Class 8 Social Science Chapter 5: Universal Franchise and India's Electoral System — Important Questions & Mock Tests
Practice Universal Franchise and India's Electoral System topic-wise important questions, MCQs and 1, 2, 3 and 5 mark questions for CBSE revision.
300 Questions 39 Topics MCQs: 100 1 Mark: 50 2 Mark: 50 3 Mark: 50 5 Mark: 50
Topic-wise important and practice questions
Review question distribution across chapter topics for MCQs, 1 Mark questions, 2 Mark questions, 3 Mark questions, 5 Mark questions.
| Topic | MCQ | 1 Mark | 2 Mark | 3 Mark | 5 Mark | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functions of the Election Commission of India | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| First General Elections of 1951–52 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Scale of the 2024 Lok Sabha Election | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| Secret Ballot | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| District-Level Electoral Roll Management | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| One Person, One Vote | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Universal Adult Franchise | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Braille Ballots and Accessibility | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| Accessible Elections | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Voting Age | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Election Commission of India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Electoral Rolls | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| NOTA | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Article 326 and Adult Suffrage | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| State Election Commission | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Indelible Ink | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Invalid Ballots | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| VVPAT | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Inclusive Elections in Remote Areas | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Returning Officer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Polling process, EVM and VVPAT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Rajya Sabha indirect election | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Scale of Indian elections | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Equality and importance of franchise | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Government formation and coalitions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Money power, criminalisation and informed voting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Social media and elections | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Structure of election administration | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| T. N. Seshan and election reforms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Voting age and the Sixty-first Amendment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Class election and role of election officer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Election and role of the Vice President | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Election of the President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Model Code of Conduct | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| NOTA and invalid ballots | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reserved constituencies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Secret ballot and free choice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Voter turnout and urban apathy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |