Question

The word ‘democracy’ was derived from which language?
A)Greek
B)Latin
C)English
D)French

Answer 1

Hint: 1)Democracy is defined as the kind of government where people have the authority to select their governing body.
2)The body protects the people for their individual rights to strengthen the entire society.
It provides an opportunity to the citizens to involve in the decision making process.

Complete answer:
Option A, Greek is the language which has its origin since 3500 years ago prominent in

Greece, Cyprus, Albania, parts of Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The language is spoken by approximately 13.4 million people in the World and are used to invent new words for different languages.
The word ‘democracy’ has been derived from the Greek word ‘demos’ which means ‘people’ and ‘kratos’ meaning ‘rule’ combining to mean ‘people’s rule’. So, it is the correct answer.

Option B, Latin is the language having its origin form Italic branch and was popularly used in Rome by the name ‘Latium’. It is regarded as the official language in Vatican City, i.e. Holy See and the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church. It was popularly used in the field of sciences, medicine and law. So, it is not the correct answer.

Option C, English language was originally used by some Germanic people who migrated to Great Britain which came to be later known as England. The term English is derived from the word ‘Anglia’ which is a peninsula in the Baltic Sea. It is mainly used in subjects involving science, navigation and law. So, it is also not the correct answer.

Option D, French language is considered to be a Romance language belonging to the Indo-European family. It is predominantly spoken in France, Canada, Switzerland etc. and is at the 18th rank in the world among the widely spoken languages. S, it is also not the relevant answer.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: Democracy is mainly divided into two parts – Direct democracy and Representative democracy.
Direct democracy is referred to as the democracy where individuals deliberately decide about the legislation.
Representative democracy is defined as the type of democracy where individuals select representatives who will decide about the legislation.