Question

Read the given extract and answer the following questions.

In a democracy, we are most concerned with ensuring that people will have the right to choose

their rulers and people will have control over the rulers. Whenever possible and necessary,

citizens should be able to participate in decision making, that affects them all. Therefore, the

most basic outcome of democracy should be that it produces a government that is accountable

to the citizens, and responsive to the needs and expectations of the citizens. Some people think

that democracy produces less effective government. It is, of course, true that non-democratic

rulers are very quick and efficient in decision making and implementation, whereas, democracy

is based on the idea of deliberation and negotiation. So, some delay is bound to take place. But,

because it has followed procedures, its decisions may be both more acceptable to the people and

more effective. Moreover, when citizens want to know if a decision was taken through the

correct procedures, they can find this out. They have the right and the means to examine the

process of decision making. This is known as transparency. This factor is often missing from a

non-democratic government. There is another aspect in which democratic government is

certainly better than its alternatives: democratic government is legitimate government. It may

be slow, less efficient, not always very responsive, or clean. But a democratic government is

people’s own government.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option

25.1. People’s right to choose their own rulers is called as the –

A. Right to Initiate

B. Right to Plebiscite

C. Right to Vote

D. Right to Referendum

25.2. Which of the following options helps in promoting transparency in the governance?

A. Right to education

B. Right to information

C. Right against exploitation

D. Right to speech and expression

25.3. __________________________ make/s the government legitimate

A. Credibility of politicians

B. People’s movements

C. Free and fair elections

D. Holding of power

25.4. Decisions in a democracy are more acceptable to the people because they are -

A. Taken swiftly and implemented quickly

B. Taken by giving privileges to the people

C. Taken through elites’ votes

D. Taken after following due processes

26.5. Read the source given below and answer the following questions –

Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930,

clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate

electorates for Dalits. When the British government conceded Ambedkar’s demand, Gandhiji

began a fast unto death. He believed that separate electorates for Dalits would slow down the

process of their integration into society. Ambedkar ultimately accepted Gandhiji’s position and

the result was the Poona Pact of September 1932. It gave the Depressed Classes (later to be

known as the Schedule Castes) reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils, but

they were to be voted in by the general electorate. The Dalit movement, however, continued to be

apprehensive of the Congress-led national movement.​

Answer 1

25.1) c) right to vote
25.2) b) right to information
25.3) c) free and fair elections
25.4) d) taken after following due processes


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