MCQ 1 federalism

 1. In case of clash between the laws made by the centre and a ‘>tate on

a subject in the concurrent list

(a) The state law prevails

(b) The central law prevails

(c) Both laws prevail within jurisdictions

(d) The Supreme Courte has to intervene to decide.

2. When power is taken away from central and state governments and

given to local government, it is called:

(a) Distribution (b) Centralisation

(c) Reorganisation (d) Decentralisation

3. Both the union and the state government can make laws on the sub-

jects mentioned in the:

(a) Union list (b) State list

(c) Concurrent list (d) None of the above

4. Which one of the following is not a feature of federalism?

(a) Two or more levels of government

(b) Different tiers of government govern the same citizens

(c) Courts have the power to interpret the constitution

(d) The centre government can order the state government

5. Rural local government is popularly known as:

(a) Panchayati Raj (b) Zila Parishad

(c) State Government (d) Gram Panchayat

6. Consider the following statements regarding language policy of In-

dian federation:

(1) Hindi was identified as the official language

(2) Besides Hindi, there are 21 other languages recognised as

scheduled languages.

(3) English can be used along with Hindi for official purposes.

Choose the combination that provides the correct statements from

the following :

(a) (1) and (3) (b) (1) and (2)

(c) only (1) (d) (1), (2) and (3)

7. Which of the following group of countries are an example of coming

together federation?

(a) India, USA, Belgium (b) USA, Switzerland, Australia

(c) India, Belgium, Spain (d) USA, Spain, Australia

8. Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option:

....................... system of government in which the power is divided

between a central authority and various constituent units of the coun-

try.

(a) Dictatorship (b) Unitary system

(c) Monarchy (d) Federalism

10. Read the following statements carefully

1. A second test for Indian federation was the language policy.

2. Besides Hindi, there are 23 other languages recognized as

scheduled language by constitution.

3. The union government of India has the power to legislate on ‘re-

siduary subjects.’

4. USA is a good example of ‘holding together federation’.

Choose the correct option:

(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 1 and 3 only

(C) 2 and 4 only (D) 1, 3 and 4 only