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Social Science · 2022 · 5 marks
CBSE 2022 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q9
"Democracy is attentive to the needs and demands of the people." Justify the statement."Democracies accomodate social diversities and provide dignity and freedom to the citizens." Justify the statement.
"Democracy is attentive to the needs and demands of the people." Justify the statement.
"Democracies accomodate social diversities and provide dignity and freedom to the citizens." Justify the statement.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Democracy ensures that decision making will be based on norms and procedure.
(ii) Every citizen has the right and means to examine the process of decision making.
(iii) Democratic governments are accountable, legitimate and transparent governments.
(iv) People have the right to choose their rulers.
(v) Democracy gives its citizens the right to information about the government.
(vi) A democratic government is the people’s own government and it is run by the people.
(vii) Democracy provides dignity and freedom to its citizens.
(viii) Democracy accommodates social diversity.
Or ‘‘Democracies accommodate social diversities and provide dignity and
b) freedom of the citizens.’’ Justify the statement.
(i) Democracy promotes dignity and freedom of the individual.
(ii) Every individual wants respect from fellow beings.
(iii) Long struggles by women have got them respect and equal treatment.
(iv) In many democracies, women were deprived of their right to vote for a long time which they have achieved now.
(v) Women can now wage a struggle against what is now unacceptable legally and morally..
(vi) Democracy has strengthened the claims of the disadvantaged and discriminated castes for equal status and equal opportunity.
(vii) Constitution provides provisions for the protection of our rights.
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CBSE Class 10 Social Science past-paper question from the 2022board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.