CBSE Class 10 Social Science Challenges to Democracy Worksheet

Objective Questions 

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Assertion And Reason

Question. How is the challenge of deepening of democracy faced by every democracy?
Answer : • This involves string tuning of the institutions and practices of democracy.
• This should happen in such a way that people can realize their expectations of democracy.
• This requires an attempt to bring down the control and influence of the rich and powerful people in making governmental decisions.

Question. Enumerate there challenges which democracies in the world face today.
Answer : • Fundamental challenge — Those countries which do not have democratic form of govt. face the fundamental challenge of establishing democracy in the country.
• Challenge of Expansion.—Countries having democratic setup face the challenge of expansion.
• Deepening of Democracy – This challenge is faced by almost all the democracies. This involves strengthening of the institutions and practices of democracies.

Question. What are the basic rights of citizens for exercising voting Rights?
Answer : • Elections must offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers.
• The choice and opportunity should be available to all the people on an equal basis.
• The exercise of this choice must lead to a govt. limited by basic rules of the constitution and citizens right.

Question. What does Foundational challenge to democracy mean? Which two aspects are included in this challenge?
Answer : Those countries which do not have democratic form of govt. face the foundational challenge of establishing democracy in the country. This involves bringing down the existing non-democratic govt. to keep the military away from capturing power and establishing a sovereign democratic state.

Long Answer Type Questions :

Question. Define Political Reform and explain the broad guidelines while devising ways and means of political reforms?
Carefully devised changes in law can help to discourage wrong political practices and encourage good ones.
Answer : • Laws are important in political reform m. carefully devised changes in law can help to discourage wrong political practices and encourage good ones.
• Any legal change must carefully look at what results it will have on politics. Example -The RTI Act.
• Democratic reforms are to be brought about principally through political practice.
• Any proposal for political reforms should think not only about what is a good solution but also about who will implement it and how.

Question. India faces the ‘Challenge of expansion’- Justify the given statement
Answer : • Most of the established democracies face the Challenge of expansion.
• This involves applying the basic principle of democratic government across all the regions, different social groups and various institutions.
• Ensuring greater power to local governments, inclusion of women and minority groups etc. fall under this challenge.
• This means that less and less decisions should remain outside the arena of democratic control.
• Extension of federal principle to all the units of the federation.
• A bill with a reservation of at least one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for women has been pending before the Parliament.