Self-Assessment Test-3
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                                                                              (d)   Leader should be secular
                      Section-A                                                     religious values.
O.1. Multiple choice question
                                                                                                   Section-B
  GWhich one of the following      countries has    one   party                                                           Lankan
     system?
                                                                      Q.7. What         were     the three demands of Sri
     (a) China                                                                                                                 3
                                 (b) Japan                                    Tamils.
     (c) Germany                 (d) All of these                                                                   created after 1947?
                                                                      Q.8.    Why were the linguistic states                          3
 )   Political parties and pressure groups are different from
     each other on which of the following                                                                   conditions     provided   to
                                             grounds?       1         Q.9. Explain the favourable                                     3
      (a) Organization           (b) Objective                             people under democracy.
      (c) Method                 (d) Contesting election
Q.2. Match the following:                                                                          Section-C
               Column AA                  Column B                    Q.10.    Read  the text given below and a n s w e r the
                                                                               questions that follows:             (1+1+1+1=4)
               Union List          (a) Commerce
                                                                               Democracies that   follow a federal system all over
        (ii) | State List        |(b)|Mayor                                    the world tend to have two kinds of political parties:
       (ii) Concurrent List (c)Currency                                                   are present in only one of the federal
                                                                               parties that
                                                                               units and parties that are present in several or all
        (iv) Municipal Cor- | (d) Forest
             poration                                                          units of the federation. This is the case in India as
                                                                               well. There are some countrywide parties, which
 Q.3. Fill in the blank:
                                                                               are called 'national parties'. These parties have
                   is the guardian of the Constitution of                      their units in various states. But by and large, all
      India.                                                                   these units follow the same policies, programmes
 Q4. Answer the following question in one word/ one                            and strategy that is decided at the national level.
      sentence:                                                                Every party in the country has to register with the
      Which common expression of communalism gets                              Election Commission. While the Commission treats
      involved in our everyday beliefs?                                        all parties equally, it offers some special facilities to
 Q.5. Correct the foilowing statement and rewrite: 1                           large and established parties. These parties are given
      Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in                            a    unique symbol -    only the official candidates of
      1950.                                                                     that party can use that election symbol. Parties that
 Q.6. Study the picture and answer the question that                            get this privilege and some other special facilities
       follows:                                                   1             are recognised' by the Election Commission
                                                                                for this purpose. That is why these parties are
       What does this cartoon depict?
                                                                                called, 'recognised political parties'. The Election
                                                                                Commission has laid down detailed criteria of the
                                                                                    proportion of votes and seats that a party must
                                                                                    get in order to be a recognised party. A party that
                                                                                    secures at least six per cent of the total votes in an
                                                                                    election to the Legislative Assembly of a State and
                                                                                    wins at least two seats is
                                                                                                               recognised as a State party.
                                                                                    A party that secures at least six
                                                                                                                      per cent of the total
                                                                                    votes in Lok Sabha elections or
                                                                                                                       Assembly elections
                                                                                    in four States and wins at least four seats in the
                                                                                                                                          Lok
                                                                                    Sabha is   recognisedas a   national party.
                                                                                    Answer the      following MCQs by choosing             the
                                                                                    most appropriate option.
       a) Religion is the supreme priority of the nation                      (i) How many political parties do we have in a
       6) There is no such thing like secularismn                                 democratic federal system?
                                                                                                                          (1)
       (c) Leaders are selected on the religion favoured by                       (a) One                 (b) Two
           the ruling party                                                          (c) Three                   (d) Many
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 (i) Every party in the country has                                        (iv)   Who only can       use          unique symbol?
                                                                                                           the given                    (1)
                                                to   register with the
                                                                   (1)            (a) the official candidates of political party
      (a) Lok Sabha
                                                                                  (b) all units of the federation
      b) Rajya Sabha                                                              (c) the Election Commission
      (c) Election Commission                                                     (d) All of these
      (d) All of these
                                                                                                     Section-D
 (ii) A party that secures at least            of the total
      votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of
          State is                                                       Q.11.    Are democracies based        on   political and economic
      a
                     recognised as a   State   party.             (1)
                                                                                  equalities? Explain.                                      5
      (a) 6%                               (b) 2%
      (c) 4%                               (d) One-third
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