Whom can the Election Commission give directions to?

Correct answer: Election officials

Correct answer: B, election officials. The Election Commission supervises and regulates the conduct of elections. To do this, it can issue necessary directions and instructions to officials who organise polling, maintain election records, implement procedures and assist with counting. Such directions help ensure that the same rules are followed and that the election is conducted impartially. Option B is correct because election officials are directly involved in carrying out the electoral process. Option A is wrong because students as a group are not the officials responsible for conducting elections. Option C is wrong because shopkeepers do not administer polling merely because they run businesses. Option D is wrong because players have no special role in election administration. The Commission’s directions are connected with its constitutional responsibility to conduct elections properly; they are not personal instructions to every citizen. Memory cue: the Election Commission directs the election machinery, especially officials, so that voting remains orderly and fair.