Q1.
The first column of the table below lists some key features of democracy in India. Fill in the second column with suitable examples from your state, town, or village. One row has been completed for you.
Answer
Method. The completed row shows the standard: it names a concrete, checkable practice or institution (Question Hour, auditing of accounts, the RTI Act), not a definition. So for each feature, ask: where, in my own district, can I actually see this happening, and who does it? Then name that.
What a good answer needs: one example per row, drawn from your own state, town or village; the example must be an activity, office or law you could point to; and it must match the feature — an election is popular sovereignty, a court is rule of law, and they are not interchangeable.
Sample answer: (from a student in a small town; replace each entry with the equivalent from your own place)
| Features of Democracy | Examples |
|---|---|
| Popular Sovereignty | Our ward elected its councillor in the last municipal election, and my grandmother voted for the first time after her name was added to the electoral roll. In the village nearby, the Gram Sabha meets and every adult resident may attend and speak. |
| Rule of Law | The district court in our town hears cases against ordinary people and against government departments alike. When traffic rules were enforced last year, challans were issued regardless of who the driver was. |
| Separation of Powers | Our State Legislative Assembly passes the state's laws; the District Collector's office implements schemes; the district court decides disputes about them. Three different offices, three different buildings, three different sets of officers. |
| Fundamental Rights | Children of every community study together in our government school under the Right to Education (Article 21A); our town's places of worship of different religions function freely under the Right to Freedom of Religion. |
| Accountability and Transparency | (completed in the book) Parliamentary procedures such as Question Hour and the auditing of government accounts ensure accountability. Laws like the Right to Information provide transparency. |
| Multi-Party System | In the last Assembly election, candidates of several different parties, and independents, contested from our constituency, and their symbols were displayed at the polling station. The party that did not form the government sits as the opposition in the Assembly. |
Check it yourself: a good test for each entry — could a classmate go and verify it? A notice board outside the panchayat office, a display of the Gram Sabha meeting date, an RTI reply pasted on a wall, the list of candidates on the polling station board. If nobody could check it, it is a definition, not an example.