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Sort slogans, bodies and stagesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Electoral politics bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Office Memorandum of 13 August 1990 reserved what share of central government jobs for backward classes?Read the answer and worked solution →The Second Backward Classes Commission of 1979 was headed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mandal Commission submitted its report in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which party promised in its 1989 manifesto to implement the Mandal report?Read the answer and worked solution →The Supreme Court case that upheld the 27 per cent reservation order was:Read the answer and worked solution →How many Supreme Court judges heard the Indira Sawhney case?Read the answer and worked solution →If the two Houses differ on an ordinary bill, the final decision is taken in a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Rajya Sabha can delay a money bill passed by the Lok Sabha by at most:Read the answer and worked solution →If a majority of Lok Sabha members express no confidence in the Council of Ministers:Read the answer and worked solution →The officials appointed on a long-term basis who remain in office when the ruling party changes form the:Read the answer and worked solution →The President appoints as Prime Minister the leader who commands a majority in the:Read the answer and worked solution →A non-member of Parliament who becomes a minister must get elected to a House within:Read the answer and worked solution →The Council of Ministers usually has how many ministers of different ranks?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cabinet, the inner ring of the Council of Ministers, comprises about:Read the answer and worked solution →The head of the State in India, exercising only nominal powers, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The President of India is elected by:Read the answer and worked solution →If the Council of Ministers gives the same advice again after reconsideration, the President:Read the answer and worked solution →The US President has a fixed tenure of:Read the answer and worked solution →Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts are appointed by the President in consultation with the:Read the answer and worked solution →A judge of the Supreme Court can be removed only by an impeachment motion passed separately by:Read the answer and worked solution →The power of courts to declare a law invalid if it violates the Constitution is:Read the answer and worked solution →Anyone approaching the courts when public interest is hurt by government action is filing:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the executiveRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the judiciary wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mandal yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the institution wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Prime Minister or PresidentRead the answer and worked solution →

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Sort slogans, bodies and stages

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Items
  1. Group
    Slogan
    Item
    Garibi Hatao
  2. Group
    Slogan
    Item
    Save Democracy
  3. Group
    Slogan
    Item
    Land to Tiller
  4. Group
    Institution
    Item
    Election Comm
  5. Group
    Institution
    Item
    Supreme Court
  6. Group
    Institution
    Item
    Parliament
  7. Group
    Stage
    Item
    Nomination
  8. Group
    Stage
    Item
    Campaign
  9. Group
    Stage
    Item
    Polling
Groups
  1. Item
    Slogan
  2. Item
    Institution
  3. Item
    Stage
Instructions
Drop each clue onto slogan, institution or election stage.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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Type the number

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Questions
  1. Answer
    543
    Question
    Lok Sabha constituencies
  2. Answer
    84
    Question
    Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Castes
  3. Answer
    47
    Question
    Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes
  4. Answer
    18
    Question
    Minimum voting age in India
  5. Answer
    25
    Question
    Minimum age to contest an election
  6. Answer
    1971
    Question
    Year of the Garibi Hatao slogan
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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Electoral politics bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Fills one vacant seat.
    Item
    By-election
  2. Clue
    Official voters' list.
    Item
    Electoral Roll
  3. Clue
    Voter photo identity card.
    Item
    EPIC
  4. Clue
    Nomination by a party.
    Item
    Party ticket
  5. Clue
    Campaign rules parties agree to.
    Item
    Model Code
  6. Clue
    Machine that records votes.
    Item
    EVM
  7. Clue
    Fresh vote after unfair polling.
    Item
    Repoll
  8. Clue
    Share of eligible voters voting.
    Item
    Turnout
  9. Clue
    Only SC or ST may contest.
    Item
    Reserved seat
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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