Social Science Revision of Electoral Politics (Summary of the taught as on 12/01/2021)
Important questions of Electoral Politics discussed in Revision as on 12/01/2021.
1. Why in most democracies people rule through their representatives? (03 Marks)
2. Write a note on assembly Election in Haryana? (05)
3. What do you understand by the term election? (01)
4. Elections are considered essential in our times for any representative democracy. Explain the above statement in detail. (03)
5. What are the choices generally a voter can make in an election? (03)
6. What are the minimum conditions of a democratic election? (05)
7. State the demerits of electoral competition? (05)
8. Inspite of knowing the drawbacks of electoral competition why did the constitution makers opted for free competition in elections as the way to select our future leaders. (05)
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State the merits of electoral competition. (05)
9. State the time duration of Elections for Loksabha and Vidhan Sabha? (01)
10. What is General Election? (01)
11. What do you understand by the term By-Election? (01)
12. Which system is followed in our country to contest election? (01)
13. What are electoral constituencies? (01)
14. How many constituencies is India divided into? (01)
15. Who is called an MP? (1)
16. Who is called an MLA? (1)
17. How are elections held in Panchayat and Municipal in India. Explain by giving a suitable example. (03)
18. Why did our Constitution makers thought of a special system of reserved constituencies for the weaker sections (03) or (05)
19. What are reserved constituencies?
20. The reserved seats for SC and ST do not take away the legitimate share of any other social group. explain? (03)
21. How many seats are reserved in rural and urban local bodies for women candidates? (01)