CBSE Class 10 Social Science Challenges to Democracy MCQs Set B

Question: Nelson Mandela the famous personality belonged to
a) Ghana
b) South Africa
c) Columbia
d) Myanmar
Answer: b

Question: What is the main objective of “Right to Information Act”?
a) Transparency of government
b) Reduce inequalities
c) Maintenance of law and order
d) Social justice
Answer: a

Question: Which form of government is practised in China?
a) Presidential form of government
b) Parliamentary democracy
c) Communist Rule
d) Monarchy
Answer: c

Question: The first Secretary General of the United Nations was
a) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
b) Trygve Lie
c) Kofi A. Annan
d) Ban-Ki-Moon
Answer: b

Question: The ethnic tension between Serbs and Albanians existed in
a) Bolivia
b) Brazil
c) Argentina
d) Kosovo
Answer: d

Question: What is meant by foundational challenge for democracy?
a) The difficulties to a country are challenges for democracy
b) The challenges for democracy in many parts of the world
c) Bringing down the existing non-democratic and establishing a sovereign and functional state
d) Making the transition to democracy
Answer: c

Question: Mark the correct statement.
a) Legal constitutional changes by themselves can overcome challenges to democracy
b) Some times legal change may not be counter productive
c) Democratic reforms are to be brought about principally through political practice
d) Citizens are unable to bring democratic reforms
Answer: c

Question: Military rule is imposed in
a) Myanmar
b) Bolivia
c) India
d) Belgium
Answer: a

Question: “Aang Suu Kyi” belongs to:
a) Thailand
b) Myanmar
c) Laos
d) Indonesia
Answer: b

Question: The country in which women are not allowed to engage themselves in public activities is
a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) Saudi Arabia
Answer: d

Question: Where were ethnic tension between Serbs and Albanians on rise?
a) Yugoslavia
b) Nigeria
c) Morocco
d) Ghana
Answer: a

Question: The financial accounts of every political party should be made _____________. These accounts should be examined by ___________________.
a) Secret, part leader
b) Regularly, prime Minister
c) Temporarily, finance minister
d) Public, government auditors
Answer: d

Question: Mark the incorrect statement related to democracy.
a) Elected rulers take all the major decisions in a democracy
b) Elections must offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers
c) The voting rights should be available only to educated people
d) Censorship of press doesn’t prevails in democracy
Answer: c

Question: Which one is the major challenge to democracy?
a) Expansion of democratic values
b) Censorship of Press
c) Unfair elections
d) Non participation of the people
Answer: a

Question: What does democratic values contain?
a) Basic principles of democratic government across all the regions
b) Ensuring limited powers to the local government
c) Extension of unitary principles
d) Non participation of the people
Answer: a

Question: Mark the correct sentence.
a) Equal rights for blacks is still a distant dream in U.S.A.
b) Blacks in U.S.A are still poor, less educated and marginalised
c) Unitary state prevails in U.S.A.
d) Constitution of U.S.A is unwritten
Answer: b

Question: The separatist group L.T.T.E is active in
a) Bhutan
b) Nepal
c) Sri Lanka
d) Maldives
Answer: c

Question: The form of government which is practised in China is
a) Presidential form
b) Parliamentary democracy
c) Communism
d) Monarchy
Answer: c

Question: Which country witnessed the Civil War between Catholics and Protestants?
a) Northern Ireland
b) Spain
c) Poland
d) Nigeria
Answer: a

Question: Democratic reforms are to be carried out mainly by
a) economists
b) social reformers
c) political activists
d) passive citizens
Answer: c

Question: Ethnic tension between Serbs and Albanians was on the rise in
a) Yugoslavia
b) Nigeria
c) Morocco
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: a

Question: What is the third challenge of democracy?
a) Strengthening of the institutions and practices of democracy
b) Removal of inequalities from the society
c) Making democracy to common people
d) People’s participation
Answer: a

Question: The democratic countries that face the “challenge of expansion” are
a) Norway and Germany
b) Spain and Portugal
c) India and U.S.A.
d) England and Russia
Answer: c

Question: Challenges that require political reform. In Uttar Pradesh villagers have to travel to towns and pay high fee to private doctors even for common ailments. This is due to the absence of doctors posted in ________________.
a) the country
b) the state
c) rural primary health centres
d) the villages
Answer: c

Question: The proposals or suggestions about overcoming various challenges to democracy are called______________.
a) Proposal for political reforms
b) Legal ways of reforming society
c) Democratic reforms or political reforms
d) Reforming the citizens of the country
Answer: c

Question: Most of the established democracies face the __________________.
a) Challenge of expansion
b) Foundational challenge
c) Democratic challenge
d) Challenge to fundamental rights
Answer: a

Question: Mark the correct means to bring democratic reforms.
a) Political practice
b) Legal practice
c) Social practice
d) Non governmental organisations
Answer: a

Question: Expansion of democratic values includes
a) application of centralization
b) greater powers to local government
c) extension of unitary principle
d) discouraging people’s participation
Answer: b

Question: One of the major challenge to democracy is the
a) expansion of democratic values
b) decentralization
c) people’s participation
d) popular elections
Answer: a

Question: Match the list (I) and (II)
      List I                        List II
A. South Africa            1. Suu Kyi
B. Pakistan                 2. Nkrumah
C. Myanmar                3. Musharraf
D. Ghana                    4. Mbeki
(a) A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4
(b) A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1
(c) A-2, B-3; C-4; D-1
(d) A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2
Answer: d

FILL IN THE BLANKS

Question: About __________ part of the globe is still not under democratic government.
Answer: 1/4

Question: In __________ women are not allowed to take part in the public activities.
Answer: Soudi Arabia

Question: Growing influence of state parties which stand for regional interest is known __________.
Answer: Regionalism

Question: Red tapism and bureaucracy is an example of __________ in democracy.
Answer: corruption

Question: A good __________ is what we thenk it is and what we wish to make it.
Answer: democracy

TRUE / FALSE

Question: A challenge is a difficulty that caries within it an opportunity for progress.
Answer: True

Question: Most of domocracies face the challenge of foundation.
Answer: False

Question: Democracy is not the dominent form of government in the contemporay world.
Answer: False

Question: Democracy is a form of government in which the ruler are elected by the people.
Answer: True

Question: RTI empowers the people to final out what is happening in government and act as watchdogs of democracy.
Answer: True