RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 3 How the State Government Works

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science  Civics Chapter 3 How the State Government Works Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Solutions Civics Chapter 3 How the State Government Works

RBSE Class 7 Social Science How the State Government Works InText Questions and Answers

Page 31

Question 1.
 What is happening in Patalpuram?
Answer: 
People demonstrating in front of the MLA’s residence as Patalpuram are facing the problem of shortage of water and it has resulted in outbreak of diarrhoea in the city.

Question 2.
Why is this problem serious?
Answer: 
This problem is serious because ten people have died from diarrhoea.

Question 3. 
What action do you think can be taken in the above situation and who do you think should take this action? Discuss. 
Answer: 
The government should have provided relief measures to the people affected from diarrhoea* Government is responsible to provide clean drinking water to the people. The collector and the medical officer of the government are responsible for taking quick action in order to control the situation. They should have provided ORS packets to the children in affected area.

Page 32 

Question 4.
Discuss the following terms with your teacher-public meeting, States in India, constituency, majority, ruling party and opposition.
Answer: 

• Public meeting: Gathering of people in order to discuss important issues.
• States in India: Areas divided for administrative purpose in a country. Each enjoying its own jurisdiction.
• Constituency: The area from where eligible voters cast their votes to elect their
• representative is known as a constituency.
• Majority: This is a situation when more than half the number in a group supports decision or an idea.
• Ruling party: The party which forms the government.
• Opposition: This refers to the elected representatives who are not the members of the ruling party and who play the role of questioning the decisions of government and actions as well as raise new issues of reconsideration in the assembly.

Page 33

Question 1. 
Construct a table, similar to the one given for Himachal Pradesh, for your state. 
Answer: 
Do yourself.
Hints: Rajasthan seats: 200 Total Assembly

Question 2. 
Find out the name of Governor of your state.
Answer: 
Kalraj Mishra is the Governor of Rajasthan.

Page 35

Question 3.
Can you identify the MLA of the ruling party and the opposition in the illustration? (Refer Page 35 of textbook) Answer: MLA 1, 2, 3, 5 are of opposition parties and MLA 4,6 are of the riding party.

Page 36

Question 1. 
What were the main arguments put forward by different MLAs who thought that the government was not taking the situation in a serious manner?
Answer: 

1. MLA 1 puts up the issue of 15 deaths of diarrhoea.
2. MLA 2 raised the question of bad situation of government hospitals, less doctors and medical staff.
3. MLA 3 expressed the concern regarding serious shortage of water and the hardships the women have to face to travel to collect water.
4. MLA 5 expressed the concern on poor facilities in hospitals and goverment’s inability to distribute ORS packets.

Question 2. 
If you were the health minister, how would you respond to the above discussion?
Answer: 
If I were the health minister, I would bring into notice the government’s efforts towards sanitation and the drive to clear the garbage. 

Question 3. 
Do you think the above debate would have been useful in some ways? How? Discuss.
Answer: 
The above debate had been useful as through these discussions, the representatives elected by people try to keep a check on the working of the government. They try to bring to notice the problems existing in the society and pressurise government to solve these problems. It acts as a control on the ruling party so that it does not misuse the powers. Each representative tries to bring in notice the problems related to their constituencies and discusses on these issues to find out a solution.

Question 4. 
In the working of the government explain the difference between an MLA and an MLA who is also a minister. 
Answer: 
An MLA is a person who gets elected from a constituency by getting maximum number of votes from that constituency. He can be from either ruling party or opposition party. An MLA who belongs to the ruling party and is also the head of any of the departments is called a minister.

Page 37

Question 1. 
Write two measures that the government undertook for controlling diarrhoea.
Answer: 

1. The government intended to supply drinking water to every village through tanker trucks.
2. The chief minister had promised funds for this work. They also planned to start a campaign to inform people about the steps that could be taken to prevent diarrhoea.

Question 2. 
What is the purpose of a press Conference? How does the press conference help you get information on what the government is doing?
Answer: 
The purpose of a press conference is to present the information regarding the discussion in the assembly. The government tries to inform the people about various steps taken for their welfare through the media. Newspapers and the media widely discuss the issues and the government has to respond by holding the press conferences. This information is then published in various newspapers or telecasted on various channels and makes people aware.

Page 39

Question 1.
Find out with the help of your teacher the work done by the government, departments mentioned above (Refer table on Page 39 of Textbook) and fill in the table
Answer:

RBSE Class 7 Social Science  How the State Government Works Textbook Questions and Answers 

Question 1. 
Use the terms ‘constituency’ and ‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?
Answer: 
A state is divided into several areas/ constituencies on the basis of population. Every constituency elects one representative for the legislative assembly. The elected person represents that particular area and is known as an MLA. The person is elected through the general elections. One who gets maximum votes becomes the MLA of that constituency.

Question 2. 
How did some MLA become minister? Explain.
Answer: 

1. The party which attains majority forms the goverment.
2. MLAs who belong to the ruling party elect their leader who is known as the Chief Minister.
3. Now, the chief minister selects his cabinet ministers among his party members.
4. Government of the particular state appoints the chief minister of the state formally.

Question 3. 
Why should the decisions taken by the Chief Minister and other ministers be debated in the Legislative Assembly?
Answer: 
Since a democracy works in participation, the members can ask questions and debate on the decisions of the ministers. During the debate, several points regarding an issue are discussed such as whether the decision is in the interest of the people or not. These decisions have to be approved by the members of the Legislative Assembly. The MLAs are collectively responsible for the work that the government does. All the decisions have to be approved by the members who have the main authority.

Question 4. 
What was the problem in Patalpuram? What discussion or action was taken by the following? Fill in the table.
Answer: 
In Patalpuram, there was the problem of water shortage and people fell sick because of drinking unclean water. The district hospital was overflowing with patients. Most of them were children suffering with acute diarrhoea. The road was blocked by people and they 

Question 5. 
What is the difference between the work that ML As do in the Assembly and the work done by the government departments?
Answer: 
MLAs in the assembly discuss about the various issues and problems existing in the society and try to bring government’s attention towards such issues. The government departments try to fulfil the demands made by the MLAs in the assemble and try to solve the various problems and issues by taking required measures, MLAs in the Assembly only have the authority to discuss about the issues and pressurise the government to pay attention to these issues whereas the government departments are responsible to take decisions regarding those issues.

MLAs make and debate decisions in the assembly. The government departments implement the decisions made by the legislative assembly. The difference between the work that MLAs do in the assembly and the work done by the government department is that every department is headed by a minister, the minister approves any work done or proposed by the department. The department is responsible for the protection and completion of the work whereas MLAs coordinate between the assembly and the departments.