WorksheetsIntroduction to Democarcy
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
"The rule of few". A form of government in which a select group of people exercises control.
Democratic
Oligarchy
Republic
Meritocracy
Which are features of Democracy?
Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people.
Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers
The choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis
All the above
The government is always formed by the ____ Party in China.
Congress
Labour
Democratic
Communist
Democracy is better than other forms of government because
it is more accountable form of government
there is no possibility to do mistakes in democracy
democratic governments prepare an annual budget
people are given opportunities to participate directly in elections
Democracy cannot survive in the absence of
Freedom of press
Independence of judiciary
Rule of law
All of the above
Which of the following is not an essential feature of Democracy?
Free and fair elections
Universal Adult Franchise
Centralisation of power
Rule of law and respect for rights
Identify the argument for or support the democracy.
Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability.
Democracy is all about political competition and power play.
Elected leaders do not know about the best interest of the people
Democratic government is a responsible government.
Can you choose the statement from the list that is associated with Non-Democratic country --
The government elected by people via universal adult franchise
People are given basic rights
The parliament or elected assembly is supreme
People cannot change the ruler.
Which of these is not a good argument in favour of democracy?
People feel free and equal in a democracy
Democracies resolve conflict in a better ways than others
Democratic government is more accountable to the people
Democracies are more prosperous than others
Identify the arguments in the support of democracy or for democracy.
Democracy improves the quality of decision making
Democracy enhances the dignity of citizens
Democracy better than other forms of government because it allows us to correct it's mistakes.
All the above
Which is the last form of government that developed in ancient Greece?
monarchy
oligarchy
tyranny
democracy
What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?
Nobody should be a slave.
People should rule themselves.
Men and women should be equal.
Leaders should be both wise and good.
2) In a democracy, a citizen who wants to know if a decision was taken through the correct procedures can find this out – this is the hallmark of ______
a) Transparency
b) Lack of transparency
c) Opacity
d) Ambiguity
8) Which of the following statements are true?
a) Non-democratic regimes often turn a blind eye to or suppress internal social differences.
b) Ability to handle social differences, divisions and conflicts is thus a definite plus point of democratic regimes.
c) Democracies usually develop a procedure to conduct their competition.
d) All of the above.
System where citizens elect people to make decisions for them.
representative democracy
monarchy
tyranny
direct democracy
In which type of Democracy do people directly vote for laws?
Republic
Democratic
Direct
Representative
The word Democracy has 2 Greek roots:
Democ
Cratos
Demos
Cracis
Demos
Cratos
Democra
cratos
