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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 · consent,voting,governance
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  1. By keeping people outside governance
  2. By deciding the ruler by birth
  3. By showing approval of governance through voting
  4. By making the government permanent
Medium · Level 37 · performance test,government,voters
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  1. Because elections only give a holiday
  2. Because the government writes an exam paper
  3. Because polling station is in a school
  4. Because people can support or oppose the government's work
Medium · Level 37 · free and fair,legitimacy,elections
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  1. On a free and fair process
  2. Only on the ruler's wish
  3. On frightening voters
  4. On stopping opposition parties
Medium · Level 37 · informed voting,policy comparison,voter
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  1. Blind voting
  2. Informed voting
  3. Forced voting
  4. Hereditary voting
Medium · Level 37 · political parties,policies,choice
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  1. They end the right to vote
  2. They keep people silent
  3. They present policies and choices in an organised form
  4. They always rule without elections
Medium · Level 37 · disagreement,vote choice,peaceful politics
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  1. Damaging the polling station
  2. Hiding the voter list
  3. Using violence
  4. Voting for another candidate or party
Medium · Level 37 · election pressure,leader,accountability
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  1. He may pay more attention to people's needs
  2. He becomes completely separate from people
  3. He cancels elections
  4. He stops counting votes
Medium · Level 37 · mandate,election results,people approval
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  1. Because they tell weather conditions
  2. Because they show whom people allowed to govern
  3. Because they only tell names of parties
  4. Because they stop voters
Medium · Level 37 · equal suffrage,political voice,democracy
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  1. By giving more power to rich voters
  2. By excluding poor voters
  3. By giving every citizen an equal political voice in governance
  4. By giving decisions only to officials
Medium · Level 37 · competition,leaders,accountability
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  1. Because they always get office even after losing
  2. Because people do not vote
  3. Because there is no other candidate
  4. Because voters can choose another option for poor work
Medium · Level 37 · representative democracy,choosing representatives,need elections
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  1. People will not be able to decide who should govern on their behalf
  2. Voters will get too many options
  3. Government will change too quickly
  4. Political equality will increase
Medium · Level 37 · free voting,fear,election fairness
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  1. Presence of political parties
  2. Condition of free voting
  3. Distance of polling station
  4. Number of votes
Medium · Level 37 · accepting defeat,results,democracy
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  1. Because the losing party always rules
  2. Because it stops voting
  3. Because it respects people's decision and peaceful transfer of power
  4. Because it ends opposition
Medium · Level 37 · voter questions,campaign,accountability
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  1. Because leaders seek support from voters
  2. Because voters are separate from governance
  3. Because people remain silent in elections
  4. Because voters have no right
Medium · Level 37 · participation,government formation,representatives
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  1. Only in private life
  2. At the level of choosing representatives and forming government
  3. Only in entertainment
  4. Only in school sports
Medium · Level 37 · manifesto,policies,informed choice
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  1. It tells voters the promises and programmes of a party
  2. It takes away the right to vote
  3. It stops vote counting
  4. It ends the Election Commission
Medium · Level 37 · promises,accountability,voters
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  1. Preparing voter list
  2. Fixing accountability
  3. Decorating polling stations
  4. Celebrating festival
Medium · Level 37 · voting,counting,public choice
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  1. Private opinion of leaders
  2. Guess of officials
  3. Voting and counting of votes
  4. Weather forecast
Medium · Level 37 · real choice,democracy,competition
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  1. Because voters cannot really choose among different policies or candidates
  2. Because voters become too free
  3. Because people's control increases
  4. Because political participation becomes stronger
Medium · Level 37 · popular control,choose remove representatives,power
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  1. By keeping power in one family
  2. By giving the ability to choose and remove representatives
  3. By stopping people from voting
  4. By banning opposition parties