A political organisation
What a state is
Authority to govern a defined territory, and the population living on it, is what a state has.
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The State, the Government, and You · Class 7 Social Science · Exploring Society
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People, land, government, power
The four parts
People means the citizens living in the country, and land is a fixed area or territory.
Tourists do not count
Why permanent
Visitors go, look and move on, sharing nothing and not living together.
Used together on purpose
Two words in one Preamble
Democratic and republic both appear there, written by the makers of the Constitution.
And then a choice
Nearly two centuries
British rule in India persisted for close to two hundred years.
A good deal
What the two countries share
Representatives are elected by the people in India and in the UK both.
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What a state is, and what a government is
A state is a political organisation with four parts: people, land, government and sovereignty. The government is only one part of it, which elections can change. The state you may think of as a school, and the government…
- A state is a political organisation with authority over a defined territory, and over the population on it.
- Its four parts are people, land, government and sovereignty.
- A permanent population matters because visitors share nothing and do not live together, while residents develop a common culture.
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Democracy, and republic
Democracy means rule by the people, from demos and kratos. A republic has an elected head of state, not a hereditary one, and limits on rulers. India is both; the UK, Canada and Sweden are democracies with monarchs.
- The makers of the Constitution used democratic and republic together in the Preamble, because the words answer different questions.
- British rule persisted for nearly two centuries, and at Independence India did not adopt the British parliamentary system blindly.
- In both India and the UK people elect representatives, and to parliament the government is accountable.
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How a republic protects everybody rights
A majority vote can be wrong, and a republic says so. An RWA ban on late deliveries nearly cost a life, and the rule was changed. Kautilya warned of the big fish eating the small where there is no government at all.
- India is a democratic republic whose constitution guarantees fundamental rights to all citizens.
- Provisions and the law together ensure that nothing is violated by rule of a representative majority, among them any citizen fundamental rig…
- Certain tribal lands are protected by law, and cannot be bought or leased without the local community permission and due legal process.
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The legislature, and the two executives
The legislature makes laws, and states have their own. The executive has two halves: elected leaders for a fixed term, and examined officers who stay. C.B. Muthamma, first woman in the IFS, had to sue for promotion.
- The legislature makes laws, represents the people, and ensures governance through laws that are well defined, and not through personal wishe…
- States have their own legislatures, which make laws only for the state.
- The executive implements the laws the legislature formulates and takes policy decisions.
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The judiciary, the citizen, and three tiers
The government protects, provides and regulates, yet problems remain, so the chapter lists six things a citizen can do. An RTI rebuilt a road at Bagepalli, and NGOs saved the Silent Valley. Local matters belong to local…
- The Government of India plays a triple role: protector, provider and regulator.
- Those roles work through the Constitution, thousands of laws, a judiciary, a vast bureaucracy and many layers of elected representatives.
- Grievance redressal offices, vigilance commissions and the Public Grievances Portal are the first way a citizen can act.
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Having authority over a defined territory, and over the population on it, and a political organisation, is a
Beginner
A department
B committee
C state
D guild
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state
Four parts belong to it.
A state has four parts, and alongside people, land and government the chapter names one more. Counted among them is
Intermediate
A sovereignty
B currency
C a flag
D a capital
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sovereignty
Full power to decide.
Shown by tourists not making a population is that a state needs its people to be
Advanced
A wealthy
B numerous
C educated
D permanent
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permanent
They must live together.
Why does a permanent population matter to a state?
Advanced
A Residents share a life together and build a common culture
B Residents are easier for the government to count exactly
C Residents pay more tax than any visitor would ever pay
D Residents are the only people allowed to own any land
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Residents share a life together and build a common culture
Visitors share nothing and do not live together. What makes a population a people is time spent in the same place.
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