NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Social Science (Civics) Chapter 3 What is Government?

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Book : Social And Political Life NCERT Solutions | Chapter - 3 Civics

Class : 6th
Subject : Civics
Chapter : 3
Chapter Name : What is Government?

Q1 What do you understand by the word 'government'? List �ve ways in which you think
the government affects your daily life.

Answer. The system by which a state or community is governed is called the government.
Five ways in which the government affects our daily life are as follows:
1. Government ensures proper supply of drinking water.
2. Government ensures proper supply of electricity.
3. Government makes schools so that most of the children can study. The government
also regulates the functioning of private schools.
4. Government makes hospitals which treat patients either free of cost or at nominal
cost.
5. In case of natural calamity, government provides relief to affected people.

Q2 Why do you think the government needs to make rules for everyone in the form of
laws?

Answer. Laws are needed to ensure people can lead a normal life without being disturbed
by others. Laws also ensure that nobody is able to disturb the life of another without due
reasons. To understand this, let us take a simple example of the traf�c rule that every
vehicle must stop at the red signal. If nobody will stop at the red signal, it will result in
chaos. Nobody will be able to drive smoothly. Everyone would reach his destination after
suffering for long hours. Laws are necessary to properly manage the administration.
Hence, government needs to make rules for everyone.

Q3 Name two essential features of a democratic government.

Answer. Two essential features of a democratic government are as follows:
1. People elect their representatives who; in turn; elect the government.
2. People get the choice of electing a new government after certain intervals.

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Q4 What was the suffrage movement? What did it accomplish?

Answer. Answer: The suffrage movement was related to ensuring equal voting rights for
all. During those days, women did not have voting rights in Europe and the USA. When
the World War began, all the men became busy in war. It was left to the women to
shoulder other responsibilities; like working in of�ces and factories. Then many people
began to realize that women should also be given voting rights. After many years of
continuous struggle, women could get voting rights. This ensured that women too got
equal say in power.

Q5 Gandhiji strongly believed that every adult in India should be given the right to vote.
However, a few people don't share his views. They feel that illiterate people, who are
mainly poor, should not be given the right to vote. What do you think? Do you think this
would be a form of discrimination? Give �ve points to support your view and share these
with the class.

Answer. Gandhiji was right in believing that every adult was a responsible person. He
believed that if a person was mature enough to shoulder the responsibility of running a
family, he must be mature enough to elect a government of his/her choice. Gandhiji was
of the view that if a person was poor or illiterate, it did not mean that the person was not
wise enough to elect a government. Depriving the poor and the illiterates of voting rights
would have been a form of discrimination. Following points support this view:
1. A person does not become poor because of choice but because of circumstances.
2. Person remains illiterate because he does not get enough opportunity to become
literate.
3. A poor person need not be a foolish person and rich person may not always be
intelligent.
4. Dishonesty and criminality can develop in any person; whether he is literate or
illiterate.
5. Every adult develops certain level of maturity which gives him enough wisdom to think
about the government

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