9th Class Social Science What is Democracy? Why Democracy? Question Bank Long Answer Type Questions - What is Democracy? Why Democracy?

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    Define democracy. State two merits and demerits of democracy.                  [KVS 2007}

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    Democracy. A form of government which is chosen by the people to work for their welfare and can be changed by them. Merits of democracy are: (a) Democracy is the best form of government as the rulers are accountable to the people and have to fulfil their needs. (b) Democracy is based on consultation and discussion. This reduces the chance of hasty and irresponsible decisions from being taken and improves the quality of decision-making. Demerits of democracy are: (a) Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability. (b) Democracy is all about political competition and power play. There is no scope for morality.


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