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Question 15 Marks
What was the suffrage movement? What did it accomplish?
Answer
The movement for voting rights to women came to be known as the suffrage movement. All over Europe and USA, women and the poor have had to fight for participation in the government. Women’s struggle to vote got strengthened during the first world war. During the War, many men were away fighting and because of this women were called upon to do work that was earlier considered men’s work. Thus, women got opportunity to show their capability. People as a whole got disillusioned. They began demanding the right to vote for all women. The result was positive. American women got the right to vote in 1920 while women in the UK got the right to vote on the same terms as men some years later, in 1928.
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Question 25 Marks
Give some examples of the institutions of the Government.
Answer
Some of the institutions of the government are:
  1. Railways.
  2. Supreme Court of India.
  3. Bharat Petroleum.
  4. Steel Authority of India.
  5. National Highways Authority of India.
Some examples of institutions that are part of the government: The Supreme Court, the Indian Railways and the Bharat Petroleum.
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Question 35 Marks
What are the main features of a democratic country?
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The main features of a democratic country are:
  1. People have the power to elect their representative to form and run the government and also to take decision on their behalf.
  2. The competitive elections are held at regular intervals.
  3. There is a separation of powers between the three organs of the state i.e. legislature, executive and judiciary.
  4. Freedom of speech and expression.
  5. Fundamental rights are enjoyed by its citizens.
  6. Effective participation of the people in the decision making process.
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Question 45 Marks
Nowhere in the world have governments willingly shared power. All over Europe and USA, women and the poor have had to fight for participation in government. Women’s struggle to vote got strengthened during the First World War. This movement is called the women’s suffrage movement as the term suffrage usually means right to vote. During the War, many men were away fighting, and because of this women were called upon to do work that was earlier considered men’s work. Many women began organising and managing different kinds of work. When people saw this they began to wonder why they had created so many unfair stereotypes about women and what they were capable of doing. So women began to be seen as being equally capable of making decisions. The suffragettes demanded the right to vote for all women and to get their demands heard they chained themselves to railings in public places. Many suffragettes were imprisoned and went on hunger strikes, and they had to be fed by force. American women got the right to vote in 1920 while women in the UK got to vote on the same terms as men some years later, in 1928.Study the above advertisement and answer the questions that follow:
  1. Where and who had to fight for participation in government1?
  2. When had women’s struggle got strengthened?
  3. Why was this struggle called women’s suffrage movement?
  4. Why were women called to work in men’s field during the war?
  5. Why were women seen as being equally capable of making decisions?
  6. Who were suffragettes?
  7. When did American women got right to vote?
  8. When did UK women get voting right equal to men?
Answer
  1. In Europe and USA, women and the poor.
  2. During First World War.
  3. Women’s struggle was called women’s suffrage movement because as the term suffrage means right to vote and the women were demanding/struggling for right to vote.
  4. Because men had gone to war fronts to fight.
  5. Because at workplaces women did wonders and worked better than their men counterparts.
  6. Suffragettes were those who believed and advocated for women’s voting rights.
  7. In 1920.
  8. In 1928.
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Question 55 Marks
Examine the need for government in a country.
Answer
The government has a number of functions to perform. These functions outline the need for government. These may include:
  1. To maintain law and order in the country.
  2. To make provision for services like roadways, electricity, waterways, railways, drinking water, health and sanitation.
  3. To defend the country against foreign aggression.
  4. To protect the unity and integrity of the country.
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Question 65 Marks
How can a government function?
Answer
A government can function by doing the following things:
  1. The government makes laws.
  2. The citizens of the country have to follow these laws.
  3. It has also the power to make decisions.
  4. It also has the power to enforce these decisions.
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Question 75 Marks
What are the two types of governments?
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Two types of governments: Democracy:
  1. People choose their government.
  2. They are the ones who take decisions and make laws through their elected representatives.
Monarchy:
  1. The government run by a king or queen or monarch is monarchy.
  2. The king or queen takes decisions and makes laws.
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Question 85 Marks
How are the laws domain of a government?
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Laws are made by the government and as citizens of a country, people have to abide by it. Along with the making of laws, government even has the power to enforce these laws. For example, law says that drunken driving is banned. If a person still drives after drinking he is likely to be penalised. Further, government even maintains equality before law in society. If a person feels that he is being discriminated on grounds of caste, creed, religion, gender, place of birth, etc. he can move to the court. The courts have the power to issue the necessary orders to give justice to the aggrieved party.
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Question 95 Marks
Democracy is a better form of government. Explain.
Answer
The forms of government like monarchy and dictatorship (of a military or of a political party), the Rural or group- wields supreme power and people have no remedy against its misuse. There is no individual freedom, freedom of speech or expression to the people. On the other hand, in a democratic system, the people have rights to participate in the working of the government and the government is accountable to the people.
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Question 105 Marks
How electronic voting machines are used in elections?
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The Election Commission has started using Electronic voting machines to ensure free and fair elections. Each machine has the names and symbols of the candidates in a constituency. In EVM, the voter has to press the button to vote for the candidate of his/her choice. The machine is very easy to operate.
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