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Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] medium thorough-understanding
Why do people in democracies tend to complain more about their government than people living under non-democratic regimes, even when the democracy may actually be functioning better?
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 13:21 · grounding rag
Model Answer

In a democracy, citizens have the freedom to express dissatisfaction openly and access information about government functioning (transparency), so complaints are heard and visible — unlike in non-democratic regimes where dissent is suppressed.

Source: Accountable, Responsive and Legitimate Government, Chapter 5

Explanation

The examiner wants you to connect transparency and freedom of expression in democracy to public complaints. Key point: non-democratic governments suppress dissent, so people cannot complain even if conditions are worse. In democracy, the right to criticise is itself a sign the system is working. Avoid writing more than one line for a 1-mark question.

Previous-year CBSE Grade 10 board exam questions, organised by subject and chapter, each with a model answer — free to read and print.