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Bihar Board Class 12 (Arts) Elections and Politics — practice questions

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Who described democracy as government of the people?Read the answer and worked solution →In which century BC did the term for democracy first appear in Greek city-states?Read the answer and worked solution →In a direct democracy, who has the primary authority to decide legislation?Read the answer and worked solution →What do people do in a representative democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which form of democracy dominates the world today?Read the answer and worked solution →What protects minority rights in a liberal democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Under a narrow definition of democracy, how are rulers chosen?Read the answer and worked solution →Democracy is most often contrasted with which type of government?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is listed among common features of democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Where are rights and liberties typically enshrined in a representative democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →What environment does the UN say democracy provides?Read the answer and worked solution →How many fundamental principles does one theory say democracy requires?Read the answer and worked solution →In its modern sense, what defines a republic?Read the answer and worked solution →In India, what limits the sovereignty of Parliament?Read the answer and worked solution →Which decision-making method is the dominant form in democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →Which democracy is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch does not rule?Read the answer and worked solution →Up until which century did major political figures largely oppose democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Montesquieu say happens to a small republic?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ancient Indian city was the capital of the Vajjika League?Read the answer and worked solution →Which thinker argued that direct democracy increases legitimacy?Read the answer and worked solution →Under democratic principles, eligible citizens are equal before what?Read the answer and worked solution →In the earliest democracies, citizenship was initially limited to which group?Read the answer and worked solution →Which outcomes is democracy more consistently linked to?Read the answer and worked solution →What is representative democracy also called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is described as a federal presidential republic?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which European state combines a unitary structure with a semi-presidential system?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Edmund Burke say a representative should also do?Read the answer and worked solution →What is an elected member who simply carries out constituents' wishes called?Read the answer and worked solution →Who elects representatives in an indirect election?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who described democracy as government of the people?

  1. Karl Popper, writer
  2. Abraham Lincoln, leader
  3. Edmund Burke, writer
  4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Correct answer: B. Abraham Lincoln, leader

Abraham Lincoln used this phrase to sum up democracy as rule that comes from ordinary people and serves them.

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In which century BC did the term for democracy first appear in Greek city-states?

  1. The 2nd century BC
  2. The 8th century BC
  3. The 11th century BC
  4. The 5th century BC
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Correct answer: D. The 5th century BC

The Greek word meaning rule of the people came into use in city-states such as Athens in the 5th century BC.

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In a direct democracy, who has the primary authority to decide legislation?

  1. The people themselves
  2. A hereditary monarch
  3. The prime minister alone
  4. The supreme court
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Correct answer: A. The people themselves

In a direct democracy citizens deliberate and decide laws themselves instead of handing that power to officials.

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