CHAPTER-  3 What is Government | Important Questions & MCQs | CLASS 6th | Social Science Civics | NCERT| EDUGROWN

MCQs Questions with Answers

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
What do governments do for their people?
(a) Build the roads and schools
(b) Supply the electricity
(c) Take action on social issues
(d) All of these

Question 2.
Which agency of the government does the job of protecting the boundaries of the country and maintaining peaceful relations with other countries?
(a) Gram Panchayat
(b) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(c) Ministry of Defence
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Question 3.
What is an important part of the government?
(a) Courts
(b) Private organisations
(c) Public schools
(d) Parliament

Question 4.
At which level does a government work?
(a) Local level
(b) National level
(c) State level
(d) All of these

Question 5.
Which of the following is the capital of India?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Agra
(c) New Delhi
(d) Aurangabad

Question 6.
On which level does Indian Government take decision to maintain peaceful relation with U.S.S.R.?
(a) Local level
(b) State level
(c) Central level
(d) None of these

Question 7.
What does the Government make for everyone to follow?
(a) Laws
(b) Decisions
(c) Relations
(d) None of these

Question 8.
Any person who is caught driving without licence can be?
(a) jailed
(b) fined a large sum of money
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of them

Question 9.
Which type of government is chosen by the people?
(a) Democratic Government
(b) Dictatorship
(c) Monarchy Government
(d) None of these

Question 10.
What is a Monarchy government?
(a) Chosen by the people
(b) Ruled by the King or Queen
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Question 11.
In which type of government do the kings or queens not have to explain their action or decision they take?
(a) Democracy
(b) Monarchy
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Question 12.
To whom did the government not allow to participate in election in olden time?
(a) Educated persons
(b) Poor persons
(c) Adults
(d) All of these

Question 13.
When was only a small minority allowed to vote?
(a) After Independence
(b) Before Independence
(c) Ten years before
(d) Twenty years before

Question 14.
When was publishing of journal “Young India” started?
(a) 1931
(b) 1941
(c) 1951
(d) 1961

Very Short Answer Type

Question 1.
Why is a person driving without licence jailed or fined large amount of money?
Answer:
A person has to obtain a driving licence if he wants to drive vehicles.
If he does not possess this driving licence he can be jailed or fined a huge amount of money as penalty.

Question 2.
If the people feel that a law is not easy to be followed, what can they do?
Answer:

• They can go to courts against the law.
• If a person feels that he has not been appointed for a certain job because of his religion or community he may go to court against this and get his grievances redressed.

What is Government Class 6 Extra Questions Short Answer Type

Question 1.
Why are some rules to be made?
Answer:
Some rules are to be made that apply to all because of the following reasons:

• To control resources.
• To protect the boundaries of the country.
• To secure the life of the people.

Question 2.
Give some examples of the institutions of the Government.
Answer:
Some of the institutions of the government are:

• Railways.
• Supreme Court of India.
• Bharat Petroleum.
• Steel Authority of India.
• 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.

Question 3.
How can a government function?
Answer:
A government can function by doing the following things:

• The government makes laws.
• The citizens of the country have to follow these laws.
• It has also the power to make decisions.
• It also has the power to enforce these decisions.

Question 4.
What are the two types of governments?
Answer:
Two types of governments:
Democracy:

• People choose their government.
• They are the ones who take decisions and make laws through their elected representatives.

Monarchy:

• The government run by a king or queen or monarch is monarchy.
• The king or queen takes decisions and makes laws.

Question 5.
What are the three main features of a democracy?
Answer:
Main features of a Democracy:

• People elect their leaders.
• It is a rule by the people.
• People participate in decision-making through their representatives.

Question 6.
What are representative democracies?
Answer:
Representative democracies are those democracies in which people participate in the government through their elected representatives (Through election process).

• The representatives meet and make decisions for the entire population.
• These democracies have universal adult franchise. All the adults of the country are allowed to vote.

Question 7.
Before Independence what was the voting system in India?
Answer:
Before independence the voting system in India was:

• A small minority had the right to vote.
• They came together to determine the fate of majority as the minority made rules and regulations for the majority.

Question 8.
Why were several people including Gandhiji shocked?
Answer:

• Several people including Gandhiji were shocked at the practice of minority voting right to make rules and regulations for the majority.
• They demanded that all adults should have the right to vote. This is called universal adult franchise.

Question 9.
What did Gandhiji write in the journal ‘Young India’ in 1931?
Answer:
Writing in the journal Young India in 1931, Gandhiji said, “I cannot possibly bear the idea that a man who has got wealth should get the vote but a man who has got character but no wealth or literacy should have no vote, or that a man who honestly works by the sweat of his brow day in and day out should not have the vote for the crime of being a poor man”.

What is Government Class 6 Extra Questions Long Answer Type

Question 1.
Question Box:
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.

What is Government Class 6 Extra Questions Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
What do governments do for their people?
(a) Build the roads and schools
(b) Supply the electricity
(c) Take action on social issues
(d) All of these
Answer:
All of these

Question 2.
Which agency of the government does the job of protecting the boundaries of the country and maintaining peaceful relations with other countries?
(a) Gram Panchayat
(b) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(c) Ministry of Defence
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer:
Both (b) and (c)

Question 3.
What is an important part of the government?
(a) Courts
(b) Private organisations
(c) Public schools
(d) Parliament
Answer:
Parliament

Question 4.
At which level does a government work?
(a) Local level
(b) National level
(c) State level
(d) All of these
Answer:
All of these

Question 5.
Which of the following is the capital of India?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Agra
(c) New Delhi
(d) Aurangabad
Answer:
New Delhi

Question 6.
On which level does Indian Government take decision to maintain peaceful relation with U.S.S.R.?
(a) Local level
(b) State level
(c) Central level
(d) None of these
Answer:
Central level

Question 7.
What does the Government make for everyone to follow?
(a) Laws
(b) Decisions
(c) Relations
(d) None of these
Answer:
Laws

Question 8.
Any person who is caught driving without licence can be?
(a) jailed
(b) fined a large sum of money
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of them
Answer:
both (a) and (b)

Question 9.
Which type of government is chosen by the people?
(a) Democratic Government
(b) Dictatorship
(c) Monarchy Government
(d) None of these
Answer:
Democratic Government

Question 10.
What is a Monarchy government?
(a) Chosen by the people
(b) Ruled by the King or Queen
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
Ruled by the King or Queen

Question 11.
In which type of government do the kings or queens not have to explain their action or decision they take?
(a) Democracy
(b) Monarchy
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
Monarchy

Question 12.
To whom did the government not allow to participate in election in olden time?
(a) Educated persons
(b) Poor persons
(c) Adults
(d) All of these
Answer:
Poor persons

Question 13.
When was only a small minority allowed to vote?
(a) After Independence
(b) Before Independence
(c) Ten years before
(d) Twenty years before
Answer:
Before Independence

Question 14.
When was publishing of journal “Young India” started?
(a) 1931
(b) 1941
(c) 1951
(d) 1961
Answer:
1931