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Which election system has been adopted in india?
A. FPTP (First Past the Post System)
B. Proportional representation
C. Party list system
D. Single transferrable vote
_________________ have become the most important symbol of the democratic process.
A. Votes
B. Voters
C. Elections
D. Political Parties
In _______________ system, a party gets the same proportion of seats as it gets its proportion of votes.
A. Monarchy
B. First Past the Post System (FPTP)
C. Proportional Representation (PR)
D. Election Commission
First Past the Post System (FPTP) is also known as the Plurality System.
A. True
B. False
In the Lok Sabha elections of 1984, the Congress Party came to power winning 450 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats.
A. True
B. False
Process in which people participate directly without representatives is called?
A. Indirect democracy
B. Straight democracy
C. Direct democracy
D. Plain democracy
Each constituency elects how many representatives?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
In the First Past the Post system, that candidate is declared winner who
A. Secures the largest number of postal ballots
B. Belongs to the party that has highest number of votes in the country
C. Has more votes than any other candidate in the constituency
D. Attains first position by securing more than 50% votes.
In Israel and Netherlands, which of the following method is followed in election?
A. The entire system is treated as a monarchy system
B. The entire country is treated as multi-party constituency
C. The entire country is treated as one constituency
D. None of these
Which of the following forms of voting necessarily requires ranking candidates?
A. Open-list proportional Representation
B. Parliamentary-style voting
C. Minimum winning coalition
D. Single Transferable Vote
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