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www.ncrtsolutions.in, , Exercises, 1. How does democracy produce an accountable, responsive, and legitimate government?, Answer, → Democracy produces an accountable, government: Democracy produces an accountable, governments, as the people has the right in choose their, representatives through the electoral process. These elected, representatives form the government and participate in the, decision making process on behalf of the people. If these, elected representatives not work properly, people have a, chance to not elect them in next election., → Democracy Produces Responsive Government: Democratic, governments are elected by the people and are responsible, towards the people and Parliament. These governments, promote the formation of public opinion and take care of the, needs and expectations of the people., → Democracy Produces Legitimate Government: A democratic, government is people’s own government. People wish to be, ruled by representatives elected by them. They also believe that, democracy is suitable for their country. Democracy’s ability to, generate its own support is itself an outcome that cannot be, ignored., www.ncrtsolutions.in
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www.ncrtsolutions.in, , 2. What are the conditions under which democracies, accommodate social diversities?, Answer, Democracies accommodate social diversities when it is well, understood that democracy is not just the rule of the majority,, and that the rule of the majority is not just the rule of a single, religious or social community., 3. Give arguments to support or oppose the following, assertions:, Industrialised countries can afford democracy but the poor need, dictatorship to become rich., Democracy can't reduce inequality of incomes between, different citizens., Government in poor countries should spend less on poverty, reduction, health, education and spend more on industries and, infrastructure., In democracy all citizens have one vote, which means that there, is absence of any domination and conflict., Answer, , www.ncrtsolutions.in
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www.ncrtsolutions.in, , This statement is incorrect as can be seen from the examples of, India and Zimbabwe. In 1947, India was included in the Third, World nations, but now, it is one of the fast-growing economies, in the world. On the other hand, Zimbabwe, which was a fairly, prosperous nation, has run into huge international debt with the, progression of Robert Mugabe's regime., Democracy can't reduce inequality of incomes between, different citizens. This statement is incorrect. The Minimum, Wages Act enacted by the government and other policies which, regulate the basic price at which agricultural producers and, small industries sell their goods, have helped increase the per, capita income of the country, thereby making its citizens more, prosperous., Government in poor countries should spend less on poverty, reduction, health, education and spend more on industries and, infrastructure. This is not a wise option as in poor countries, the, people cannot afford health and education services., In democracy all citizens have one vote, which means that there, is absence of any domination and conflict. This is not true as, conflict can be eliminated only in an ideal situation. In real, democracies, though every person has one vote, there are, divisions among the people. These divisions lead to conflict., , www.ncrtsolutions.in
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www.ncrtsolutions.in, , 4. Identify the challenges to democracy in the following, descriptions. Also suggest policy/institutional mechanism to, deepen democracy in the given situations:, Following a High Court directive a temple in Orissa that had, separate entry doors for dalits and non-dalits allowed entry for, all from the same door., A large number of farmers are committing suicide in different, states of India., Following allegation of killing of three civilians in Gandwara in a, fake encounter by Jammu and Kashmir police, an enquiry has, been ordered., Answer, The challenge to democracy in the first statement is to provide, equal status to all its citizens in spite of their caste., The challenge to democracy in the second instance is providing, farmers with subsidies which will help them to earn profits and, have a satisfactory level of livelihood., The challenge to democracy is to preserve the people's trust in, government arms like the police., , www.ncrtsolutions.in
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www.ncrtsolutions.in, , 5. In the context of democracies, which of the following ideas is, correct - democracies have successfully eliminated:, A. conflicts among people, B. economic inequalities among people, C. differences of opinion about how marginalised sections are to, be treated, D. the idea of political inequality, Answer, D. the idea of political inequality, 6. In the context of assessing democracy which among the, following is odd one out. Democracies need to ensure:, A. free and fair elections, B. dignity of the individual, C. majority rule, D. equal treatment before law, Answer, C. majority rule, 7. Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show, that, A. democracy and development go together, B. inequalities exist in democracies, www.ncrtsolutions.in
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www.ncrtsolutions.in, , C. inequalities do not exist under dictatorship, D. dictatorship is better than democracy, Answer, B. inequalities exist in democracies, , www.ncrtsolutions.in
