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The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the:Read the answer and worked solution →In about two of every three elections in the last 25 years in India, the:Read the answer and worked solution →Voter turnout means the percentage of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the election slogansRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Election Commission powersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the election numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the polling wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Voter or candidateRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the:

  1. Lok Sabha Speaker
  2. President of India
  3. Prime Minister
  4. Chief Justice
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Correct answer: B. President of India

1. Once appointed the CEC is not answerable to the government. 2. The President appoints the CEC. 3. Removal is virtually impossible. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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In about two of every three elections in the last 25 years in India, the:

  1. Voter turnout fell
  2. Result was disputed
  3. Ruling party lost
  4. Ruling party won again
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Correct answer: C. Ruling party lost

1. Rigged elections rarely unseat rulers. 2. In India ruling parties routinely lose. 3. About half of sitting MPs and MLAs lose. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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Voter turnout means the percentage of:

  1. Citizens who register
  2. Candidates who win
  3. Seats that are contested
  4. Eligible voters who vote
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Correct answer: D. Eligible voters who vote

1. It measures participation. 2. Turnout is the share of eligible voters who cast votes. 3. In India turnout has stayed stable or risen. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 3, Electoral Politics._

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