Assertion and Reason Questions for Class 10 Social Science Political Science Chapter 2 Federalism

Directions: Mark the option which is most suitable :
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Q.1. Assertion (A) : Rural local government is popularly known by the name panchayati raj.
Reason (R) : Zilla parishad chairperson is the political head of the zilla parishad.

Answer Answer: (b)

Q.2. Assertion (A) : A major step towards decentralisation was taken in 1992.
Reason (R) : The Constitution was amended to make the third-tier of democracy more powerful and effective.

Answer Answer: (a)

Q.3. Assertion (A) : Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language.
Reason (R) : Restructuring the Centre-State relations is one more way in which federalism has been strengthened in practice.

Answer Answer: (b)

Q.4. Assertion (A) : Third-tier of government is local government.
Reason (R) : The fourth tier of Indian democracy is weak.

Answer Answer: (c)

Q.5. Assertion (A) : The local government structure goes right up to the state level.
Reason (R) : A few gram panchayats are grouped together to form what is usually called a panchayat samiti or block or mandal.

Answer Answer: (d)

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