Class 9 Civics What is Democracy? Why Democracy> Important Assignment Questions
What Is Democracy?
Why Democracy
Civics chapter 2 Important Assignment Questions
Very short Answer type Questions
Q. 1. What is democracy?
Ans. Democracy is a form of government where people choose their representative and make laws for themselves.
Q. 2. Give any one merit of democracy?
Ans. A democratic government is a better government because it is more accountable form of government and it enhance the dignity of citizens.
Q. 3. How people elect their representative in China?
Ans. In China, elections are regularly held after every five years for electing the county's parliament called National People's Congress.
Q. 4. What does Referendum means?
Ans. Referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may be adoption of a new Constitution, a law or a specific governmental policy.
Q. 5. In which county women do not have right to vote?
Ans. In Saudi Arabia women do not have the right to vote.
Q. 6. When did Parvez Musarraf came to power in Pakistan?
Ans. Parvez Musarraf a military coup of Pakistan came to power in October 1999.
Q. 7. What is the basic sence behind a method of taking decision in democracy?
Ans. A democratic decision involves consultation with and consent of all those who are affected by that decision.
Q. 8. Which members are allowed to contest for the elections in China?
Ans. Only those who are members of the Chinese Communist Party Or eight smaller parties allied to it were allowed to contest elections held in 2002 - 03. The government is always formed by the communist Party.
Q. 9. Why modern Democracies are representatives democracies?
Ans. Modern democracies involves such a large number of people that it is physically impossible for them to sit together and take a collective decision.
Q. 10. What was PRI?
Ans. It was a political party of Mexico called as Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Short Answer type Questions
Q. 1. Write any three points in favor of democracy.
Ans. i) A democratic government is a better government because it is more accountable form of government.
ii) Democracy enhance the dignity of citizens.
iii) Democracy improves the quality of decision making.
iv) Democracy is better than other forms of government because it allows common people to choice their representatives.
Q. 2. Compare the democratic system in China with Mexico.
Ans. China :
i) In China, the elections do not offers people any choice.
ii) They have to choose the ruling party and the candidate approved by it.
Mexico :
i) In Mexico, the people seemed to have a choice but particularly they did not have any choice.
ii) There was no way that the ruling party could be defeated, even if the people were against it.
Q. 3. Why is democracy considered the best form of government?
Ans. Democracy cannot give us everything but is better than any other alternative because;
i) It offers better Chances of a good decision, it is likely to respect people's wishes and Allows different kinds of people to live together.
ii) Even when it fails to do some of these things. It allows a way of correcting it's mistakes and offers more dignity to all citizens.
Q. 4. What could be the possible disadvantages of Democracy?
Ans. i) Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability.
ii) Democracy leads to corruption because it is based on electoral competition.
iii) Elected leaders do not know the best intrest of the people. It leads to bad decision-making.
iv) The electoral process is huge money consuming.
Q. 5. 'In democracy, no one is a permanent winner or loser'. Why do we say that? Give three points?
Ans. i) In any country we find people of different ethnic groups, different communities living together. In that kind of social diversity government take different ways of power sharing.
ii) There can be difference of opinion or history proves division of the countries are all due to these variations in the society.
iii) But these different groups can be able to live amiably if a government is able to accommodate all. Then government cannot be permanent winner or looser.
Long Answer type questions
Q. 1. How did Musharraf establish his rule in Pakistan?
Ans. i) Musharraf came to power after attempting a military coup.
ii) He overthrew a democratically elected government and declared himself the Chief Executive of the country.
iii) Later he changed his designation to President and in 2002 held a referendum in the country that granted him a five year extension.
iv) Pakistan media, human right organisation and democracy activists said that the referendum was based on malpractices and fraud.
v) In 2002 , he issued a 'Legal Framework Order' that amended the Constitution of Pakistan. According to this order, the president can dismiss the national or provincial assemblies. The work of the civilian cabinet is supervised by a National Security Council which is dominated by military officers.
Q. 2. In which countries, even today there is denial of equal right to vote?
Ans. The principle of Universal adult Franchise has been accepted almost all over the world, yet there are many instances of denial of equal right to vote.
i) In Saudi Arabia, women do not get the right to vote, they remain in Pardah and being told not to interfere in the political matters.
ii) Estonia has made it's citizenship rules in such a way that people belonging to Russian minority find it difficult to get the right to vote.
iii) In Fiji, the electoral system is such that the vote of an indigenous Fijian has more value than that of an Indian Fijian.
Q. 3. Write the main features of democracy.
Ans. The main features of democracy are :
i) In a democracy, the final decision- making power must rest with those elected by the people.
ii) A democracy must be based on fair elections where those currently in power have a fair Chance of losing.
iii) In a democracy each adult citizen must have one vote and each vote must have one value.
iv) A democratic government rules within limits set by the Constitutional Law and citizens' rights.
v) Democracy provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts. It enhances the dignity of the citizens.
Q. 4.Once elected by the people, what kind of duties are needed to be performed by the office bearers?
Ans. i) A democratic government cannot do whatever it likes, simply because it has won an election.
ii) It has to respect some basic rules.
iii) In particular, it has to extend some guarantees to the minorities.
iv) Every major decision has to go through a series of consultation.
v) Every office bearer has certain rights and responsibilities assigned by the Constitution and the law.
vi) Each of these is accountable not only to the people but also to other independent officials.
Q. 5. Under what conditions is a government run after the elections?
Ans. i) A democratic government cannot do whatever it likes simply because it has won the elections.
ii) It has to respect some basic rules. In particular it has to provide some guarantees to the minorities.
iii) Every major decision has to go through a series of consultations.
iv) Every office bearer has certain rights and responsibilities assigned by the Constitution and the law.
Each of these is accountable not only to the people but also to other independent officials.
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