MODEL PAPER - 7 [2026] — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

i. Most democracies fall short of elections that provide a fair chance to everyone and in subjecting every decision to public debate.
ii. There is lack of tranparency in many democratic countries. Democratic governments do not have a very good record when it comes to sharing information with citizens.
iii. Democracy often frustrate the needs of the people and often ignores the demand of a majority of its population.
iv. In a democracy, the government is expected to attend to the demands of the people and should be largely free from corruption.
The record of democracies is not impressive on these two counts. The record of democracies is not impressive on these two counts.