Tamil Nadu Board 10th Standard Social Science - Civics Unit 3: Book Back Answers and Solutions
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Unit 3: State Government
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. The Governor of the State is appointed by thea) Prime Minister
b) Chief Minister
c) President
d) Chief Justice
Answer Key:
c) President
2. The Speaker of a State is a _____.
a) Head of State
b) Head of government
c) President’s agent
d) None of these
Answer Key:
d) None of these
3. Which among the following is not one of the powers of the Governor?
a) Legislative
b) Executive
c) Judicial
d) Diplomatic
Answer Key:
d) Diplomatic
4. Who can nominate one representative of the Anglo-Indian Community to the State Legislative Assembly?
a) The President
b) The Governor
c) The Chief Minister
d) The Speaker of State Legislature
Answer Key:
b) The Governor
5. The Governor does not appoint _____.
a) Chief Minister
b) Chairman of the State Public Service Commission
c) Advocate General of the State
d) Judges of the High Court
Answer Key:
d) Judges of the High Court
6. The State Council of Ministers is headed by _____.
a) The Chief Minster
b) The Governor
c) The Speaker
d) The Prime Minister
Answer Key:
a) The Chief Minster
7. The minimum age for the membership of the Legislative Council is ____.
a) 25 years
b) 21 years
c) 30 years
d) 35 years
Answer Key:
c) 30 years
8. Which one of the following States does not possess a bicameral legislature?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer Key:
c) Tamil Nadu
9. The High Courts in India were first started at _____.
a) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras
b) Delhi and Calcutta
c) Delhi, Calcutta, Madras
d) Culcutta, Madras, Delhi
Answer Key:
a) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras
10. Which of the following States have a common High Court?
a) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala and Telangana
c) Punjab and Haryana
d) Maharashtra and Gujarat
Answer Key:
c) Punjab and Haryana
I. Fill in the blanks.
1. Governor of the state government surrenders his resignation to _____.2. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) are elected by the _____.
3. _____ acts as the chancellor of the universities in the state.
4. The Chairman and Members of the State Public Service Commission can be removed only by the _____.
Answer Key:
1. The President
2. People
3. The Governor
4. President
III. Match the following.
1
|
Governor
|
Head of the Government
|
2
|
Chief
Minister
| Head of the State |
3
|
Council
of Ministers
|
Tribunals
|
4
|
MLC
|
Responsible
for the Assembly
|
5
|
Armed
forces
|
Cannot
vote for grants
|
1
|
Governor
|
Head
of the State
|
2
|
Chief
Minister
|
Head
of the Government
|
3
|
Council
of Ministers
|
Responsible
for the Assembly
|
4
|
MLC
|
cannot
vote for grants
|
5
|
Armed
forces
|
Tribunals
|
IV. Answer the brief questions.
1. What is the importance of the Governor of a state?Answer Key:
1. The Governor is the Constitutional head of the state.
2. The administration of the state is carried on in the name of the Governor.
3. He has all executive powers.
4. Each bill passed by the State Legislature becomes law only after his signature.
2. What are the qualifications for the appointment of Governor?
Answer Key:
1. He should be a citizen of India.
2. He must have completed 35 years of age.
3. He should not be a member of the Legislative Assembly of any State or member of Parliament.
4. He should not hold any other profitable occupation.
3. What is the original jurisdiction of the High Court?
Answer Key:
1. The High Courts of presidency towns - Bombay, Calcutta and Madras have both original and appellate jurisdictions while other High Courts have mostly appellate authorities.
2. The original jurisdiction includes admirality, probate, matrimonial and contempt of court.
3. The presidency High Courts have original jurisdiction in which the amount involved is more than Rs. 2000/- and in criminal cases which are committed to them by the presidency magistrate.
4. What do you understand by the “Appellate Jurisdiction” of the High Court?
Answer Key:
1. All High Courts entertain appeals in civil and criminal cases from their subordinate courts as well as on their own.
2. They have no jurisdiction over the tribunals of armed forces.
V. Answer in detail.
1. Describe the Legislative Powers of the Governor.Answer Key:
Legislative Powers of the Governor:
The Governor is an integral part of the State Legislature. But The Governor is not a member of the legislature. He enjoys various powers.
1. The Governor can summon, prorogue and dissolve the State Legislative Assembly.
2. He can address the State Legislature at the commencement of the first session after each general election and the first session of each year.
3. He can send messages to the houses of legislature about the pending bills.
4. When the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker are vacant, he can appoint any member of the Legislative Assembly to preside over its proceedings.
5. He can nominate one member from the Anglo - Indian community to the State Legislative Assembly.
6. He can nominate 1/6 of the members to the State Legislative Council from amongst prominent and distinguished individuals from the society with special knowledge of arts, literature, science, co-operative movement and social service.
7. Every bill passed by the legislature will become a law only after his signature. He can give assent, withhold or return the bill for reconsideration.
8. Under Article 213, he can promulgate an ordinances when the legislature is not in session. But they have to be approved by the legislature within six months. He can withdraw it at anytime.
9. He has to lay the annual reports of the State Finance Commission, the Public Service Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General relating to the accounts of the State, before the legislature.
2. What are the powers and functions of the Chief Minister?
The Chief Minister is the real executive authority in the State.
Relating to the Council of Ministers:
1. The Chief Minister recommends the persons who can be appointed as ministers by Governor.
2. He allocates portfolios among the ministers.
3. He shuffles and reshuffles his ministry.
4. Presides over the meetings of the cabinet.
5. He guides, directs, controls and coordinates the activities of his ministers.
Relating to the Governor:
He advises the Governor in in relation to the appointment of the following officials.
1. Advocate General of the State.
2. State Election Commissioner.
3. Chairman and Members of the State Public Service Commission.
4. Chairman and Members of the State Planning Commission.
5. Chairman and Members of the State Finance Commission.
Relating to Legislature:
1. He advises the Governor with regard to summoning and proroguing the sessions of the state legislature.
2. He announces government policies on the floor of the House.
3. He can introduce bills in the Legislative Assembly.
4. He can recommend dissolution of the Legislative Assembly to the Governor.
3. Critically examine the functions and powers of the Council of Ministers.
Answer Key:
The functions and powers of the Council of Ministers:
1. It formulates and decides the policies of the State and implements them effectively.
2. It decides the legislative programmes and sponsors all important bills.
3. It controls the financial policy and decides tax structure for the public welfare of the state.
4. It makes important appointments of the heads for departments.
5. It discusses and takes efforts on the disputes with other states.
6. It frames proposals for incurring expenditure out of state reserves.
7. It decides all bills, money bills and others to be introduced in the Assembly.
8. Each minister controls and supervises and the coordinates department concerned.
9. The Annual Budget is finalised by the Council of Ministers.
VI. Project and activity.
1. Prepare a flow chart showing the State Government’s Administrative setup.Answer Key:
Answer Key:
STATES
|
CHIEF MINSTERS
|
GOVERNORS
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
|
ESL Narasimhan
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
Pema Khandu
|
B.D Mishra
|
Assam
|
SarbanandaSonawal
|
JagdishMuki
|
Bihar
|
Nithish Kumar
|
LaljiTandon
|
Chattisgarh
|
Dr. BhupeshBaghel
|
Anandi Ben Patel
|
Goa
|
Pramod Sawant
|
MirdulaSinha
|
Gujarat
|
VijaybhaiR.Rupani
|
O.P.Kohli
|
Haryana
|
Manoharlal Khattar
|
Sathyadev Narayan Arya
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Jai Ram Thakur
|
Acharya Devtrat
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
Mehboobha Mufti
|
Satyapal Malik
|
Jharkhand
|
Raghubha Das
|
Draupadi Murma
|
Karnataka
|
H.D.Kumarasami
|
Vajubhaivala
|
Kerala
|
Pinarayi Vijayam
|
P. Sathasivam
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Shivrajsingh Chauhan
|
Anandi Ben Patel
|
Maharashtra
|
Devendra Fadnavis
|
Vidyasagar Rao
|
Manipur
|
Biren Singh
|
Nejma Heptulla
|
Meghalaya
|
Conrad Sangma
|
Tathagata Roy
|
Mizoram
|
Lalthanhawla
|
Kummanam Rajasekaran
|
Nagaland
|
Neiphiu Rio
|
P.B.Acharya
|
Odhisha
|
Naveen Patnaik
|
Ganeshilal
|
Punjab
|
Amrind Singh
|
V.P. Singh Bandure
|
Rajasthan
|
Vasundara Raje
|
Kalyan Singh
|
Sikkim
|
P.S. Golay
|
Ganga Prasad
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Edappadi Palanisami
|
Banwarilal Purohit
|
Telengana
|
K.Chandra Sekar Rao
|
ESL Narasimhan
|
Tripura
|
Biplab Kumar Deb
|
Kaptan Singh Solanki
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Yogi Adithyanath
|
Ram Naik
|
Uttarkhand
|
Trivendrasingh Rawal
|
Baby rani mourya
|
West Bengal
|
Mamata Banerjee
|
Keshrinath Tripathi
|
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