Question

What was the measure employed by the Election Commission of India to overcome the problem of illiteracy during voting?

• A. Use of symbols
• B. Debate shows
• C. Awareness through special educational programmes
• D. Focused on the people that could read and write

Answer 1

The correct option is A Use of symbols

To overcome the problem of illiteracy, the Election Commission came up with an idea of using symbols that are employed in our day-to-day lives to represent political parties and its candidates. It only required visual identification.