STD 5 Social Science: Chapter 09 For the People - Questions and Answers | Teaching Manual


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Chapter 09: For the People - Questions and Answers
1. What is the Gramsabha?
Answer: Gramasabha is a forum to decide the developmental activities at ward level in each Panchayat. In Municipalities and Corporations, they are known as 'Ward Sabhas'.

2. The Chairman of Gramasabha.
Answer: Grama Panchayat President

3. “ Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all'' –Said by
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

4. ''Democracy is the only system of government that captures global respect'' – Said by
Answer: Amartya sen

5. What is Democracy?
Answer: Democracy is the system in which the people are governed either directly by themselves or by their elected representatives.

6. Any citizen attain the age of years has the right to vote in elections –---
Answer: 18 years

7. The English word democracy is derived from the Greek term ---------
Answer: ‘demokratia’

8. ''Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, and for the people.'' – Said by
- Abraham Lincoln

9. What are Direct and Indirect Democracy?
Answer: In Direct Democracy people directly take important decisions.
Eg: Gramasabha

In Indirect Democracy, the representatives elected by the people take decisions on their behalf.
Eg: State Legislative Assembly, Parliament.

10. What are the peculiar values of Democracy?
Answer: 
• Freedom
• Equality
• Fraternity
• Secularism
• Sovereignty of people etc.

11. What is the basic feature of democracy?
Answer: Election is the basic feature of democracy.

12. Who is elected through an election?
Answer:  The representatives of local self-government state legislative assemblies and Loksabha are elected through voting.

13. What is the importance of Election in the democratic process?
Answer:  The people elect their representatives to govern at various
levels, from the local level to the Parliament. Any citizen attain the age of 18 years has the right to vote in elections. The representatives to Local Self Governments, State Legislative Assemblies and Lok Sabha are elected through voting.  Election is a basic feature of democracy.

14. What is the full form of RTE?
Answer: The full form of RTE is the Right to education.

15. Who is a Voter?
Answer: Any citizen attain the age of 18 years has the right to vote in elections. Such persons are called voters.

16.  List any three features of Democracy.
Answer: 
• Representatives are elected by the people
• In a Democracy, all are equal before the law.
• Majority party forms the government

17. What are the factors sustaining democracy?
Answer: 
• Election
• The Rule of Law
• Rights
• Social and Economic Justice
• Mass Media
• Opposition
Election – Election is an inevitable part of democracy. The people elect their representative government at various levels from local to the parliament.
The rule of Law – All are equal before the law. Nobody is above the law. Such as the Right to Education Act, Traffic Laws, Right to information act, and Senior citizen Act.
Rights – Rights are granted to the citizens for the progress of individuals and the country.
Social and economic justice – Ensuring equal treatment for all his minimizing social and economic inequalities is the principle behind the idea of social and economic justice.
Mass Media – Mass media is important and helps in informing the public about events happening in society. Impartial media are the foundation of democracy.
Opposition – Election creates both ruling and opposition parties. It is the duty of the opposition to persuade the government to function better and indicate the wrongs of the govt.

18. Different laws implemented by the government to ensure various rights of the people are given in column ‘A’ of the following table. Identify the rights ensured by each law and try to fill in column ‘B’.
A
Laws		 B
Rights
 • Right To Education Act (RTE) 
 • Traffic laws
 • Right to Information Act
 • The Senior Citizens Act
(Maintenance, Protection and Welfare)		 • free and compulsory education of all children 
 • The aim of traffic rules is to ensure smooth and safe traffic for vehicles.
 • To obtain information from any office
 • Protection and support during old age

19. We imbibe several democratic habits in our day-to-day life. What are they?
Answer: 
• we accept the opinions of others 
• We wait for our turn
• We value the freedom of others.

20. Democracy is a way of life. Explain.
Answer:  As a way of life Democracy upholds human values and individual liberty. Respecting the opinions of others is a part of a democratic way of life. An individual has the right to agree or disagree with the opinion of others. Democracy becomes meaningful when we are able to form collective decisions. We should be able to adopt the democratic way of life at home, in school and in society.

21. Draw a flowchart showing different stages of the election process:
22. Discuss the stages of the election?
Answer:  Democracy is the system in which the people directly take important decisions or they elected representatives. The people elect their representatives to rule at various levels, from the local level to the parliament. Elections are held on the basis of a universal adult franchise. Any citizen who attains the age of 18 years has the right to vote in elections.





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