Redefining Democracy

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How does democracy produce an accountable responsive and legitimate government?

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What is Democracy and Why Democracy is needed?

Q. why should we value democracy? mention three points

Q. Identify the features of a democratic government from the following.

1. Government that has been elected by the people.
2. Unfair electoral competition.
3. Equal opportunity and fair choices granted to all its citizens.
4. Encourage discrimination based on caste and religion.

Q. What are the possible disadvantages if the government chooses to fund elections in India?

1. It will be hard to track money spent by political parties.
2. Increase dependancy of parties on rich people.
3. It will be easy to track money spent by political parties.
4. Maynot be the best way to spend government funds.

Q. Country 'A' believes that that the majority should rule the country while the minority groups should accept the dominance of the majority. Country 'B' believes in giving equal representation to majority and minority groups. Which country is democratic in nature?

1. 'A' is democratic, while 'B' is not.
2. 'B' is democratic, while 'A' is not.
3. Both 'A' and 'B' are democratic.
4. Both 'A' and 'B' are not democratic.

Q. Looking at the expanded definition, which one of the following statements is not correct about democracy?

1. Elections must offer a fair choice to the people to change the current rulers.
2. To exercise this choice government must not be limited by basic rules of the Constitution and citizens’ rights.
3. The choice and opportunity should be available to all people on an equal basis.
4. The rulers elected by the people must not be the one who takes all the major decisions.

Q. Reforms should focus on overcoming the barriers of and .
Choose the answer alphabetically.

1. religion
2. minorities
3. majorities
4. caste

Q. What is state funding of elections and how can it help to reform the political parties in india ? (Answer w.r.t chap Political parties)

Q. What should reforms be focused on in a political setup?

1. Strengthening democratic practices
2. Appealing to the majority
3. Strengthening documentation
4. Excluding minorities from the system

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How do u feel that democracy is better than any other form of govt?

Q. why should we value democracy? mention three points