Universal Adult Franchise

Q. Women did not have the right to vote until 2015 in which of the following countries?

1. South Africa
2. India
3. South Korea
4. Saudi Arabia

Q. In which of these countries do we find the denial of equal right to vote?

1. Fiji
2. Maldives
3. Sri Lanka
4. Myanmar

Q. In which of the following countries do the citizenship rules deny the right to vote to the Russian minorities?

1. Ukraine
2. Mongolia
3. Estonia
4. Egypt

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Here are some reports of electoral malpractices from different parts of the world. Is there anything that these countries can learn from India to improve their elections? What would you suggest in each case? a) During an election in Nigeria, the officer in charge of counting votes deliberately increased the votes of one candidate and declared him elected. The court later found out that more than five lakh votes cast for one candidate were counted in favor of another. b) Just before elections in Fiji, a pamphlet was distributed warning voters that a vote for former Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry will lead to bloodshed. This was a threat to voters of Indian origin. c) In the US, each state has its method of voting, its procedure of counting, and its authority for conducting elections. Authorities in the state of Florida took many controversial decisions that favored Mr. Bush in the presidential elections in 2000. But no one could change those decisions.

Q. Which of the following is against the democratic process of elections?

1. Elections should be conducted in free and fair manner.
2. The right to vote should be given only to the propertied class.
3. Parties and candidates must be free to conduct elections.
4. Elections must be held regularly.

Q. What is the minimum age to vote in India?

1. 18
2. 17
3. 21
4. 19

Q. A country claims to be democratic, but it does not give voting rights to citizens who do not follow the state's religion. Which of the following features is/are ignored in that country?

1. Universal Adult Franchise
2. One person, one vote
3. Rule of law
4. Freedom of choice

Q. The Voting Rights Act of 1975 stated which of the following?

1. Young people between the ages of 18 and 21 had the right to vote.
2. People must register with a political party in order to vote.
3. Resident aliens could vote in local elections.
4. People did not have to reveal which candidates they voted for.
   
5. Voting materials must be made available in a variety of languages.

Q. The year is 2010. You are an Indian-Fijian living in Fiji. What will be the value of your vote vis-à-vis an indigenous Fijian?

1. The vote of an Indian-Fijian will be equal to that of an indigenous Fijian.
2. The vote of an Indian-Fijian will be worth more than that of an indigenous Fijian.
3. The vote of an Indian-Fijian will have less worth than that of an indigenous Fijian.
4. An Indian-Fijian does not have the right to vote in Fiji.

Q. Women began to assert the principle of _____ of all human beings.

1. Universality
2. Liberty
3. Equality
4. None of these

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explain any three characters of liberals.

Q. The citizenship rules of make it difficult for the ethnic minorities to get the right to vote. Choose answers in alphabetical order.

1. Hungarian
2. Germany
3. Estonia
4. Russian

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Why does the election commission have so much powers? wont this lead to cheating or any other voilation?

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fill in the blanks:

1.chile under pinochet and poland under jaruzelsky were not democratic because_________________

2.a comprehensive definition of democracy includes_____________

3.our constitution makers belived that fundamental rights were quite central to the constitution because_____________

4.every adult cititzen of india has the right to_________and to be____________

5.if a law is against the constitution, every citizen has the right to approach_____________

Q. What does "one person, one vote" mean?

1. A person can vote only once in their lifetime.
2. A single candidate must win all votes in a constituency.
3. A person is reduced to a part of the electoral vote bank.
4. Each person has one vote and every vote has equal value.