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Civics

Why Do We Need Elections?

हमें चुनावों की आवश्यकता क्यों है?

In Class 9 Civics, under the chapter Electoral Politics, Why Do We Need Elections? explains why elections are essential in a democracy. Students learn how citizens choose representatives, hold governments accountable, replace leaders peacefully when needed, and give legitimacy to the government. The topic also highlights voting as a means for people to express their choices and expectations.

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Medium · Level 37 · party support,policies,vote
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  1. Its policies and programmes
  2. Only its colour
  3. Its office wall
  4. Its private food
Medium · Level 37 · vote counting,fair election,people choice
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  1. The real choice of people may be shown wrongly
  2. Voters will be more free
  3. Elections will be fairer
  4. Number of candidates will increase
Medium · Level 37 · dissatisfaction,dissent,vote
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  1. They turn dissatisfaction into decision through vote
  2. They always hide dissatisfaction
  3. They turn dissatisfaction into violence
  4. They make dissatisfaction a crime
Medium · Level 37 · fear,pressure,people control
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  1. When voters choose among options without pressure
  2. When voters vote under fear and pressure
  3. When results are openly declared
  4. When many candidates contest
Medium · Level 37 · check on power,periodic elections,rulers
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  1. By giving people the right to change them from time to time
  2. By giving rulers lifelong posts
  3. By stopping people from voting
  4. By banning opposition parties
Medium · Level 37 · issues,election debate,voter decision
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  1. So that voters can decide on real problems
  2. So that voters remain confused
  3. So that policies remain hidden
  4. So that only slogans remain
Medium · Level 37 · voter power,accountability,government
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  1. Answerable and alert toward people
  2. Distant and permanent from people
  3. Completely secret
  4. Without policies
Medium · Level 37 · eligible voters,voter list,fairness
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  1. Voting process may become disorganised and unfair
  2. Voter information will increase
  3. Fairness will automatically increase
  4. Competition will not end
Medium · Level 37 · citizens,participants,governance
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  1. Because they participate in choosing representatives and government
  2. Because they are stopped from voting
  3. Because they only watch results
  4. Because they are outside decision process
Medium · Level 37 · equal vote,political equality,democracy
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  1. Political equality
  2. Private wish of ruler
  3. Hereditary right
  4. Secret administration
Medium · Level 37 · public opinion,free fair elections,voting
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  1. Free and fair voting by voters
  2. Threatening voters
  3. Keeping only one candidate
  4. Counting votes wrongly
Medium · Level 37 · candidate comparison,democratic citizenship,informed voting
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  1. Because it helps in thoughtful voting
  2. Because it stops voting
  3. Because it keeps people silent
  4. Because it hides results
Medium · Level 37 · policy based voting,responsible voting,governance
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  1. Because it helps decide on issues related to governance
  2. Because it keeps voters away from information
  3. Because it is only personal liking
  4. Because it is separate from democracy
Medium · Level 37 · legitimacy,people approval,democratic government
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  1. Elections show that governance is formed by people's approval
  2. Elections hide people's approval
  3. Elections show only ruler's wish
  4. Elections are unrelated to legitimacy
Medium · Level 37 · dissatisfaction,constitutional path,vote
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  1. A path of opposition or change through vote
  2. A path of violence
  3. A path of abandoning voting
  4. A path of ending citizenship
Medium · Level 37 · opposition parties,alternative policies,choice
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  1. They give voters alternative policies and leadership
  2. They stop voting
  3. They remove people's choice
  4. They make government permanent forever
Medium · Level 37 · people voice,government accountability,vote
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  1. People's voice turns into vote and government is judged on that basis
  2. People's voice remains separate from government
  3. Government always stops people's voice
  4. Vote has no relation with accountability
Medium · Level 37 · need elections,representation,choice,accountability
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  1. Elections ensure representation choice accountability and peaceful transfer of power
  2. Elections are only for a holiday
  3. Elections exclude people from governance
  4. Elections make power hereditary
Medium · Level 37 · accountability,popular control,change government
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  1. To fix government accountability
  2. To hide the voter list
  3. To make elections only formal
  4. To make power hereditary
Medium · Level 46 · representative democracy,elections,people participation
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  1. They give people a real chance to choose representatives
  2. They exclude people from governance
  3. They decide representatives by birth
  4. They stop counting of votes