Electoral Politics Civis Class 9 important Questions and Answers

Q1.Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India? What powers are exercised by Election Commission of India?
Ans. The Chief Election Commissioner of India is appointed by President of India. Following are the powers of the Election Commission of India.
 A. Election Commission takes decisions on every aspect of conduct and control of elections from the announcement of elections to the declaration of results.
 B. It implements the Code of Conduct and punishes any candidate or party that violates.
 C. On election duty, government officers work under th e control of the Election Commission and not under government



Q2.What are elections? What is their importance?
Ans.A. In democracy people choose their representatives to govern their country. The process to choose representatives is called electio ns.
 B. By elections a popular government is elected to run the country.
 C. Elections are a method to bring about a change in l eadership.
 D. Elections made the representatives responsible towa rds people

Elections are important as

A. Democracy is incomplete without elections. Thus, we need elections.
B. Through elections the legitimate government is esta blished.
C. Through elections people can choose the party whose policies will guide the government and Law-Making.

Q3. How can you prove that elections are democratic?
Ans.
A. Every citizen must have the right to vote and every vote should have one value.
 B. There should be more than two or Multi-party system , so that the voters could choose from the various candidates.
C. Elections should be held after regular intervals

Q4.How political competition helps to force political parties and leaders to serve the people?

Ans.The regular electoral competition provides in centives to political parties and leaders. They know that if they raise issues that people wan t to be raised, their popularity and chances of victory will increase in the next electi ons. But if they fail to satisfy the voters with their work they will not be able to win again. So if a political party is motivated only by desire to be in power, even then it will be forc ed to serve the people. This is a bit like the way market works. Even if a shopkeeper is inter ested only in his profit, he is forced to give good service to the customers. If he does n ot, the customer will go to some other shop. Similarly, political competition may cause di vision and some ugliness, but it finally helps to force political parties and leaders to serve the people

Q5.Explain the electoral system of India?

Ans. A. India is heaving representative democracy system. It is direct election system.
B. Elections are conducted for Lok Sabha and State Leg islature. The entire country is divided in constituencies.
 C. Election dates are announced and conducted by an in dependent Election Commission.
D. People are enrolled as voters and they cast their v ote to elect their representatives.

Q6. How would you explain the different forms of political competition ?
Ans. . A.The most obvious form is the competition among poli tical parties. At the constituency level, it takes the form of competitio n among several candidates. It there is no competition, elections will become poin tless.
 B. It creates the sense of disunity and factionalism i n every locality.
C. It creates party politics among political parties

Q7. Can you explain why is there no educational qualification required for contesting elections in India?

Ans. There is no educational qualification is requ ired for contesting elections in India. Educational qualifications are not required to all kinds of Jobs. The relevant qualification for selection to the Indian cricket team, for examp le is not the attainment of educational degrees but the ability to play cricket well. Simil arly the relevant qualification for being an MLA and MP is the ability to understand people’s concerns, problems and to represent their interests. Whether they can do so o r not is examined by lakhs of examiners-their voters-after every five years. Even if education was relevant, it should be left to the people to decide how much importance they give to educational qualification. In our country putting an educationa l qualification would go against the spirit of democracy for yet another reason. It woul d mean depriving a majority of the country’s population the right to contest elections .

Q8.Write difference between Direct and Indirect election
Ans. Direct Elections
A. In direct elections the voters cast their votes dir ectly to elect their representatives.
 B. The elections for Lok Sabha and State Legislature a re direct elections.
C. Representatives are more answerable to the people.
D. People get political education as parties present t heir policies and programmes.

Indirect Elections.
. A. Under indirect elections the voters first elect the Electoral College and the college elects the candidate.
B. People do not get political education as voters do not participate directly.
C. Elections of President and elections of members of Rajya Sabha are indirect Elections.

Q9.What Is election Manifesto
Ans. A. It is a vision and mission of political parties. Al l political parties release their agenda for upcoming election.
 B. This agenda is called the election manifesto.
 C. The agenda is the promise made by the political par ties with the voters.
 D. If any political party wins the election it is comp ulsory to implement the agenda of election manifesto.

Q10.Describe any five unfair means practices which are adopted during elections
Ans. A. Sometimes political parties and candidates are invo lved in fraud and malpractices to stay ahead of the others.
 B. During the elections a party or candidates distribu te money to voters.
C. They also distribute wine and gifts to obtain the f avour of voters.
D. The candidates appeal the voters in the name of cas te and religion.
 E. The political party that is in power uses governmen t machinery to won the elections.
 F. Sometimes political parties hired musclemen and tried to capture the booth.

Q11. Highlight any five reasons for which the elections are considered essential for any representative democracy.

Ans. . A rule of the people is not possible without any election. Election is a mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at re gular intervals and change them if they wish to do so.
 B. It is not possible that all the people sit together and take all the decisions directly.
C. Elections give the right to the citizens to change their representatives if they do not fulfill the wishes of citizens.
 D. Elections are the first requirement for healthy Dem ocracy.
 E. Elections barred the representatives to become dictators.

Q12.What are mid-term and by elections
Ans.Elections which are held before the fixed tenure or the expiry of the ruling govt is termed as  Mid-term elections
Sometimes elections is held only for one constituency to fill the vacancy caused by death or resignation of a member.This is called a By election

Q13.How far it is correct to say that party politics creates tension in society
Ans.Yes, it is partially ture that some time party politics creates tensioninthe society Electoral competition is necessary to provide oppurtunities to political parties and this atmosphere forces them to serve the people but the elections and political parties are the soul of democracy we cannot imagine democracy without political parties.




Q14.One final test of the free and fair election l ies in the outcome itself”. Justify the statement with the help of the outcomes of India’s elections.
Ans.A. The ruling party routinely loses elections in India both at the national level.
 B. In fact in every two out of the three elections hel d in the last fifteen years, the ruling party lost.
 C. In India about half of the sitting MPs or MLAs lose elections.
 D. Candidates who are known to have spent a lot of mon ey on buying votes and those with known criminal connections often lose elections.
 E. Barring very few disputed elections, the electoral outcomes are usually accepted as people’s verdict by the defeated party

Q15.What are reserved constituencies? Explain the conce pt of reservation of seats 
Ans.A. When a constituency is reserved for people belongin g to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes-such constituency is known as rese rved constituency.
 B. The constitution makers were worried that certain w eaker sections may not stand a good chance to get elected to the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies.
 C. The weaker sections may not have sufficient resourc es to win elections against the resourceful and influential persons.
D. In such situation if the reservation is not given, our Parliament and Assemblies would become deprived of the voice of a significant section of our population.
 E. If such downtrodden categories of the society do no t contest and win election, our democracy will become less representative and less democratic

Q16.Highlight the benefit of political competition in a democracy
Ans. A. Political parties make an environment of completion .
 B. Political helps in the formation of public opinion.
C. Political parties help in spreading political aware ness among people.
D. A Political party who won maximum no of seats or ga in majority forms the government of a democratic country.
E. A political party, who loses, sits in the oppositio n and stops the political party who is in power to become a dictator.
F. All the political parties are necessary for the d emocracies and democracies cannot exist without political parties.