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Social Studies
7th
grade
Institutional representation of democracy
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- 1. Fill in the Blank
The body which conducts elections in India is the _____________
- 2. Fill in the Blank
_____________ is a set of policies laid out by a government .
- 3. Fill in the Blank
People who fight elections on their own and without the support of political parties are called
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Right to vote granted to only some citizens of a country by the government , is called
franchise
universal adult franchise
Universal franchise
none of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
Total number of Constituencies in India.
550
552
543
545
- 6. Multiple Choice
Our country is divided into ______ Constituencies.
Presidential
Parliamentary
Constitutional Monarchy
Communist
- 7. Multiple Choice
India's first general election was held in the year
1947
1900
1952
1950
- 8. Multiple Choice
The Election Commission
campaigns for parties
conducts elections
punishes voters
brings election manifesto
- 9. Multiple Choice
A political party is a group of people who have
common ideals and goals
common languages
- 10. Multiple Choice
India has a political system which is
single party
bi party
multi party
- 11. Multiple Choice
In the USA women attained the right to vote in the year
1920
1921
1922
1923
- 12. Multiple Choice
In India, elections take place once in every
6 years
3 years
5 years
2 years
- 13. Multiple Choice
Elections held for formation of government at the Centre are called
General Elections
Rajya Sabha elections
Lok Sabha elections
none of these
- 14. Multiple Choice
An organised group of people with common values and goals is a
political party
constituency
opposition
none of these
- 15. Multiple Choice
Example of a country which tends to have a coalition government
Germany
Italy
Turkey
all of the above
- 16. Multiple Choice
Elections are held in a democracy
to educate the citizens
for each political party to forcefully make citizens follow their views
to give all citizens of a country the right to vote and elect one's representatives
to find out which politicla party is the most popular in the country
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why does the city of Mumbai have more electoral constituencies than the deserts of Rajasthan?
The people in Mumbai are literate
Mumbai is one of the metros in India
The city of Mumbai as a good network of roads and highways while many parts of Rajasthan is a desert
The city of Mumbai is densely populated where as Rajasthan is sparsely populated.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Today, the voters in India cast their vote
through electronic voting machines
by writing the name of the political party on a piece of paper
by writing to the Election Commission their choice of political party
none of these
- 19. Multiple Choice
In a closely contested election when the vote is distributed in such a way that one candidate has won the maximum votes, but the votes are less than that won by all the other candidates put together, then
no one wins the elections
the candidates with the maximum vote wins by simple majority
a bye election is conducted
the candidate with the maximum vote wins by absolute majority
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is correct about Universal Adult Franchise?
all adult citizens have the right to cast their vote.
based on the principle of 'one person one vote'
both (a) and (b)
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