The Right Representative

Q.

What is the election? Why do we need elections?

Q. What do you mean by election?

1. A mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at regular intervals.
2. A mechanism by which people change their representatives if they wish to do so.
3. A mechanism by which all the powers are concentrated into the hands of a single person.
4. A mechanism of making laws.

Q. Which of these is not a good reason to say that Indian elections are democratic?

1. India has the largest numbers of voters in the world.
2. India's Election Commission is very powerful.
3. In India, everyone above the age of 18 has a right to vote.
4. None of these
5. In India, the losing parties accept the electoral verdict.

Q. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a democratic election?

1. The choice should be offered at regular intervals.
2. Everyone should be able to choose.
3. A single party competes in the election.
   
4. The candidate preferred by the people should get elected.

Q. Which of the following statement/s is/are false?

1. Only the citizens above the age of eighteen years are allowed to vote in India.
2. Each person gets one vote.
3. Each vote has equal weight.
4. In India, elections are conducted every six years.

Q. What is the minimum age a citizen must attain to vote in a public election in India?

1. 17
2. 18
3. 21
4. 25

Q. Which one of the following relating to the Indian elections is true?

1. Every constituency in India has more than five candidates contesting elections
2. Elections in India are, by and large, peaceful
3. The voting age in India is 18 years in the case of the scheduled castes people only
4. The losing parties in India accept the election results after the referendum is done