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question_answer1) Which of the following statements about the reasons for conducting elections are false? (a) Elections enable people to judge the performance of the government (b) People select the representative of their choice in an election (c) Elections enable people to evaluate the performance of the judiciary (d) People can indicate which policies they prefer.
question_answer2) Which of these is not a good reason to say that Indian elections are democratic? (a) India has the largest number of voters in the world (b) India?s Election Commission is very powerful (c) In India, everyone above the age of 18 has a right to vote (d) In India, the losing panics accept the electoral verdict.
question_answer3) Match the following: (a) It is necessary to keep the voters list upto (i) there is a fair representation of all sections of date because our society (b) Some constituencies are reserved for SCs (ii) everyone has equal opportunity to elect their and STs so that representative (c) Everyone has one and only one vote (iii) all candidates must have a fair chance of so that competing in elections (d) Party in power is not allowed to use (iv) some people may have moved away from the government vehicles because area where they voted last
question_answer4) Arrange the different election related activities in a time sequence, beginning with the first activity and ending with the last. These activities are given as: releasing election manifestos; counting of votes; making of voters' list; election campaig; declaration of election results; casting of votes; ordering of re-poll; announcing election schedule! riling nominations.
question_answer5) Surekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a stale. Describe what should she focus on for each of the following stages of election : (a) Election campaign (b) Polling day (c) Counting day
question_answer6) The table below gives the proportion of different communities among the candidates who won elections to the US Congress. Compare these to the proportion of these communities in the populating of the US. Based on this, would you suggest a system of reservations in the US Congress? If yes, and for which communities? If not. why not? Proportion of the community (in per cent) in the House of representatives Population of US Black 8 13 Hispanic 5 13 Whites 86 70
question_answer7) State true or false. Give two facts to support your position for each of these. (a) Election Commission of India does not have enough powers to conduct free and fair elections in the country. (b) There is a high level of popular participation in the elections in our country. (c) It is very easy for the party in power to win an election. (d) Many reforms are needed to make our elections completely free and fair.
question_answer8) Chinappa was convicted for torturing his wife for dowry. Satbir was held guilty of practicing untouchability. The court did not allow either of them to contest elections. Does this decision go against the principles of democratic elections?
question_answer9) Here are some reports of electoral malpractices from different parts of the world. Is there anything that these countries can learn from India to improve their elections? What would you suggest in each case (a) During an election in Nigeria, the officer in-charge of counting votes deliberately increased llie votes of one candidate and declared him elected. The court later found out that more than five lakh votes cast for one candidate were counted in favour of another. (b) Just before elections in Fiji, a pamphlet was distributed warning voters that a vote for former Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry will lead to bloodshed. This was a threat to voters of Indian origin. (c) In the US, each state has its own method of voting, its own procedure of counting and its own authority for conducting elections. Authorities in the state of Florida look many controversial decisions that favoured Mr. Bush in the presidential elections in 2000. But no one could change those decisions.
question_answer10) Here are some reports of malpractices in Indian elections. Identify the problem in each case. What should be done to correct the situation? (a) Following the announcement of elections, the minister promised to provide financial aid to reopen the closed sugar mill. (b) Opposition parties alleged that their statements and campaign was not given due attention in Doordarshan and All India Radio. (c) An inquiry by the Election Commission showed that electoral rolls of a state contain name of 20 lakh fake voters. (d) The hoodlums of a political party were moving with guns, physically preventing suporters of other political parties to meet the voters and attacking meetings of other parties.
question_answer11) Arun was not in class when the chapter 'Electoral Polities' was being taught. He came the next day and repealed what he had heard from his father. Can you tell Ramesh what is wrong with these statements? (a) Women always vote the way men tell them to. So, what Is the point of giving them the right to vote? (b) Party politics creates tension in society. Elections should be decided by consensus not by competition. (c) Only graduates should be allowed to stand as candidates for elections.
question_answer12) Describe the significance of election commission in organising free and fair elections in India on the basis of the following news headlines and the chapters. Headline selection from the following: (a) EC issues notification constituting 14th Lok Sabha: HT, May 17. (b) Photo 1-cards not mandatory in Bihar polls: HT October 14, 2005. (c) Elections within six months rule mandatory: Centre - Hindu 18 Sep. (d) Election Commission must be a fair umpire: Hindu 18/10. (e) EC tightens norms for poll expenses: Deccan Herald 15 April 2004 (f) Polling staff, security forces ready: Deccan Herald 26 April, 2004. (g) EC says no immediate plan to ban Exit Polls. (h) EC orders repoll in 398 more booths. (i) EC to visit Gujarat again, review poll arrangements: November 08, 2002 IE. (j) EC will seek power to censure political ads; 2004, The Pioneer. (k) HC asks EC to bar 'criminal' netas: 2004, The Pioneer. (l) EC accepts new Haryana DGP.
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