Polity Practice Quiz 29

Q1.Despite elections for local governments being held regularly and enthusiastically in India, what difficulty is highlighted in the provided text?

A. State governments transfer too many powers. B. Gram sabhas are not held regularly. C. Local governments receive excessive resources. D. Women's representation has decreased.

Q2.What are the two main challenges faced by local governments in India, as per the provided text, regarding state governments?

A. Lack of enthusiasm in elections and excessive public participation. B. Transfer of too many powers and inadequate resources. C. Non-transfer of significant powers and inadequate resources. D. Regular Gram Sabha meetings and increased women's representation.

Q3.Which city in Brazil is mentioned in the text for its extraordinary experiment in combining decentralisation with participative democracy?

A. Rio de Janeiro B. São Paulo C. Porto Alegre D. Brasília

Q4.In the context of Porto Alegre's experiment in participative democracy, what parallel organization operates alongside the municipal council, and how is the city divided?

A. A national assembly; into states. B. A citizen's forum; into districts. C. A parallel organization; into sectors or wards. D. A judicial committee; into provinces.

Q5.What has been a key outcome of Porto Alegre's participative budgeting method?

A. Money is spent only for the benefit of rich colonies. B. Buses no longer run to poor colonies. C. Builders can evict slum-dwellers without resettlement. D. Money cannot be spent only for the benefit of rich colonies, and buses now run to poor colonies.

Q6.In which Indian state has an experiment similar to Porto Alegre's participative planning taken place, where ordinary people participated in making a plan for local development?

A. Tamil Nadu B. Kerala C. Karnataka D. Maharashtra

Q7.The number of elected representatives in India's local government system (approximately 36 lakh) is compared to what in the provided text?

A. The total population of India. B. The population of many countries in the world. C. The number of government employees in India. D. The number of voters in a single state.

Q8.What is the main difference between a federal form of government and a unitary one, as implied by the source text?

A. In a federal system, power is concentrated in a single central authority, while in a unitary system, power is divided among different levels. B. A federal government has a written constitution, whereas a unitary government does not. C. In a federal system, governmental power is divided between different levels of government, while in a unitary system, the central government holds all the power. D. Unitary governments are always democratic, while federal governments can be authoritarian.

Q9.The source text mentions a Constitutional amendment in 1992 related to which level of government?

A. Central government B. State government C. Local government D. Judiciary

Q10.According to the source text's description, which type of federation is the United States?

A. A unitary type of federation B. A holding together type of federation C. A coming together type of federation D. A centralized type of federation

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Polity Practice Quiz 29