Elections in indian society - class-IX
Description: elections in indian society | |
Number of Questions: 70 | |
Created by: Anumati Koshy | |
Tags: civics the electoral process the election process in india democracy- representative institutions how the state government works indian election system making of laws in the state assembly parliament and central government indian democracy at work election and democracy election, political parties and pressure groups electoral politics the state government (part-i) political science elections democracy and election-politics social science |
What is the purpose of a press conference?
The political party that has the majority is called the ____________.
All members others than the ruling party are called the __________.
The name of States and allocation of seats to each state are given below in a jumbled manner
State | Lok Sabha seats |
---|---|
i) Andhra Pradesh | a) 48 |
ii) Bihar | b) 39 |
iii) Tamil Nadu | c) 40 |
iv) Maharashtra | d) 42 |
Identify the correct number
What are mid-terms elections?
After which Lok Sabha Elections, the system of one party emerging as dominant party came to an end? Since then different parties began to come together to form coalition governments.
Constituencies are created by _________ committee of the Election Commission.
Identify the term that is used for the new elections after the death of an elected representative _____________.
In India the minimum age of voting was $21$ years till the year ____________.
The paper in which the names and symbols allotted to each of the candidates is termed as _________________.
Fraud and malpractices indulged by a party or candidate to increase its votes is termed as _____________.
Which one of the following is an appropriate reason that the government in China is not democratic?
The electoral roll is a list of people in the constituency who are registered to_______________.
Elections are the mechanism used to ________________.
Mexico holds elections after every ______________.
In $1987$, State Assembly Elections Chaudhari Devi Lal promised to ___________________.
Identify the correct meaning of election campaign _______________.
The counting of votes take place with the help of the _______________.
Apart from $EPIC$, the voters can use the ______________.
The correct meaning of EPIC is ___________________.
The voter's list of the country is updated after ____________.
Large proportion of voters in India are ______________.
The correct meaning of the term general election is ___________.
In which of the following country, elections were held under US occupation in 2004?
The General Elections takes place in India after every _________.
The correct meaning of the term reserved constituencies is ________________.
The elections are considered essential for democracy because of _______________.
'Pooling booth' means ____________________.
Minimum age required to contest the elections for Lok sabha is _________________.
Identify the country, where elections are not held after every five years ______________.
The "Election day" means ________________.
Mark out the correct number of elected members of the Chinese Parliament ___________.
Identify the country which practices unfair means in the elections __________.
Until 2000 every election in Mexico was won by?
The elections held in Mexico until 2000 were __________.
Regular elections are held in China after every ___________.
Eighth General Elections were held in __________.
If the Lok Sabha or the Vidhan Sabha elections are held simultaneously in all the constituencies, then it is called_______________.
In the general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha the Congress Party secured ____________.
The right to vote in the national elections in India is based on the principle of ________________.
From the following statements, choose the real challenges to our electoral system.
(i)Candidates and parties with a lot of money are under advantage.
(ii)Candidates with criminal records get elected.
(iii) Some families dominate political parties.
(iv)Smaller parties have no disadvantage.
Which one of the following is a threat for fair elections?
What are mid-term elections?
Identify the year of first General elections held in India with universal adult franchise.
Ms Sangeeta was born in 1987 she was eligible for which of the following as far as 2011 general elections were concerned?
Which one of these takes part in elections?
A person who was not eligible to vote in 1937 provincial elections could cast his vote in 1952 General elections. Identify the person from the following.
Which of the following are elected by indirect election?
the year 1892 was associated with which of the following significant events as far as elections in India are concerned?
Mr. Rajeev was born in 1962, Which of the following facts were correct regarding his participation in elections?
Which of the following persons were giving voting rights in British India in 1937 elections?
(A) Raj who was 28 years old and not educated.
(B) Ram who was 25 years old and is a graduate.
(C) Sita who was 21 years old and is a tax payer.
(D) John who was 27 years old and is not educated.
(E) Mary who was 25 years old and is not educated.
How many General elections had been held so far?
Elections held after the term of $5$ years of Lok Sabha are called __________________.
How many Lok sabha constituencies are there in India at present?
What makes an election democratic?
How many seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha?
Who can become a candidate in elections?
Voters' list is also known as ____________.
The _____ Lok Sabha election was held in 2014.
What is the full form of NSSO?
In which year the first Indian general election for the Lok Sabha was held?
Which of the following is the largest parliamentary constituency in terms of area?
The election of the Vice-President is held ____________.
Which of the following statements about the Panchayat Raj Institutions after the Constitutional Amendment in 1992 are false?
I. Seats are reserved for the Scheduled Casts, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes in the elected bodies of the Panchayat Raj
II. Elections to the Panchayat Raj Institutions are supervised by the Election Commission of India.
III. Elections to the Panchayat Raj institutions are held regularly after every five years
IV. Half of the seats in all the States are reserved for women
All matters at any sitting of either House of the State Legislature are decided by a minority of votes.
Describe majority with an example.
How does the press conference help to get information on what the government is doing?
Match Columns
Column I | Column II |
---|---|
(i) Chief Minister | (a) Head of State |
(ii) Discussion of Issues | (b) Legislature |
(iii) MLAs | (c) Press Conference |
(iv) Governor | (d) Executive |
The system of representation of elections to Rajya Sabha and State Legislative Councils is _________________.
A person who holds or who has held office as President shall ____________________.