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What is Government — Question 5

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Gandhiji strongly believed that every adult in India should be given the right to vote. However, a few people don’t share his views. They feel that illiterate people, who are mainly poor, should not be given the right to vote. What do you think? Do you think this would be a form of discrimination? Give five points to support your view and share these with the class.
Answer

Answer:

  1. national
  2. democracy
  3. 1928
  4. vote
  5. Courts.

III. TRUE/FALSE

State whether the following statements are true CD or false (F).

  1. Kings and queens get their power from the people they rule.
  2. There was a time when the government did not allow women and the poor to participate in elections.
  3. It was Gandhiji who demanded that all adults have the right to vote.
  4. Men without property have no right to vote in a country like the USA.
  5. In India, everyone who is eighteen or above eighteen enjoys the right to vote.

Answer:

  1. False
  2. True
  3. True
  4. False
  5. True

IV.MATCHING SKILL

Match the items given in column A correctly with those given in column B.


Ans.(i)—(c), (ii)—(c), (iii)—(e), (iv)—(b), (v)—(a).

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