CH 3 WHAT IS GOVERNMENT

 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 five points to support your view and share these with the class.

We think that all the people whether illiterate or literate, poor or rich should have the right to vote. Yes, we think that if the right to vote is denied to illiterate and poor people it would be a form of discrimination.Five points to support our views: Wealth is not the criterion of good judgment. …

 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 five points to support your view and share these with the class. Read More »

 What was the suffrage movement? What did it accomplish?

The movement for voting rights to women came to be known as the suffrage movement. All over Europe and USA, women and the poor have had to fight for participation in the government. Women’s struggle to vote got strengthened during the first world war. During the War, many men were away fighting and because of …

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What do you understand by the word ‘government’? List five ways in which you think the government effects your daily life?

Ans:  By the word, ‘government’ we understand that the organisation which takes decisions and makes laws for the citizens of a country is the government.The five ways in which the government affects our daily life are: Building roads and schools. Reduction and fixing of prices of essential commodities. Supply of electricity. Preparation and implementation of several …

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