9th Class Social Science Electoral Politics

  • question_answer 1)
    The time is after midnight. An expectant crowd sitting for the past five hours in a chowk of the town is waiting for its leader to come. The organisers assure and reassure the crowd that he would be here any moment. The crowd stands up whenever a passing vehicle comes that way. It arouses hopes that he has come. The leader is Mr. Devi Lal, chief of the Haryana Sangharsh Samiti, who was to address a meeting in Karnal on Thursday night. The 76-year-old leader is a very busy man these days. His day starts at 8 a.m. and ends after 11 p.m.... he had already addressed nine election meetings since morning... been constantly addressing public meetings for the past 23 months and preparing for this election.
      Jagdeep and Navpreet read this story and drew the following conclusions. Can you say which of these are right or wrong (or if the information given in the story is inadequate to call them right or wrong)   (i) Elections can lead to changes in the policy of the government. (ii) The Governor invited Devi Lal to become the Chief Minister because he was impressed with his speeches. (iii) People are unhappy with every rulling party and vote against it in the next election. (iv) The party that wins the election forms the government. (v) The election led to a lot of economic development in Haryana. (vi) The Congress Chief Minister need not have resigned after his party lost elections.                                               

    Answer:

    (i) Right (ii) Wrong (iii) Wrong (iv) Inadequate information (v) Wrong (vi) Inadequate information  


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