Popular Participation

Q. Assertion: Common people in India give less importance to elections.
Reason: They feel that their vote matters in the way things are run in the country.

1. Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2. Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
3. Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
4. Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion.

Q. What is the 'turnout figure' in an election?

1. Number of candidates contesting in an election
2. Percentage of eligible voters in a constituency
3. Percentage of eligible voters participating in the election
4. Number of elected candidates from a constituency

Q. What does the turnout figure represent?

1. The percentage of candidates contesting in elections.
2. The number of parties contesting elections.
3. The number of votes secured by the winning party.
4. The percentage of eligible voters participating in elections.

Q. The turnout figures of Indian voters has been _________ ever since the first election.

1. increasing
2. decreasing
3. constant
4. constantly decreasing

Q.

Sally purchased a newly introduced moisturising lotion. By attempting to find out if the lotions perceived performance matched her expectation, Sally was measuring her level of customer ______.

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true?

1. In India, the rich and privileged sections vote in larger proportion as compared to the poor, illiterate and underprivileged people.
2. In India, the poor, illiterate and underprivileged people vote in larger proportion, as compared to the rich and privileged sections.
3. In India, the rich and privileged sections do not vote.
4. In India, the poor, illiterate and underprivileged people do not vote.

Q. India has seen stable turnouts in elections over the years.

1. False
2. True

Q. Who vote in larger proportion as compared to the rich and priviledged sections?

Q. How is people's participation in election measured? How can it be said that elections are becoming popular in India and drawing people's attention.