**75 Objective Type Questions** with Solutions of **What is Democrcay? Why Democrcay?** Class 9th**

1. ZANU-PF stands for:-

(a) Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front

(b) Zimbabwe Asian National Union- Patriotic Front

(c) Zimbabwe African National United- Political front

(d) Zimbabwe Asian New United- Political front

Answer: (a) Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front

2. What kind of government is there in China?

(a) Democracy

(b) Communist

(c) Dictatorship

(d) Military Rule

     Answer: - Communist

3. How many members are elected to the National People’s Congress from all over China?

a) 3050

b) 3000

c) 4000

d) 2000

     Answer: (b) 3000

4. Which party always won elections in Mexico since its independence in 1930 until 2000?

a) Revolutionary Party

b) Mexican Revolutionary Party

c) Institutional Revolutionary Party

d) Institutional Party

      Answer: (c) Institutional Revolutionary Party 

5. When did Zimbabwe attain independence and from whom?

a) 1970, from Black minority rule

b) 1880, from White minority rule

c) 1980, from Americans

d) 1980, from White minority rule

      Answer: (d) 1980, from White minority rule

6. Which of these features is/are necessary to provide the basic rights to the citizens?

a) Citizens should be free to think

b) should be free to form associations

c) Should be free to raise protest

d) All the above

      Answer: (d) All the above

7. What is Constitutional Law?

a) Provisions given in the Constitution

b) Law to make Constitution

c) Law to set up Constituent Assembly

d) none of the above

      Answer: (a) Provisions given in the Constitution

8. Some of the drawbacks of democracy is

(a) Instability and delays

(b) corruption and hypocrisy

(c) Politicians fighting among themselves

(d) all the above

Answer: (d) all the above

9. In which period did China face one of the worst famines that have occurred in the world?

(a) 1932-36

(b) 1958-61

(c) 2001-2002

(d) 2004-2007

Answer: (b) 1958-61

10. Democracy improves the quality of decision-making because

(a) Decisions are taken by educated people

(b) Decisions are taken by consultation and discussion

(c) Decisions are taken over a long period of time

(d) All decisions are approved by judiciary

Answer: (b) Decisions are taken by consultation and discussion

11. The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of

(a) Limited democracy

(b) representative democracy

(c) Maximum democracy

(d) none of the above

Answer: (b) representative democracy

12. Which of these is an example of perfect democracy?

(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) India

(d) None of the above

Answer: (d) None of the above

13. How does the definition of democracy help us?

(A) To separate democracy from forms of government that are clearly not democratic

(B) So that we can get voting rights

(C) To figure out what lies in A Democracy

(D) None

Answer: (A) To separate democracy from forms of government that are clearly not democratic 

16.  How were the rulers of Myanmar elected?

a) Dictatorship

b) By the people

c) Those who happened to be in control of the army became the rulers

d) Monarchy

Answer: Those who happened to be in control of the army became the rulers

17. How are the rulers of Saudi Arabia elected?

a) By the people

b) Rule of the army

c) because they happen to be born into the royal family

d) None

Answer: because they happen to be born into the royal family

18. Which body in Indian political system is an example of direct democracy?

a) Zila Parishad

b) Panchayat Samiti

c) Gram Sabha

d) Vidhan Sabha

Answer: Gram Sabha

19.  Which officials must be elected for any government to be called a democracy?

a) Certain people from different constituencies passing the criteria to be elected

b) Any adult of the country

c) Only Bureaucratics

d) Heads of different organizations 

Answer: Certain people from different constituencies passing the criteria to be elected

20. In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup in …..?

a) 1999

b) 1998

c) 1997

d) 1996

Answer : 1999

21.  He overthrew a democratically elected government and declared himself the ‘Chief Executive’ of the country. Later he changed his designation to President and in 2002. Which President of Pakistan was this?

a) General Pervez Musharraf

b) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 

c) Farooq Leghari

d) Muhammad Mian Soomro

Answer: General Pervez Musharraf

 22. In a democracy the final decision making power must rest with …….?

a) The official heads

b) The monarchs

c) Those elected by the people. 

d) None

Answer: Those elected by the people. 

23. In China, elections are regularly held after every ……. years for electing the country’s parliament?

a) 4 

b) 5

c) 6

d) 3

Answer: 5

24. What is the Chinese Parliament called?

a) National People’s Congress

b) Chinese Communist Party

c) The Communit party of China

d) Peoples Congress

Answer: National People’s Congress

25. It has nearly ……. members elected from all over China?

a) 2000

b) 3000

c) 2500

d) 3500

Answer: 3000

26. When did Zimbabwe become independent?

a) 1979

b) 1981

c) 1980

d) 1982

Answer: 1980

27. Mexico holds elections after every ….. years to elect its President.

a) 5

b) 4

c) 6

d) 3

Answer: 6

28. Which country has never been under a military or dictator’s rule?

a) Cuba

b) Mexico

c) India

d) Nepal

30. In which year in Saudi Arabia women got the right to vote. 

a) 2013

b) 2014

c) 2015

d) 2016

Answer: 2015

31. Estonia has made its citizenship rules in such a way that people belonging to Russian minority find it difficult to get…….

a) The economic rights

b) The right to vote

c) Right to women's vote

d) All

Answer: The right to vote

32. In a democracy, each adult citizen must have 

a) Must have one vote 

b) Each vote must have one value

c) A and B

d) None

Answer: A and B

33. Zimbabwe attained independence from …………… rule in 1980?

a) Britisher

b) White Minorities

c) White majorities

d) Europeans

Answer: White Minorities

34. Zimbabwe’s leader…………….ruled the country since independence.

a) Robert Mugabe

b) John Beten

c) Bean Achebe

d) Guten Zugab

Answer: Robert Mugabe

35. Over the years Mugabe’s government changed the constitution ……….times to increase the powers of the President

a) 5 

b) 3

c) Several

d) None

Answer: Several

36. What kind of oppression did Mugabe give his people?

a) Opposition party workers were harassed and their meeting disrupted.

b) Public protests and demonstrations against the government were declared illegal

c) There was a law that limited the right to criticise the President

d) All

Answer: All

37. When was Mugabe forced out of office?

a) 2018

b) 2017

c) 2016

d) 2019

Answer: 2017

38. What requirements do the people of the state need before elections?

a) They should be free to think

b) To have opinions

c) To form associations

d) All

Answer: All of the above

39. What requirements do the people of the state need after elections?

a) Every office bearer has certain rights and responsibilities assigned by the constitution and the law

b) To respect some guarantees to the minorities.

c) Each of these is accountable not only to the people but also to other independent officials

d) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

40. A democratic government rules within limits set by constitutional law and citizens’ rights.

a) True

b) False

c) Maybe

d) None

Answer: True

41. Which is true of democracy?

a) By the people for the people

b) Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability

c) Democracy is all about political competition and power play

d) Elected leaders do not know the best interest of the people

Answer: By the people for the people

42. China’s famine of ……... was the worst recorded famine in world history?

a) 1954-57

b) 1958-61

c) 1952-55

d) 1956-59

Answer: 1958-61

 43.  Democracy is based on….?

a) Discussions and meetings are amongst few

b) Discussions and meetings occur when a number of people put their heads together

c) No discussions

d) Unruly crowded meetings with no formal decision

Answer: Discussions and meetings occur when a number of people put their heads together

44.  Democracy is better than other forms of government because

a) It allows change 

b) Allows voting

c) Allows right to opinion

d) It allows us to correct its own mistakes

Answer: It allows us to correct its own mistakes

45. In any society, people are bound to have difference of opinions and interests. Which is a better way of dealing with these conflicts?

(a) By brutal power exercised by the government

(b) By allowing one group to dictate terms to others

(c) By providing equal opportunities to all

(d) By opting for a strong leader who should have all the powers

Answer: By providing equal opportunities to all

46. In which of these cases can democracy not provide a complete solution?

(a) Removing poverty completely

(b) Providing education to all

(c) Giving jobs to all

(d) All the above

Answer: Answer: (d) All the above

47. Some of the drawbacks of democracy are

(a) instability and delays

(b) corruption and hypocrisy

(c) politicians fighting among themselves

(d) all the above

Answer: (d) all the above

48. Which of these is permitted under the Rule of Law?

(a) Prime Minister can be punished for violating the Constitution.

(b) Police has a right to kill anybody.

(c) Women can be paid lesser salaries.

(d) President can rule for as long as he wants.

Answer: (a) Prime Minister can be punished for violating the Constitution.

49. Which of these statements is/are correct in the case of Zimbabwe?

(a) Popular governments are always democratic

(b) Popular governments can be undemocratic

(c) Popular leaders can be autocratic

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

50. Which party has ruled Zimbabwe since its independence and who is its ruler?

(a) ZANU-PF, Robert Mugabe

(b) ZANU-PF, Kenneth Kaunda

(c) Zimbabwe Freedom Party, Nelson Mandela

(d) Zimbabwe Party, P Johnson

Answer: (a) ZANU-PF, Robert Mugabe

51. Why can the Chinese government not be called a democratic government even though elections are held there?

(a) Army participates in election

(b) Government is not accountable to the people

(c) Some parts of China are not represented at all

(d) Government is always formed by the Communist Party

Answer: (d) Government is always formed by the Communist Party

52. Who led a military coup in Pakistan in 1999?

(a) Benazir Bhutto

(b) Nawaz Sharif

(c) Pervez Musharraf

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Pervez Musharraf

53. In which case was the real power with external powers and not with the locally elected representatives?

(a) India in Sri Lanka

(b) US in Iraq

(c) USSR in Communist Poland

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

54. The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of

(a) limited democracy

(b) representative democracy

(c) maximum democracy

(d) none of the above

Answer: (b) representative democracy

55. How does democracy allow us to correct its own mistakes?

(a) Mistakes are hidden and cannot be corrected

(b) Re-electing the same government to enable it to correct its mistakes

(c) The rulers can be changed

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) The rulers can be changed

56. Democracy improves the quality of decision-making because

(a) decisions are taken by educated people

(b) decisions are taken by consultation and discussion

(c) decisions are taken over a long period of time

(d) all decisions are approved by judiciary

Answer: (b) decisions are taken by consultation and discussion

57. What is Constitutional Law?

(a) Provisions given in the Constitution

(b) Law to make Constitution

(c) Law to set up Constituent Assembly

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Provisions given in the Constitution

58. Which organ of the government is required to protect the rights of the citizens?

(a) Executive

(b) Legislature

(c) Independent judiciary

(d) Police

Answer: (c) Independent judiciary

59. Teachers used to force parents to vote for PRI in which of the following country?

(a) Mexico

(b) Zimbabwe

(c) Pakistan

(d) China

Answer: Mexico

60. Which of these features is/are necessary to provide the basic rights to the citizens?

(a) Citizens should be free to think

(b) Should be free to form associations

(c) Should be free to raise protest

(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above

61. Which party always won elections in Mexico since its independence in 1930 until 2000?

(a) Revolutionary Party

(b) Mexican Revolutionary Party

(c) Institutional Revolutionary Party

(d) Institutional Party

Answer: (c) Institutional Revolutionary Party

62. ‘One person, one vote’ means

(a) One person is to be voted by all

(b) One person has one vote and each vote has one value

(c) A person can vote only once in his life

(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer: (b) One person has one vote and each vote has one value

63. What kind of government is there in Myanmar?

(a) Government elected by the people

(b) Communist government

(c) Army rule

(d) Monarchy

Answer: (c) Army rule

64. NPC stands for-

(a) New people’s Congress

(b) National people Congress

(c) New Political Council

(d) National Political Congress

Answer: New People’s Congress

65. PRI stand for…

(a) Party Revolutionary Institutional

(b) Institutional Revolutionary Party

(c) Political Revolutionary India

(d) Polity revolution Iran

Answer: Institutional Revolutionary Party

66. ………..is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people?

(a) Dictatorship

(b) Non Demoractic Government

(c) Monarchy

(d) Democracy

Answer: Democracy

67. The word ‘Democracy’ comes from the Greek word –

(a) Democracia

(b) Demokratia

(c) Demos

(d) Kratia

Answer: (b) Demokratia

68. The head of the government in Nepal is the:

(a) President

(b) Prime Minister

(c) King

(d) Vice President

Answer: (a) President

69. In which case was the real power with external powers and not with the locally elected representatives?

(a) India in Sri Lanka

(b) US in Iraq

(c) USSR in Communist Poland

(d) Both (b) and (c)

 Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

70. In which year Military took place in Pakistan during Nawaz Sharif’s Government?

(a) 2002

(b) 1999

(c) 2006

(d) 1998

Answer: 1999

71. In 2002 by whom a “Legal Framework Order” issued? 

(a) Nawaz Sharif

(b) Robert Mugabe

(c) General Pervez Musharraf

(d) Narendra Modi

Answer: (c) General Pervez Musharraf

72. Which Country holds election after every six years?

(a) China

(b) Zimbabwe

(c) India

(d) Mexico

Answer: Mexico

73. Every citizen of 18 years and above has right to vote is known as -

(a) One Person, One Vote

(b) Universal Adult Franchise

(c) Right to vote

(d) Right to equality

Answer: (b) Universal Adult Franchise

74. Which form of government do not include all citizens in politics?

(a) Dictatorship

(b) Monarchy

(c) One Party Rule

(d) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

75. Which country is the example of the undemocratic government?

(a) Mexico

(b) Zimbabwe

(c) China

(d) All of the above

Answer: All of the above