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Q. 23. Explain any four amendments made in the Constitution as a major step towards decentralization, in order to make the third tier of democracy more powerful and effective. 4×1=4

Ans. See Q. 23, Additional Questions, Chapter 2. [Page PS-20

Q. 24. Taking the example of Netherlands and Northern Ireland, explain the effects of overlapping and cross cutting social differences. 2+2=4

Ans. See Q. 10, Additional Questions, Chapter 3. [Page PS-26

Q. 25. “Very often political parties do not seem to offer meaningful choice to voters.” Support the statement with examples. 4

Ans. A major challenge faced by political parties is that very often, the parties do not seem to offer meaningful choices to the voters. In recent years, there has been a decline in ideological differences among parties in most parts of the world. For example, The Labour Party and Conservative Party in Britain are not very different from each other. They agree on more fundamental aspects but differ only in details on how policies are to be framed and implemented. Even in India, the differences among all the major political parties on the economic policies have reduced. Citizens who want different policies have little option available to them. Sometimes citizens who want to elect different leaders are left with no choice because the same set of leaders keep shifting from one party to another.

Q. 26. Describe certain activities of public interest on which the Government has to focus on priority basis. 4

Ans. Activities of public interest on which the government needs to focus on a priority basis:
(i) Education. The government must provide adequate education facilities in all rural and urban areas. The government must necessarily focus on education for girls so that all girls are able to acquire atleast secondary level schooling. Running proper schools and providing quality education, particularly elementary education, is the duty of the government.
(ii) Health and Nutrition.
(a) Basic health care facilities are a must for all. Establishment of government hospitals, clinics and dispensaries especially in the rural areas to provide subsidized and unadulterated medicines to the poorer sections of society.
(b) An effective Public Distribution System—proper functioning of ration shops and equitable distribution of foodgrains in very essential.
(iii) Transporation. A well developed public transport system to make it easy for general public to commute.
(iv) Electricity. It is the duty of the government to provide electricity and water at reasonable rates to the common man and prevent him from exploitation by private companies.

Q. 27. Study the graph carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Social Science 2009 Question Papers Class X
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