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Challenges to Democracy ~ Class 10 ~ MCQ

Class 10, Civics, Chapter - 8, Challenges to Democracy

1. Any democratic set up faces problems is known as…
(a) Challenges of democracy
(b) Outcomes of democracy
(c) Democratic imbalance
(d) None of these

2. Any person, who can read and write in any Indian language, is known as…
(a) Illiterate
(b) Literate
(c) Semi-literate
(d) None of these

3. The idea of promoting one’s region is known as…
(a) Regional imbalance
(b) Regionalism
(c) Regionality
(d) Regional superiority

4. The ideology of believing supremacy of one’s caste is known as…
(a) Caste hierarchy
(b) Caste domination
(c) Casteism
(d) None of these

5. Challenge faced by democracy is…
(a) Foundational challenge
(b) Challenge of expansion
(c) Deepening of democracy
(d) All of these

6. Foundational challenge of democracy includes…
(a) Bringing down non democratic regime
(b) Keeping military away from controlling government
(c) Establishing sovereign and functional state
(d) All of these

7. Challenge of expansion in democracy includes…
(a) More powers to local government
(b) Application of basic principle of democracy everywhere
(c) Including women and minority in decision making process
(d) All of these

8. According to the text ….of the globe is still not under democratic government.
(a) One fourth
(b) Two fourth
(c) Three fourth
(d) None of these

9. According to the text……of the world is working under democratic government.
(a) One fourth
(b) Two fourth
(c) Three fourth
(d) None of these

10. Which among the given is the dominant form of government in the contemporary world?
(a) Dictatorship
(b) Democracy
(c) Military rule
(d) None of these

11. Which act is considered the watch dog of democracy?
(a) The information to Right Act
(b) The Right to Live Act
(c) The Right to Information Act
(d) None of these

12. What are the qualifications of democracy?
(a) The rulers elected by the people must take all the major decisions.
(b) Elections must offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers.
(c) The choice and opportunity should be available to all the people on an equal basis
(d) All the above

13. Which act empowers the people to find out what is happening in the government?
(a) The Right to Information Act
(b) The Information to Right Act
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

14. Name the country where ‘Right to vote’ is not given to women
(a) China
(b) Saudi Arab
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Iraq

15. Following is the challenge to democracy:
(a) Corrupt leaders
(b) Illiterate citizens
(c) Communalism
(d) All of these

16. The challenge of making the transition to democracy from a non-democratic government is known as
(a) foundational challenge
(b) challenge of Expansion
(c) deepening of democracy
(d) none of these

17. The following step/steps can be taken for the removal of poverty in India:
(a) To check the ever-growing population
(b) Development of industries
(c) To increase the agricultural production
(d) All of these

18. Strengthening of the institutions and practices of democracy implies the following challenge to democracy:
(a) Challenge of expansion
(b) Challenge of deepening
(c) Structural challenge
(d) Foundational challenge

19. Which of the following countries disintegrated due to the ethnic tension b/w Serbs and Albanians:
(a) Srilanka
(b) Belgium
(c) Yugoslavia
(d) Bolivia

20. Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy shoe that:
(a) inequalities exist in democracies
(b) development under democracy is not much different from that of dictatorships
(c) democracy and development go together
(d) dictatorship is better than democracy

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ANSWERS of the MCQs of Challenges to Democracy

1. (a) Challenges to democracy
2. (b) Literate
3. (b) Regionalism
4. (c) Casteism
5. (d) All of these
6. (d) All of these
7. (d) All of these
8. (a) One fourth
9. (c) Three fourth
10. (b) Democracy
11. (c) The Right to Information Act
12. (d) All the above
13. (a) The Right to Information Act
14. (b) Saudi Arab
15. (d) All of these
16. (a) Foundational challenge
17. (d) All of these
18. (b) Challenge of deepening
19. (c) Yugoslavia
20. (a) inequalities exist in democracies

Challenges to Democracy Class 10 Important Questions

01. Name any two challenges to the working of democracy in India?
Ans. Social and Economic inequality and casteism are the two challenges being faced by Indian Democracy.

02. What is the challenge of expansion?
Ans. The challenge of expansion, which is present in an established democracy, means applying th principle of democracy across all the regions, different social groups and institutions in the country.

03. Define the term 'Democratic Reform'.
Ans. Any proposal or suggestion about overcoming various challenges of democracy are called democratic reforms.

04. What types of challenges are being faced by democracy?
Ans. Three types of challenges i.e., Foundational challenge, challenge of expansion and deepening of democracy.

05. Give examples of challenge of expansion to democracy.
Ans. To give more powers to local governments and expansion of federal principle to all the units of the federation.

06. How can democratic reforms be carried out?
Ans. Democratic reforms can be carried out by
(a) legally
(b) by good quality of people's participation
(c) Development of democratic movement and the media.

07. What are the legal ways of reforming politics?
Ans. It means changes in the existing laws which can help to discourage wrong practices and encourage good ones or to bring amendments in the constitution.

08. What is the most common form of democracy in today's world?
Ans. Indirect or representative democracy

09. What do you understand by regionalism?
Ans. When the people, living in a particular, region, awaken to their separate existence, due to social, economic or geographical causes, the leaning towards their region, is called regionalism.

10. Mention any two measures to remove poverty in India.
Ans. The ever-increasing population of India should be effectively checked and steps should be taken to increase agricultural production in the country.