Lok Sabha

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/lok-sabha

1. What is the constitutional framework?
2. What is the constitutional amendments impacting membership?
3. How are members of the Lok Sabha chosen?
4. Why does the Lok Sabha have special seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the constitutional framework?Established under Part V, Chapter II of the Constitution of India
2. What is the constitutional amendments impacting membership?Abolition of nominated Anglo-Indian seats by the 104th Amendment (2020)
3. How are members of the Lok Sabha chosen?People vote directly in their local areas using a first‑past‑the‑post system. The 550 members are elected by all adults in India.
4. Why does the Lok Sabha have special seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?These seats, 84 for SC and 47 for ST, help make sure that people from historically disadvantaged groups have a voice in Parliament.

Bicameral Legislature: A legislative body comprising two chambers, such as the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
First-Past-the-Post System: An electoral plurality system where the candidate with the most votes wins, regardless of achieving a majority.
Delimitation Commission: An independent body responsible for redrawing electoral constituency boundaries.