MCQs on Challenges Of Democracy : Class 10
Understanding the challenges of democracy is crucial for Class 10 students as it forms an integral part of their Social Science syllabus. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are one of the most effective ways to test your understanding and enhance your preparation for exams. In this post by Triple W, we present a carefully curated set of MCQs based on the NCERT textbook chapter “Challenges of Democracy” to help students practice and strengthen their grasp on this essential topic. Dive in and explore these questions to ace your Civics exam with confidence!
SOCIAL STUDIES – CLASS – 10
1 Any legal change must carefully look at what results:
(A) It will have on politics
(B) It will have on the population
(C) It will have on the government
(D) It will have on the
Answer: A
2 Laws that give political activists incentives to do good things have:
(A) More chances of working
(B) Proved negative
(C) Proved positive
(D ) None of the above
Answer: (A)
3 Democratic reforms are to be brought about principally through:
(A) Economic practice
(B) Regional practice
(C) Political practice
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
4 In a democracy:
(а) Rulers elected by the people must take all the major decisions
(B) Elections must offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the correct rulers
(C) Choice and opportunity should be available to all the people on an equal basis
(D) All the above factors
Answer: (D)
5 At least of the globe is still not under democratic government?
(A) Half
(B) One-fourth
(C) One-third
(D) Two-third
Answer: (B)
6 Most of the established democracies face the:
(A) Foundation challenge
(B) Challenges of expansion
(C) Challenge of deepening
(D) All the above
Answer: (B)
7 Challenge of expansion is witnessed in:
(а) India and US
(B) India and Pakistan
(C) US and Pakistan
(D) Pakistan and Bangladesh
Answer: (A)
8 Deepening of Democracy involves:
(A) Strengthening the foundation of democracy
(B) Challenges of expansion
(C) Strengthening of the institutions and practices of democracy
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
- How did King Gyanendra take advantage of the weak democratically elected government?
(A) He dissolved the Parliament
(B) He dismissed the Prime Minister
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) He rigged the elections
Answer: c
- The word MNC is related to which issue:
(A) Nepal’s popular struggle
(B) Bolivia water war
(C) Environmental movement
(D) Narmada Bachao Andolan
Answer: b
- Which one of the following is the ‘Third Wave’ country that had won democracy in 1990?
(A) Bolivia
(B) Belgium
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Nepal
Answer: d
12 What were the aims of the movement started by SPA?
(A) Restoration of Parliament
(B) Unlimited power to monarch
(C) Power to an all-party government
(D) A new Constituent Assembly
Answer: a
- Who were Maoists?
(A) Communists who believe in the ideology of Mao
(B) Democrats who believe in the democratic form of government
(C) Members of SPA group
(D) Members of royal family
Answer: a
- Which pressure group seeks to promote collective good?
(A) Sectional Interest (Pressure Group)
(B) Public Interest Group
(C) Movement Groups
(D) Loose Organisation
Answer: b
- In which two ways, the Public Interest Groups achieve their aims?
(i) They organise meetings to win the Public Support.
(ii) They raise slogans against the Government and disrupt public
(iii) They try to influence the media by drawing their attention to their cause.
(iv) They set up the public property on fire.
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (i) and (iv)
(D) (ii) and (iii)
Answer: b
- In Bolivia protest against water privatisation was led by:
(A) Trade Unions
(B) FEDECOR
(C) Human Rights Organisation
(D) Anti-liquor movement
Answer: b
- To which one of the following Continents, Bolivia belongs?
(A) Africa
(B) Europe
(C) South America
(D) Asia
Answer: c
- Backward and Minorities Community Employees Federation (BAMCEF) is an example of which one of the following?
(A) Public interest group
(B) A movement for equality
(C) A sectional interest group
(D) A political party
Answer: a
- Pressure groups are either formed or led by
(A) Political parties
(B) Trade Unions
(C) Students organizations
(D) Business groups
Answer: a
- In most cases the relationship between political parties and interest groups is
(A) direct
(B) not opposed to each other
(C) in dialogue and negotiation
(D) opposed yet in dialogue
Answer: d
- Which of the following statements is not true about democracy?
(A) Democracy evolves through popular struggle.
(B) Democratic conflict is resolved through mass mobilisation.
(C) Role of popular struggle comes to an end with the establishment of democracy.
(D) Public participation becomes effective with the help of organised politics.
Answer: c
- Which of the following is not good for democracy?
(A) Demonstration
(B) Mass mobilization
(C) Multinational company
(D) Political organisation
Answer: c
- Pressure groups and movements have deepened democracy by
(A) putting pressure on the public
(B) countering undue influence of the government
(C) non-accommodation of conflicting interests
(D) controlling and sharing political power
Answer: b
- In a democracy direct participation in competitive politics is done by:
(A) forming organizations
(B) promoting interests
(C) contesting elections
(D) mobilising masses
Answer: c
- Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in
(A) April 1990
(B) February 2005
(C) April 2006
(D) April 2004
Answer: c
- Maoists are people who believe in
(A) absolute monarchy
(B) constitutional monarchy
(C) rule of peasants through armed revolt
(D) democratically elected government
Answer: c
- People’s struggle in Bolivia was
(A) to establish democracy
(B) about foundation of country’s politics
(C) against privatisation of water
(D) against privatisation of electricity
Answer: c
- In a democracy, spontaneous public partici-pation becomes effective with the help of
(A) Parliament
(B) Judiciary
(C) Organised politics
(D) Executive
Answer: c
- In 2006 the party that came to power in Bolivia was
(A) SPA —Seven Party Alliance
(B) Socialist Party
(C) Communist Party
(D) Nationalist Party
Answer: b
- In dealing with popular struggles and conflicting demands, which one of the following statements is not correct about democracy?
(A) Democracy almost invariably involves conflicts of interests and viewpoints.
(B) The conflicts and mobilisation are expressed in organised ways based on new political organisations.
(C) In a democracy significant decisions take place through consensus and do not involve any conflict at all.
Answer: a
31 103 Which of these is not a good argument in favour of democracy? Why?
- A) People feel free and equal in a democracy.
- B) Democracies resolve conflict in a better way than others.
- C) Democratic government is more accountable to the people.
- D) Democracies are more prosperous than others.
Answer: D
- Any person, who can read and write in any Indian language, is known as…
(A) Illiterate
(B) Literate
(C) Semi-literate
(D) None of these
Answer: B
- The idea of promoting one’s region is known as…
(A) Regional imbalance
(B) Regionalism
(C) Regionality
(D) Regional superiority
Answer: B
- The ideology of believing supremacy of one’s caste is known as…
(A) Caste hierarchy
(B) Caste domination
(C) Casteism
(D) None of these
Answer: C
- Challenge faced by democracy is…
(A) Foundational challenge
(B) Challenge of expansion
(C) Deepening of democracy
(D) All of these
Answer: D
- Foundational challenge of democracy includes…
(A) Bringing down non democratic regime
(B) Keeping military away from controlling government
(C) Establishing sovereign and functional state
(D) All of these
Answer: D
- Challenge of expansion in democracy includes…
(A) More powers to local government
(B) Application of basic principle of democracy everywhere
(C) Including women and minority in decision making process
(D) All of these
Answer: B
- According to the text ….of the globe is still not under democratic government.
(A) One fourth
(B) Two fourth
(C) Three fourth
(D) None of these
Answer: A
- According to the text……of the world is working under democratic government.
(A) One fourth
(B) Two fourth
(C) Three fourth
(D) None of these
Answer: C
- Which among the given is the dominant form of government in the contemporary world?
(A) Dictatorship
(B) Democracy
(C) Military rule
(D) None of these
Answer: B
- Which act is considered the watch dog of democracy?
(A) The information to Right Act
(B) The Right to Live Act
(C) The Right to Information Act
(D) None of these
Answer: C
- What are the qualifications of democracy?
(A) The rulers elected by the people must take all the major decisions.
(B) Elections must offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers.
(C) The choice and opportunity should be available to all the people on an equal basis
(D) All the above
Answer: D
- Which act empowers the people to find out what is happening in the government?
(A) The Right to Information Act
(B) The Information to Right Act
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Answer: A
- Name the country where ‘Right to vote’ is not given to women
(A) China
(B) Saudi Arab
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Iraq
Answer: B
- Following is the challenge to democracy:
(A) Corrupt leaders
(B) Illiterate citizens
(C) Communalism
(D) All of these
Answer: D
- The challenge of making the transition to democracy from a non-democratic government is known as
(A) foundational challenge
(B) challenge of Expansion
(C) deepening of democracy
(D) none of these
Answer: A
- The following step/steps can be taken for the removal of poverty in India:
(A) To check the ever-growing population
(B) Development of industries
(C) To increase the agricultural production
(D) All of these
Answer: D
- Strengthening of the institutions and practices of democracy implies the following challenge to democracy:
(A) Challenge of expansion
(B) Challenge of deepening
(C) Structural challenge
(D) Foundational challenge
Answer: B
- Which of the following countries disintegrated due to the ethnic tension b/w Serbs and Albanians:
(A) Srilanka
(B) Belgium
(C) Yugoslavia
(D) Bolivia
Answer: C
- Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy shoe that:
(A) inequalities exist in democracies
(B) development under democracy is not much different from that of dictatorships
(C) democracy and development go together
(D) dictatorship is better than democracy
Answer: A
- Any democratic set up faces problems is known as…
(A) Challenges of democracy
(B) Outcomes of democracy
(C) Democratic imbalance
(D) None of these
Answer: A
- A …………… is a difficulty that carries within it an opportunity for progress
A) Problem
B) Challenge
C) Dispute
D) Issue
Answer: B
53 Which of the following represents a challenge to democracy?
A) Women not allowed to take part in public activities in Saudi ArabiA)
B) Renewed violence in Sri Lanka following the breakdown of talks between the government and the LTTE.
C) Money and muscle power during elections
D) All of the above
Answer: D
- In the context of the “Challenge of Expansion”, which of the following ideas is correct?
i Ensuring greater power to the local government.
ii Establishing a sovereign and functional state.
iii Extension of federal principles to all the units of federation.
iv Inclusion of women and minority groups.
A) (i), (ii), (iii)
B) (ii), (iii), (iv)
C) (i), (iii), (iv)
D) (i), (ii), (iv)
Answer: C
55 Which one of the following situations represents the success of democracy?
A) US as the only Super power disregards the UN and takes unilateral action
B) General Pinochet government defeated, but army is still under control of many institutions
C) The King of Nepal Birendra accepted constitutional Monarchy.
D) Integration of French speaking and Dutch speaking people in Belgium.
Answer: D
56 Countries face the …… challenge of making the transition to democracy and then instituting democratic government.
A) Initial
B) Original
C) Foundational
D) Beginning
Answer: C
57 ………… involves applying the basic principle of democratic government across all the regions, different social groups and various institutions?
A) Foundational challenges
B) Challenge of expression
C) Challenge of impression
D) Deepening of democracy
Answer: B
58 Foundational challenge includes:
A) Bringing down the existing non- democratic regimes.
B) Strengthening of the institutions and practices of democracy.
C) Establishing a sovereign and functional state.
D) All of these
Answer: A
59 Democracy does not stand for:
A) Democratic Right
B) Elections
C) Violence
D) Accommodation of diversity
Answer: C
60 In Bolivia, Morales, a supporter of the water struggle, becomes Prime Minister, MNCs threaten to leave the country.
A) Foundational challenge
B) Challenge of democracy
C) Deepening of democracy
D) None of these
Answer: C
61 In Belgium, one round of constitutional change takes place, but the Dutch speakers, not satisfied, want more autonomy, choose the correct one?
A) Foundational challenge
B) Challenge of expansion
C) Deepening of democracy
D) Challenge of Democracy
Answer: B
62. In Nepal, Constituent Assembly about to be elected, unrest in Terai areas, Maoists have not surrendered arms.
A) Foundational challenge
B) Challenge of expansion
C) Deepening of democracy
D) Challenge of Democracy
Answer: A
63 Looking at the expanded definition, which one of the following statements is not correct about democracy?
A) The rulers elected by the people must take all the major decisions.
B) Elections must offer a fair choice to the people to change the current rulers.
C) The choice should be available to all people on an equal basis.
D) To exercise this choice government must not be limited by basic rules of the Constitution and citizens’ rights.
Answer: D
64 Any person, who can read and write in any Indian language, is known as…
A) Illiterate
B) Literate
C) Semi-literate
D) None of these
Answer: B
65 The idea of promoting one’s region is known as…?
A) Regional imbalance
B) Regionalism
C) Regionality
D) Regional superiority
Answer: B
66 The ideology of believing supremacy of one’s caste is known as…
A) Caste hierarchy
B) Caste domination
C) Casteism
D) None of these
Answer: C
67 Which act empowers the people to find out what is happening in the government?
A) The Right to Information Act
B) The Information to Right Act
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) None of these
Answer: A
68 Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show that:
A) inequalities exist in democracies
B) development under democracy is not much different from that of dictatorships
C) democracy and development go together
D) dictatorship is better than democracy
Answer: A
69 Which of the following countries disintegrated due to the ethnic tension b/w Serbs and Albanians:
A) Srilanka
B) Belgium
C) Yugoslavia
D) Bolivia
Answer: C
70 The following steps can be taken for the removal of poverty in India:
A) To check the ever-growing population
B) Development of industries
C) To increase the agricultural production
D) All of these
Answer: D
71 Following is the challenge to democracy:
A) Corrupt leaders
B) Illiterate citizens
C) Communalism
D) All of these
Answer: D
72 Name the country where ‘Right to vote’ is not given to women
A) China
B) Saudi Arab
C) Bangladesh
D) Iraq
Answer: B
73 Which act is considered the watchdog of democracy?
A) The information to Right Act
B) The Right to Live Act
C) The Right to Information Act
D) None of these
Answer: A
74 According to the text……of the world is working under democratic government.
A) One fourth
B) Two fourth
C) Three fourth
D) None of these
Answer: C
75 Which among the given is the dominant form of government in the contemporary world?
A) Dictatorship
B) Democracy
C) Military rule
D) None of these
Answer: B
76-One round of constitutional change took place, but the Dutch speakers were not satisfied; they wanted more autonomy, which country represents this situation?
A) Belgium
B) France
C) Germany
D) Denmark
Answer: A
77-The civil war came to an end in 2009; the process of reconciliation between different communities begins, where did this happen?
A) USA
B) India
C) Srilanka
D) South Africa
Answer: C
78-Widespread sectarian violence as the new government fails to establish its authority, Which country is this?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Iraq
C) Balochistan
D) Pakistan
Answer: B
79-Which of these comes under the Democracy challenges?
A) Democratic rights
B) Functioning of institutions
C) Elections
D) All
Answer: D
80-Generally all the suggestions or proposals about overcoming various challenges to democracy are called…….?
A) Democracy challenge
B) Deepening of democracy
C) Democracy reform
D) Challenge of expansion
Answer: C
81-Democratic reforms are to be brought about principally through……?
A) Political practice.
B) Elections
C) Constituencies
D) Leaders
Answer: A
82-Democracy is based on the idea of
A) majority
B) minority
C) deliberation and negotiation
D) none of these
Answer: C
83-Democracy is a government of the people , by the people and for the people . is said by :
A) Abrahm lincoin
B) gittel
C) mahatma gandi
D) jawahar lal nerhru
Answer: A
84-Democracy word is formed by which words ?
A) Demos and kratia
B) Demos and cracy
C) Demos and kotia
D) Demos and krotia
Answer: A
85-Democracy means –
A) rule by the people
B) rule for the people
C) rule by the few
D) both (A) and (B)
Answer: D
86-Which country has successfully negotiated among different populations ?
A) sri lanka
B) England
C) Belgium
D) bangladesh
Answer: B
87-In which country more than half the population lives in poverty ?
A) sri lanka
B) England
C) usa
D) bangladesh
Answer: D
88-Which one of these is not the feature of democracy ?
A) rule of people
B) monopoly over power
C) equality and freedom
D) guaranteed rights
Answer: B
89-Which one of these is not the feature of dictatorship ?
A) no constitution
B) monopoly over power
C) equality of citizens
D) no value of public opinion
Answer: C
90=Democracy is better because it ….
A) promotes equality among citizens
B) enhances dignity of the individual
C) improves quality of decision making
D) all of the
Answer: A
91-Expected out come of democracy is …
A) quality of government
B) economic well being
C) freedom and dignity
D) all of the
Answer: D
92-which one of these is better ?
A) democracy
B) dictatorship
C) both (a) and (b)
D) all of the
Answer: A
93-Which type of election should be there in democracy ?
A) free
B) regular
C) fair
D) all of the
Answer: D
94-when the decision in democracy are taken with the help of proper procedure then it is know as-
A) democracy
B) dictatorship
C) transparency
D) fair deal
Answer: C
95-Rule of the few or of one party is known as …
A) democracy
B) dictatorship
C) monarchy
D) authoritarianism
Answer: B
96-which type of government exists in the world ?
A) democracy
B) dictatorship
C) monarchy
D) all of these
Answer: D
97-which legal act is the best to empower people to carry out democratic reforms ?
A) right to freedom
B) right to information act
C) right to education
D) right to move freely
Answer: A
98-The challenge which involves the strengthening of institution and practices of democracy is called :
A) foundation challenge
B) challenge of expansion
C) challenge of deepening democracy
D) none of these
Answer: C
99-Who carries out democratice reforms ?
A) people
B) leaders
C) political parties
D) none of these
Answer: C
100-Aung san suu kyi spent house arrest for more than ……… years under the military regime of
A) 20
B) 25
C) 15
D) 28
Answer: C
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