SOCIAL SCIENCE WORKSHEET - 5

Class : X CBSE
Topic : DP: Ch-2: FEDERALISM Time : 20 Min.

How is Federalism Practiced?

I.Choose the correct answers:
1. The real success of federalism in India can be attributed to the nature of ............ in our country.
1) Democratic politics 2) Power sharing 3) National politics 4) Judiciary [ ]
2. The creation of .................... was the first and a major test for democratic politics in our country.
1) Union Territories 2) Linguistic states 3) Secular state 4) Legislatures [ ]
3. The States created not on the basis of language but to recognise differences based on culture,
ethnicity or geography were [ ]
1) Nagaland 2) Jharkhand 3) Uttarakhand 4) All the above
4. Besides Hindi, there are ........... other languages recognised as Scheduled Languages by the
Constitution. [ ]
1) 18 2) 20 3) 21 4) 22
5. According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in [ ]
1) 1965 2) 1956 3) 1950 4) 1947
6. Restructuring the ...................... is one more way in which federalism has been strengthened
in practice. [ ]
1) Centre-Local bodies relations 2) Centre-State-Local bodies relations
3) Centre-State relations 4) Centre-State-International relations
7. The most significant changes in the Indian democratic system after 1990 were [ ]
1) Rise of regional political parties 2) Rise of regional languages and cultures
3) Rise of coalition governments at the centre 4) 1 & 3
8. As per 2011, the number of distinct languages which people mentioned as their mother tongues
in India were [ ]
1) 1100 2) 1200 3) 1300 4) 1400
9. Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Bundelkhandi, Chhattisgarhi, Rajasthani and many others were grouped
together under [ ]
1) Urdu 2) Hindi 3) Bihari 4) Bengali
10. ............................... is more effective today than it was in the early years after the Constitution
came into force. [ ]
1) federal power sharing 2) Unitary power sharing
3) Horizontal power sharing 4) Vertical power sharing

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