Question

Match List 1 with List 2 and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List-1	List-2
A. Pluralist democracy	1. Power is always exercised by a privileged few
B. People’s democracy	2. Highest and harmonious development of individual capacities
C. Developmental democracy	3. Social equality through common ownership of wealth
D. Elitist democracy	4. Capacity of groups to ensure governmental responsiveness

1. A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1
2. A - 4, B - 2, C - 3, D - 1
3. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
4. A - 1, B - 3, C - 2, D - 4

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1

The correct answer is A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1.

• The correct match is as follows-

List-1	List-2
A. Pluralist democracy	The capacity of groups to ensure governmental responsiveness. Pluralist democracy is a model of democracy in which no single group dominates politics and organized groups compete with each other to influence policy. They allow freedom of association. In Pluralist democracy, individuals work through groups formed around common causes. Ex. USA
B. People’s democracy	Social equality through common ownership of wealth. This democracy is a multi-class and multi-party democracy and very close to socialism.
C. Developmental democracy	Highest and harmonious development of individual capacities. According to Macpherson and Dunn to J. S. Mill democracy was a very powerful mechanism of moral self-development and the highest and harmonious expansion of individual capacities. We are thus in a possession of two elements of development. One is moral self-development and the other is the development of individual capacities. This concept of democracy is called as Developmental democracy.
D. Elitist democracy	Power is always exercised by a privileged few. Elite Democracy is a model of democracy in which a small number of people influence decision-making but through democratic methods. Ex- USA

• One other type of democracy are as follows-
  • Participatory democracy- citizens have the power to make policy decisions.
• Note that Indian democracy is-
  • Representative Parliamentary Democracy
  • Popular Sovereignty
  • Based on Universal Adult Franchise