Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

Details of assets and liabilities of the candidate and his or her family and educational qualifications of the candidate.

He is called a Member of Parliament (MP).

The representative elected from each constituency is called a Member of Parliament or an MP.

In our country, elections are conducted by an independent and very powerful election commission. It enjoys the same kind of independence that the judiciary enjoys.

Voters can choose their law makers, their representatives who can take major decisions of the government and can also choose the particular political party whose policies are the best.

It means that everyone should have one vote and each vote should have equal value. All the citizens aged 18 years and above have got the right to vote.

Someone who belongs to the scheduled castes can stand for election in an SC reserved constituency.

ELECTION COMMISSION takes the responsibility to manage voters list for election.

Criminals and persons with an unsound mind can be denied the right to vote.

This means that everyone should have one vote and every vote should have equal value.

The most obvious form is the competition among political parties. At the constituency level, it takes the form of competition among several candidates. If there is no competition, elections will be pointless.

It is necessary to regulate election campaings to ensure that every political party and candidate gets a fair and equal chance to compete.

One third of the total seats are reserved in rural and urban local bodies for women candidates.

The Left Front used the slogan of "Land to the Tiller" in the West Bengal Assembly elections held in 1977.

There should be something to choose from. Parties and candidates should be free to contest elections and should offer real choices to the voters. Elections must be held after every few years.

The poor, illiterate and underprivileged people vote in larger proportion as compared to the rich and privileged sections.

Every voter is issued this photo identity card by the Election Commission. The voters are required to carry this card when they go out to vote, so that no one can vote for someone else.

Some families tend to dominate political parties; tickets are distributed to relatives from the families.

Elections are held in all constituencies at the same time, either on the same day or within a few days. This is called a general election.

This card is given to every person on the voters' list. The voters are required to carry this card when they go out to vote, so that no one can vote for someone else.

This is a correct conclusion. It is supported by the facts that voter turnout has increased over the past years. At the same time, election-related activities in the last few years have seen a larger participation by the people.

It can be done by setting up a system where political leaders are rewarded for serving the people and punished for not doing good for the sake of people. Regular electoral competition should be held through elections.

For Lok Sabha elections the country is divided into 543 constituencies.

It is a set of norms and guidelines to be followed by political parties and contesting candidates during election time.

Elections take place regularly in any democracy. Elections take place to choose people’s representatives.

Political parties nominate their candidates who get the party symbol and support. This party’s nomination is often called the party ‘ticket’.

This is a correct conclusion. Reforms are needed because candidates and parties with a lot of money enjoy an unfair advantage. Also some candidates have criminal connections which they use to terrorise the voters and other candidates.

In addition to the laws, all the political parties in our country have agreed to a Model Code of Conduct for election campaigns.

The country is divided into different areas for ease in purpose of representation. These areas are called ‘electoral constituencies’.

The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is the head of the Election Commission.

The President of India appoints the Chief Election Commissioner.

EVM is an electronic voting machine, which is used to record votes.

A ballot paper is a sheet of paper on which the names of the contesting candidates along with party name and symbols are issued.

We cannot come to this conclusion. The Election Commission of India is powerful enough to conduct free and fair elections. It implements the code of conduct and punishes any candidate or party that violates it. While on election duty, government officials work under the EC and not the government.

When elections are held only for one constituency to fill the vacancy caused by death or resignation of a member, they are called By Elections.

During election campaigns, the candidates contact their voters, political leaders address election meetings and political parties mobilize their supporters.

More than one-third voters took part in campaign-related activities during the 2004 elections.

Turn out indicates the percent of eligible voters who actually cast their vote.

Regular electoral competition provides incentives to political parties and leaders. They know that if they raise issues that people want to be raised, their popularity and chances of victory will increase in the next elections.

This is an incorrect conclusion. The ruling parties routinely lose elections. Candidates who are known to spend a lot of money often lose elections.

The main purpose of election is to give people a chance to choose the representatives, the government and the policies they prefer.

The Election Commission implements the code of conduct and punishes any candidate or party that violates it.

Ballot Paper:
A ballot paper is a sheet of paper on which the names of the contesting candidates along with party name and symbols are listed.

People's participation in election is usually measured by voter turnout figures, which indicate the percent of eligible voters who actually cast their vote.

In most democracies, people rule through their representatives. Since it is not possible for everyone to have time and knowledge to take decisions on all matters, representation is needed.

1. It creates a sense of disunity and factionalism in every locality.
2. Pressure to win electoral fights does not allow sensible long-term policies to be formulated.

The mechanism is ‘elections’.

EPIC stands for Election Photo Identity Card which has been introduced by Election commission in the recent two years.

Governor will appoints the new chief minister from their ruling party decision.

Currently in the Lok Sabha, 79 seats are reserved for the scheduled caste and 41 for the scheduled tribe.