Chapter-3
Worksheet-1
Choose the correct option:
1. How many seats are reserved in the Lok Sabha for the Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes?
(a) 47
(b) 60
(c) 84
(d) 100
2. Our country is divided into:
(a) 500 constituencies
(b) 543 constituencies
(c) 550 constituencies
(d) 552 constituencies
3. The number of Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh is:
(a) 80
(b) 82
(c) 84
(d) 90
4. The number of Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi is:
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 7
5. The minimum age required for being a voter is:
(a) 25 years
(b) 21 years
(c) 18 years
(d) 15 years
6. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(a) The Chief Justice of India
(b) The Prime Minister of India
(c) The President of India
(d) The Law Minister of India
7. Who led the ‘Nyaya Yudh’?
(a) Chaudhary Charan Singh
(b) Chaudhary Devi Lal
(c) Ajit Singh
(d) None of these
8. Which of these is not a feature of Indian democracy?
(a) India has the largest number of voters in the world
(b) India’s Election Commission is very powerful
(c) In India, everyone above the age of 18 has a right to vote
(d) In India, the losing parties refuse to accept the electoral verdict
9. What is meant by the term ‘constituency’?
(a) Place where the copy of constitution is kept
(b) A particular area from where voters elect a representative to the Lok Sabha /
Vidhan Sabha
(c) A body of voters
(d) None of the above
10. In India, elections for which of these bodies are held after every five years?
(a) Rajya Sabha
(b) Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha
(c) Vidhan Parishad
(d) Only Lok Sabha
Answer the following Questions.
11. Rekha is an officer in-charge of ensuring free and fair elections in an
assembly constituency in a state. Describe what she should focus on for
each of the following stages of election:
(a) Election campaign
(b) Polling day
(c) Counting day
12. Can we draw the following conclusions from the information given in this
chapter? Give two facts to support your position for each of these.
(a) Election Commission of India does not have enough powers to conduct
free and fair elections in the country.
(b) There is a high level of popular participation in the elections in our
country.
(c) It is very easy for the party in power to win an election.
(d) Many reforms are needed to make our elections completely free and fair.
13. What do you mean by election? Why is it needed in a Democracy?
14. What choices are given to voters during elections?
15. Enumerate the demerits of an electoral competition?
16. How is electoral competition helpful to political parties and leaders to win
elections?
17. What is meant by ‘seat’ in elections? Explain with example.
18. Explain any three conditions which make the election process more
democratic.
19. Why were the Constitution makers worried about certain weaker sections of
the country? What did they do to bring them in the mainstream?
20. What legal declaration is required to be submitted by each candidate who
wishes to contest an election?
