s work.
4. Women began to be seen as being equally capable of making decisions.
5. American women got the right to vote in 1920 while women in UK got it
in 1928.

10. 1.In India, before independence, only a small minority was allowed to vote.
2. Gandhi Ji expressed his ideas regarding this voting system in his journal
Young India (1931) that it is discriminating to describe poor and illiterate
people of voting rights.
3. Snatching the right to vote from a person simply because he is poor or
illiterate is in no way justified.
4. A poor or illiterate is also a citizen of the country and he has every right
to enjoy all privileges existing in the country.
5. Thus, Gandhi Ji was very much fair and favoured the system that would
provide equal voting right to all.