INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Members of State Legislative Assembly, are elected directly by voting, from a set of candidates who stands in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency.

Detailed explanation-2: -Citizens are involved only indirectly, through their elected representatives. In this arrangement, where all major decisions are taken by elected representatives, the method by which people elect their representatives becomes very important.

Detailed explanation-3: -This means that the people of India have a direct role in electing their representatives. Also, every citizen of the country, irrespective of his/her social background, can also contest in elections. These representatives are accountable to the people.

Detailed explanation-4: -The citizens of India play a direct role in electing representatives. Option (c) is the correct answer. Elections are the process through which people can choose their representatives at regular intervals and change them whenever they desire. They have a say in who makes laws for them.

Detailed explanation-5: -The voters who live in an area elect one representative. For Lok Sabha elections, India is divided into 543 constituencies. The representative elected from each constituency is called a Member of Parliament or an MP. Each state is divided into a specific number of Assembly constituencies.