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Social Science · 2024 · 5 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 2 · Set 2 · Q32
(a) How are democratic governments accountable, responsible and legitimate? Explain.
(a)
How are democratic governments accountable, responsible and legitimate ? Explain.
OR
(b)
How does democracy promote social justice and equality? Explain.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Decision making is based on deliberation and negotiation for better decision making.
(ii) Follows norms and procedures.
(iii) Citizens provided rights and means to examine the process of decision making.
(iv) Open public debates on major policies .
(v) Government is attentive to the needs of people.
(vi) People have right to choose their representatives through regular, free and fair elections.
(vii) People have control over the rulers.
(b) How does democracy promote social justice and equality? Democracy tries to promote social justice and equality:
(i) Democracies develop a procedure to conduct their competition.
(ii) This reduces the possibility of discrimination and better accommodates various social divisions.
(iii) Majority works with minority to represent the general view.
(iv) Democracies are better able to evolve mechanisms to handle and negotiate the social differences, divisions and conflicts.
(v) Democracy recognises the principle of equality.
(vi) Equality before law again ensures equality and social justice.
(vii) Equality of opportunities and equal right to vote irrespective of class, caste, gender etc.
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