Voting

Q. What is the full form of EVM?

1. Electrical Voting Machine
2. Electronic Voting Machine
3. Electronic Voting Mechanism
4. Electrical Voting Mechanism

Q. Why was the concept of party symbols introduced at the time of the first elections?

1. To provide the political parties with unique identities.
2. To provide an elite status to the election system in India.
3. To represent the purpose of the party.
4. Majority of Indians are illiterate.

Q.

Which is the device used to cast a vote ?

Q. Sort the given stages of the election process in the proper chronological order.

PO: Presiding Officer

1. PO checks electoral roll
2. Votes casted
3. Indelible ink applied
4. EVMs sealed
5. Counting

Q. Hired in 1950, M S Sethi was a draughtsman for the ECI. For several years, he sat with officials, deciding what objects were easily recognisable to voters. He then drew these objects.

Why do you think Sethi was given this task?

1. The Commission maintains a pool of these figures, from which candidates are allotted symbols.
2. The drawings were appended with messages about elections and used as posters for electoral literacy.
3. Every voter in the first general election of 1951-52 was assigned a symbol prepared by Sethi.
4. The objects were listed as official symbols for the Commission, with a different one being used for every election.

Q. I used to be an integral part of the Indian elections. However, many problems cropped up while using me for voting. Although I am still used in certain kinds of elections, I have largely been replaced by an electronic alternative. The alternative is seen as a better and more efficient mechanism, especially for voters with special needs.

Who am I?

1. VVPAT device
2. EVM
3. Ballot Paper
4. Psephograph

Q. In ____, it was decided that all elections would make use of EVMs.

1. 2003
2. 2004
3. 2005
4. 2006

Q. Who is/are responsible for conducting elections at polling booths?

1. Polling Officers
2. Polling Agents
3. Presiding Officers
4. Police Officers