AP Board 8th Class Social Studies Important Questions Chapter 14 Parliament and Central Government

AP State Syllabus AP Board 8th Class Social Studies Important Questions Chapter 14 Parliament and Central Government.

AP State Syllabus 8th Class Social Studies Important Questions 14th Lesson Parliament and Central Government

Question 1.
What is meant by candidate?
Answer:
The person who contests in the election.

Question 2.
What is meant by Ballot?
Answer:
The paper which is used in election for voting. It contains the symbols of the contestants.

Question 3.
Expand EVM.
Answer:
Electronic Voting Machine.

Question 4.
What is Election campaign?
Answer:
The contestants request the voters to vote for them. This procedure is called election campaign.

Question 5.
Why do you think elections need to be free and fair?
Answer:
The winners in the elections are the writers of our future. So the elections should not be
influenced by any issue. They should be free and fair.

Question 6.
Who is responsible for making the laws that are applicable for the entire country?
Answer:
Parliament is responsible for making the laws that are applicable for the entire country.

Question 7.
Observe the following map.

State	No.	State	No.	State	No.
Andhra Pradesh	25	Jammu & Kashmir	6	Nagaland	1
Arunachal Pradesh	2	Jharkhand	14	Odisa	21
Assom	14	Karnataka	28	Punjab	13
Bihar	40	Kerala	20	Rajasthan Sikkim	25 1
Chhattisgarh	11	Madhya Pradesh	29	Tamilnadu	39
Goa	2	Maharashtra	48	Telangana	17
Gujarat	26	Manipur	2	Tripura	2
Haryana	10	Meghalaya	2	Uttarakhand	2
Himachal Pradesh	4	Mizoram	1	Uttar Pradesh	80
				West Bengal	42

Union Territories
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1	Daman and Diu	1	Delhi(the NCT of Delhi)	7
Chandigarh	1	Lakshadweep	1	Nominated by the President of India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	Pondicherry	1	Anglo Indians	2

Now answer the following questions:
1. How many general Constituencies are there?
Answer:
423

2. Which reserved are higher in SC/ST?
Answer:
S.C. reserved are higher.

3. Where can we say that SC reserved are less?
Answer:
In North Eastern region.

4. Where can we not find ST reserved?
Answer:
In Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka.