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4. Prepare a list of what the candidates and parties said during election campaign and did works after
they got elected during previous elections.

Project

1. Make a project on “Challenges of Free and Fair Elections”.

2. Make a poster on “Representation of Weaker Sections in the Indian Political System”.

Assertion-Reason Type Questions

Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). For selecting the correct

answer, use the following code:
a. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.

1. A: In India, people elect their own representatives.

R: India is a Democracy.
2. A: Electoral system in India is based on political equality.
R: All individuals have equal weight in electing representatives.

3. A: India has evolved a multi-party system.
R: The social and geographical diversity in such a large country is easily absorbed by two or even
three parties.

4. A: India is a religious State.
R: Constitution gives freedom to everyone to profess, practice, and propagate any religion without
prejudices or any discrimination.

5. A: At the constituency level, it takes the form of competition among several candidates.
R: If there is no competition, elections will become pointless.

Case Study-based Questions

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Similarly, each state is divided into a specific number of Assembly Constituencies. In this case, the elected
representative is called the Member of Legislative Assembly or an MLA. Each Parliamentary constituency
has within it several assembly constituencies. The same principle applies for Panchayat and Municipal
elections. Each village or town is divided into several “wards” that are like constituencies. Each ward
elects one member of the village or the urban local body. Sometimes these constituencies are counted
as “seats”, for each constituency represents one seat in the assembly. When we say that “Lok Dal won
60 seats” in Haryana, it means that candidates of Lok Dal won in 60 assembly constituencies in the state
and thus Lok Dal had 60 MLAs in the state assembly.

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