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Social Science · 2025 · 5 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q32
(A) "Democratic governance is responsive to the expectations of citizens." Justify the statement with suitable arguments.
(A)
"Democratic governance is responsive to the expectations of citizens." Justify the statement with suitable arguments.
OR
(B)
"Democracy accommodates social diversity better than dictatorship." Justify the statement with suitable arguments.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Citizens in a democracy elect their leaders who form the government.
(ii) Leaders are accountable to the citizens.
(iii) Governments are bound to respond to the demands and expectations of the citizens.
(iv) Decision making by the government takes place through deliberation and negotiation.
(v) Citizens have right to get information about the government and its functioning.
(vi) Decision making is based on norms and procedures.
(vii) It is the people’s own government, and the government is answerable to the people.
(B) “Democracy accommodates social diversity better than dictatorship.” Justify the statement with suitable arguments.
(i) Democracy accommodates social divisions in a better way as opposed to dictatorships.
(ii) Democracies develop procedures to resolve conflict. Dictatorships supress conflicts.
(iii) Democracies develop systems to prevent tensions from becoming explosive or violent.Dictaorships impose decisions which may lead to violence.
(iv) Democracies evolve mechanisms to negotiate differences. Dictatorships suppress differences.
(v) Democracies work both with minority and majority.Dictatorships tend to work with the majority and dominate the minority.
(vi) Democracies support a majority government and not majoritarianism.Dictatorships follow majoritarianism.
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