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    UNIT 5

    Other than these six parties, most of the


    major parties of the country are classified
    by the Election Commission as ‘State
    parties’. These are commonly referred
    to as regional parties
    Parties like
    the Samajwadi Party, Samata Party and
    Rashtriya Janata Dal have national level
    political organisation with units in several
    states. Some of these parties like Biju
    Janata Dal, Sikkim Democratic Front
    and Mizo National Front are conscious
    about their State identity
    Q6. +

    Q3. What is democracy? What are its various characteristics?


    Ans
    . Democracy is formed by two Greek words ‘‘demos’’ and “kratia”. “Demos” means people and
    “kratia” means the government. Democracy, thus, means “rule by the people”. In a democratic set-
    up, every citizen has the right to take a part in the decision-making process. It is a form of
    government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or
    by their elected agents under a free electoral system. Characteristics of democracy: (i) It promotes
    equality among citizens. (ii) It looks after the interest of the people. (iii) It allows room to correct
    mistakes.

    Q7.
    Democracy is a better form of government when compared with dictatorship or any other
    alternatives because it promotes equality among citizens, enhances the dignity of the individuals,
    improves the quality of decision-making, etc

    Q24. Democracy has not been successful in reducing economic inequalities. Give reasons to support
    your answer. (HOTS)
    Ans. (i) The wealth and means are accumulated in hands of a few people and their share in the total
    income of the country has been increasing. (ii) However, the people at the bottom of society find it
    difficult to meet even their basic needs of life such as food, clothing, house, education and health.
    Not only that, their incomes have been declining. (iii) The deprived people are a large ratio of voters
    and no party will like to lose their votes. (iv) Yet democratically elected governments do not appear
    to be attentive to the cause of the poor. Thus democracies do not appear to be very successful in
    reducing economic inequalities.

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