Power Sharing 10th Class Political Science Solved Questions. 

    Solved questions of Power sharing for 10th class Political Science:

    An intelligent sharing of power among legislature, executive and judiciary is very important to the design of democracy. In this chapter, you will get the idea of power sharing. This chapter starts with the two stories from Belgium and Sri Lanka. Both these stories are about how democracy handle demands for power sharing. This stories yield some general conclusions about the need for power sharing in democracy. 

    Power sharing is a strategy for resolving dispute over who should have the most powerful position in the social hierarchy, instead of fighting over who should have power over whom. 


    Some Important Questions in this Chapter are explained below:

     1. What are the different forms of power sharing in modern democracies? Give an example of each of these.

    Answer:

    Different forms of power sharing in modern democracies are as follows:


    1.  Horizontal Division of power: The division of government into the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary is the example of horizontal division of power. 
    2.  Vertical Division of power: This is that type of power sharing in which power is shared at different levels of government. Like Power sharing between Union  Government and State Government is the best example. 
    3. Power sharing among social groups: Reservation in government jobs for OBCs and SCS & STs is the best example of such power sharing. 
    4. Power sharing among various pressure groups: Representative of trade union being consulted while making a new labour law are the example of such power sharing. 

    2. State one Prudential reason and one Moral reason for Power Sharing with the example from the Indian Context. 


    Answer:
    Prudential Reason: Power sharing helps in reducing the conflict between various social groups. Hence, power sharing is necessary for maintaining social harmony and peace. 

    Moral Reason: The avoiding conflict in society and preventing majority tyranny ate considered as Prudential reason for power sharing. Maintaining the spirit of democracy is considered as the moral reason for power sharing. 

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