TextBook Solutions for Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education Class 9 Social Science Democratic Politics Chapter 4 Electoral Politics

Which of the following statements about the reasons for conducting elections are false?

• Elections enable people to judge the performance of the government.

• People select the representative of their choice in an election.

• Elections enable people to evaluate the performance of the judiciary.

• People can indicate which policies they prefer.

Which of these is not a good reason to say that Indian elections are democratic?

• India has the largest number of voters in the world.

• India’s Election Commission is very powerful.

• In India, everyone above the age of 18 has a right to vote.

• In India, the losing parties accept the electoral verdict.

Match the following options:

List all the different election related activities mentioned in the chapter and arrange them in a time sequence, beginning with the first activity and ending with the last. Some of these activities are given below : releasing election manifestos; counting of votes, making of voters' list; election campaign; declaration of election results; casting of votes; ordering of re-poll; announcing election schedule; filing nomination.

Surekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a state. Describe what should she focus on for each of the following stages of election:

Election campaign

Surekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a state. Describe what should she focus on for each of the following stages of election :

Polling day

Surekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an assembly constituency in a state. Describe what should she focus on for each of the following stages of election:

Counting day.

The table given ahead gives the proportion of different communities among the candidates who won elections to the US Congress. Compare these to the proportion of these communities in the population of the US. Based on this, would you suggest a system of reservations in the US Congress? If yes, why and for which communities? If no, why not?

Can we draw the following conclusions from the information given in this chapter? Give two facts to support your position for each of these.

Election Commission of India does not have enough powers to conduct free and fair elections in the country.

Can we draw the following conclusions from the information given in this chapter? Give two facts to support your position for each of these.

There is high level of popular participation in the elections in our country.