MPSC PYQ

Forms of Government

Forms of Government is an concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2018, 2021). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

Real questions
2
Years tested
2 · 2018–2021
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What you need to know first

Basic Political TheoryBasic political science classificationsPreamble of the Constitution

What mastering this unlocks

Unitary GovernmentFederal GovernmentParticipatory DemocracyRepresentative DemocracyParty SystemsComparative Politics

Real questions that test this

योग्य कथन/कथने ओळखा :

(a)काही लोकशाहीवादी देश हे प्रजासत्ताक आहेत.

(b)काही लोकशाहीवादी देश हे प्रजासत्ताक नाहीत.

1)फक्त अ
2)फक्त ब
3)अ आणि ब दोन्हीही✓ Correct
4)अ आणि ब दोन्हीही नाही

A democratic country may or may not be a republic (e.g., UK is a democracy but a monarchy, hence not a republic). India is both a democracy and a republic. Therefore, both statements a and b are correct.

जोड्या लावा. स्तंभ - I आणि स्तंभ - II च्या जोड्या जुळवा. Match the following : List - I and List - II

(a)एकात्मक सरकार / Unitary Government

(b)संघीय सरकार / Federal Government

(c)यू.के., फ्रान्स / UK, France

(d)यू.एस.ए., कॅनडा / USA, Canada

(i)जर्मनी, ऑस्ट्रिया / Germany, Austria

(ii)भारत / India

(iii)केंद्र आणि राज्य सरकारात सत्तेचे वाटप / Division of power between Central and State Governments

(iv)सर्व सत्ता केंद्र सरकारकडे केंद्रित / Whole power upon the Central Government

1)(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
2)(iv) (iii) (i) (ii)✓ Correct
3)(ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
4)(iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

Unitary government examples include the UK and France where power is centralized, whereas Federal government examples include the USA and Canada where power is divided.