WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -You now know that the main feature of a democracy is that the people have the power to elect their leaders. So in a sense a democracy is rule by the people. The basic idea is that people rule themselves by participating in the making of these rules.

Detailed explanation-2: -Democratic government is referred to as representative democracies as in representative democracies people choose their representatives through an election process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Representative democracy is a form of democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives; as opposed to direct democracy, a form of democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Democratic republic – republic which has democracy through elected representatives.

Detailed explanation-5: -(4) Parliament has power to make laws with respect to any matter for any part of the territory of India not included 2[in a State] notwithstanding that such matter is a matter enumerated in the State List.