Cbse Grade 10 :Political Science :Ch.1:Power Sharing Intext cartoon and picture based ppt

1. (Political Science)
Ch.1
Power Sharing
Cartoon and picture based in
text questions answers.
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2. Sharing of power does not always mean
weakening the country. Sometimes, it may
create the problem by delaying decisions
which are for the welfare of the people but
many times it creates the possibilities of
better decision making.
→ It ensures that people coming from
different spheres have 'say' in the
government.
→ It also ensures that maximum people can
participate in the government making
decision more democratic.
→ It also helps in reducing conflict between
different social groups hence, make country
more powerful.
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3. (i) In Belgium, there are two
major linguistic group – French
speaking people and Dutch
speaking people. Most of the
French speaking people live in
the Wallonia (Northern) region
while Dutch speaking people
live in the Flemish (Southern)
region. The capital city
Brussels has a ratio 4 : 1 of the
French and Dutch speaking
people. The German speaking
people live in the eastern
Belgium.
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4. (ii) In Sri Lanka, Sinhalese cover a
wider region. Except or the
northern and eastern central region
and a small region in the southern
Sri Lanka, Sinhalese liver
throughout the country. Sri Lankan
Tamils are concentrated in the
northern and eastern coastal
region. Indian Tamils are
concentrated in the northern,
central and southern regions.
Muslims have sporadic distribution
throughout the country.
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5. Ruling by the majority does not mean
oppression of the minority. Sinhalas
which are in majority and in
government in Sri Lanka disregarding
the wishes and needs of the minority.
In modern era, oppression is not
morally correct to be in power.
Democracy works on the majority of
opinion, not by major community. A
democratically elected government
must be sensible to the people's
demands and protect citizen's basic
rights.
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6. These pictures to
be remembered for
picture based mcq
questions.
Remember name
of the chapter,
place, country,
detail of the
picture which are
mentioned below
each pictures.
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7. Sharing of power makes a country more
powerful and united because of the
following reasons.
◆Power sharing ensures that all people
have stake in government.
◆Power sharing ensures maximum
participation. It upholds the concept of
people’s rule. It always brings better
outcomes in democracy. It ensures the
political stability in democracy.
◆Power sharing accommodates diverse
groups. It helps to reduce the possibility
of conflict between social groups.
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8. Q-1) What does the cartoon represent?
Ans. The cartoon refers to the problems of running a coalition government. If any one party fails to get a
majority, they are left with no option but to form a coalition government. In a coalition government, conflicts
are maximum, decision making becomes slow and they generally result in fall of the government as all the
parties want to have the charge of the key areas (steering wheel as depicted in this cartoon). Therecannot be
two steering wheels in car, as it will make itdirectionless.
Q-2) Which country is represented here?
Ans. The country represented and talked here is Germany. The two major parties of the country, namely the
Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party formed a coalition. The two parties are historically
rivals to each other. They had to form a coalition government because neither of them got clear majority of
seats on their own in the 2005 elections. They take divergent positions on several policy matters, but still jointly
run the government.
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9. The parents of Annette are more likely to succeed.
Because, in Belgium, the community government is
elected by the people belonging to one language
community- Dutch French or German speaking. This
government has the power regarding cultural,
educational and language related issues. On the other
hand, in Sri Lanka, education is taken care of, by the
central government. And for common people, it is
almost impossible to consults the central government
and make it solve such a problem.
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10. Q-1)What does the cartoon represent?
Ans. In 2005, some new laws were made in Russia giving more powers to its President. During the same time
the US President visited Russia. Here, Putin can be seen advising Bush that they got to keep their rein tight, i.e.
they should have the maximum control.
Q-2)Identify the two main leaders shown here.
Ans. George W. Bush of USA and Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Q-3)What, according to this cartoon, is the relationship between democracy and concentration of power?
Ans. The very idea of democracy is against the concept of concentration of power. The cartoon explains how
the US and the Russian President have given them more powers in having a final say with regard to any policy
decision and are controlling the democratic regimes of their respective country.
Q-4) Can you think of some other examples to illustrate the point being made here?
Ans. Any other country where power distribution is not fair and is uneven can be cited as an example here. For
example- when Sheikh Mujib Ur Rahman did the same thing by declaring Bangladesh as a one party democracy
and making his own party ( Awami League) more dominant and powerful.
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11. This is not power sharing
arrangement as the class
monitor has all the power at
a time and this power is
shifted to another in next
month. There is no check on
his/her power. The power
must be shared among
others which is an important
feature of power sharing.
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