If a student council is elected in a school but given no responsibility which weakness of broader democracy is seen?

Correct answer: The elected body has no real role

Answer: C. An election is meaningful only when the elected representatives have a genuine role, some responsibility and a way to answer to the people who elected them. Apply the idea step by step: students vote, a council is formed, and then the school must give it an appropriate area in which it can discuss issues, make suggestions or carry out agreed responsibilities. If the council can do nothing and its views have no effect, the election becomes largely symbolic. C identifies the weakness precisely: the elected body lacks a real role. A is unrelated because the difficulty of an election does not explain the absence of authority. B gives a number, not a democratic problem. D concerns the school’s size, which does not determine whether representation is meaningful. Memory cue: representation needs election plus responsibility plus accountability; an election without a role is only a formality.