Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Grassroots Democracy – Part 1: Governance
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does governance mean? [1]
(A) Managing and making decisions for a community
(B) Ignoring a community
(C) Avoiding decisions
(D) Only military control
2. What does governance involve? [1]
(A) Laws, order and public services
(B) Only laws
(C) Only services
(D) Nothing specific
3. What characterises good governance? [1]
(A) Transparency and accountability
(B) Secrecy and unaccountability
(C) No characteristics
(D) Confusion
4. At what levels does governance happen? [1]
(A) Local, state and national
(B) Only national
(C) Only local
(D) Only international
5. What handles local governance? [1]
(A) A village or city government
(B) Only the national government
(C) No one
(D) Only international bodies
6. Why is understanding governance useful for citizens? [1]
(A) It helps them know their rights and responsibilities
(B) No use
(C) Only for officials
(D) It's not useful
7. What does governance help resolve? [1]
(A) Disputes fairly among people
(B) Nothing
(C) Only wars
(D) Only trade issues
8. What does good governance respond to? [1]
(A) The needs of the people
(B) Only the needs of officials
(C) Nothing
(D) Random requests
9. How many levels of government does India have? [1]
(A) Three
(B) Two
(C) Four
(D) One
10. What does the central government manage? [1]
(A) Defence and foreign affairs
(B) Only local roads
(C) Only sanitation
(D) Only village matters
11. Who leads the central government? [1]
(A) The Prime Minister and Parliament
(B) A Sarpanch
(C) A Mayor
(D) A Chairperson
12. What does a state government manage? [1]
(A) State police and agriculture
(B) Only national defence
(C) Only foreign affairs
(D) Only currency
13. Who leads a state government? [1]
(A) A Chief Minister
(B) A Prime Minister
(C) A Sarpanch
(D) A Mayor
14. What does local government manage? [1]
(A) Sanitation and local roads
(B) National defence
(C) Foreign affairs
(D) Currency
15. What are examples of local government bodies? [1]
(A) Panchayats and Municipalities
(B) Only Parliament
(C) Only state legislature
(D) Only the judiciary
16. Why does India have three levels of government? [1]
(A) To allow decisions close to the people while maintaining unity
(B) No reason
(C) To confuse governance
(D) Only for tradition