Question 1

What do you understand by the word ‘government’? List five ways in which you think the government effects your daily life.

Accepted Answer

Ans:  By the word, ‘government’ we understand that the organisation which takes decisions and makes laws for the citizens of a country is the government.
The five ways in which the government affects our daily life are: 
Building roads and schools.
Reduction and fixing of prices of essential commodities.
Supply of electricity.
Preparation and implementation of several programmes to help the poor.
Running of postal and railway services.

Question 2

Gandhiji strongly believed that every adult in India should be given the right to vote. However, a few people don’t share his views. They feel that illiterate people, who are mainly poor, should not be given the right to vote. What do you think? Do you think this would be a form of discrimination? Give five points to support your view and share these with the class.

Accepted Answer

Answer: 
national
democracy
1928
vote
Courts.
 III. TRUE/FALSE State whether the following statements are true CD or false (F). 
Kings and queens get their power from the people they rule.
There was a time when the government did not allow women and the poor to participate in elections.
It was Gandhiji who demanded that all adults have the right to vote.
Men without property have no right to vote in a country like the USA.
In India, everyone who is eighteen or above eighteen enjoys the right to vote.
 Answer: 
False
True
True
False
True
 IV.MATCHING SKILL Match the items given in column A correctly with those given in column B.

Ans.(i)—(c), (ii)—(c), (iii)—(e), (iv)—(b), (v)—(a). V.VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

What is Government