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D. Answer the following questions in 10-20
words.
1. Is universal adult franchise important in
a democracy?
2. What steps has the government taken
to ensure equal opportunities in private
schools?
3. What is the Midday Meal Scheme?
4. What is universal adult franchise?
5. Name some of the social inequalities that
exist in India.
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Answers
1. In a democracy, universal adult Franchise is important, as it based on the idea of equality. It states that every adult in a country, irrespective of their wealth and the communities she/he belongs to, has one vote.
2. AAP government in Delhi is trying to amend a provision in Delhi School Education Act, 1973 that requires private schools to pay teachers on the same scale as their government counterparts. This can improve the quality education.
3. The Mid-day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme in India designed to better the nutritional standing of school-age children nationwide. ... Serving 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centres, it is the largest of its kind in the world.
4. Universal suffrage (also called universal Franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, political stance, or any other restriction, subject only to relatively minor exceptions.
5. In India, social inequalities are outcomes of inequalities in income, education, gender, caste, and class.