What is the main meaning of one person, one vote, one value?
This principle treats every eligible citizen's vote as equal. Exam tip: connect it with political equality.
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In this Class 9 Civics topic from “What is Democracy? Why Democracy?”, students explore the democratic principle that every citizen’s vote should carry equal value. They learn how universal adult franchise supports political equality, gives citizens a role in choosing representatives, and connects voting with participation and accountability. The topic also helps students understand why equal voting rights are essential for representative government and how democracy seeks to include people from different social and economic backgrounds.
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This principle treats every eligible citizen's vote as equal. Exam tip: connect it with political equality.
Equal vote value makes citizens politically equal. Exam tip: treat vote equality as a condition of democracy.
Giving two votes is against equal political value. Exam tip: remember one vote for each person.
This principle shows political equality in voting. Exam tip: connect it with democratic rights.
The direct answer is D: both votes should have equal value. The democratic principle “one person, one vote, one value” means that each eligible citizen gets one vote and each vote should count equally, regardless of wealth, caste, gender, religion, or social position. The reasoning is: a rich person and a poor person are both citizens; each has one lawful vote; neither person’s money should multiply the political weight of that vote; therefore both votes must carry equal value. Option A is wrong because democracy rejects wealth-based political superiority. Option B is wrong because poor citizens do not lose their voting rights merely because they are poor. Option C is wrong because the question asks about value, and democratic equality requires the same value, not different value. Option D is correct because political equality means equal voting power. This does not mean people have identical opinions or identical incomes; it means their lawful votes count equally in choosing the government. Memory cue: money may differ, but democratic vote value does not.
Equal value means every vote has equal importance. Exam tip: understand importance and value together.
Giving vote only to educated people limits broad political participation. Exam tip: connect franchise with equal participation.
This principle gives equal political status to all eligible citizens. Exam tip: remember eligible citizens and equal status together.
Vote value should not differ on wealth, caste, or position. Exam tip: remember non-discriminatory voting.
In democracy, citizens' votes should have equal value. Exam tip: connect this principle with democratic elections.
The vote of an officer and a common citizen should have equal value. Exam tip: identify position-based inequality.
Equal vote value makes citizens politically equal. Exam tip: study equality and voting rights together.
Direct answer: Option A is correct: each eligible person gets one vote. The phrase ‘one person, one vote, one value’ expresses political equality. First, identify the unit: the person, not the family, village or official. Second, an eligible citizen receives one vote in the election. Third, that vote has equal weight with another eligible citizen’s vote. Option A states the first part accurately. Option B is wrong because families are not the basic voting unit; adult eligible individuals are. Option C is wrong because villages do not vote as single units in this principle. Option D is wrong because officials do not receive extra votes; giving them five votes would violate equality. The exact age and eligibility rules may be set by election law, but the principle remains person-based equality. Memory cue: count citizens, not families, villages or status.
The direct answer is A: every vote has equal importance. “One person, one vote, one value” expresses political equality. Step by step: one person receives one vote; that vote is counted once; the vote of a rich person, poor person, leader, worker, woman, or man has the same formal value; no voter gets extra voting power merely because of status; therefore every vote has equal importance. Option A states the meaning exactly. Option B is wrong because no valid vote is automatically useless. Option C is wrong because a leader’s vote is not officially worth more than another person’s vote. Option D is wrong because poverty does not reduce the value of a citizen’s vote. Exam cue: “one value” means equal weight, not equal income or identical opinions.
Votes of eligible citizens from every area should have equal value. Exam tip: understand regional inequality as wrong.
Universal adult franchise gives broad and equal voting rights. Exam tip: treat it as a condition of democracy.
Direct answer: Option A is correct: the principle is related to the right to vote. ‘One person, one vote, one value’ has two connected ideas: eligible individuals should be able to participate in elections, and each person’s vote should have equal importance. Thus it concerns a political right, not an ordinary personal or economic activity. Option A is correct because it names the right directly. Option B is wrong because travel is a freedom of movement, not the equality of electoral participation. Option C is wrong because trade concerns economic activity and does not explain equal votes. Option D is wrong because playing is a recreational activity unrelated to choosing representatives. The principle supports equal citizenship: a person’s wealth, caste, gender or social position should not give the vote greater weight. Memory cue: when you see ‘one vote, one value’, think equal political voting rights.
Stopping voting on caste basis is against democracy. Exam tip: remember non-discriminatory franchise.
The direct answer is A: political discrimination. Equal vote value means that citizens should not receive more or less political power because of wealth, caste, religion, gender, occupation, or social position. Step by step: each eligible citizen’s vote is counted with the same weight; privileged groups cannot claim extra votes; disadvantaged groups do not have their votes discounted; political participation becomes more equal; therefore political discrimination is reduced. Option A is correct. Option B, voting secrecy, protects the privacy of choice but is a separate principle. Option C, election information, may be affected by education or media access and is not directly guaranteed by equal vote value. Option D, the voter list, identifies eligible voters and is an administrative record, not the equality principle itself. Memory cue: equal voting power is the opposite of political discrimination.
Vote value cannot differ on the basis of gender. Exam tip: connect gender equality with vote equality.
Property-based voting right limits equal participation. Exam tip: treat property-based franchise as unequal.
This principle treats the individual as the basic unit of voting. Exam tip: remember person-based equality.
In democracy, vote belongs to a person, not a family. Exam tip: remember separate vote for every eligible person.
Equal vote value gives importance to political voice of all eligible citizens. Exam tip: connect citizens' voice with voting.
‘One person, one vote, one value’ means that every adult citizen’s vote must have equal political weight. Therefore, it opposes unequal weight of votes. Secret ballots and free and fair elections are essential features of democracy, but they are not the direct meaning of this principle. Exam tip: connect this principle with political equality.
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