CHAPTER-2

FEDERALISM
PORTFOLIO WORKSHEET

SECTION-A

Q.1 CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH OF

THE FOLLOWING:-

(A) Subjects like computer software come under:-

(i) Residuary powers (ii) Union list
(iii) State list (iv) None of the above

(B) Federalism is a ____ form of power sharing:-

(i) Horizontal (ii) Social division
(iii) Vertical (iv) None of the above

(C) When powers taken from central and state government and
Given to ____ is called ____.
(i) USA,Coming together (ii) India,Holding together
(iii) Local govt,Decentralisation (iv) Both (a) & (b)

(D) In a federal system,power remains at the:-

(i) Centre (ii) State (iii) Local (iv) Centre & State

(E) Which of the following is not a part/feature of an ideal

Federalism:-
(i) Two or more levels of government
(ii) Mutual trust and live together
(iii) Courts have no power to act in the matters of different levels
Of governments.
(iv) Different levels of government govern same citizens

Q.2 TRUE-FALSE:-
 (i) Decentralisation has helped to settle local disputes.
(ii) Unitary system means when powers are divided between
Centre and State government.
(iii) Jharkhand and Nagaland are not divided on the basis of
Linguistic states.
(iv) The subject from which both the Union and State make laws
is called Union List.
(v) In holding together federation powers are equally divided
among centre and state.
(vi) Hindi is a National language of our country.

Q.3 MATCH THE FOLLOWING:-

COLUMN-A COLUMN-B
(A) Power sharing between Union and (i) Indian states
State Government

(B) 8 in Numbers (ii) After 1990

(C) Emergence of Coalition (iii) Federalism

Government

(D) List containing education,forest (iv) Panchayat Samiti

and adoption

(E) Gram panchayat grouped together (v) Union territories

to form

(F) 28 in numbers (vi) Mayor

(G) Head of Municipal corporation (vii) Concurrent list

Q.4 CORRECT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AND REWRITE:-

(A) Union list contains subjects of state importance such as police,

Trade,commerce,agriculture and irrigation.

(B) In 1950,the boundaries of several old states were changed to

Create new states in India.
 SECTION-B

Q.5 Name any two subjects that are included in the concurrent
list.How are laws made on these subjects?Explain. (CBSE-2019)

Q.6 How is sharing of power between the union and the state
government basic to the structure of the constitution of India?Explain.
(CBSE-2019)

Q.7 Differentiate between Coming together and Holding together with

the help of countries' examples.

Q.8 Differentiate between federal form of a government and unitary

form.
SECTION-C

Q.9 Explain the features of Federalism.

(OR)
Which provisions of the Indian constitution make India a federal
country.Explain.

Q.10 Explain the constitutional amendments of 1992 that compare

local government in India.
(OR)
Explain five changes towards decentralisation brought in the
constitution after the amendments made in 1992.

Q.11 State any three challenges of language policy that was adopted
by the Indian federalism.