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question_answer1) I am confused. What do we call the Indian government Is it Union, Federal or Central? [NCERT]
question_answer2) If federalism works only in big countries, why did Belgium adopt it? [NCERT]
question_answer3) Some Nepalese citizens were discussing the proposals on the adoption of federalism in their new constitution. This is what some of them said: Khag Raj: I don't like federalism. It would lead to reservation of seats for different caste groups as in India. Sarita: Ours in not a very big country. We don't need federalis. BabuLal: I am hopeful that the Terai areas will get more autonomy if they get their own state government. Ram Ganesh: I like federalism because it will mean that powers that were earlier enjoyed by the king will now be exercised by our elected representatives. If you were participating in this conversation what would be your response to each of these? Which of these reflect a wrong understanding of what federalism is? What makes India a federal country? [NCERT]
question_answer4) Pokharan, the place where India conducted its nuclear tests, lies in Rajasthan, suppose the government of Raj was opposed to the central Government's nuclear policy, could it prevent the Governments nuclear policies, could it prevent the Government of India from conducting the nuclear tests? [NCERT]
question_answer5) Suppose the Government of Sikkim plans to introduce new textbooks in its schools. But the Union Government does not like the style and content of the new textbooks. In that case, does the state government need to take permission from the Union Government before these textbooks can be launched. [NCERT]
question_answer6) Suppose the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa have different policies on how their state police should respond to the naxalites. Can the Prime Minister of India intervene and pass an order that all the Chief Ministers will have to obey. [NCERT]
question_answer7) The States Plead for More Powers Perils of Running a Coalition Government Here are two cartoons showing the relationship between Centre and States. Should the state go to the centre with a begging bowl? How can the leaders of a coalition keep the partners of government satisfied? [NCERT]
question_answer8) Scheduled Language of India Language Proportion of speakers (%) Language Proportion of speakers (%) Assamese 1.6 Bangla 8.3 Bodo 0.1 Dogri 0.2 Gujarati 4.9 Hindi 40.2 Kannada 3.9 Kashmiri 0.5 Konkani 0.2 Maithili 0.9 Malayalam 3.6 Manipuri 0.2 Marathi 7.5 Nepali 0.3 Oriya 3.4 Punjabi 2.8 Sanskrit 0.01 Santhali 0.6 Sindhi 0.3 Tamil 6.3 Telugu 7.9 Urdu 5.2 Make a bar or pie chart on the basis of this information. [NCERT]
question_answer9) Prepare a Map of linguistic diversity of India. [NCERT]
question_answer10) Find out about three languages that are spoken in India but are not included in this table. [NCERT]
question_answer11) Prime Minister runs the country. Chief Minister runs the state. Logically then, the chairperson of Zilla Parishad should run the district. Why does the D.M. or collector administer the district? [NCERT]
question_answer12) What do these newspaper clipping have to say about efforts of decentralisation in India? [NCERT]
question_answer13) Here are three reactions to the language policy followed in India. Give an argument and an example to support any of these positions. [NCERT] Sangeeta: The policy of accommodation have strengthened national unity. Arman: Language based States has divided us by making everyone conscious of their language. Harish: This policy has only helped to consolidate the dominance of English over all other languages.
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