Class 7 Social (Civics) - Social and Political Life II
Chapter 3, How the State Government Works
NCERT Solutions (Important Questions Only)
Question.1: Use the terms ‘constituency’ and
‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?
Solution:
An MLA
(Member of the Legislative Assembly) is the person affiliated to a political
party or as an independent who represents a constituency (an area).
Voters of any
specific area, called as constituency, vote for the candidate of their choice.
The person who gets the maximum number of votes is declared elected. This is
the process by which an MLA is elected.
Question.2: How do some MLAs become ministers?
Explain.
Solution:
The
political party which obtains more than fifty percent seats in an assembly is
termed as the ruling party. The elected members (MLAs) of the ruling party
choose their leader of the entire legislature. The Governor appoints give oath
to the leader as Chief Minister. The chief minister forms cabinet by nominating
ministers from the ruling party MLAs or from outside party members. The chief
minister sends the list of names to the governor who appoints them as ministers
as per the recommendations given by the chief minister after giving oath.
Question.3: Why should decisions taken by the Chief
Minister and other ministers is debated in the Legislative Assembly?
Solution:
the
decisions taken by the chief minister and other ministers should be debated in
the Legislative Assembly because of the following reasons:
>> It is not
necessary that the decisions taken by the chief minister and other ministers are
beneficial to one and all.
>> All the
MLAs should know about such decisions.
>> Important
suggestions given by others may be incorporated in the final decisions.
>> Adversely
affecting points could be deleted after debate.
The final decisions
so taken would be the decisions of all the members and hence of the people.
Question.5: What is the difference between the work
that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by the Government departments?
Solution:
The
main difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done
by the Government departments is as follows -
(a) MLAs raise the
important issues in the assembly and try to solve the problems being faced by
the masses. In the process they also make some decisions.
(b) The job of the
Government departments is to implement the decisions taken by the Assembly.
Additional solutions of CBSE important questions
Question.1: Define: (a) Press
Conference (b) Constituency (c) Executive
Solution:
(a) Press
Conference: Press Conference is the gathering of journalists from the media
who are invited to hear about and ask questions on a particular issue and are
then expected to report on this to the larger public through electronic and
print media.
(b)
Constituency: A particular area from which all the voters living in that
area choose their representatives is known as Constituency.
(c)
Executive: The work of the Chief Minister, Ministers and MLAs is called
the executive part of the Government.
Question.2: What are the three levels
on which a government works?
Solution: The three
levels on which a government works or function are -
>> Local
e.g. at Block and District levels.
>> State
level.
>> At the center
or National level.
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