Democracy

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of democracy?

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What is the broader meaning of democracy?

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Democracy must be based on free and fair elections where those currently in power have a fair chance of losing. Explain?

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How does democracy allow us to correct its own mistakes?

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What Is Meant by Separate (Communal) Electorates.

Q. Name two essential features of a democratic government.

Q. What kind of government does India have?

1. Monarchy
2. Oligarchy
3. Aristocracy
4. Democracy

Q. How did Abraham Lincoln define democracy?

1. Government of the people
2. Government by the people
3. Government for the people
4. Government without the people

Q. India is a ________ country?

1. Oligarchy
2. Democratic
3. Monarchy
4. Aristocracy

Q. Which of the following countries have democratic governments?

1. India
2. Brazil
3. USA
4. Oman

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In the context of assessing democracy which among the following is odd one out? Democracies need to ensure:

1. free and fair elections

2. the dignity of the individual

3. majority rule

4. equal treatment before the law

Q. Which of the following countries are democratic?

1. USA
2. China
3. Nepal
4. India

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Which form of government is considered non-democratic?

Q. In a democracy, people are ruled by .

1. kings
2. elected leaders
3. queens
4. dictators

Q. Who defined ‘democracy’ as a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.”?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q. What are democratic governments in our times usually referred to as?

1. Total democracies
2. Representative democracies
3. Direct democracies
4. Strong democracies

Q. In India, the period of elected government is _____ years.

1. 6
2. 5
3. 4
4. 3

Q. Excluding the Union Territories of India, how many state governments are there in india ?

1. 27
2. 28
3. 29
4. 30

Q. Select the statement with the correct option:
Democracy is the form of government in which ____________.

1. all people elect themselves.
2. people protest for their leaders.
3. leaders choose the future leader.
4. people vote to elect their representatives.

Q. Why is democracy better than other forms of governments ?

1. Enhances the dignity of the individual
2. Improves the quality of decision making
3. Provides a method to resolve conflicts
4. All of the above

Q. Democratic governments exercise leadership on behalf of people and take decisions for the well-being of the masses. What are the principles of democratic governments that make it possible to exercise this type of governance?

1. A single person's power to influence decisions
2. Representative principles of democracy
3. Absolute power of a single ruler
4. Rule of majority

Q. Consider the following facts about a country and decide if you would call it a democracy. Give reasons to support your decision.
All the citizens of the country have right to vote. Elections are held regularly.

Q. India is called a democracy because

Q. "Democracy is a government of the people by the people and for the people" Whose statement is it?

1. Rousseau
2. J. S. Mill
3. T. H. Green
4. Abraham Lincoln

Q. What principles of democracy help in governing a massive country like India?

1. Representative Democracy
2. Direct Democracy
3. Rule of the Majority
4. Rule of the powerful

Q. Which form of government gives its people the chance to choose its leader?

1. Democracy
2. Monarchy
3. Dictatorship
4. All the above

Q. What would participation of millions of people in the decision making process lead to?

1. One common opinion
2. Countless opinions
3. No opinions
4. Acceptable opinions

Q. The USA became a democracy in but American women got the right to vote in .

1. 1776
2. 1847
3. 1920
4. 1910

Q. How are the democratic governments under Allende, Walesa and Michelle different in their approach towards social and economic matters? What basic features did these three governments share?

Q. The Election Commission of India ensures _______.

1. voting in villages only
2. that all eligible people are able to vote
3. voting in major cities only
4. fairness in elections