Different Ways of Sharing Power

Q. Identify some autocratic rulers from the following.

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Sukarno
3. Pol Pot
4. Joseph Stalin
5. Jawaharlal Nehru
6. Saddam Hussain
7. Mao Zedong
8. Richard Nixon

Q. Which of the following highlights the system of checks and balances?

1. If the executive fails to perform its duties, members of the legislature can question them.
2. The President can send back the laws passed by the legislature, if it is found to be unconstitutional.
3. If the legislature passes unjust laws, the courts can strike them down.
4. The Executive can amend the Constitution and the courts cannot ratify the amendments.

Q. In India, which of the following officials can send back a law if they find it unconstitutional?

1. Prime Minister
2. President
3. Attorney General
4. Law Minister

Q. Which of the following power sharing arrangements prevents any single organ of the government from becoming too powerful?

1. Concentration of power in the Executive
2. Centralisation of power
3. Horizontal distribution of power
4. Vertical distribution of power

Q. What do you mean by federalism?

1. Power shared among different organs of government
2. Power shared among governments at different levels
3. Power shared by different social groups
4. Power shared by two or more political parties

Q. How dare you ______________ to your parents like this?

1. Talking
2. Talk
3. Both A and B
4. To talk

Q. Which of the following highlights the system of checks and balances?

1. If the executive fails to perform its duties, members of the legislature can question them.
2. The President can send back the laws passed by the legislature, if it is found to be unconstitutional.
3. If the legislature passes unjust laws, the courts can strike them down.
4. The Executive can amend the Constitution and the courts cannot ratify the amendments.

Q. In India, which of the following officials can send back a law if they find it unconstitutional?

1. Prime Minister
2. President
3. Law Minister
4. Attorney General

Q. Identify some autocratic rulers from the following.

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Sukarno
3. Pol Pot
4. Joseph Stalin
5. Jawaharlal Nehru
6. Saddam Hussain
7. Mao Zedong
8. Richard Nixon

Q.

What do you mean by Federalism?