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1 Mention any five main features which make India a federal country. / 5 16
What are the constitutional provisions which make India a federal
country?
2. Describe the three fold distribution of legislative powers between the 3/5 16,17
Union Government and state Governments of India.
3. What are Residuary subjects (powers)? Which tier of government 3 16,17
according to our constitution can make laws on Residuary subjects?
4 What does List system mean? 1 16
5. *** If agriculture and commerce are state subjects why do we have 1 17
ministers of the same in the Union Cabinet?NCERT-Pg-17
6 ‘Indian federations are formed by ‘holding together’. Justify with three 3 17
suitable examples. / ‘Most of the federations that are formed by holding
together do not give equal power to its constituent units’. Explain it in the
context of India.
7 ‘There are some units of the Indian Union which enjoy very little power’. 1+2 17
Why? Give two examples. / What are called Union Territories?

