Federalism is a system of government where ___________________.

Usually there are two levels of government

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There is only one government

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State governments depend and get powers from the centre

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Central government is vested with most of the powers

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Solution

The correct option is A Usually there are two levels of government
Usually, a federation has two levels of government. One is the government for the entire country that is usually responsible for a few subjects of common national interest. The others are governments at the level of provinces or states that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their state.

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