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Bihar Board Class 12 (Arts) Elections and Politics — practice questions — page 2

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What often becomes central to representative democracy when voters choose parties over individuals?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a legislature with only one chamber called?Read the answer and worked solution →What term did Robert Dahl and others use for representative democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides presidential systems, how else can representative democracy be organized?Read the answer and worked solution →Who could vote in the first modern democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →How has the number of voters changed in modern democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →Where were the 19th century movements for universal male suffrage most notable?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country briefly adopted universal male suffrage in 1792?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country recognized full male suffrage in 1844?Read the answer and worked solution →In which constitution did Spain recognize universal male suffrage?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendment to the US Constitution barred denying the vote on account of race?Read the answer and worked solution →Which self-governing colony gave women the right to vote in 1893?Read the answer and worked solution →Which colony was the first to let women stand for election?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group was granted suffrage after the American Civil War?Read the answer and worked solution →When did non-White South Africans first vote in multi-party national elections?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US principle, set in the early 1960s, says each person's ballot should count equally?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What often becomes central to representative democracy when voters choose parties over individuals?

  1. Hereditary families
  2. Political parties
  3. The armed forces
  4. Trade unions only
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Correct answer: B. Political parties

When electoral systems push voters toward parties, parties become the main link between voters and their representatives.

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What is a legislature with only one chamber called?

  1. Multicameral
  2. Tricameral
  3. Bicameral
  4. Unicameral
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Correct answer: D. Unicameral

A legislature made up of a single chamber is unicameral, while two chambers make it bicameral.

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What term did Robert Dahl and others use for representative democracy?

  1. Polyarchy
  2. Oligarchy
  3. Theocracy
  4. Plutocracy
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Correct answer: A. Polyarchy

Robert Dahl and other theorists described representative democracy as polyarchy, meaning rule by many.

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