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ICSE Class 9 Elections — practice questions

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How FPTP elects an MPRead the answer and worked solution →Election numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Election bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Election facts, true or falseRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the election lieRead the answer and worked solution →The election sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Match the election figuresRead the answer and worked solution →India's Lok Sabha elections divide the country into how many constituencies?Read the answer and worked solution →Each Lok Sabha constituency elects:Read the answer and worked solution →To win a constituency under India's system, a candidate needs:Read the answer and worked solution →India's method of electing Lok Sabha members is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The eligibility age for voting in India, reduced in 1989, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The body that supervises elections in India is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Israel's system, each party gets parliament seats:Read the answer and worked solution →Under proportional representation, parties fill their quota of seats from:Read the answer and worked solution →Rajya Sabha elections use which variant of proportional representation?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Lok Sabha, the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes is:Read the answer and worked solution →The number of Lok Sabha seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes is:Read the answer and worked solution →Constituency boundaries are drawn by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Delimitation Commission is appointed by:Read the answer and worked solution →In a reserved constituency, who is allowed to vote?Read the answer and worked solution →Reserved constituencies can be:Read the answer and worked solution →Article 324 of the Constitution provides for:Read the answer and worked solution →Article 324 hands the Election Commission the 'superintendence, direction and control' of:Read the answer and worked solution →To assist the Election Commission in each State there is:Read the answer and worked solution →For Rajya Sabha elections, every State has:Read the answer and worked solution →Under FPTP, a party's share of seats in the Lok Sabha:Read the answer and worked solution →The system where voters choose a person, not just a party list, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Delimitation Commission works in collaboration with:Read the answer and worked solution →The main reason election supervision was made independent of government is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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How FPTP elects an MP

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Steps
  1. Country split into constituencies
  2. Candidates stand for each seat
  3. Voters cast their ballots
  4. Highest vote-getter wins the seat
  5. The winner becomes the MP
Instructions
Tap the steps in the order an election runs.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, 'Indian Constitution at Work' Ch 3 'Election and Representation' (keps203)_

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Election numbers

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Questions
  1. Answer
    543
    Question
    How many Lok Sabha constituencies are there?
  2. Answer
    84
    Question
    Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Castes?
  3. Answer
    18
    Question
    The voting age in India since 1989?
Instructions
Recall the figure, key it in, then press enter.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, 'Indian Constitution at Work' Ch 3 'Election and Representation' (keps203)_

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Election bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    First past the post, the winner's rule
    Item
    FPTP
  2. Clue
    The number of constituencies
    Item
    543
  3. Clue
    Independent body supervising elections
    Item
    EC
  4. Clue
    The voting age since 1989
    Item
    18
  5. Clue
    Seats kept for SC and ST candidates
    Item
    Reserved
  6. Clue
    Lok Sabha seats for Scheduled Castes
    Item
    84
  7. Clue
    Lok Sabha seats for Scheduled Tribes
    Item
    47
  8. Clue
    Every adult's right to vote
    Item
    Franchise
  9. Clue
    What the Commission must ensure
    Item
    Fair poll
Instructions
Read each call, tap its term on the board. Three in a line is bingo.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, 'Indian Constitution at Work' Ch 3 'Election and Representation' (keps203)_

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