Chapter 3 What is Government?
- Democracy is the form of government of the people, by the people and for the people.
- Monarchy is the form of government in which king or queen takes decision and makes law for the entire country.
- UAF stands for Universal Adult Franchise. It is the voting right in which all the adult takes part in voting and electing the government.
- Government makes the decision for the welfare of the country. The major work of government like building roads and hospitals in the country. Providing electricity and water, financial work of the country. And, important work like railway and postal services. It has work of maintaining peaceful relations with other countries. It makes sure that every citizen has enough food to eat and provide us good health facilities. It organizes aids and assistance for affected people during natural calamities.
- Court is present in every state to provide every citizen justice. Courts are also the parts of the government. The decision of court is followed by everyone.
- There are three levels of government: that is local, state and national. The local level government works in city, town or village. State level government works at the state level. And, the national or central government works for entire country.
- In democracy, people give power to the government.
- The movement for voting rights to women was called the suffrage movement. it accomplished the rights to vote for women all over the world.
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Q1 What do you understand by the word 'government'? List five ways in which you think the government affects your daily life. Ans: Government is an organization which takes decisions and make laws for the welfare of the people. It takes action on many social issues, for example: it has several programs to help the poor and make the things done. The government also has a job of protecting the boundaries of the country and maintaining peaceful relation with other countries. Courts are also part of the government. The government works at three levels; which is local, state and central. The local level government works in villages, towns or localities. The state government works at the state level. The central or National government works for the entire country.
Hence, the five ways in which government affects our daily life are:
1. It helps in running postal and railway services; and helps in reduction and fixing prices of essential commodities.
2. In case of natural calamities, it helps the affected people and the government mainly organizes aid and assistance for the affected ones.
3. In case of any dispute or someone has committed a crime, you will find that person in a court.
4. It helps in building roads and schools. It supplies electricity and water in our house, schools, hospitals, offices and in other working places too.
5. It ensures that all citizens have enough to eat and it provides good health services.Q2 Why do you think the government needs to make rules for everyone in the form of laws? Ans: The government needs to make rules for everyone in the form of laws:
1. To maintain peace in society.
2. Law establishes justice.
3. Law makes it compulsory for the people to obey it.
4. So that everyone can feel secure in the country.
5. Everyone will be given equal rights.
6. It prevents the misuse of their power.
7. It helps the people to lead a normal life.
8. It helps in proper functioning of government.Q3 Name two essential features of a democratic government. Ans: The two essential features of democratic government are:
1. The people have power to elect their leaders, so the government is ruled by the people. The leaders or representatives meet and make decisions for the entire population.
2. People ruled themselves by participating in the making of these rules. The government is answerable. The people can also replace the government after 5 years.Q4 What was the suffrage movement? What did it accomplish? Ans: The movement for voting rights to the woman was called the suffrage movement. All over Europe and U.S.A women and the poor ones have had to fight for participation in the government. Women struggle to vote strengthened during the First World War. During the world war, many people were away fighting, and because of this women were called upon to do work that was earlier considered men’s work. Many women begin organizing and managing different kinds of work. When people saw this they realized that they had created so many unfair stereotypes. So, women began to be seen equally capable. American women got right to vote in year 1920 while women in U.K got right to vote in 1928.
Q5 Gandhiji strongly believed that every adult in India should be given the right to vote. However, a few people don't share his views. They feel that illiterate people, who are mainly poor, should not be given the right to vote. What do you think? Do you think this would be a form of discrimination? Give five points to support your view and share these with the class. Ans: I agree to Gandhiji’s belief that every adult in India should be given equal rights to vote because:
1. India is a democratic country and one of the most essential feature of democracy is to ensure equality to all citizens of the country.
2. If literacy is the reason then the government should make sure that it should provide literacy to all which is one of the rights of all citizens.
3. We should honor the dignity of every person, whether rich or poor, high caste or good social status etc.
4. No one should be discriminate on the basis of their social status and these rules are written in our constitution.
5. A person do not become poor because of his choice but because of circumstances. Dishonesty can develop in any person whether he is rich or poor and every adult develops a certain level of maturity which gives him enough wisdom to think about the government.
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Compare the situation of Sekar and Ramalingam by filling out the following table:
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Sometimes people make prejudiced comments in our presence. We are often not in a position to do anything about this because it is difficult to say something right then and there. Divide the class into groups and each group discuss what they could do in one of the following situations:
a. A friend begins to tease a classmate because he is poor.
b. You are watching TV with your family and one of them makes a prejudicial comment about a particular religious community.
c. Children in your class refuse to share their food with a particular person because they think she is dirty.
d. Someone tells you a joke that makes fun of a community because of their accent.
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Why do you think the government needs to make rules for everyone in the form of laws?
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Look at the statements in the column on the left. Can you identify which level they belong to? Place tick marks against the level you consider most appropriate.
- The decision of the Government of India to maintain peaceful relations with Russia.
- The decision of the Government of West Bengal on whether to have Board exam in Class 8 for all government schools.
- Introduction of two new trains between Dibrugarh and Kanyakumari.
- The decision to locate a common well in a particular area of the village.
- Decision to construct a big children's park in Patna.
- The decision of the Government of Haryana to provide free electricity for all farmers.
- Introduction of a new 1000 rupee note.
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What do you think living in India with its rich heritage of diversity adds to your life?
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Underline the line in the poem sung after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which according to you, reflects India's essential unity.
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How can the stereotype that girls are a burden on their parents affect the life of a daughter? Imagine this situation and list at least five different effects that this stereotype can have on the way daughters get treated in the house.
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Choose another region in India and do a similar study of the historical and geographical factors that influence the diversity found there. Are these historical and geographical factors connected to each other? How?
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Name two essential features of a democratic government.
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