Accommodation

Q. What does 'accommodation' refer to in a democracy?

[0.8 marks]

1. Agreement between people or groups who have the same opinions on a given subject.
2. Extending the right to vote to all, regardless of different identity traits.
3. Agreement between people or groups who have different opinions on a subject.
4. Celebrating the diversity of cultures in a given population.

Q. Democracies become dysfunctional due to the accommodation of different opinions and power-sharing among different groups.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who among the following can be called elected representatives in a democracy?

1. Head of the family
2. MLAs
3. MPs
4. Sarpanch

Q. Which of the following is/are the essential features of a democracy?

1. Accommodation
2. Power Sharing
3. Lack of choice
4. Inequality

Q. Which of the following was adopted by Belgium to make space for cultural and linguistic differences in the country?

1. Majoritarianism
2. Power sharing
3. Accommodation
4. Civil War

Q. How is democracy defined in the Cambridge dictionary?

1. The belief in freedom and equality between people
2. The belief in freedom for the upper classes
3. The belief in freedom for the upper castes
4. The belief in equality among all men, regardless of race

Q. Given the diverse ethnic composition of this country, it took several steps to recognise differences. These steps made it a model worth emulating and an example of the principle of accommodation. Which country is being talked about here?

1. Syria
2. Sri Lanka
3. Germany
4. Belgium