CH 3 WHAT IS GOVERNMENT

India is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with unitary features.

He describes democracy as a system of government with four key elements: i) A system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections; ii) Active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life; iii) Protection of the human rights of all citizens; and iv) A rule of law in …

What are the 4 components of democracy? Read More »

Democracy, Monarchy and Dictatorship: Types of Government Systems Democracy. A democracy can be defined as a government system with supreme power placed in the hands of the people. … Republic. … Monarchy. … Communism. … Dictatorship.

The notion of democracy has evolved over time considerably. The original form of democracy was a direct democracy. The most common form of democracy today is a representative democracy, where the people elect government officials to govern on their behalf such as in a parliamentary or presidential democracy.

A representative democracy is an indirect democracy where sovereignty is held by the people’s representatives. A liberal democracy is a representative democracy with protection for individual liberty and property by rule of law.

Different types of democracies Direct democracy. Representative democracy. Constitutional democracy. Monitory democracy.

Ans: The Supreme Court, the Indian Railways, Bharat Petroleum.

(a) Democracy (c) Dictatorship

(a) Right to vote.

(c) 1920.