Forms Of Government And Democracy Forms Of Government And Democracy Online Test 9th Social Science

Today, many countries of the world follow different types of governments, they can be Aristocracy, monarchy, Oligarchy, Autocracy, Theocracy, Democracy and Republic.

The term Democracy is derived from two Greek words, Demos meaning people and cratia meaning power. Thus democracy literally means “the power of people”.

A Theocracy system of government form the basis from religious doctrines and it is headed by the priest who rules in the name of God or proclaims himself as a God. Example- Vatican

The Governance of nations differs significantly based on who has the power. There are different forms of government: Aristocracy: United Kingdom, Spain Monarchy: Bhutan, Oman, Qatar Autocracy: North Korea, Saudi Arabia Oligarchy: China, Venezuela, former Soviet union Theocracy: Vatican Democracy: India, USA, France

A Monarchy is a system of Government in which one person reigns supreme, usually a king or Queen (Constitutional Monarchy). Example: Bhutan, Oman, Qatar

Monarchy government in which one person reigns supreme, usually a King or Queen. Oligarchy is a small group of people having control of a country or organisation. India follows both democracy and republic government.

India became Republic on 26 Jan 1950. It is governed in accordance with the Constitution adopted on 26 November 1949.

The term republic was first coined in 500BCE in Rome. It is derived from res publica , a Latin word meaning Public matter.

A system of government in which eligible members in the population vote to elect their elected representatives. Only leaders elected by people should rule the country. People have the freedom to express views, freedom to organise and freedom to protest.

Democracy is a system of government in which the Supreme power is vested in the people of a country and people elect their representatives through elections.

The people of a Democratic country elect their representatives either directly or Indirectly through fair and free elections which are held periodically.

According to Mahatma Gandhi “True Democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the centre. It has to be worked from below by the people of every village".

In the Democracy form of government people elect their representatives through elections, and the final decision making power is given to those representatives.

Democracy began 2500 years ago in some of the city states of ancient Greece. It also existed in Ancient India in its Vedic period.

The Evolution towards a democracy is represented by the following values: Freedom, Equality, Liberty, Accountability, Transparency and Trust.

Kudavolai system was a very notable and unique feature of the village administration of the Chola Dynasty.

Chankya's Arthashastra gives the details about the basic unit of the Local government followed in ancient India.

There are two types of Democracies which refers to the kind of government or social structures to allow people to participate equally.

Direct Democracy or Pure democracy allows the people themselves directly express their will on Public Affairs.

India is an example of indirect democracy form of government which has a parliamentary to make laws for the country. The Indian parliamentary consists of the elected representatives of people.

The participation of people in decision making and the consent of citizens are the two important elements of the parliamentary form of government in India.

India is the largest Democratic country in the world. Democracy in India works on five basic principles.

The Preamble of the Indian constitution states the basic principles of Indian democracy which are given by Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic.

The Sixty first Amendment of the constitution of India Act, 1988 lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok sabha and to the Legislative assemblies of States from 21 to 18.

Every person who is a citizen of India who is not less than 18 years of age can exercise their right to vote in India. There is no discrimination based on a person's creed, caste, religion, Region, gender and education when it comes to providing the right to vote.

India has a Quasi-federal Government with elected representatives at the Federal, State and local levels.

The two Houses of Indian parliament are Lower house or Lok sabha or House of people and Rajya Sabha or Upper house or Council of States.

The part XV of the constitution of India consists of Articles on Elections. Article 324 states that the Superintendence, Direction and control of Elections to be vested in an Election Commission of India.

The President of India appoints the Prime Minister and all the Ministers who are the elected representatives of Lok sabha.

All the members of Lok sabha are directly elected through General elections. Two Anglo Indian Members can be nominated by the President of India to the Lok sabha.

The Members of the Rajya sabha, the Upper house of the Indian parliament are elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of the legislative assemblies of the States and Union Territories of India.

The President of India nominates 12 members to the Upper house or the Rajya sabha who were known for their contributions to Art, Literature, Science and Social Services.

The Parliament House in India was designed by the British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in 1912-1913. Much important architecture like The Presidential house was designed by these architects.

General Elections to the First Lok sabha were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952.

The Indian National Congress emerged victorious by winning 364 of 489 seats in the General Elections to the first Lok sabha.

The General elections to first Lok sabha since independence were held in India between 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952.Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Country.

The British India General Elections were held in 1920. The Members were elected to the Imperial Legislative Council and the Provincial Councils.

Democracy is the most dominant form of government in the contemporary world. It has not faced any serious challenges or a rival so far.

Indian Democracy has been appreciated for its working worldwide. Still there is a lot of scope for improvement some important steps to be taken to ensure smooth functioning of democracy in the country.

Indian democracy can be successful and vibrant only when its citizens imbibe and reflect in their behaviour the basic democratic values

The Mind-set and behaviour of the citizen of the country which follows the democratic system must be in tune with its conditions. They have to appreciate their desired roles like participation , making the system accountable, fulfilling obligations and playing proactive roles to actualize the goals of democracy.

Article 73(1) of the Indian constitution says that the executive power of the union shall extend to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws and to exercise of such rights, authority and jurisdiction as are exercisable by the government of India.

Abraham Lincoln one of the presidents of USA, defines democracy as a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

A Republic state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives and which has an elected or nominated President rather than a Monarch.