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3. Universal Adult Franchise means, all adults in the country are :

(a) allowed to do business (b) allowed to vote
(c) allowed to make political parties (d) allowed to contest elections
4. The elected head of state in India is the :

(a) President (b) District Magistrate
(c) Chief Minister (d) None of these
5. In India, the voting age is _____________ years.

(a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) 21
B. Fill in the blanks :

1. __________ means the government by the people.
2. Abraham Lincoln was the President of __________.
3. Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the __________.

4. Democracy is generally divided into __________ categories.
5. In __________, everybody is given equal status.

C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false :
1. India has a Parliamentary form of Government.
2. Direct democracy does not exist any more.

3. President is elected by the government.
4. In parliamentary government, there is no concentration of responsibility.
5. Indirect democracy is a system in which all adult people elect their representatives
without voting.

D. Answer these Questions :
1. What is democracy?

2. What are the two types of democracy?
3. What is Universal Adult Franchise?
4. What are the different types of government in the world today?
5. Explain any four features of democratic government.

6. Differentiate between direct and indirect democracy.
7. Differentiate between presidential form of government and parliamentary form of government.

8. What are the key elements of democracy?

Life Skills and Value (Activity)

• Do a project on democracy in any of our neighbouring countries. Collect information and pictures
about the nature and history of the democracy in that country.

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