Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (SSC) · History-Political Science (इतिहास-राज्यशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 19 — Chapter 19: The State Government
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who is the constitutional head of a state? [1]
(A) The Governor
(B) The Chief Minister
(C) The President
(D) The Prime Minister
2. Who appoints the Governor? [1]
(A) The President
(B) The Chief Minister
(C) Voters directly
(D) The Prime Minister
3. Who is the head of the state government? [1]
(A) The Chief Minister
(B) The Governor
(C) The President
(D) The Prime Minister
4. What does the state legislature do? [1]
(A) Makes laws on state subjects
(B) Only ceremonial functions
(C) Only national laws
(D) Nothing significant
5. How many houses can a state legislature have? [1]
(A) One or two
(B) Always exactly three
(C) Always exactly one
(D) Always exactly four
6. What areas do state governments manage? [1]
(A) Police, health, agriculture
(B) Only foreign policy
(C) Only defence
(D) Only national currency
7. What role is similar between Governor and President? [1]
(A) Both perform largely ceremonial functions
(B) Both have full executive power
(C) Neither has any role
(D) Both are directly elected
8. Why learn about state government? [1]
(A) To understand governance at the state level
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. Who is the constitutional head of a state? [1]
(A) The Governor
(B) The Chief Minister
(C) The President
(D) The Prime Minister
10. Who appoints the Governor? [1]
(A) The President
(B) The Chief Minister
(C) Voters directly
(D) The Prime Minister
11. Who is the head of the state government? [1]
(A) The Chief Minister
(B) The Governor
(C) The President
(D) The Prime Minister
12. What does the state legislature do? [1]
(A) Makes laws on state subjects
(B) Only ceremonial functions
(C) Only national laws
(D) Nothing significant
13. How many houses can a state legislature have? [1]
(A) One or two
(B) Always exactly three
(C) Always exactly one
(D) Always exactly four
14. What areas do state governments manage? [1]
(A) Police, health, agriculture
(B) Only foreign policy
(C) Only defence
(D) Only national currency
15. What role is similar between Governor and President? [1]
(A) Both perform largely ceremonial functions
(B) Both have full executive power
(C) Neither has any role
(D) Both are directly elected
16. Why learn about state government? [1]
(A) To understand governance at the state level
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests