Universal Adult Franchise

Q. Gandhiji strongly believed that every adult in India should be given the right to vote. However, a few people don’t share his views. They feel that illiterate people, who are mainly poor, should not be given the right to vote. What do you think? Do you think this would be a form of discrimination? Give five points to support your view and share these with the class.

Q. The term 'suffrage' means _____.

1. Right to property
2. Right to freedom
3. Right to vote
4. Right to education

Q. What is the meaning of 'universal adult franchise'?

1. Only rich people in the country have the right to vote.
2. Only educated people in the country have the right to vote.
3. Every adult citizen in the country has the right to vote.
4. Only adult citizens with property in the country have the right to vote.

Q.

State whether true or false: In the first national election, only men were allowed to vote.

Q. Women's struggle for the right to vote during World War I is specifically called the .

1. feminist movement
2. suffrage movement
3. equality movement

Q. When did the women’s struggle get strengthened and why was this struggle called women’s suffrage movement? How did women get the Right to Vote?

Q. What is the minimum age for voting in India?

1. 21 years
2. 18 years
3. 20 years
4. 25years

Q.

how do political leaders make use of religion to win the election?

Q. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence:
War was not the only inevitable means to decide that dispute.

1. indefinite
2. imminent
3. unavoidable
4. improbable

Q. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the journal 'Young India'.

1. True
2. False

Q. What is the minimum voting age in India?

1. 15
2. 18
3. 21
4. 24

Q. The persons who were coming in the age group of 18-21 became eligible for voting for which of the following Lok Sabha elections ?

1. 7th Lok Sabha
2. 8th Lok Sabha
3. 9th Lok Sabha
4. 10th Lok Sabha

Q. In earlier times, only rich and educated men were allowed to vote.

1. False
2. True

Q. Women's struggle for the right to vote during World War I is specifically called the .

1. feminist movement
2. suffrage movement
3. equality movement