Chapter – 7 Outcome of Democracy
Characteristics of Democracy: Promotes equality, enhances the dignity of the individual, improves the quality of decision making, and provides methods to resolve conflicts, accommodates correct mistakes.
Monarchy: The government ruled by the monarchy or king of the country.
Dignity: The word denotes privileged position, honourable rank or importance given to any particular post or personality.
Outcome of democracy: Political position, honourable rank or importance given to any particular post or personality.
Poverty:- It is a socio-economic phenomenon which in general terms is the denial of opportunities to lead a long, healthy, creative life and to enjoy a decent standard of living.
Inequality: Absence of equal opportunities, equal treatment and equal status at any level, social, economic or political is known as inequality.
Civil Liberties: These are privileges or rights thought to be valuable in themselves and important for the functioning of democratic society.
Transparency: A person has the right and means to examine the process of decision making. This is known as transparency.Accountable government: A government which is answerable to the people.Responsive government: A government that takes decisions by following the norms and a proper procedure.
Q. 1. Why democracy preferred as the better form of government than dictatorship?
Ans. Democracy is better than dictatorship because:
1. Promotes equality among citizens.
2. Enhances the dignity among citizens.
3. Improves the quality of decision making.
4. Provides a method to resolve conflicts
5. Allows room to correct mistakes.
Q. 2. Why is democracy better than other forms of government?
Ans. Promotes the dignity of the individual.
1. Improves the quality of decision making.
2. Provides a method to resolve conflicts.
3. Allows a room to correct mistakes.
Q. 3. ‘Democratic government is a legitimate government.’ Explain.
Ans.
1. A democratic government is people’s own government elected by the people.
2. People all over the world wish to be ruled by representatives elected by them.
3. Various surveys conducted by various agencies show that most of the people favour democracy as the government.
4. Democracy provides people the option to choose their own rulers.
Q. 4. What should be the basic outcome of democracy?
Ans. It produces a government that is accountable and representative to the citizens
It is responsive and legitimate to the needs and expectations of the citizens.
Q. 5. What is the importance of costs of time in decision making?
Ans. The cost of time that democracy pays in decision making is perhaps worth it. As, democracy is based on the idea of deliberations and negotiations so, some delay is bound to take place.
