Question

What does the majority signify in a democracy?
A) Rulers
B) Educated Class
C) Rule of majority in a diverse society
D) Administration

Answer 1

Hint: Democracy of a country ensures proper functioning of Government. Majority Rule is an opportunity given to citizens of a country to organise or to select a government on its basis. In Parliamentary works, majority signifies 'more than half'.

Complete answer:
 Democracy in itself is the requirement of the majority. The majority is a rule which decides a final decision out of many alternatives available based on majority. It is a binary rule that is most often used for legislative purposes. According to the thinking of Kenneth May, "The rule of Majority is the only best and fair means to decide a poll."

Following are some major properties of this rule:
i) Fairness: This property can be explained in two forms which are:
a) Anonymity: According to this rule of the majority, every voter is treated identically. In this, the identity of the person is not revealed which makes no sense whosoever has cast a vote.
b) Neutrality: This decision rule treats every person or every decision equally. It means that the option which has less poll can also win the majority.

ii) Decisiveness: This rule focuses more on selecting a unique winner every time.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: The Majority Rule is well described in Robert's Rule of Order. A Parliament whose members are appointed by the majority procedure is known as the majoritarian parliament.The majority always go with the minority.