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Grassroots Democracy — Part 1: Governance — Practice

15 questions 15 min Recall + understand

  1. Q1. According to the chapter, what is the process of taking decisions, organising society's life with rules, and ensuring they are followed called?

  2. Q2. What does the chapter call the group of individuals or the system that makes the rules and ensures they are followed?

  3. Q3. The chapter says that some of the more important rules of a society are given a special name. What is it?

  4. Q4. Which organ of the government makes new laws, or 'legislates'?

  5. Q5. Which organ of the government implements or 'executes' the laws and enforces law and order?

  6. Q6. Which organ is the system of courts that decides whether someone has broken the law and what action should follow?

  7. Q7. In India, a government functions at three levels or tiers. Which set names them correctly?

  8. Q8. The word 'democracy' comes from two Greek words, dēmos and kratos. What does it literally mean?

  9. Q9. At the State level, the elected members of the assembly whom people vote for are generally called

  10. Q10. At the national level, people elect representatives to Parliament who are generally called

  11. Q11. What is the motto of the Government of India, inspired by ancient texts?

  12. Q12. 'Yato Dharmastato Jayah' — 'Where there is dharma, there is victory' — is the motto of which institution?

  13. Q13. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, featured in the chapter, was popularly nicknamed

  14. Q14. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam served India in which high constitutional office from 2002 to 2007?

  15. Q15. According to the Introduction, why do rules become necessary when many people live together?

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