✓ Board-verified
Social Science · 2024 · 5 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 2 · Set 2 · Q32
How are democratic governments accountable, responsible and legitimate ? Explain.How does democracy promote social justice and equality? Explain.
How are democratic governments accountable, responsible and legitimate ? Explain.
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.
OR
(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. caste, gender etc.
More from Outcomes of Democracy
- "Democracy is a better form of government than any other alternative." Analyse the statement. OR Analyse the…2022 · asked 3×
- In a democratic country the government adopts environment friendly policies with the help of citizens and…2025 · asked 3×
- Which type of government is likely to be more acceptable to the people in the world?2023 · asked 3×
- "There is an overwhelming support for the idea of democracy all over the world." Support the statement with…2023 · asked 3×
- Which one of the following is the most popular form of government in the contemporary world?2023 · asked 3×
- Differentiate between democracy and dictatorship.2026 · asked 3×
- "Democracy's ability to generate its own support is itself an outcome that cannot be ignored." Analyse the…2022 · asked 3×
- Which one of the following is not true about a democratic government?2023 · asked 3×
CBSE Class 10 Social Science past-paper question from the 2024board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.