This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > Civics > What Is Government > Class 6 Civics Chapter 3 What Is Government – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Civics Chapter 3 What Is Government Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A government department called a ..... A) Group. B) Ministry. C) Section. D) Senator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ministry. 2. The organ of a government which implements and enforces the law is called ..... A) Legislature. B) Supreme Court. C) Judiciary. D) Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Executive. 3. This government has a king or a queen A) Dictatorship. B) Democracy. C) Monarchy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monarchy. 4. Citizen above the age of ..... has the right to vote. A) 10. B) 18. C) 15. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18. 5. What is the voting age in India? A) 18. B) 25. C) 16. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18. 6. Which of the following dams is used for irrigation in Karnataka A) Krishna Sagar Dam. B) Bhakra Dam. C) Hirakud Dam. D) Tehri Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Krishna Sagar Dam. 7. Which gives the people the most voice in making laws? A) Theocracy. B) Autocracy. C) Oligarchy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democracy. 8. Which of these is made by the government A) Parliament. B) Laws. C) Decisions. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laws. 9. Which term is related to government? A) Dictatorship. B) Anarchy. C) Democracy. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 10. What do government do for their people? A) Build the roads and schools. B) Supply the electricity. C) Take action on school issues. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. Meaning of the term suffrage? A) Right to vote for women. B) Right to vote. C) Right to be equals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to vote. 12. Suffrage means ..... A) Equality. B) Sufferings. C) Right to vote. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to vote. 13. What is another form of government? A) Prime Minister. B) Monarchy. C) King and queen. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monarchy. 14. The Indian Government has ..... levels? A) 5. B) 1. C) 3. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 15. Which system of government does the best at balancing local power and national unity? A) Federal. B) Confederal. C) Parliamentary. D) Unitary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federal. 16. The decision to locate a common well in a particular area of the village is the responsibility of ..... government. A) State. B) Local. C) Central. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Local. 17. The two states involved in the Cauvery water dispute are A) Karnataka & Tamil Nadu. B) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. C) Kerala and Tamil. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karnataka & Tamil Nadu. 18. Who said the words-Democracy means-"government of the people, by the people and for the people. A) Martin Luther King. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Abraham Lincoln. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abraham Lincoln. 19. When did UK women get the right to vote? A) 1932. B) 1928. C) 1920. D) 1924. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1928. 20. If you find a wrong-doing you can do what to make it right. A) Write a letter to someone in the Government. B) Go to court. C) Have a personal meeting with an official. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go to court. 21. People in India can vote at the age of ..... A) 50. B) 20. C) 18. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 22. How many organs are there for government? A) Three. B) Two. C) Five. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 23. The decision of the Haryana government to providefree electricity for all farmers is the responsibility of ..... government. A) State. B) Central. C) District. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State. 24. Who wrote 'Young India' Journal? A) Jawahar Lal Nehru. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Swami Vivekananda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 25. Any person who is caught driving without licence can be- A) Jailed. B) Fined a large sum of money. C) Both (A) and (B). D) Neither (A) nor (B). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (A) and (B). 26. A group of people who work together to get something done is called an ..... A) Ministry. B) Organization. C) Rally. D) PLP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organization. 27. What is important part of the government? A) Public Gardens. B) Parliament. C) Public Schools. D) Private Organisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parliament. 28. What is the only country which has Theocracy? A) Vatican City. B) India. C) China. D) Malta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vatican City. 29. What is a democratic republic? A) A state in which the supreme power rests in the bodyof citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible tothem. B) A form of government in which state authority is imposedonto many aspects of citizens' lives. C) A form of government in which a ruler or small clique wieldabsolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws). D) A government administered by a church . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A state in which the supreme power rests in the bodyof citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible tothem. 30. Which of the following is a type of government is:the people are the leaders.People make decisions by voting. A) Democracy. B) Socialism. C) Feudalism. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 31. In the context of a democratic country, who ultimately holds the power? A) A single ruler. B) The king or queen. C) The citizens. D) The military. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The citizens. 32. When was publishing of journal 'Young India'? A) 1931. B) 1921. C) 1951. D) 1941. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1931. 33. Number of Indian states. A) 29. B) 28. C) 27. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28. 34. What is one way governments protect the country from harm? A) By promoting tourism. B) By having a military to defend against threats. C) By providing free internet service. D) By organizing national holidays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By having a military to defend against threats. 35. Voting in the rural areas:a mark on the ( ..... ) to make sure that a person casts only one vote. A) Finger. B) Leg. C) Hand. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finger. 36. The states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have the dispute over the water of which river? A) Mahanadi. B) Godavari. C) Krishna. D) Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kaveri. 37. When were the first local elections in India conducted A) 1920. B) 1947. C) 1958. D) 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1951. 38. The ..... is the branch of the government that enforce laws A) Judiciary. B) Executive. C) State govt. D) Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive. 39. What are the different organs of a government? A) Legislative. B) Executive. C) Judiciary. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 40. When did UK women got freedom A) 1928. B) 1921. C) 1931. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1928. 41. Which is not the organ of government A) Executive. B) Union. C) Legislature. D) Judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Union. 42. A group of people who make rules and govern a country is called ..... A) Government. B) Suffrage. C) Universal Adult Franchise. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government. 43. Name the monarch. A) Chandra Gupta. B) Narendra Modi. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Hardeep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chandra Gupta. 44. Which statement given in the option best suits the definition of the term "suffrage' A) Right to livelihood. B) Right to vote. C) Right to speak. D) Right to go anywhere in the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to vote. 45. Which organ refers to the court and legal system in an area? A) Supreme court. B) Judiciary. C) Executive. D) Legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judiciary. 46. Number of Union Territories A) 6. B) 8. C) 7. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9. 47. On which level does Indian government take decision to maintain peaceful relation with USSR A) Local Level. B) State-level level. C) Central level. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central level. 48. To whom did the government not allow to participate in election in older times A) Educated People. B) Adults. C) Poor people. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poor people. 49. The court can intervene if A) Any law passed by the government is not. B) Anyone does not study well. C) A child tells a lie. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any law passed by the government is not. 50. True and False:It was the effort of Nelson Mandela that made South Africa a democratic country A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Define the word elected. A) An organization to which all Bahamians contribute. B) Chosen to hold public office by votes. C) Organized at a local level. D) Members who run the organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chosen to hold public office by votes. 52. Is there a branch of government that handles legal matters as in a court of law? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 53. The right to make laws is ..... power. A) Judicial. B) Legislative. C) Governmental. D) Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legislative. 54. Who wanted to incorporate Universal Adult Franchise in elections? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. C) Jyotibai Phule. D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. 55. (A government is for the people, by the people and of the people) who said the above words A) Adolf Hitler. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Abraham Lincoln. D) B.R. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abraham Lincoln. 56. True and False:Apartheid system in South Africa was abolished in the year 1990 A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. What is Absolute Monarchy? A) When King or Queen have power. B) When the people/government have power. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When King or Queen have power. 58. What do governments do for their people? A) Build roads. B) Supply electricity. C) Take action on social issues. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 59. What is the role of governments according to the text? A) To provide entertainment to the people. B) To serve the people and ensure a safe and happy life. C) To control every aspect of people's personal lives. D) To manage businesses and corporations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To serve the people and ensure a safe and happy life. 60. How many people rule in a government of Oligarchy? A) A small group. B) A king or queen. C) A large group. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small group. 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