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Representative Democracy: When competent members take over the control of the system of governance
through the process of elections, it is called as a Representative Democracy.

Parliamentary Republic: When a Republican type of government has a ceremonial head of State elected
by the Parliament.

The Democracy Index
• The Democracy Index is a report compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit annually. The index
measures the state of democracy in 167 of the world's countries by tracking 60 indicators in five
different categories:

 electoral process and pluralism
 functioning of government political participation

 functioning of government
 civil liberties
 political culture

 political participation

• The indicators are combined to give each category a rating on a 0 to 10 scale, and the five category
scores are averaged to obtain the overall index score.
• Countries with a total Democracy Index score between 8.01 and 10 (out of 10) are considered full
democracies.
• Countries whose score lies between 6.01 and 8.00 are classified as flawed democracies.

• Nations that score between 4.01 and 6.0 are hybrid regime, and those countries whose score is lower
than 4 is called an authoritative regime.

• The 2020 Democracy Index categorised 23 countries as full democracies, 52 as flawed democracies,
35 as hybrid regimes, and 57 as authoritarian regimes.

EXERCISE
EXERCISE

Choose the correct option

1. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a democratic government?
a. Centralised decision-making

b. Universal Adult Franchise
c. Rule of Law

d. Respect for Minority Rights
2. The provision of “separation of powers” in a democratic government facilitates ______________.

a. to prevent the government from functioning effectively
b. to concentrate power in the hands of a few individuals

c. to eliminate the need for elections
d. to ensure a system of checks and balances

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