Question

In a ______ citizens choose or elect their representatives either directly or indirectly to run the country.
A) Monarchy
B) Autocracy
C) Democracy
D) Dictatorship

Answer 1

Hint: A representative is someone who has been chosen to act or make decisions on behalf of someone else or a group of people, such as trade union representatives. A representative is chosen by each department's employees.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Monarchy: A monarchy is a form of government in which a single person, the monarch, serves as the head of state for the rest of his or her life or until abdication. The monarch's political legitimacy and authority can range from limited and largely symbolic to fully autocratic and can extend across the executive, legislative, and judicial domains.

Option B) Autocracy: An autocracy is a form of government in which a state's supreme power is concentrated in the hands of a single person, whose decisions are not subject to external legal restraints or regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps the implicit threat of a coup or other forms of rebellion).

Option C) Democracy: Democracy is a form of government in which citizens elect representatives to govern them. In a democracy, the people hold the ultimate power. It can be either direct or indirect. In a direct democracy, citizens vote directly on issues that affect the country, whereas, in a representative democracy, citizens elect representatives to debate the issues.

Option D) Dictatorship: leaders and little or no tolerance for political pluralism or independent media. Democracies, according to other definitions, are forms of government in which "those who govern are selected through contested elections"; dictatorships, on the other hand, are "not democracies."

Thus, the answer is option ‘C’ i.e, Democracy.

Note: Democracy contrasts with forms of government in which power is held by an individual, as in autocratic systems such as absolute monarchy, or by a small group of individuals, as in an oligarchy; these are philosophical oppositions inherited from ancient Greece. In contrast to dictatorship or tyranny, Karl Popper defined democracy as the ability of the people to exercise control over their leaders and to oust them without the need for a revolution.