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The following statements are about democracy in the contemporary world ...
A.Democracy expanded throughout the twenty century .
B.Democracy did not spread evenly throughout the world.
C.All the member states of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are democracies .
D.All the permanent members of the United Nations security council are democracies .
  Which of them are true?
a.A and B
b.A,B and c
c.A,B and D
d.B,c and D.

Answer
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Hint: A system where eligible populations of a country elect their own representative is called a democratic country . In democratic country a government is by the people , to the people and for the people .

Complete answer:
Where people have freedom to choose their own government , this system is called Democracy . Where the government is to the people , for the people and by the people and are the protector of their rights such as freedom to speech , assembly , voting , equality , membership consent and minorities rights , and the constitution of that country . Generally we found two types of democracies , these are Direct democracy and Representative Democracy . People directly deliberate and decide on the legislation in direct democracy and in representative democracy , people elect their representatives and those representatives are responsible to deliberate and decide on legislation .
Universal Adult franchise was adopted by the USA in 1965 but this did not make the democracy worldwide adopt a political system . Still we have some monarchy and dictator types in the world; one of the best examples is England's monarchy system. Still their political system runs on the name of the Queen . And South Korea is the best example of a dictator type system in today’s world . But by some observers and scholars it has been said that democracy spread by the twenty century all over the world .

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note:The term Democracy first appeared in the fifth century BC . Democracy consist four main elements according to american political scientist , Larry Diamond , those features are :
1.political system where people are free to change and choose the government through fair and free elections .
2.peoples active participation as a citizens , in politics and civics life ,
3. protection of Human Rights of all citizen