NCERT Solutions For Class 7 Civics Social Science Chapter 3 How The State Government Works.

VERY SHORT QUESTIONS ANSWER.

Q1. What is the full form of MLA?

Ans. Members of Legislative Assembly .

Q2. Who is the head of the State?

Ans. The Head of the State is the Governor.

Q3. Where are laws for entire country made?

Ans. Laws for the entire country are made in the Parliament.

Q4. Who appoints 'Governor of state'?

Ans. 'Governor of state' is appointed by the Central Government.

Q5. Who is the executive head of state in India?

Ans. Chief Minister is the executive head of state in India.

Q6. How many levels of government are there and what are they?

Ans. Government works at three levels – local, state and national.

Q7. Name some departments of government.

Ans. Public Works Department, the Agriculture Department, the Health Department, the Education Department and so on. 

Q8. What do you know about wallpaper project?

Ans. Wallpaper is an interesting activity through which research can be done on particular topics of interest. 

Q9. What do you mean by the word legislature?

Ans. All the MLAs who gather together (assemble) in the legislative assembly are called the Legislature.

Q10. Name some political parties of India.

Ans. The Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Communist Party of India etc.

Q11. When did Telangana become an official state?

Ans. Telangana became the 29th State of India on the 2nd June 2014, after the reorganisation of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

SHORT QUESTION ANSWER.

Q1. What does coalition government mean?

Ans. At times, the ruling party may not be a single party but a group of parties working together. This is called a coalition.

Q2. What is the role of opposition parties in the government?

Ans. Opposition parties play the role of questioning government decisions and actions as well as raise new issues for consideration in the Assembly.

Q3. Explain the following terms–majority, ruling party, opposition.

Ans. A political party whose MLAs have won more than half the number of constituencies in a state can be said to be in a majority. The political party that has the majority is called the ruling party and all other members are called the opposition.

Q4. What does the term constituency mean?

Ans. Constituency is a particular area from which all the voters living there choose their representatives. This could be, for example, a panchayat ward or an area that chooses an MLA. 

Q5. Define the term press conference? 

Ans. Press conference is a 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.

Q6. Use the terms ‘constituency’ and ‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?

Ans. 

Every state in India has a Legislative Assembly. Each state is divided into different areas or constituencies.

From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).

People stand for elections in the name of different parties. These MLAs, therefore, belong to different political parties.

LONG QUESTION ANSWER.

Q1. Who becomes a chief minister? What is his or her role in a state?

Ans. 

After the elections, the MLAs belonging to the ruling party will elect their leader who will become the chief minister.

 The chief minister then selects other people as ministers. The chief minister and other ministers have the responsibility of running various government departments or ministries.

Q2. What was the problem in Patalpuram? What discussion/action was taken by the following? Fill in the table.

Ans. Patalpuram was facing acute shortage of water supply and sanitation problem.The District Hospital was overflowing with patients – a large number of whom were children with acute diarrhoea.

1.Public meeting – Condemned the government and protested for the improvement of healthcare and sanitation facilities.

2. Legislative Assembly – Discussed the issue and decided the course of action. They intend to supply drinking water to every village through tanker trucks. They also explained the steps the government had taken (i.e. collection of garbage).

3. Press conference - The minister explained the steps the government had taken. Reporters asked many questions at this meeting. These discussions were then reported in different newspapers.

4. Chief Minister – They went to visit the families who had lost their relatives and also visited people in the hospitals. The government announced a compensation for these families. Promised to provide sanitation facilities and proper water supply in the region.

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