This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Political Science > What Is Democracy Why Democracy > Class 9 Political Science Chapter 1 What Is Democracy Why Democracy – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Political Science Chapter 1 What Is Democracy Why Democracy Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which year General Pervez Musharraf held a referendum in the country that granted him a five year extension. A) 2001. B) 2000. C) 2002. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2002. 2. Dictators like Pinochet are elected by people A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. What makes India Democratic? A) Rule of law. B) Periodic elections. C) Fundamental Rights. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. When did Mexico got its independence? A) 1930. B) 1946. C) 1936. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1930. 5. The parliament of China is known as the ..... A) Duma. B) Communist House. C) National People's Congress. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National People's Congress. 6. The term democracy is derived from the Greek words ..... A) Demos and Kratos. B) Ladies and Cruton. C) Deme and Crata. D) Demos and Cracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demos and Kratos. 7. Which one of the following goes against Democracy? A) Periodic elections. B) Two party system. C) One party rule. D) Multi party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One party rule. 8. In August 2002 why did General Pe4vez Musharraf issued a 'Legal Framework Order'? A) To extend his rule for another 5 years. B) To change his designation to President. C) To amend the constitution of Pakistan. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To amend the constitution of Pakistan. 9. China cannot be called a democracy as A) It is ruled by multiple parties. B) It does not have a strong opposition. C) A single party rules the nation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A single party rules the nation. 10. In which country Russian minority find it difficult to get the right to vote. A) Denmark. B) Saudi Arabia. C) Fiji. D) Estonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estonia. 11. Democracy originated in A) Egypt. B) USA. C) France. D) Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greece. 12. In a democracy, people are subjects of a ruler, they are the ..... themselves. A) Decision makers. B) Executive. C) Rulers. D) Planners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rulers. 13. The full form of PRI is ..... A) Pelingita Resource Index. B) People's Republic of India. C) People's Republic of India. D) Institutional Revolutionary Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Institutional Revolutionary Party. 14. In a democracy the final decision making power must rest with ..... ? A) Those elected by the people. B) The monarchs. C) The official heads. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those elected by the people. 15. Since 1930, which country holds elections after every six years and which has never been under a military or dictators rule? A) Mexico. B) Ghana. C) Zimbabwe. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mexico. 16. Which of these is not a good argument in favour of democracy? A) People feel free and equal in a democracy. B) Democracies resolve conflict in a better ways than others. C) Democratic government is more accountable to the people. D) Democracies are more prosperous than others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democracies are more prosperous than others. 17. Until when did women in Saudi Arabia did'nt have the right to vote? A) 2015. B) 2014. C) 2016. D) 2017. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2015. 18. Democracy word has been derived from the Greek word ..... A) Democracy. B) Demoralized. C) Demographic. D) Demon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 19. What is the full of PRI *? A) Institutional Revolutionary Party. B) Institute Revolutionary Party. C) People's Revolutionary Party. D) Institutional People's Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Institutional Revolutionary Party. 20. Which organ of the government is required to protect the rights of the citizens? A) Executive. B) Police. C) Legislature. D) Independent judiciary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independent judiciary. 21. Democracy enhances the ..... of the Citizens A) Rights. B) Power. C) Dignity. D) Interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dignity. 22. With whom do the final powers rest in Pakistan? A) Elected leaders. B) President. C) Army Officials. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Army Officials. 23. The worst recorded famine in world history is: A) Japanese famine. B) China's famine. C) Bengal famine. D) American famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China's famine. 24. How does democracy allows 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rulers can be changed. 25. The Thirty Years' War lasted in the years A) 1613-1643. B) 1615-1645. C) 1618-1648. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1618-1648. 26. ..... s/are the real source of power in a democratic country. A) People. B) Aristocrats. C) The judiciary. D) The parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People. 27. Democratically elected rulers can do whatever they wish to because it is the people who had elected them A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 28. In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup ..... A) October 1998. B) October 1999. C) December 2002. D) September 2002. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) October 1999. 29. Which of the following is not the principal of democracy? A) Rule of law. B) Equality. C) Rule of Minority. D) Rule of Majority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule of Minority. 30. Whose approval is needed in China to contest elections? A) National Communist Party. B) Chinese Communist Party. C) Chinese People's Congress. D) National People's Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chinese Communist Party. 31. Mexico gained independence in 1930. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the electoral process in Mexico? A) Mexico has never been under a military or dictator's rule. B) Till 2000, every election was by the PRI. C) Teachers of government schools used to force parents to vote for the PRI. D) Mexico holds elections after every five years to elect its President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico holds elections after every five years to elect its President. 32. Choose the drawbacks of democracy are A) Instability and delays. B) Corruption. C) Politicians fighting among themselves. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. In a democracy the final decision-making power must rest with whom? A) Those who are in military. B) The head of the state. C) Those elected by the people. D) The King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those elected by the people. 34. The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of A) Unlimited democracy. B) Representative democracy. C) Direct democracy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representative democracy. 35. Political competition causes ..... and ..... in every locality A) Creativity and spontaneousness. B) Criminality and fraud. C) Distrust and compromise. D) Disunity and factionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disunity and factionalism. 36. In which country women did not have the right to vote? A) Mexico. B) Estonia. C) Fiji. D) Saudi Arabia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saudi Arabia. 37. A democratic government is better than a non-democratic government because? A) It may and can respond to the people's need. B) It fulfill all the wish of people. C) It is a more accountable form of government. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a more accountable form of government. 38. China violates which feature of Democracy A) Free and fair election. B) Rule of Law. C) One person one vote. D) Respect for Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free and fair election. 39. Democracy must be based on A) Coalition. B) Free and fair election. C) One Party System. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free and fair election. 40. Democracy is based on the fundamental principle of ..... A) Socialism. B) Capitalism. C) Equality. D) Secularism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equality. 41. Who is the President of Zimbabwe? A) Adolf Hitler. B) Robert Mugabe. C) Abraham Lincoln. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Mugabe. 42. Which party won election in Mexico till the year 2000? A) Revolutionary Party of Mexico. B) Institutional Revolutionary Party. C) Institutional Party of Mexico. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Institutional Revolutionary Party. 43. Popular governments can be undemocratic and its leaders autocratic. This can be said in the context of A) China. B) Saudi Arabia. C) Mexico. D) Zimbabwe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zimbabwe. 44. People who do not accept the country's official religion, do not have a right to vote A) Democratic. B) Undemocratic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undemocratic. 45. How many members are elected to the National People's Congress from all over China? A) 4050. B) 4000. C) 3000. D) 3050. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3000. 46. Identify the arguments in the support of democracy or for democracy. A) Democracy improves the quality of decision making. B) Democracy enhances the dignity of citizens. C) Democracy better than other forms of government because it allows us to correct it's mistakes. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 47. Which one of the following is not the method of direct democracy? A) Referendum. B) Political parties. C) Plebiscite. D) Initiative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political parties. 48. India Practices the ..... form of democracy A) Direct. B) Representative. C) Responsible. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representative. 49. In August 2002, President Musharraf issued a 'Legal Framework Order' that: A) Changed the policies of the country. B) Changed the borders of the country. C) Amended the constitution of Pakistan. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amended the constitution of Pakistan. 50. How old do you have to be to vote? A) 18. B) 21. C) 1 day. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18. 51. What kind of government is there in Myanmar? A) Army rule. B) Elected by the people. C) One party rule. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Army rule. 52. Which party always won elections in Mexico since its independence in 1930 until 2000? A) Revolutionary Party. B) Instructional Revolutionary Party. C) Institutional Party. D) Institutional Revolutionary Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Institutional Revolutionary Party. 53. Since its independence in 1930, Mexico holds elections after every: A) Seven years to elect its President. B) Four years to elect its President. C) Six years to elect its President. D) Five years to elect its President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Six years to elect its President. 54. Estonia has build it's citizenship rules in such that people belonging to A) American Minority cannot vote. B) Russian Minority cannot vote. C) African Minority cannot vote. D) Fijian Minority cannot vote. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russian Minority cannot vote. 55. The worst recorded famine took place in A) Saudi Arabia 1898-1912. B) Fiji 1945-1953. C) China 1958-1961. D) Africa 1991-1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China 1958-1961. 56. Before contesting elections in China, whose approval does a candidate need to have? A) CCP. B) At. C) The President. D) Zanu pf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CCP. 57. Which of the following factors are responsible for limiting the success of Democracy? A) Widespread corruption. B) Malpractices in elections. C) Economic inequality. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 58. Identify the argument for or support the democracy. A) Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability. B) Democracy is all about political competition and power play. C) Elected leaders do not know about the best interest of the people. D) Democratic government is a responsible government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democratic government is a responsible government. 59. Which of the following steps should be taken for the success of democracy? A) Control on press. B) Development of the feeling of provincialism. C) Control on judiciary. D) Spread of education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spread of education. 60. The political party of Mexico that was charged with corruption was the ..... A) At. B) Zanu pf. C) Communist Party. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 Political Science Chapter 1 What Is Democracy Why Democracy Quiz 1Class 9 Political Science Chapter 1 What Is Democracy Why Democracy Quiz 3Class 9 Political Science Chapter 1 What Is Democracy Why Democracy Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books